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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1905
Page
2
The Weekly News will publish a handsome twelve page issue early Thursday with news and special features. It claims the largest bona fide circulation in Frederick city and county making it an attractive advertising medium. Copy for new ads is due by 5 pm Wednesday and for changes by 7 pm the same day.
In Frederick churches Easter services were well attended. Graca Reformed Church received twenty nine new members through various rites. Evangelical Lutheran and Methodist parishes reported contributions and new memberships, while All Saints' Episcopal and Congregational groups held elections and planned social events marking the holiday period.
Special dispatch reports in Brexham Texas on April 25 that Congress leaders John M. Pickway and J. E. Mills were killed and two others wounded during a riot over local option law enforcement. The Houston Rangers were ordered to restore peace.
The German cruiser Sperber sights a Japanese warship in distress and towing it to Masampho Korea. The University of Virginia grants Frederick College a standing scholarship linking with its program. Judge Morris grants a discharge in bankruptcy to Samuel J. Gladbill of Frederick.
Three colored inmates Tenne Miles William QC Jones and Thomas Sewell escaped from the east side window of the jail by sawing through a bar between 1 and 2 o clock this morning. Officers remain unsure of the instrument used. A prior bar had been replaced after a 3 year old incident. Jones had asked his wife to obtain a saw or blade. a note linking to that request was recovered. Miles and Sewell face larsony charges while Jones is jailed for wife beating. No trace of the other escapees is found.
Gen. L Victor Baughman hosted a Sunday farewell dinner at Poplar Terrace near Frederick for a large party of guests including prominent railroad executives and financiers. The Baltimore Western Maryland and Northern Central lines ran special trains to Frederick, with tours of Braddock Heights observatory and a postprandial farm visit before returning to Baltimore. The trip to Europe planned with Mr. William Marburg aims at health with stays in Carlsbad, sailing from New York May 2.
Bascom Poole, aged man formerly of Frederick, was fatally injured when one horse in a double team race went wild and struck a telegraph pole. The other horse ran with Poole onto Willis Creek Bridge. Poole died instantly. the other rider McElfish drove away. Three men, Fred. Robinette, Harry Martin, and D. D. McElfish, were in the wagon and have been arrested.
Markers for Soldiers Grave Association Reynolds Post G A R placed at Mt Olivet for each Union soldier buried there about 140 markers cast by Montrose Iron Works. Each marker bears the Post name and serves as a support for a fish shaped form.
Capt. Walter Saunders, auctioneer, sold on Saturday for William P. Macleby assignee the property of the late Capt. Bohreeder in Petersville this county consisting of 20 acres of land dwelling and lot to Mrs. Sarah H. Porter for 93000.
PURELY PERSONAL. Paragraphs About Those Who Come and Go. Local residents and out-of-town visitors are listed with their cities of origin and the occasions of their travel, including Easter greetings and holiday visits. Names include G. R. Fleutt, Noah H. Cramer, Frank Hook, E K. McLane, E Weant, Myer Wertheimer, Carrie Shipley, G. Roger Wickham, and many others, with return visits to and from Baltimore, Washington, Hagerstown, Troy, and Philadelphia.
Roger O Sinn formerly of Cumberland died in Omaha Nebraska informants say his wife in Lonaconing received the news first. Secret organizations in Cumberland advised of his death. Arrangements made to bring the body to Cumberland for interment. Four secret bodies share meeting expenses. Sinn held $6000 in life insurance with four thousand contestable. Sinn was Lonaconing agent for the German Brewing Company who left suddenly about three weeks ago.
Peter H Bussard longtime Valley Savings Bank president dies in Middletown after months of illness in his 70s. Also notes deaths of Charles A Baughman Samuel Trimmer Samuel Ulrich and William R Curry plus local incidents and Easter reception at Emergency Hospital with community officials in attendance.
Fashion notes announce Mohairs and Broad Cloths as the season’s latest fabrics. Representative ellu ance fabrics are offered at 503, 750, 31 00, 125 and 1 50 per yard with cream and white colors highlighted as vogue.
Public notices advertise fruit trees and vines for sale and nursery offerings by J A Ramaburg. City Hall awning frames offered for sale. Opera House promotion for Tom Blaines predictions benefiting Frederick City Hospital. Bids sought for terra cotta sewer pipes with bid deadline. One way colonist fares to the West offered by Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. Local carpet shop touts new patterns and linoleum quality.
George A. Jason and Thomas Bratton, known as the city’s champion fishermen, are detained after Bratton reports a theft of ten dollars. Jason faces larceny charges with bail set at 9200. Also noted are Sid ney Thomas and Dion Birney, Washington D C athletes who walked to the city and planned to return home.
A collection of short items including paint and primer claims by H. B. Davia Co and a Queenstown Md reader letter, a Kindergarten entertainment notice for Frederick Free Kindergarten on April 27, Crystan Crystals Ice Co advertising ice, an oratorio concert for St Paul with reserved seats, fishing and seafood names, a hardware sale notice from J E Prick Co, and a furniture polish ad sold by Alley G Quyen & Co.
James Cummings of Sandy Hook Washington county was fatally injured when he fell from a Baltimore and Ohio freight train in the Brunswick yards. Eight cars passed over him and he died an hour later after crawlling to the track side. He was about 38, survived by his widow and seven children.
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