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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1900
Page
4
Brief column of playful, stray observations on weather, work, business, sports, and social habits. Notes include advice on health and cleanliness, advertising wisdom, the baseball fan’s cheer, and jokes about tailoring, crematories, and fortunes in the new century.
PURELY PERSONAL items list residents and visitors: B T Nicodemus of Unionville at City Hotel. J Gardner of Bageratown at Park Hotel. Bay Osborne Ingle and Miss Ingle back from Atlantic City. Jacob Angeil of Montana visiting Frederick relatives. Harry Kolb spending time with friends in Washington. Joseph D. Baker visiting Baltimore and Washington. G W Blumgardner of Taneytown spending day in Frederick. Sewell Slingluff and Mrs Slingluff of Baltimore visiting Dr and Mrs McSherry. Stanards of Richmond VA returning from Court Square visit. Flora Gaamnan of Woman's College with cousins Rlls and Virgie Manin on West Patrick street. Rev Joel Brown leaving for Chicago for M E church general conference. Kipling books sale offer limited sets at 1 05 for paper 2 25 for cloth 15 volumes not mail delivered. The Sick notices: B H Biscston confined to bed with illness at East Fourth street. Joseph Douglass previously ill at East Third street improving. Hood's medicine advertised as best blood purifier.
A survey of services and events across faith communities highlights German Baptist, Episcopal, Evangelical, Lutheran, and Methodist congregations. Sermons, ordinations, Epworth Leagues, Sunday schools, and choir performances supplement weekly worship as clergy from Rev. Les to Bishop Kephart address congregants and celebrate church life.
Miss Gardner of Baltimore to replace Miss Motter in Esmeralda due to illness. The City Opera House to gain proper lighting and double seating capacity at high cost. Gardner, daughter of director Geo A Gardner, previously played the role with Kenilworth Club. her background includes work with Edwin Booth. The article notes dresses from Worth and a New York costumer.
Fragmented notices report a hotel blaze at the Hoste Electric, a Baltimore drugs plant accident, a Washington election, deaths including Miss Alice Stotler and Mary Evelyn Manning, smallpox in Charles county, B&O railroad guard duties at Hyattsville, a fatality near Snow Hill, and labor wage talks in Cumberland.
General Allan Rutherford clerk of the Maryland Court of Appeals died in Washington on Saturday. Born October 28, 1840 in New York, he rose from Union Army sergeant to brigadier general with three brevets for gallantry. A former captain in the Red Army, he served as third auditor of the U.S. Treasury under Grant, later practiced law in Gaithersburg, and became Court of Appeals clerk in 1897. He was active Republican in Maryland politics and held Mason and Grand Army affiliations. His funeral will be at his Washington residence with interment in Arlington National Cemetery.
Justice Bisar rules city cannot collect water rent from landlords without tenant insolvency and prior notices to the tenant, siding against city ordinance. Appeals proceed to Circuit Court. Frederick County Agriculture Society race track joins Maryland Virginia Trotting Circuit with leaders Evans and Hough. circuit tracks listed from Virginia to Delaware.
James F Welson, colored, was arrested Saturday night by Officer Mulhorn and Sit for being drunk and disorderly. Justice White fined him $5.75 or 30 days in jail. Benjamin Snowden was arrested by Officer Mulhern for disorderly conduct, found guilty by Justice White, and fined $2, which was paid.
At Braddock Heights the town showcases a summer program with newly painted swings placed, a radiant dancing pavilion, a printed observatory, and orderly flower beds. The merry-go-round and gravity car 16 ready for travel, dining room renovated, and space for parties fitted up.
The infant son of Johnson Doyle Barnett J Boyle died Saturday of pneumonia. Funeral held yesterday near Mount Pleasant with Rev Cross officiating. Interment at Mt. Pleasant cemetery. A J Rice & Sons funeral directors. Also note a forthcoming recital at City Opera House by Mrs Elizabeth McDaniel and Prof George Ed Smith featuring The Ministers Black Nance among elocutionary and musical pieces.
Nash E. Cramer sold the lot at the corner of West South street and McMurray street in Frederick to Mrs. Florence L. Bradshaw for $140. A meeting of Emu miteburg citizens will be held Thursday evening May 3 at 8 o'clock to nominate a person for mayor and commissioners to be voted on in the upcoming election.
Facile Tom's Cabin and Stetson's Uncle Tom's Osbin Company arrived in Frederick this morning and staged a parade that drew strong attention. This afternoon a matinee is presented at the City Opera House with seats sold. two performances are scheduled for tonight.
The warehouses of Mr J E W Hargett will be torn down this week and modern frame warehouses erected. Mr Charles Poole holds the contract to tear down and rebuild. The ad then promotes Hood's Sarsaparilla as the best medicine for buyers.
A series of fires driven by wind scorched mountains between Sabillasville and Thurmont, damaging fences and timber. The Pen Mar region burned in several spots, destroying 400 acres of timber before crews and mountain residents halted spread toward Blue Mountain House and Pen Mar Park. Firefighters contained the blazes, while farmers blamed railroad personnel for contributing to the damage. Events at the City Opera House and area milestones filled the town weekly calendar during the aftermath.
An assortment of local notices and ads including a speculative promotion for the National Building Association of Baltimore City offering installment stock with $100 par value, a six week summer course for teachers, a May 4 Opera House entertainment, medical/optician services, and a carpet and wallpaper store sale. The tone imitates a late 19th or early 20th century small-town newspaper with promotions and public notices.
J Onn Hesparnxson Nee and Miller advertise American made silks with four guarantees and a money back promise if not as represented. They tout reduced prices with 27 1/2 cent yard rates on crepe and habutal silks, big discounts, and a wide display of black habital silks, white goods, and mercerized linens for dress prep, urging early purchase.
Reported listing showing Naor and Muss at 36 North Market with address references repeated. The text includes fragmented phrases about a cough remedy and a pharmacy in Sendai, plus inconsistent mentions of Clinton E. Main and a product claim.
Public notices advertise sale prices on phonograph records and Edison phonographs at low cost. Millinery relocation and spring opening announced at Patrick Street store. J M Radcliffe offers medical practice at Market Street location with eye and throat care and free eye exams. Various music folios and sheet music offered at discount. Local shops promote home decor items and grocers feature White Star Coffee and general goods with weekly restocks.
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