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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1891
Page
3
Classified fragment notes a job ad for a boy or man to tend Somes and a box address in Buckeystown. It also references Jesuit college transfers, pay for Company A Frederick Riflemen, and an ice plant update with a twenty ton tank capacity. The scattered items reflect a period newspaper’s miscellany.
In Detroit a grand welcome greets Grand Army of the Republic veterans as the history making encampment begins. Comrades from Maine to California gather for a national commander election with many candidates named including Ira A. Hodges John Palmer and William R Smedburg. Lincoln Neb seeks the 1692 encampment amid pledges and a large veteran turnout.
The grand jury indicts Charles O Connor Hennessy city editor of the New York Daily News for obtaining execution news in defiance of a law banning such publication. Hennessy, born 1860 in Ireland, rose from sixteen year old reporter to editor and helped craft reports to test constitutional limits. The case follows a broader press freedom dispute amid Sing Sing threats during executions. A separate note reports a Brunswick clerk case and lost pocketbook of $201 cash and $15 in checks found with a tramp.
Albert Repke of Rogers City confessed to a 16 year old murder case in Presque Isle county. He implicates fourteen Rogers City citizens including August Gostin Carl Foonag Bruder and others. Repke says misfortune and personal losses drove his confession as arrests follow.
Reports from Dusaxce Colorado dated August 3 describe a deadly altercation at a ball. A fight escalated, Frank Hyde attempted to restore order, and Roach stabbed several people before Watan Metord tried to intervene. Roach then retrieved a Winchester and fired at Hane Walton, injuring him as Roach fled into the crowd.
Aug 3 Ispuanaros police protect trustees amid threats from enraged citizens. Notices posted on doors vow action if trustees do not resign. Wording expresses defiance and intent to take the law into their hands, amid charges against a front.
The Searles Hopkins saga unfolds as Edward Searles, once a poor Mass. farmer’s boy, rises to immense wealth aiding Mark Hopkins widow, then faces a fierce fight over her will led by the foster son Timothy. A Pacific voyage returns a court battle over millions, with the press labeling it legendary. Plainfield also reports a marriage of teen heiress and lover amid parental anger. A train sleeper shooting in Virginia leaves one man wounded.
A man, Thoma Cooper of No 46 Sixteenth Avenue, was found in East Sule with a bullet wound to the head. He says a stranger accidentally shot him. both eyes are blinded and death is likely. The incident is described as a possible attempted suicide. Reports from New York describe brutal bandit violence and mass killings in Paraguay, with chaotic celebrations in the streets. A cowboy reports a violent assault near Meogho, resulting in multiple fatalities and gory injuries.
Purely personal notices list numerous residents and visitors in Frederick and surrounding areas. Names include Mr. Fal. Getseborough of Washington visiting Warblngton. Mr. T. H. Lewis in Chicago. Mr. George W. Baumann and family in Washington. Miss Galle Belly of Banholows visiting Mrs. C. A. Poole. and many others traveling, staying with friends, or visiting relatives in Buckeystown, Baltimore, Atlantic City, Niagara Falls, Harmony Grove, and elsewhere. Also includes advertised letters at the Frederick post office and hotel arrivals.
A late 19th century report outlines the Cramps shipyard plans for cruiser No 13 and cruiser No 18. It notes speed, armament, fuel strategy, and safety features, with projected costs and timelines. Also covered are a baby-murder case at a Philadelphia address and related urban crime items.
A digest of church services and sermons from multiple faith communities. Rev A J Gill preached on Christ revealing himself to the two disciples on the road to Emmaus. Evening text on Zacchaeus in Luke contrasts with giving to the poor and salvation. Other churches note sermons on providence, past faith, and Jerusalem weeping, with sacraments and notices of meetings.
William Quynn of West South Street narrowly escaped a savage dog attack while placing a tarred box into a ferocious Newfoundland kept by Conrad Roland of West Pat Tick Street. Quynn received minor bites. Mrs. Roland restrained the animal and saved his life. In Washington, Congressman Crain of Texas says Mills is in the race for speaker, denies senatorial plot, and claims Mills gains strength east and west.
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