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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1903
Page
3
The Weekly News announces a twelve page edition ready Thursday with full news and special features. It claims the largest genuine circulation in Frederick city and county and invites new and changed advertisements with deadlines Wednesday at 5 p.m. and Wednesday at noon for changes.
A string of social notices lists Mrs Rebscos Wallishia on a visit to Oosan Grove New Jersey Miss Lovi Motter visiting relatives in Taneytown Maryland and numerous Frederick residents visiting kin and friends in Baltimore Gattynburg Pa Monterey Pennsylvania and West Virginia. travel plans include Mrs Thomas Mullinix to West Virginia and Miss Georgis Blumenauer to Harpers Ferry. several local households host visitors on West Patrick Street Langdon and East Church Street.
A compact page notes entertainment and general interest items with aphorisms and quotes. It mentions the Borsilli comet rumors and a playful ancestry joke from Chicago Evening Post, plus a brief local update on Clinton B. Main of West Patrick Street, a druggist whose shop will close for several weeks and on ex-policeman George Mulborn resting at home near Frederick.
Blake Young infant daughter of Mr and Mrs Kenneth Young burned to death when a match sparked bed clothes while her mother was away. Neighbors alerted Mrs Young who arrived too late. The boy found matches on the table and ignited the blaze. Funeral planned for this afternoon at the grandfather's home with Rev S M Hanch officiating.
Special correspondence from Braypool Colony reports sixteen Washington transients staying at Camp Sohley Inn on Sunday. New guests include Mrs J B Brady and Miss M Teresa Rio Devitt among others. the Inn served 178 meals with a sizable Sunday service featuring solos by Charles Jackson and Albers Wallin. Many visitors from Washington D C Baltimore and Middletown are noted at various farms and inns as accommodations fill for September.
Archie Dixon was arrested in Dicker ton Montgomery county for stealing a horse from his grandfather near Park Milla. He appeared before Justice Kessler and was released on $100 bail. Authorities say the horse, taken months ago, has not been found.
A. Gardenwitz estimated global water powers discussed at the Frankfort Congress. Germany and Austria total 199,009 HP, Switzerland 160,000, Sweden 200,000, United States 400,000. Sweden potential 3,000,000 HP, France 10,000,000, Germany Austria Switzerland Italy 10,000,000, and Niagara Falls alone could yield 10,000,000 HP in the United States.
Market notes report abundant vegetables at the morning sale with tomatoes and corn fresh from the country. Lima beans are limited and pricey while beans cabbage beets onions and potatoes are plentiful. Chickens are enlarging though the 20 cent birds are only good for a broil. Apples and blackberries are plentiful with cane cucumbers and peaches and plums offered in smaller quantities.
The funeral service for John Koippie was held this afternoon at two o'clock at his brother's home on Whimer Street. The Rev Og born Ingle conducted rites with pallbearers Harry Baumgardner William Baumgardner John Whisner Charles Haller Lewis Mshr ling Edward Freed. Interment at Mt Olivet cemetery. Funeral director F Schroeder.
The Brana-Wick municipal election, held yesterday, was quiet. In the Second Ward Z. T. Bradner won the seat by 93 votes over W. O. Satter. In the First Ward G. C. Calliets and in the Third Ward G. A. Hood ran unopposed.
A fragmented line from The Town Crier laments outdated notices yet hints that alert readers still respond to ads. The garbled text suggests a public call to engage, reflecting a bygone era of newspaper advertising and community notices.
The Local Mart reports daily market quotes with Gorn per Darrel at 2.75 shelled 55 canta per bushel wheat Dio red 7434 steamer 70 per bushel oats conte per bushel hay 18 0 120 per ton and notes Homer Hen sold his residence on South Market Street to William Rail.
The third annual Maryland State Association of the Deaf convention opened in Baltimore at the Baltimore Society of the Deaf on Madison Street near Osivers Street. Gen Thomas J Shryock will give the welcome address with sign language interpretation by Miss Julia M Young Frederick. A O Buster presides in sign language interpreted by E O Wyand. The association plans a picnic at Cruid Hill Park Wednesday and an excursion to Stoney Creek Thursday. A second session will be held Friday followed by a banquet. Forty delegates gathered in Baltimore last night as a committee of 15 raised 100 toward a 1000 fund to erect a bust of William Barry president of the Frederick School for the Deaf. a Baltimore sculptor will receive the contract for the dust. The bust will be unveiled at a June reunion of graduates in the city.
A man named Fox working on the Market street sewer suffered an epileptic fit on East Church street near Market around ten this morning. He lay on the pavement for a time and was later carried to his home on Carroll Street.
Tennis players Tomma Henson Maulsby and NoQuilken Di Grange of the city were defeated in the men’s doubles tennis tournament at Branswick yesterday by the crack Bronswick team Mesers Jones and Chambers. Final scores were 64 4-6 7-5 6-2.
Tenants and property owners on Market Street petition Frederick city officials to pave the block between Church and rox streets. Speakers urged the board to cover the citys share interest for paving and the sewer, with a possible half year to a year and a half payment. The board delayed action until Thursday night.
The will of Mrs. Julianna Percival widow of Dr. Charles F. Percival who died last week in this city was probated yesterday in Baltimore. She provides for gravestones for her and her late husband and brother George J. Schultz then bequeaths 500 to her Toronto nephew Lipolal Vereiral and 25 plus a silver te ssle to his wife a secretary to Lether E. D. Schaler 35 to Fiorence Foote of Toronto and a gold watch and jewelry to Menett Brooks. The rest goes one third to Baward Schultz one third to Alexander Schultz and one third to the children of Amelia Aohay. The will dated July 11 1999. Mrs Percival died July 25. Arthur H. Schultz executor.
Charles Roach slipped as he pulled a dirt bucket from a partly dog well on East Third Street yesterday afternoon. The rope slipped, the bucket fell, and Roach lost balance and fell in. His brother, nearby near the well, narrowly avoided being struck on the head by the falling bucket.
The Carnival at Athlesic Park by t de Jense Carnival Company opened that night but crowds were light due to poor weather. Attractions include Det, the King's Daughter. the Palace Theatre. Rag-Tim's Girls. Watt's Plantation. and the Electric Theatre.
Mrs. Louiss Ann Albert dies at Beaver Creek in Washington county at age ninety. various county affairs include railroad orders, liquor license petitions, and a Republican conference led by Senator McComas and Congressman Jackson in Ocean City. Sheriff Angle lands bridge work contracts. Harford Democrats recount primaries, replacing Harry O. Lawder with William P. Trimble on the Orphans Court ticket.
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