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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1901
Page
3
The Weekly News will publish a handsome eleven page issue this Thursday with news and interesting specials. It claims the largest circulation in Frederick City and County and invites advertisements with cutoff times this week.
A stream of local names visits and travels from Lancaster to Washington and Richmond, with relatives, friends, and summer sojourns noted. Mrs W P Morsell plans time at the Pan-American Exposition while others visit relatives in Waynesboro Frederick and Reading.
A mosaic of pungent witticisms on wisdom, money, weather, and travel. Notes include August Saturdays, a dentist chair scene, jokes about a mare wearing a hat, and a report that the Williamsport Transcripts suspended publication with staff changes.
At the county commissioners meeting Wesley Baltzell appointed superintendent of construction reported main walls of the four room Brunswick school addition insecure and unable to support brick work. Board ordered tearing down and rebuilding with better stone while corridor walls were sound. Reward of 300 dollars offered for horse thief apprehension and conviction. M J Grova Lime Co granted right to lay a switch across a county road near the kilns.
J N Clark age 87, claimed second oldest Odd Fellow by membership in the United States, long Iowa Encampment officer and Grand Master, is dangerously ill at his Iowa City home. Born in Philadelphia, he joined Baltimore lodge 1837, moved to Iowa City 1853, served public offices 40 years, and traveled to many lodges. He died wife and six children, one survivor Amanda C Webb.
Pauline Grove age years died July 25. Funeral July 31 at Pine Grove church. Interment Pine Grove cemetery. Bearers Jessa Ryan Howard Kain Norman Hood Norris Norwood. Jacob Baer prominent Warren township farmer in Franklin county Pa died suddenly at 74. Allen Thomas Kline infant son of Chas T and May Kline died aged 4 months. Funeral at East Third Street residence with Rev Dr Kuhlman. interment Mt Olivet cemetery. Funeral director O C Carty.
At the Fairgrounds yesterday evening a half mile dash featured Billy owned by F E K Smith and Frank owned by Dr R W Smith. Milton Critchley rode Frank and Bradley McHenry rode Billy. Frank won easily by about 60 yards with D C Winebrewer Jr as judge.
Edward Hopkins age noted sexton of Colfax church in Accomac VA died after a swarm of bees attacked him while inspecting a bell that would not ring. He was blinded by the first sting and fell to his death escaping the bees. Four men later smoked the hive and secured three bushels of honey.
In Rockville the Ridgeley Brown Camp of Confederate Veterans elected Spencer O. Jones as Commander and John P. Sellman as lieutenant commander. Elgar L. Tscniffely was named treasurer with Frank B. Horner as chaplain and Edmund L. Amiss adjutant. Fan nie G Amiss sponsored, and Executive Committee members are David Horner J Edward Pennypacker and Benjamin D. Danby.
Mayor and police are ordered to curb foul smells from vegetable waste and fish store refuse dumped near Second Street crossing by the Pennsylvania railroad. A local offender was lawfully reprimanded after being found guilty but unable to pay a fine. Authorities seek to identify others violating city ordinances on waste and gutters to prevent odor driven illnesses.
Miss Lavinia Long of near McConnellsburg was fatigued on the turnpike when a large black racer fixed its gaze on her eyes and swayed its head. She felt dizzy and nearly helpless until a passing team frightened the snake away. The incident left her nervous and unable to sleep.
William T. Nott of Winchester Virginia now in Baltimore presents a mosquito control mixture claimed to be infallible in a limited area. A half pint pastel a tablespoon ammonia and equal coal oil in an open dish in a room allegedly prevents mosquitoes, and trials by friends who used it reported no further insect disturbances.
This week lists community gatherings at Agricultural Park with the second annual Band Carnival on Wednesday and Emancipation Day on Thursday. Dances at Brad dock Heights Tuesday and Friday. Athletic Park hosts Thursday night attractions. Sunday school picnics planned Saturday across Johnsville M. P. near Gapland and multiple churches including Rocky Ridge Union Braddock and Reformed at Lena Union Smoke Town Providence Kemptown Utica Robbersville.
The Uniformity of State Laws commission will begin its session in Denver Colorado on August 19. Maryland delegates George R Gaither Stephen A Williams and Milton G Urner have attended prior meetings. The 1898 legislature passed acts aligning promissory notes and other commercial paper with a uniform law. This year the commission will address insurance and divorce laws for greater uniformity. The Maryland commissioners were appointed by Governor Lowndes and reappointed by Governor Smith.
James Orrick of Cumberland is elected president of the Berkeley Springs Hotel Company formed with 200000 dollars in capital to build a hotel at Berkeley Springs. Ex-Senator A R Unger, leasing the site from the State, is named vice president, with Charles P. Jack as another officer. Col Thomas H S Dawson of Berkeley Springs is secretary and Eugene Van Rensselaer of New York is treasurer. Architects are submitting plans for the structure and grounds improvements.
The Local Mert item lists J. E. W. Hargett quota ions for today with prices for corn per barrel at 2.50, shelled corn per bushel at 50 cents, No 2 Red wheat at 67 cents, steamer 60, rejected 50 cents per bushel, hay at 14 dollars per ton.
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad will run a special excursion from Washington to Frederick on Sunday, with the train arriving in Frederick at 9 20 a.m.
John Martin, a 24 year old farm laborer in Woodville district, slipped on a threshing table and lost his left leg up to the thigh while helping with wheat. His right foot was badly cut. The engineer stopped the machine and he was taken to Maryland University Hospital, where he died the next night. Martin had worked for three years in the area and was an orphan with a sister in Pennsylvania. He had survived a lightning shock days earlier, which he saw as a warning.
Reverend J. X Coleman of St Johns Catholic Church urged his 1000 member flock to marry more, saying a matrimonial bureau could help. He announced he would outline plans next Sunday and discuss matrimony during services, though no formal program was set.
Obituaries note John A. Rickard aged 80 of Williamsport. Brigadier General Levi A. Dodd dies at home near Baltimore. George Burrell shot in a crap game near Hagerstown found murdered per coroner verdict. Republican conventions select county officers, delegates. Mullikin delegates bolt Talbot convention. Auctions list Mrs Grow furniture sale Urbana and W T Harwood sale Doubs with cattle and crops.
Charles W. Harvey, aged 79, the oldest B and O Railroad employe in clerical work, requests retirement as station agent at Ellicott City after a long career from conductor to agent. He married Mary Cooney in January, aged 36. Harvey served 87 years at Ellicott City and worked during the Civil War, including troop shifts and Harper's Ferry during John Brown's raid.
Three Garfield neighborhood families Joseph Redmond Charles Pryor and Mrs Mann Pryor have fifteen mild smallpox cases. None bedridden, some recovered, others improving. County health officer Dr Haffner authorized to buy a scientific fumigator as a precaution.
The Montgomery County Republican Convention met in Rockville and nominated a ticket led by State Senate candidate Charles F. Kirk. House of Delegates selections included John G. England, William R. Windsor, Cyrus Keiser, and William E. Brown. Sheriff James Howes was named, with county commissioners across districts and a state central committee slate headed by Ashley M. Gould and Thomas O. Noyes.
The Illinois state capitol will host a white marble statue of Frances E. Willard, the temperance leader, in statuary hall. Modeling will be by Helen F. Meare of Oshkosh Wisconsin. Illinois commissioners for the contract are five named residents. Also noted are multiple social notices including Mountain View rivals in Baltimore Washington and Washington based entries. A Confederate veterans reunion is planned at Morgan's Grove Fair Grounds Shepherdstown West Virginia. A Waynesboro school vacancy is filled by Worth B. Stottlemyer Wolfsville with a salary of 65 dollars monthly.
In Brunswick’s municipal election held yesterday all candidates ran as independents or citizens' nominees. Lawson House defeated G. A. Hood in the third ward. T. A. Sigafoone and E. W. Flynn tied for the second ward with the same vote total, while L. M. Shores won the first ward unopposed.
The ad promotes big reductions across departments with vivid sale lines. Lace curtains in multiple patterns and prices, 80x to 75 cents foulard silks and wool dress goods at deep discounts, plus ready-to-use blank books and Arnold inks for summer reading. Also notes Clinton Be Main pharmacy with pills and mailing of catalogs from Frederick Maryland.
A meeting of the Key Monument Association is set for this Tuesday at 7 30 in Professor Shepherds school room City Hall. Modern Woodmen hold a Tuesday evening meeting at 8 and a full attendance is requested. Also a Frederick county band day and races at the Frederick fair grounds on Wednesday August 7th with ten bands, trotting and running events and a regular Braddock Heights dance tonight. Cars leave at 6 40 7 30 8 9 and 10.
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