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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1901
Page
3
Tomorrow is the fifteenth and regular collection day for The Damy News carriers will collect amounts due from subscribers on their routes. Having exact change ready may save mutual inconvenience.
A long list of individuals from Adamstown, Frederick, Baltimore, Gettysburg, Berryville, Westminster, Hamp ton, Woodsboro, and other towns are noted as returning from Cape May and Buffalo or visiting relatives in Baltimore, Washington, and other cities. Several families, including the Norwood, Doll, McSherry, and Williamson households, are highlighted amid trips to Expositions, Ocean Grove, and the Pan-American events, with plans to tour Niagara Falls and New York on the return journey.
The remains of Mrs. John Murray were brought from Washington to Frederick last night at 45 o clock and laid to rest beside her father. The service took place in the afternoon.
Miss Margar et Suman, based in Ikoko Station, Africa, writes of a year since leaving Boston to serve among Christian girls and boys. She endures extreme heat and illness, burying one child and nursing nine others after poisoning and sickness. She narrates discipline with local youths, cyclone damage, drownings, and daily duties from teaching and sewing to home life, planning, and prayer.
Billington oversees the work as the framework is finished and the roof rises. The writer notes the loud clatter of tongues and gossip from a party of men and boys on site at Ikoko, expressing happiness and fond regards while closing letters.
The forty sight camps attend the sinth annual session at Py thian Hall Baltimore with 106 delegates present. National officers Horner Steel and A M Geisbert attend. New officers include president R M Farring and vice president W E Valliant. A memorial fund is set to honor the late George W Morgan. The fraternal group reports 185000 members nationwide with strongest roots in the Middle Atlantic states.
Royal Arcanum Frederick Council No 1196 held an enthusiastic meeting in Red Men Hall. Six new members were added this month amid renewed council energy, bringing total membership to sixty one with plans for further growth. Grand Regett James B Yeakle Grand Secretary Wilbur F Smith from Baltimore and Deputy Supreme Regent Edward E Ford of New York will visit Friday August 16 for a special council meeting.
The Montgomery County School Board confirmed teacher appointments including Flora M. Hinkley at Chevy Chase and O M Burdette at Spencerville with resignations noted for F C Elgin and J Conway Coles. Other postings include Amands Griffith at Sligo and Belle O Moates at Potomac with Eva Montgomery and F H Aud at Quince Orchard and Grifton. Colored teachers also named George B Baum Laytonsville Adella V Hill Sandy Spring Charles P Jenkins Norbeck and Sarah E Canada Grifton.
Bee store proprietor Mr A A Moser reports doors unlocked and two men seen fleeing across the street. He awoke to a possible alarm of fire, checked rear and front, found no items disturbed, and waited two hours before returning to bed. Police not noted in report.
Heavy rains swept Castrell county on Monday and Monday night causing washes on corn fields and county roads. The worst downpour fell between 10 and 12 AM. Bridges over Morgan's van were washed away and a mule owned by Mrs. Mollie Bush near Sandyville drowned after entering a stream.
Wilson Hurry of Garfield county was found dead in a stable at Indian Springs Washington county last week. County officials will investigate the death after friends claimed he was drugged with whiskey and placed in the stable. Initial reports said heart failure.
The Howard County School Board virtually agreed to establish a manual training school. Members toured the Ellicott City Graded School basement to assess space for quarters, aiming to open the new facility as early in the fall as possible.
B F and R G Bowman administrators of Frederick Bowman will offer all personal property near Barnesville Montgomery County. The sale includes fine cattle horses farming implements and a lac a farm of 186 acres improved with a frame dwelling house.
A lively Maryland campaign will feature many public meetings with silver tongued oratory from both parties. Democratic officials forecast widespread activity led by Chairman Vandiver though Gorman may join speakers. Republicans promise robust open-air debates and fresh leadership as September moves toward nominating conventions.
Almets Carroll, colored, about 14, committed by Justice Boxstein to the House of the Good Shepherd after being picked up by Officer King. Grandmother requested care, Officer Simpson accompanied the girl to the shelter this afternoon. William Cash faced charges for larceny of $2.85 from Eddie Snowden and was released after a hearing before Justice Eckatein. Isaac Stephens, colored, arrested on a counterfeit quarter attempt, held in $300 bail for action of the district grand jury. Deputy Brunt took him to Baltimore city jail.
Special Dispatch to Tus News reports that workers at National Tube Co. in McKeesport struck in a warning, prompting Big Painter mill to restart operations after the disruption.
Special Dispatch to Tax News reports a fire in Cleveland on August 14 destroying the temporary water works crib. At least ten lives are supposed to be lost.
A compact miscellany notes frugality as fortune and industry as estate. It remarks on domestic prudence and plain living, then pivots to a quip about tempering speech in company. An aside reflects on mean temperatures.
The third dance of a Frederick series at Braddock Heights has been postponed. A dance at Manor Woods is scheduled for tonight with the Frederick Select Orchestra providing music.
In a jumble of 1901 advertisements Doll's offers music and refreshments while local firms advertise seed wheat robes optical surveys and dressmaking. Pan American Exposition excursions from Washington to Buffalo via multiple lines are quoted with July and August dates and low round trip fares from Frederick and nearby towns.
Over 80 officials from Chambersburg to Winchester met in Chambersburg at the invitation of Burgess James A. Hamilton to form a mutual aid system for fires. Cumberland Valley Railroad officials joined, agreeing to use special trains for apparatus transport, provide loading facilities, and standardize hose couplings. The conference laid groundwork to link 13 cities and towns along 116 miles for rapid assistance when needed.
Baseball note reports Park Mills defeating a strong picked team from Buckeystown Feagarille and Virginia by 9 to 0 after the fifth inning refusal to play. Park Mills pitchers Bready and Dizon credited with solid work. Also: Casey defeats Sanctuary 21 to 8 at St Josephs villa and several local picnics and small notices appear including a horse incident near Mt. Pleasant and a health tonic advert.
The 85th Annual Encampment of the G A R in Cleveland Ohio September 10 to 14 will see Baltimore and Ohio Railroad selling tickets east of the Ohio River at a low round trip fare. Tickets are valid on all trains September 1 to 12 and may be returned by September 15, with a 50 cent extension fee to October 8 if deposited by noon September 15. Contact a Baltimore and Ohio agent for details. Deer Park Hotel in Cumberland Maryland advertises a resort open June 22 to September 20 with rooms suites baths electric lights and various amenities including a naval band and drives through the Alleghenies. Rates and information available from W E Barwell manager care Queen City Hotel Cumberland Md until June 1, then Deer Park Garrett County Md.
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