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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1900
Page
4
An OCR fragment notes a local event at Tr from Prose Jin Lest am with names including Nunes and others. Context is incomplete but cites a specific date and public record tone. The readable items suggest a town or community notice about an upcoming appointment or meeting.
New advertisements list sales at 95 E Patrick St including Shipley and Bopat ity Hotel Batter and Pure Beer. Sade tai Reidig and Miller promote Bargain Season with Geo S Rodock and Co neckwear and John Hendrickson offerings. Various vendors target shoppers with discounts and promotions.
The Saturday News outlines tomorrow’s eight page edition with short stories by Howard Fielding and Everett Holbrook, an article by Captain Geo Kilmer on China’s military, illustrated regulars, farming and dairy topics, a ladies section, a Sunday School lesson analysis by Rev. D M Stearns, and usual features like Letters from Mary Jane and The Market Scribe. The paper costs two cents per copy, with delivery or mail options. A note about a tiny baby in New York describes Miss Carrie Elizabeth Clohessy as the smallest live baby of her age, born weighing one pound and surviving.
A chaotic OCR fragment notes Maryland Baseball Dich and the Three Chums set for a Monday game. Mentions manager Taller, Omar Raner Tend Club, Willie Storm, and Frank Brengle in a hot matchup.
Market notes list today prices for corn shelled at 58 cents per bushel and hay at 15 to 16 dollars per ton. Also mentions Carl Pens Carew as part of the local trade and cash figures like 3 15 and 3 0 in the snippet.
The grand carnival drew a large crowd with events in bicycle races and foot races. Joan Markey won the 100 yard dash in 10.5 seconds while Pampel claimed the mile handicap bicycle race with 2.15 and McDonald surged to a near record finish. The two mile handicap bicycle race ended in Pampel victory as McDonald finished close behind.
The George W Wells the world’s first six masted schooner debuted at H M Bean yard in Camden Maine. It measures 303 ft 1 in keel 345 ft over all 48 ft 6 in beam and 23 ft depth with two decks and four foot poop. Built for Captain John G Crowley of Taunton and investors from New York and Massachusetts. With coal freights around $2 a ton it could carry $10 000 per trip Newport News to Boston, and would likely pay for itself after several voyages.
Baltimore dealer Robert Fox of M. Fox & Son reports draft horses are in high demand with only about 130 available locally, though hundreds are needed. He notes a New York case where 50 large French drafts were bought at $255 each a year ago and recently sold seven head at an average of $215, testing current demand. Each horse weighed about 1090 pounds.
The Maryland State Association for the Deaf adjourned in Hagerstown after a night session at the Episcopal Parish Home. Officers include Perryman as president and E C Wyand as second vice president with Barry J. Beamy as treasurer. The group plans a fall meeting in Baltimore and honors delegates including Rev Job Turner of Staunton Va.
Creditors Frank Adier Sutton Co and Wilson Palmer Co through Attorneys Baldwin Baldwin and Alfred Ritter file in United States District Court a bankruptcy petition against Luther S. Zirkle of Junkswisk county seeking adjudication of bankruptcy. Plaintiffs claim $1,016.58 and allege act of bankruptcy by confessing a Carcall Court judgment for Frederick County in Monroe Zirkle’s favor for $630 to defraud creditors. Charles G. Baldwin and Alfred Ritter named receivers. bond set at $1,300.
Rev Edward T W Helfenstein of Branewick travels to Ellicott City to confer with St John's vestry on succeeding the late Dr Harrison as rector. Attending with him are Vestrymen of St John's. Local news notes a hopeful appointment and hospital concerns.
In Monigue ry County fires destroyed three frame houses near the erection. An incendiary suspected in the action. Peter Brock, aged 3, was detained in Baltimore awaiting transfer to Cumberland on two charges. Police arrested Juan W Thomas in Hyattesby for alleged felony. Riverview Council plans a dedication on August 23. Harford teachers’ institute slated for Belair September 1 to 7. Joseph Mason of Cumberland challenges wagon tax validity. Labor Day celebrations organized by trades groups in Cumberland for September 3. Leake camp meeting draws larger attendance than before. Annapolis sailor wounds assailant at Naval Academy with revolver. Ex-Magistrate George W. Sheetz dies at 76 in Allegany County. Cecil County school opening postponed to September 10. Mrs. Harriet E. Wayman marries Bishop Henry McNeal Turner in Baltimore. Typhoid cases in Hagerstown linked to polluted wells and Oak Spring water. Oak Spring to be sealed. Dozens of canal claims filed with Court Clerk Oswald in Hagerstown. holders must file by September 1. Mayor Schindel plans sewerage after electric plant. opposition to higher costs noted.
Rev. J. E. Lake, president of the National Park Camp Meeting Association, told a Philadelphia reporter that souls are cheap at any price after a National Park revival. He discussed Rev Sam Jones, who earned 900 dollars for seven days of exertation and preached eleven sermons, resulting in eight thousand conversions at little cost per soul.
The Montgomery county Board of School Commissioners confirms teacher appointments at several schools including Glen Echo Etchison Snouffer Dawsonville Clarksburg Kensington and Poolestike. The board also recommends Miss Elessor Chambers receive a life certificate to teach in the state’s public schools.
A Wheeling syndicate led by Dolph in Kate closes a deal on 7000 to 10000 acres of coal lands above Wheeling in Brooke County West Virginia near the Ohio river and Panhandle Railroad with exposure to Pennsylvania investors, price between 165000 and 200000 dollars. A second deal transfers 6000 acres on Baggs Run near Wheeling in Marshall County to J V Thompson president of the First National Bank of Uniontown Pennsylvania.
An early winter exhibition in city stores showcased hats and bonnets with velvet and feathers. Observers noted sailor hats, linen skirts, and shirt waists alongside toques and Spanish turbans, many styles draping over faces.
The Standard Time and Stone Company granted one hundred laborers in Keyser West Virginia a voluntary ten percent raise to $1.25 per day after a strike failed to win higher pay. The change, not conceded through concession, followed a prior strike. Also described is a novel dessert called ice cream cantaloupe, prepared by layering cantaloupe with sugar and crushed fruit under ice cream.
Miss Mary V Engelbrecht, daughter of Mr and Mrs A L Engelbrecht, sustained a foot injury after an incident at a home in Pear Thin City yesterday. A preliminary report notes a direct impact causing the injury and authorities are investigating the sequence of events.
A Key Monument Association meeting formed plans for a Defenders Day ceremony on September 1 to dedicate the Spanish cannon sent by the Navy. A committee including Rev W Stinepring and Major E Y Goldsborough will coordinate with Heptasophs and civic groups. thanks were given to Col George A Pearce and Major Goldsborough. gun reception to be held with the ordnance department noted. The group meets again Monday.
Local items warn about water supply safety and sawdust, announce rail excursions to Gettysburg and Niagara Falls, and promote Pilsner style beverages. Advertisements cite the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad routes, prices, dates, and special trains, plus a piano tuner visit and a hospital eye surgeon.
A Wheaton district Democrat group met in Kensington Town Hall to organize a campaign club. Walter A. Johnson presided with H. V. Napier as secretary. a bylaws committee and a team to secure a permanent meeting place and arrange speaker dates were formed with local professionals named.
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