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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1911
Page
5
Adam Linton of Yellow Springs claims a fellow worker at Frederick City Packing Company stole his wages and more yesterday afternoon. He mislaid about $16 and a $5 employee’s check after packing boxes in the warehouse, prompting a factory-wide search and concern for his family on the way home.
Two funeral services were held yesterday and this afternoon for Mrs J Heisley Keller of North Markets Street and Mrs Casper Brust of West South Street. Rev Ulysses S Rupp and Rev E L McLean led services with pallbearers named. Interment was at Mt Olivet cemetery. C C Carty directed both funerals.
City Aldermen met in regular session with Mayor Schell presiding though Alderman Rice was absent. The board discussed sidewalk completion on Dulaney avenue, a Rockwell Terrace crossing, water main work for the new Boys High School, and street paving payments. They also moved to have B and O cease laying tracks on a disputed property and ordered investigations into ownership and public safety.
City Engineer reports added paving along 60 feet from South Street to cobblestones near Hallerstown hull. Contract negotiations with United Paving Co. at $2.14 per square yard using hillside bricks with sand filler. Board to consider a new permanent market sign and other city improvements. Fines for May July total $87. quarterly fines $34.50. Various bills approved including Markell Ford and others. Market Master reported June receipts.
A local shipment advertises dramatic price cuts on spring, fall, and summer garments, linen dresses and skirts, and related items. Highlights include suits from $5 to $20, tub linen suits at $2.45 to $6.98, and linen skirts up to 4. Lively catalogs also promote coats, dust protectors, and travel wear. Includes notices for Lake View Hotel open for guests with Sunday meals, and contact details for Chas. J. Ramsburg in Lewistown, Maryland.
Robert A. Bennett of United Fire Company leads talks with the Mayor and Aldermen as committees from three fire companies plan to meet. A standard thread size for fire plugs is sought to ease hose attachment, with city purchases pending committee action and an estimated cost not exceeding 50 cents per plug.
The Hygeia Ice Company factory cylinder head blew out a few days ago. It was replaced yesterday and production resumed to normal. About 10% of output was lost and Lancaster ice was bought to cover shortages until the new machine comes online tonight or Saturday morning. A second Lancaster shipment arrived last night. Currently the plant serves city customers with occasional out of town orders unfilled. The firm does not store ice and has no backup supply, but no famine risk is expected this year.
William H. Brengle is repairing the roof around the steeples of the Evangelical Reformed Church, a brief item of local notice noting maintenance work and church upkeep.
Miss Kate Meéhining of West South Street is listed as ill. The item notes that illness among residents drives activity in local advertising and business.
The National Guard of the District of Columbia arriving from Washington with two detachments of First Field Artillery and a mounted Signal Corps unit, about 4 400 troops expected to camp near Frederick. The main body, about 1 490 men in two regiments and the Signal Corps, will arrive tomorrow. Train sections carry officers, horses, and equipment for the field operations and signaling maneuvers are emphasized. Brigadier General George H Harris leads a highly regarded district force with a history of campaigns and varied camps across the northeast.
Veterans of the District Guard with Civil War and Spanish American War service joined by Washington Star correspondent Earle Godwin observed freight arrivals and rail transfers for Camp Ordway. Employing car service from Frederick, preparations include drills, schools, and a field day.
Report states Lawrence Kennedy of Frederick collided with Eugene Shave’s automobile on the Puchkeys town pike near Otis creek last night around 11 50. Kennedy was thrown headfirst and bruised. buggy wheels on one side torn. horse broke loose and continued toward Frederick before being restrained. Robert Shipley assisted Kennedy to Tredevich after a passing motorcycle ride.
Local listing notes farm goods for sale from C Ramsburg & Son Harmony Grove and Frederick County Farmers Exchange. Includes hay straw corn and choice potatoes with contact details for buyers.
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