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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1902
Page
3
The Weekly News announces a handsome twelve page issue ready Thursday with broad news and features. It claims Frederick city and county’s largest Bona fide circulation, presenting advantages for advertising and inviting new copy by Wednesday 5 pm for Tax Waxxly News and changes by 1 pm that day.
Purely personal notices list visits and travels of residents and visitors. Nettie and Lynn Ritchie of West Ghard Street are at Sudbrook Park. Miss Eva Brown of Annapolis visits Miss Eva Brown, South Market Street. Mr C Bruce Howard of New York visits his parents in the city. M B Thomas of West Third Street travels for business in Baltimore and Washington. Louis Motter of Harrisburg visits Rev and Mrs. Motter near Frederick. Mrs Jesse Brown and Florence visit Annapolis. Miss Aliog Spencer of Philadelphia guests of Obas Rosa jr at Braddock Heights. Mr C O Scott departs for Westminster to join Westminster Hart Co. Miss Elsie Lower of Chevy Chasa and Miss Mary E Smoote of Washington stay with Mr and Mrs Parson on Jefferson Pike. Miss Margaret Rodeo of Baltimore leaves after visiting Miss Margaret Kolb on South Market Street.
Forty two of sixty charter members of the Sons of Veterans Camp gathered and elected officers including William P. Maulsby as captain and Charles F. Roberts as first lieutenant. The group will be named Winfield Scott Schisy Camp No. 3 and mustered in September 1. Meanwhile the Maryland Petroleum Company directors met and organized naming Robert Sellman president and Lloyd T. MacGill Jr. secretary, with Dr. C. G. MacGill filling the vacancy.
Frederick Johnson, a colored man, arrested by Officer Holbroner for carrying a concealed 44 caliber revolver. Jaz ios Smith jailed him in default of bail to await the grand jury action. Johnson confessed the revolver was for protection.
The market quotations list corn at 2.75 per barrel and 56 cents per bushel for shelled corn. No. 2 red wheat stands at 67 cents per bushel, with hogs and other quotes noted. Hay priced from 16 to 18 dollars per ton.
Baseball on Park Mills Friday August 15 featured a clash between Doubs and Park Mills. The Doubs triumphed 11 to 5 after a lively contest full of hits and steady defense from both sides.
George Strawenberger faced a perjury charge and was held on $400 bail after a hearing before Justice Smith. Bail was originally $200 and rose to $400. further charges total $1,600 across three counts including assault on Kefauver. John Shipley posted for habeas corpus to secure appearance in Middletown court.
The annual Teachers Institute will run September 1 to 8 in this city with Dr. James Mitchell of St Marys College lecturing daily on Geography and related topics. Activities include Monday's geography teaching focus, an evening on volcanoes, and Tuesday's ventriloquism and readings. State Superintendent M Bates Stephens arrives Wednesday for morning and afternoon talks on examiner timing. A special institute for colored teachers is planned at Nazartte Hall on September 4 and 5 with Dr. B Moore delivering addresses and a Thursday lecture by Moore.
A diary from 1826 notes harvest labor scales, with 14 reapers and multiple helpers. Frederick commemorated the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1826, with a grand procession and a start to public demonstrations for Jefferson and Adams.
Frederick to add a new mail carrier on September 1. Assistant superintendent Wa B Roberts arranged five routes, increasing deliveries to business districts to four daily and general deliveries to three, with afternoon additions for boatmen. Carrier hours listed. trial run scheduled for August 90.
St John’s Catholic Church ladies hosted a progressive euchre party at Dunfor Hall raising funds for the church. A large crowd enjoyed prizes for ladies and gentlemen, with Misa Julia Nuéé winning the top ladies prize and Mr Jones top gentleman. Dr Edward Nelson captured second gentleman prize. Miss Grinder earned second ladies prize. Music by Bren Der’a Superb Orchestra accompanied the evening, which ran until midnight.
The Muighta of Pythias plans an excursion from Frederick to Baltimore and Tel Chester Beach tomorrow morning. The Harmony band will accompany the trip with music on train and boat, and the Fifth Regiment Band performs daily on the boat. The train leaves B and O station at 5 40 a m with one stop between Frederick and Baltimore. Rain or shine the outing will proceed, marking the season's final trip of 1902.
Mrs. Jacob H. Stuckey widow of a Berkel ey County official dies in Martineburg at age 50 from Addison's disease. Over fifteen months her skin darkened from white to coal black despite remedies by eminent physicians. She is survived by seven children.
Charles P. Levy, chairman of the Frederick district Democratic primary, named delegates to the county convention. The list includes Jacob M. Newman, Joseph Zwenhsuer, Samuel Wertheimer, Chas Hagan, Jacob Rohrback, Charles H. Batgimen, C. OB Eckstein, Chas. Peery, Joseph W. Gaver, Conrad Bulang, B. E. Eoe Edes, John H. Frazier, Brive, Dr. L T. MacGill Jr., Louis Kussmaal, M. A. Abrecht, Lewis Riddiemoser Jr., F. V. Stand, Jacob Dadisman, Frederick Ochsenderfer, Dr. S. Z. Thomas, Vincent Yingling, C. E. Sera, Charles Z Zellers, Philip.
Harry Shaffer of Gerstown caught a record Potomac bass at Dam No 5. The seven pound seven ounce fish weighed seven pounds and measured 22 inches. The Woodmont Gun Club had posted a $200 prize for seven pound line anglers in the Potomac.
Barry F Routzahn a Brunswick B&O brakeman applied for bankruptcy relief in a Baltimore court. He owes 144 dollars and has 72 dollars in assets. Attorney Harry Brindle represents him. Zinc and Grinding Make Devos lead and Zinc Paint wear twins as Jong 28 lead and of] mized by hand. Seld by P. L. Hargett & Os.
Washington dispatch reports that Maryland Democrats plan to press the Schley case as a test of the delegation’s effort to vindicate Rear-Admiral Schley. The row centers on patronage fights, White House reactions, and divisions within the Maryland congressional delegation led by Senator McComas and figures like Mudd and Moad.
Market reports a strong session with Hyga rising to iScents. Vegetables plentiful and in fine condition. fruit abundant though peaches costly. Apples pears early damsons plums grapes crabapples. cucumbers for pickling abundant. Watermelons and osage oranges in good shape. sweet potatoes and turnips rising in supply. Tomatoes offered at 40 and 50 cents per bushel.
Noah E. Cramer, real estate and loan agent, sold for Mrs. Mary A. and F. C. Nellinger five acres of land with a house at Mount Tabler this day for two hundred dollars.
Charles Wertheimer of Wertheimer Broz arrives in Cumberland to assist with the opening of a new clothing store at 134 Baltimore Street. The firm runs a large operation in Frederick and is noted as a prosperous local enterprise in the Cumberland Times.
News of the Churches notes multiple harvest services next Sunday August 24 at Zion Reformed Ohailesville 10 p m Brad dock 3 p m Pleasade Bill chapel 2 15 p m and Sandsy September 7 10 a m led by pastors Rev T F Hoffmeier and Rev S M Hench. All are invited.
The Board of County Commissioners approved a steam heating plant for the jail and advertised for bids. A contract to build a new schoolhouse at Doubs for colored pupils was awarded to Joseph Weddie & Bro for 557.95. O L Dougherty won a bid of 390 for building two short walls at Tuscaroras Station to protect the county road.
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad runs a special excursion August 24 from Frederick to Hagerstown. Round trip fare 75 cents. Depart Frederick 9 AM, return from Hagerstown 6 PM. Similar excursions from Baltimore and Washington to Frederick.
About fifteen hundred descendants and kin from the Hench Dromgold Battman Rios and Ickes families gathered Thursday August 14 at Groff Park Perry County Pennsylvania. Attendees traveled by private cars and several trains from towns along the Pennsylvania Central Railroad and other states. A program of music and addresses featured the Newport Pennsylvania Orchestra and performances by York area soloists. The history of the Hench family traced the line to a 1743 Württemberg immigrant who fought in the Revolutionary War and whose descendants settled in what became Juniata and Perry counties.
Local notices advertise a Knights of Pythias excursion from Frederick to Tolchester Beach and Baltimore with multiple departure times. Music by Harmony band, modern Woodman meeting tonight, and rail offerings to Hagerstown on August 24 with round trip fare and specific departure details.
An odd ad fragment presents alleged August merchandise claims about all wool skirting in multiple colors and a new oil painted cushion top priced around 280 with a high Regnier value. It features names like John Hendrickson amid garbled promotional text.
Crowds are drawn to North August store as half price promotions draw shoppers. Advertised goods include embroidered apparel, denims, floral designs, hosiery, silk grenadines, linens, laces, and decorated jardinières with wide discounting. Numerous items priced daily to attract customers, with emphasis on textile and household wares.
Prominent local notices advertise Frederick College welcoming boys of all ages for preparatory and sophomore year work, with Edith Ritchie as primary department teacher. Also promoted are dental services by H. Masonic Temple practitioner Dr. H. offering porcelain crowns and bridges, and a community excursion to Middletown on August 20, 1903. Tickets via Johnny E. Rippexcar. fare 15 cents round trip. cars at 780 sharp. Examinations offered for vision and headaches by Dr. Wx. G. Bormaze at 26 WW Market Street.
A naval telegram to Mrs Wim P Maukby reports the safe arrival at Cherbourg, France, of Miss Bula Pigman and a party on a European tour. The voyage was uneventful and none of the party were harmed.
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