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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1901
Page
3
The Wrresix News will publish a handsome twelve page issue with full news and special features. It claims the largest circulation in Frederick city and county and invites advertisers to submit copy by 6 p.m. Wednesday and changes by 12 p.m. Wednesday.
Purely personal items list Mr Lloyd Palmer of Emmitsburg visiting friends in Frederick. Mrs O F Linthicum of Nashville Tenn guests of D P Snyder Hast Fourth street. Mrs Wm Bantz formerly of this city now in Kansas City visiting Mrs Freeland Lester Hagerstown. Miss Maulsby and Miss Emily Maulsby return from Bedford Springs. Mrs B F Sellman and daughter Nellie visiting Mr and Mrs G W Kindley. Misses Annie Crowe Annie Mamie Ada Dawson from Baltimore spending remainder of summer at Mt St Mary. Miss Minnie Foreman Carrie Boblitz of Thurmont visiting relatives B L Boblitz. Mr Edward Seibert Mrs Mae Lanner and others visiting Mrs T Hammond Griffith Lawndale Place. Camp Barck Sunday visitors include Blanche Bucher Mamie Thomas Hooper. John Bast Barry Buch and others enjoyed day at waters. Mr John Markell chief deputy collector of the internal revenue Baltimore returned from vacation here. Mrs Markell and children visiting Westminster.
A collection of short items notes and quips from a 19th or early 20th century paper. Mentions a hat trust a garbage removal bid a bass fishing party at Camp Wide Awake a Juniata College reunion in Pen Mar auctions by Chas. B. Fout and an O. M. Buracker sale. Also jokes about heat at home church and a church joke with a hotel clerk.
Miss Bertha Poffenberger and Mr. Thomas R. Miller of LeGore were married yesterday morning in Hagerstown by Rev. H. F. Downs.
Funeral services were held this afternoon in Hagerstown for Mrs Grace Kaun formerly of the county. Father Rabbin officiated and burial followed in Rose Hill cemetery.
LeRoy L. Rhoderick, 22, son of Middletown Valley Register editor George O. Rhoderick Jr., shot himself on the porch of his father's home between five and six last evening. A coroner’s jury ruled death caused by a self-inflicted bullet through the brain. Witness Alonzo Kepler saw the act. Rhoderick had been drinking earlier in the day. Funeral arrangements to be announced. community mourns the loss of a popular young man.
A freight wreck on the Myersville and Ca t o c t i n Electric Railroad near Mt Tabor injured the motorman Adolphus Ramsburg and damaged cars. A wheat car broke apart scattering grain while empty cars and a motor were damaged. Ramsburg was treated in Mt. Tabor and later at Myer sville. Market notes report plentiful tomatoes and a Lima bean price corner, with shifting bean prices and pilfering noted as cantaloupes move quickly. An old ordinance restricting Lima bean shipments before 3 am faces possible repeal due to crop needs.
Early market scene this morning noted a North Market street tinner learning from a buck sifter that the man who bought eleven bushels of onions would deliver them to his house today. The tinner, surprised, argued the huckster’s claim was mistaken. If the onions arrive, the tinner will burn them for disposal.
A Democratic mass meeting will be held at the Houck building on West Patrick street tomorrow at 8 o clock. Addresses will be delivered by Generals Victor Baughman and John E. R. Wood.
Sweet Cantaloupes from Feagaville gifted by Mr. Charlie Wisner feature Rocky Ford gem variety. The fruit is described as sweet and sound and widely enjoyed by the community.
The day’s brief items include the drowning of Mary Kinafrock in Lake Roger and failure to recover her body, a fatal fall of Baltimore painter Joseph King, and a landslide near Fires Eddy that halted railway traffic. Also noted are a coroner’s exoneration for Theodore Evans’ death, a declined nomination by Alpheus Haislip, and inheritance news for Josiah Meads with $1,064 plus Iowa land.
The twenty ninth annual Church of God camp meeting opened at Linwood Grove near Pipa Creek Station on Friday August 16 led by Rev. T. Tyler. Prominent clergymen included Rev. Gervin Baumandale and Rev. Clark among others. Sunday attendance reached about 2800 to 3000 with sermons, sunrise service, and experiences, weather waned but orderly sessions continued. The grove overlooks nearby villages and has drawn many visitors via the WM Railroad.
The Frederick fair will open in seven weeks with the thirty fourth annual exhibition promising bigger and better features. The site was purchased in August 1867, with the first fair held in 1859 at the old Barracks. The county agricultural society traces to 1828 and the first fair in Libertytown.
A special meeting of the Frederick City Hospital Association reported progress on a new building with footing completed and electric lighting planned. A water facilities request will be presented to the Board of Aldermen. Community events include a Friday outing and a booth at the Agricultural fair.
William P. Bayne of Washington County Pennsylvania, perhaps the state’s tallest man at a fraction over seven feet, travels to Moorefield West Virginia for the McNeill’s Rangers reunion tomorrow. He served in Ringgold’s cavalry and is with about 25 fellow command members who will be guests of the Confederate Veterans.
A Sunday blaze at Zora two miles from Emmitsburg leveled the store room and dwelling of Postmaster Bryant Wortz. Wortz and family were away. Losses exceed insurance by about $1,000 with $15 in postage stamps and all furniture and clothing destroyed. Only the iron safe, holding $200, was saved.
Heavy rains unleashed a cloudburst across Cumberland and neighboring counties. Flooded streets, washed-out rails, and damaged bridges disrupted travel, with Parkton and northern Baltimore County suffering significant washouts and debris-filled watercourses. Maryland and Pennsylvania railroad lines incurred damage as Susquehanna rises. Westminster reports destructive rains in Carroll County. Residents faced ruined furniture and forced evacuations while forecasts hint at cooler weather to follow.
Obituary notices report the death of Otho Lawrence after a fall from a third story window in Baltimore. He was born February 1 1878, studied law but did not graduate, married Alice Hanford in 1898, and leaves a two year old son Richard Henry. Funeral services were held today. The column also notes the death of Mrs Ida I Lucchesi of Baltimore at 52, a four month old infant Marion O Hogan, and various local notices including a dam failure case and civic items.
Market quotes for today show corn per barrel 4.50 shelled corn 56 per bushel wheat No 2 red 70 bushel steamer 60 rejected 50 per bushel. Hay priced at 13 to 14 per ton.
News notes upcoming programs and efforts of local groups in Frederick County. clubs and orders plan meetings, temple construction, and fundraising. The Institute for teachers, Eastern Star Home, hospital project, DAR and Daughters of the Confederacy activities, historical society gatherings, and the agricultural fair are highlighted as autumn resumes.
President King of the Liberia Colony in London urges colored Americans to move to Liberia where mineral wealth and work await. He says the nation offers emancipation from racial strife and a bustling life for energetic families, while Chamberlain notes Liberia’s wise governance. The piece includes a second notice about Deaf Mutes of Western Maryland gathering at Braddock Heights with speakers and a rich social program.
At Athletic Park two mile and mile handicap events featured the same riders. Jacobs won the mile with Bark second after a 242 clocking. In the two mile Bark, starting from scratch, beat Albaugh by a length while giving 120, 140, 180 and 250 yard head starts. Dancing followed until 11.
Regular dance tonight at Braddock Heights with shuttle cars at 6 40, 7 30, 8, 9 and 10. Thursday features Prof. R Emmett and his trained dog troupe and educated birds. Grand Picnic and Hospital benefit Friday at Braddock Heights with dancing in the afternoon and hourly car service starting 2 o'clock. Dr Wm C Boteler offers a five dollar eye examination and glasses fitting in Frederick at 28 North Market Street. Dressmaking ad highlights gown development and tailored garments at Eaper 85 East Church Street.
An assortment of late 19th to early 20th century advertisements and notices. Arnold's Ink promotes non fading ink formulas, ISANOGLE WAGAMAN advertises books and reading at 25c for two months, BRoDERICK & Paene notes offices and auctions, Leabe advertises livestock and real estate, a 100 piece pattern dinner set display from English and American factories, Hegemann advertises a family hotel at 157 South Arkansas Avenue, and various business notices with contact names and locations in Frederick Maryland.
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