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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1897
Page
3
The Weekly News announces a handsome twelve page issue ready Thursday with full news and special features. It proclaims the largest bona fide circulation in Frederick city and county and touts advertising advantages. Copy for new ads due Wednesday 5 p.m. and changes by 12:30 p.m. that day.
Local society notes recount visits and greetings as Mr C E B Peter of Rockville and Miss Annie Groshon return from Oakland. Several residents including Miss Sophie Webbing of Baltimore and Mr Fred Brannon of Washington visit Frederick and nearby towns. Others travel to Baltimore, Hagerstown, Pittsburgh, and New York while relatives host at Carlin House and Shady Grove areas.
Harry Jiams faced charges of Assault and Intent to rob William Stewart and resisting arrest. Magistrate White set bail at 150 for the first charge and 50 for resisting arrest. unable to secure surety, he was committed to jail for grand jury action. A subsequent West All Saints fight led to Bessie Jackson being jailed ten days after failing to pay a three dollar fine.
Baseball notes say the Home Talent team from Hagerstown will host two games at Fredeik this Friday. The big clash features the Fifth Regiment versus the Frederick clubs with Stop Bronz pitching for the Fifth and Beatin for Frederick. Bronz formerly of Baltimore and Beatin formerly of Cleveland will star. Beatin struck out 22 in eight innings last week. Moles worth leaves for Shamokin and Harry Williame from Falls River will replace him. Admission is 25 cents with ladies free.
A Baltimore wheelman toppled from a machine while coasting down a hill near Mt. Pleasant on Sunday. He was carried to a nearby house where first aid was provided before transportation to a hospital.
In Frederick County political field tensions rise over judiciary nominations. Rumors swirl about Motier and Urner as party factions weigh nominating strategies and potential votes. Primaries set for September 11 loom as all county offices’ candidates campaign vigorously amid uncertainty.
A collage of light items and tidbits covers daily life notes. Jokes about marriage, fashion fads, stagecoach plans, and street work mix with local notices and social chatter.
The article describes prepay gas meters where a 25 cent drop releases a quota of gas until the light goes out, with replenishment requiring another coin and noting risks from itinerant renters. It also reports on nickel-in-the-slot automatic telephones spreading in Norway and Sweden, allowing three minutes of conversation per coin with central disconnection afterward.
The Washington Pest calls Senator Wellington of Maryland a broken man in a vivid charge that he overreached to control events in Maryland and to confront the President. It notes his loss of self confidence and grew wary, with a change from boldness to sickly smiles.
State veterinarian Dr. A W Clement begins inoculated rabbit tests to confirm if nine cows on J W Plankard’s Whikerablis farm died from hydrophobia after bites by a dog. He notes autopsy and emulsion methods may prove or disprove rabies certainty once rabbits show signs.
The Youngsre cotillion at Master Hanson Maulsby home ends at 10 30 with refreshments. Guests include Misses Bouldin Rutckis Marsh Zentz Wilcoxon and others. chaperones Mary and Emily Matisty and Miss Cornelia Dutrow. Pleasant Childeens Party at 43 East Third Street hosted by Mr and Mrs Castle Aug 20 features decorations games fish pond prizes and guests including Masters Frank Castle Arthur Kemp Mary Myers and others. The sixth dance set by Frederick youths at Braddse Heights is scheduled Aug 25 with a special car from Market and Patrick streets and City Opera House Orchestra of ten under Prof Signor.
United States rail data show ninety five train accidents in June with forty collisions fifty two derailments and three other incidents. Forty five people are killed and one hundred twenty seven injured. Baltimore and Ohio official D B Martin notes improving business and brighter prospects. The Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen totals twenty four thousand five hundred members, up about three thousand this year. Yearly receipts reached forty two thousand four hundred thirty three with disbursements at three hundred ninety five thousand three hundred and balance thirty one thousand thirty four. Secretary Arnold says nearly all members are employed with many receiving higher wages.
The market was full this morning with cheap produce across departments. Lima beans are scarce as bulk ships go elsewhere at 6 cents per quart. tomatoes, peaches, blackberries, pears, and cantaloupe priced affordably. Apples, grapes, and soon quinces appear. plums, damsons, and crab apples plentiful. huckleberries scarce. overall fruit quality praised.
The Baltimore Washington Club schedules a Labor Day event at Frederick on September 6 for the Challenge Cup. Likely Washington team members are Moran and Greer or Smith, with LeCompte Parker and French from Baltimore. Exhibits include a one mile novice, a mile hand icap for Frederick riders, and a two mile handicap amateur with prizes such as a diamond ring and a gold watch.
Waynesboro Pennsylvania readies its centennial celebration with historic church services, a grand union service in Centennial Hall for 3000, a Monday program featuring Rev Q Coon with a 250 voice chorus and brass band, and fireworks finale. Governors from Pennsylvania and Maryland will attend with dignitaries delivering addresses in Music Hall. Reduced rail rates accompany the event, set in Cumberland Valley near Mont Alto Park and Pen-Mer region.
Notices detail conveyances in Frederick County including John E. Baker to Elizabeth Nafle for 12 acres and 3 perches at 194 15, Charles P. Levy to Arnold Wikite for 36 acres at 180, Langinger to Mary Ann Smith near Emmitsburg at 22, and Motter trustee to Hygela Ice Company for 4 acres. A boy, Charles Lowe ten, fell into Kolb's ice house on East Fourth Street yesterday morning, plunging about twenty five feet but was saved by loose straw and other workers.
The Lectureard Entertainment Committee schedules a Boston Ladies Symphony Orchestra concert on November 19 and a Fisk Jubilee Singers show around late February. Winter courses include book keeping and commercial law led by Kemp and Urner, aiming to boost practical business skills for night students. A humorous exchange about bicycle riding contrasts a mother’s caution with a daughter’s pursuit of better looking men.
Mr Darbys Deals reports F Darby of Williamsport is said to have bought 20000 to 30600 bushels of wheat from farmers as prices rose to 60s and 7s. Some farmers who sold at lower prices refuse delivery. Darby says he will file legal proceedings to compel delivery.
The corner stone of the Methodist Episcopal Church of Emmitsburg will be laid this afternoon by Acacia Lodge of Thurmont and members of Columbia and Lynch Lodges. The Frederick Quartette will perform, and attendees will participate in the ceremony. Hood's Sarsaparilla advertised with no substitutes mentioned.
An employee on Edwin Warfield's Howard County farm near Florence attempted to reach home after a business errand. His horse was drowned when the swollen stream swept away the wagon. He climbed a tree and stayed in the branches all night as heavy rains continued.
The colored man who refused to assault Constable Simpson during a deputized arrest on Saturday night is identified as John Page not Samuel Page. The report confirms the correction in the suspect’s name.
Willam H. Dyer and Elzabeth Margate Walsh both of this city receive marriage licenses along with Frank Harris and Genevieve Noland, colored, also of this city.
Calvin Koehler and his brother set a large number of hooks on Friday and Saturday they captured a string of fish including sixteen pound eels and nine fall fish.
Fresh oysters are received daily at Eckgtein's restaurant. Free dancing at Braddock on Tuesday and Friday evenings from 3 to 11 o'clock. Cara leaves at 6 30, 710, $20 per night.
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