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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1900
Page
4
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Dr. Levin West of Brunswick spends the day in Frederick on business. Robert B. Clarke of East Patrick street visits relatives in Winchester Virginia. John Gomber of South Market street spends a few days in Washington. W M Douglass of the Park Hotel spends the day in Hagerstown on business. Maggie Duvall of South Market street visits friends in Baltimore. Ella and Elizabeth Honck of North Market street return from New York. J Henry Lampe of Eaat Fifth Street returns after visiting in Baltimore. Isaac Wineberg of North Market street spends the day in Brunswick and Harper's Ferry on business. Gertrude Haydon of Court street visits relatives in Baltimore and Washington. Wm H Hinks and Wm P Maulsby of the Frederick bar spend the day at Point of Rocks on Dead t. J C Hendrix, recently ill at Parkton, Balti more county, has returned to Frederick fully recovered.
Brisk weather boosts trade while Santa Claus looms as the season's main draw. Bridal happiness swells at Niagara Falls, Hicks forecasts storms before Christmas, and a mother consoles a crying child over a doll bonnet mishap. The Maryland Pharmaceutical Association admits one female and one colored pharmacist, Jane Craven Gooper of Chestertown and Howard E. Xi of Baltimore, among twenty-two new members.
Miss Margaret Pus of Columbia Avenue, Dene Ellicott City, faced a bold intruder in her hen house. She barred the door and called for help as two colored men arrived with noose and stayed outside. Officers Vansant and Sreepond dragged the man away after he slaughtered seven chickens and fled toward the roof to escape.
George A. Zimmerman died suddenly yesterday at his home 1629 Northwest Street Baltimore. He was the beloved husband of Ids Zimmerman. The funeral will be held tomorrow morning according to local notice.
In a Maryland circuit court session Judge Motter heard multiple civil actions. The case Marriott Dorsey v Abel S Vansant charged damages of 100 dollars for a dog poisoned allegedly by Vansant. Evidence included arsenic discussion and ptomaine poisoning. verdicts favored various plaintiffs. many cases argued by Stoner Buckey and J E R Wood with others.
Special dispatch from Hose Boxe reports the entire city plastered with notices calling natives to rise and expel all foreigners, signaling a surge of xenophobic tension across the area.
New York reports Pierce and McEachern and Elkes and McFarland leading a six day bicycle race with rivals close behind. Tonight at the Opera Mrs A S McDaniel and pupils present A Scrap of Paper a charming drama with striking situations. St Mary's Episcopal Guild holds a Tex at Mrs John Markell's with refreshments. Dr Bernard Steiner of Baltimore, formerly from this city, recovering after appendectomy. Local market quotes list corn at $2.00 per barrel or 40¢ per bushel, wheat 67¢ per bushel, hay $12 to $34, from the Union Protestant Infirmary area.
Local drama screening tonight titled 4 Scrap of Paper presented by Mrs Elizabeth McDonnel’s group at City Opera House with tickets at Yeakles store. Mary Banks a colored woman was run over. water board plans a 100000 pound dredging machine for Lock River. Coast of Appeals hears Polk v Clark. Electric plant lowers lighting costs in Hagerstown. A stranger found in Mr Michael Pnes henhouse killed seven hens. Destructive fire in Sharpeburg near public square. Hester Brewing Company plans a 40 by 100 foot brick cold storage in Cumberland. Mrs Eliza Dashiell of Salisbury observes her 102nd birthday. Mrs Susan Majors body found in woods after self-inflicted injury. Cumberland Hydraulic Cement’s new mill near completion, doubling capacity to 2500 barrels per day, operating by January 1. Navy cuts Gulf of Pechili contingent to Monocacy and one ship in mud dock for safety. Skating on Sabillashire pond reports ice on West Fourth Street vicinity. Street improvements near corner and new houses rising.
Transfers of property, marriage licenses, and court business for the week ended December. Entries include William H Nicodemus to George W Heinle in Frederick County. John Lewis Yord to John Benjamin Ford and wife. Cynthia B Hales and Abram Inaho to Annie S Ford. Martin E Valentine. Allen J Willard to Elizabeth Catherine Best. Mary A Rice and Janet D Rice executors to John Clem and Wilhelm Clem. Irving I Fisher et al to Joseph M Dovilbies. George W Heinlein to Wm H Nicodemus. John C Coboltz trustee to Jacob T Pale. Louis Chanay from J Thomas Borgee et al. James L Elgin to Dr Wiska. William Graham to Wm C Boteler, all in Frederick County with various sums. Also marriages and other real estate transfers noted. Orphans' Court inventories, final accounts, estates including Eli C Wasker and Susan R Nelson, and probate actions for Robert H Boteler, Mary Long, James Musgrove, Cecilia Pearre, and others.
Oliver Stepheny, 17, was accidentally shot in the head while hunting near Burkittsville in Turney county. The loaded shot ploughed the right side of his head causing a severe skull fracture. he walked home aided, was treated by Dr Enis at Burkittable, and though in danger, recovery is hoped as his condition stabilizes.
The News invites boys and girls to write Santa Claus with their Christmas wishes. Letters will be forwarded to Santa and printed in The News, giving Santa a chance to see them during the season.
A batch of childhood Christmas wishes arrives at the Frepriics post office on December 11 1900. Letters from several young girls request dolls push carts hair combs and bracelets along with good wishes for a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
Christmas recess for societies except church circles with gifts in Sunday schools and church groups. Post holiday house parties and New Year receptions planned. University Victorian Poet course to end next week. WCTU to host supper in January. Visitation Academy Alumnae to hold a twentieth century function around Epiphany. Daughters of the Confederacy to observe General Robert E. Lee’s birthday on January 19. Frederick County teachers institute slated for the first week of January. Mr D W Shorb seeks space to share a porkers anecdote recounting Jersey Red sows sold at the 1897 fair to Freeman buyers and weights of pigs at 15 months.
Clayton Daniel Honck and Annie May Barrick of New Midway were married yesterday at the Reformed parsonage in Walkersville by Reverend D. J. Wolf.
Local notes invite readers to a free consultation by Dr Hartung in Berits Londos Paris and New York, with promotion of a lecture at City Upers Horse Maodey B Night December 17 and a Christians display. Also advertised are second hand stoves, furniture, and a holiday jewelry sale at J W Morris.
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