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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1900
Page
4
The report states two thousand Boers were surrounded at Orange River and utterly defeated with heavy losses. PTY MEN killed and wounded. Special dispatch to The News. Brivexport Cons. Dec. 13. An accident at Beaver Brook Dan reported fifty men killed and wounded.
Mr. Harry Noseham visits relatives in Washington. Col. L. Victor Baughman stays in New York. Miss Ads Crist of Weet Fifth Street visits relatives in Brunswick. Miss Adeline Young of West South Street visits relatives in Baltimore. Mrs. Helen Blake of Record Street visits Mrs. Thomas M. Wolfe in Washington, D C. Miss Margaret For of Mt St Marys visits the Misses Young on South Market Street. Mr. and Mrs. G Waring Tyson of West Second Street visit relatives in Baltimore. Mr. Haller James of South Market leaves for Washington to take a new position.
Christmas mood permeates stores and streets as shops bustle with preparations and markets announce holiday schedules. Stan Troxell seeks injunction to block land sale, but judge refuses. Christmas markets and noonday schedules set for December 21 and 31, shaping the season’s pace.
The November term of the Circuit Court for Montgomery County adjourned Saturday afternoon after five weeks. The court will reconvene January 14 to try cases, including one removed from Washington County.
The circuit court opened at 1 AM with Judge Morter presiding over the trial of W. P. Edwards charged with receiving stolen money knowing it was stolen in the Koehler robbery. Witnesses described the January 1, 1900 incident at Filby's saloon, the assault and theft of $115, and Edwards's alleged involvement.
The Chesapeake and Ohio canal waste weirs were opened on Saturday to lower water levels and allow seining of pools to remove undesirable fish. The project aims to save thousands of bass and keep carp from entering the Potomac River. Christmas Exhibitions and holiday events follow at local schools and churches, including a Free Kindergarten exhibit on Friday at 10 o'clock on South Market Street and a Women’s Christian Temperance Union school closing for holidays with an exhibition and Christmas cheer. A Pen-Mar tabernacle site is studied for a 3000-seat gathering space sponsored by Reformed Lutheran and Presbyterian clergy and engineers of Western Maryland Railroad. Frederick County notes include Miz. Wright elected vice president and John Nicodemus on the Bells Letters committee. Local real estate transfer: Noah B Cramer sold Main Street lot to John David Cram for $2.0. Syrup of Figs advert promotes its child-friendly laxative benefits from the California Fig Syrup Co.
Religious notices and Sunday services across multiple churches are summarized. St. Matthew's Reformed and Evangelical churches hold sermons on gospel truths and modern outlooks, with Epworth League sessions and scheduled Ember days. Weather notes report a cold snap and frozen ponds amid Christmas and New Century celebrations. Art sale at Frederick Art Club and a Christmas recital at Woman's College are announced, along with market quotations from J. E. W. Hargett.
James R Burk, an ex soldier wounded in Cuba and discharged with pension, attempted to cut his throat with a razor at a Walkersville boarding house during a delirium tremens episode after returning to heavy drinking. Doctors Sewed the wound and he was taken to Montevas Hospital. recovery uncertain if his system was too weakened by alcohol.
A loving remembrance for Rebecca HM Zacharing marks a heavenly first anniversary with religious reflections on heaven and earth. The page also notes new rockers, oyster stock for Christmas, Japanese rugs, novelties, and a Western Maryland holiday excursion rate, plus a closing line about trees grown from advertising acorns.
A cluttered ad page highlights holiday sales from jewelry to pianos and diamonds at J. W. Morris and Darrow, with a grand opening, market hours, and promotional lectures by Dr. Hartman. Also listed are tailored garments, reduced B&O holiday fares, and a wave of imported Christmas goods.
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