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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1896
Page
7
Fragmentary OCR text references individuals HB Bhowaan Edw Hewes and others with unclear context or event. No concrete actions, dates, places, or organizations are readable to form a factual summary or a headline.
Church notices list All Saints Episcopal St Johns Reformed and Methodist Episcopal with times for morning and evening services. Details include pastors Rev Antonin McKenney George Ferguson and W L McKenney topics on poverty Christmas and youth focus, evening unions, sacrament, and Sunday school. Additional services at Trinity M E with Epworth League and M C A presentation. German Baptist and Montevue Hospital services noted.
A bold gang robbed post offices in Unionville and Union Bridge last night. Between three and four hundred dollars in money stamps and valuables were taken. the Unionville thieves used a stolen crowbar and a blacksmith auger to open the front safe and blew it open. A hotel and wagon at Union Bridge were stolen and a horse and wagon taken from Jacob Stoner. The same party is believed responsible for the earlier Greenville post office raid.
A bustling catalog of Christmas windows across North Market Street features J.D. Becéricksee and Millicers B. Blo menauer & Co with elegant furnishings, hats, gloves, lace, and novelties. Central Hardware, Grove & Kindley, and George F. Thomas show gift ideas while Wm H Ways offers toys and ornaments. Chocolates and candies abound at Druggists and local eateries list die to order.
Miss Emma Fletcher and Miss Bare Giant depart for home for holidays. Mr J Besse Miskimon and bride leave for Harper's Ferry. Mrs Miskizon is Cap Evan Hobbs’s daughter. Mr Charlies W Bitely returns home from Yale Law School. Mr Thomas H Haller in Baltimore. Mr Robert Tyson from Western Maryland College home for vacation. A social club of Old Maids forms at Mr Thomas Hitne's store with William Laskin as president and William Creager as secretary treasurer. Bradley Marman named sergeant at arms. Syrup of Figs advertised as a preferred laxative for children and general use.
The Frederick winter market drew crowds this morning as shoppers hustled for holiday bargains. Turkeys rose to fourteen cents a pound, eggs at twenty two cents a dozen, and butter at twenty five to thirty five cents per pound amid a broad display of meats, poultry, vegetables, and fish. Dealers expect continued price shifts and a brisk holiday rush with snow unlikely to deter display and sale of seasonal wares.
Hart, a colored man aged about 22 to 25, was shot and slightly wounded Thursday evening by Frank McAbee at McAbee's Lime Kiln store after Hart resisted orders to leave and threatened with a revolver. McAbee fired through the door, striking Hart once or twice in the arm. Nearby, L. E. Feaza is erecting a new house at Lime Kiln.
Wide stock of books for young and old at very low prices. Call and pick up a book. Also toy wagons velocipedes hobby horses carts and more on display. Includes Peloubet notes for 1897 and poets. Visit Santth’s and Smith’s temples of fancy for boys and girls.
Frederick shoppers are urged to visit Surra's and Burra's to save on a wide stock of books, toys, desks, Bibles, and holiday goods. The ad claims a price match policy, promises prompt service, and defends aggressive discounting against competitors. It recalls the store's long history and variety selling approach with a boastful tone.
A cluttered ad page lists fall and Christmas items from G B Panteur, Beckey's, and others. It promotes oysters for holidays, candles, toys, dolls, jewelry at Simmons, Harte Mountain Casarieras, fruits, groceries, wines, cigars, and coal prices. Several local firms claim low prices and broad stock for holiday shoppers.
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