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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1893
Page
8
Patchwork notes mix city counts and odd quotes from historical anecdotes. Includes tax levies, land sales, lectures by Bill Nye, and miscellaneous historic curiosities on diamonds, copper, and famous figures.
Harvey Rowe and his wife, near Boonsboro, were milking when a thief entered the house and took Mr. Rowe's watch and chain valued at 15 dollars. Hog cholera also reported prevailing around Woltarville.
Church notices list baptisms, sermons, and special services across Catholic, Lutheran, Episcopal, and evangelical groups. Influenza affects Rev Beale. New Year events scheduled including Lutheran Chamber talk by Rev Deilk and parish devotion at St John’s.
The article lists officers for the John the Evangelist Solemn High Mass and evening services with named celebrants deacons and preachers including Father Y Van Rensallaer and Father Coleman. It notes confessions on New Year’s Eve and Day Mass times, plus League of the Sacred Heart devotions and Jesuit beatification celebrations with a Tridium planned in January and February. It also describes the North Pacific’s deepest waters reached by the Tuscarora in 1875 near Japan, noting an even deeper yet unfathomed chasm.
A steamer bound from Port Albert to Melbourne Australia wrecked at Jubiles Point. Sixteen persons were aboard and only one escaped. The article notes deaths including clergy and other passengers, with scarce concrete details remaining. The government receipts this month totaled 2723 dollars with expenses 650 dollars.
The text notes that precious items including rery trinkets gold and silverware and sundries valued at 95 million dollars form part of a larger claim that 130 million dollars in circulation will be present at Christmas. The figures imply broad consumer activity and economic expectations during the holiday period.
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