Rushlight candles and college society notes in brief
A listing of short items includes rushlight candles described as the poor man’s light, the Lesbian Literary Society of the Woman’s College meeting tonight, and warnings about a political candidacy. It also mentions pension news, weather lore, a discussion of dispute logic, Maryland intestate widow laws, mail delivery notes, a repainting on East Third Street, a Webster quip, and a calendar promotion from the Frederick News.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lesbian Literary Society
Woman’s College
Blanchard
Wm. A. Cramer
Walkersville
Hhis Pond
Edward A. Gittinger
Frederick County
Princeton Alumni Association
Maryland
Baltimore
Bernard C. Steiner
Yale
Edward S. Eichelberger
Asociation
Cicero
Warmey
Lsn
Charles Walters
East Third Street
Daniel Webster
Baltimorean
Feederick News
Gates
The
Philomatheans
Congress Assembled
Ada Power Marries Albert Stavitt in Aurora
Miss Ada Power of Philadelphia and formerly Frederick wed Albert John Stavitt of Aurora last week. Power is well known here and her father runs the Hood’s fraternity care company. Hood's Barssparilis advertised as the remedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada Power
UN. BH. Power
Philadelphia
Frederick
Albert John Stavitt
Aurora
Misa Power
Time
Peter Nourse Delivers Peter Schlemihl Lecture in Frederick
The Rev Robert Nourse of Washington DC faced a cultured Frederick audience at City Opera House in F C M C A course. He spoke on Peter SchlembI the Shadowless Man, praising shadows as useful and arguing wealth without character harms society. He praised industrious virtue, detailed Chamisso's tale, and urged readers to value labor over riches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Nourse
Washington, D. C
Frederick
John
Jonathan
City Opera House
F.C
Peter Schlemb
Peter Schlemihl
Nourse
Adelbert von Chamisso
Louis Charles Adelaide de Chamiisso de Boncourt
Fouque
Peter Schiemich
Chamisso
Peter Schlemih
Nan
Reading Club Meeting Delights Members With Historical Selections
The Hiss Dick Reading Club met at Dr. George Johnson's home and enjoyed poems and readings from Green's History of the English People. A discussion of Henry VI era, the War of the Roses, and the Earl of Warwick followed, with a young Stockton story later delighting attendees. The next meeting is set for February 8 at 8 o'clock at Mr. McClintock Young's residence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hiss Dick
George Johnson
Green
England
Henry VI
Lancaster
York
Richard Hil
Iisa
Earl of Warwick
Margere
Anjou
McClintock Young
Guy Brothers Minstrels Tonight at Yeakle's Hall
The Guy Brothers Minstrels are set to perform on the sixth with seats now on at Yeakle's. The Peterboro Ont Examiner notes they are among the best and likely to draw a full house, marking the last entertainment before Lent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guy Brothers
Peterboro
Ont
Examiner
Siga
Asle
Yeakle’s
Earthquake Rumor Shakes Montgomery County Town
In Boeanerville on Tareday afternoon residents heard an earthquake announcement from Anne Arundel county. A rumbling northward, fierce wind, and visions of a cyclone led locals to prepare for danger before the sounds faded and calm returned. No definite cause was found.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Boeanerville
Tareday
Anne Arundel County
Montgomery County
Nts
Abontgomery County
Boreas
Hayes Civil Service and Education Budget Battles
The Maryland legislature debated bills including Hayes's assessment plan from the Rennett Hotel conference, a Bruce civil service bill, and a new school law. Committees eyed limiting appropriations, Elkton and Southern Railroad funding, tolls for cable railways, and monthly pay for Allegany teachers. Local routine covered Senate session, while Briddletown bonds for water works awaited passage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hayes
Hotel Rennett
Senate
Annnapolis
Bruce
Gnance and Ways and Means
Bernard Carter
Ways and Means
Elkton and Southern Railroad
Ketfer
Baltimore County
Str
Lamar
Waya
Allegany
Crothere
Senate Judiciary Committee
McSherry
Router
Rriddletown
Invitation shown for Trinity Epworth League service
An ornate window display at Adama Express Co features a framed invitation motto inviting attendance at a Trinity Epworth League service at Trinity E. Church South on East Second Street Sunday at 6:45 p.m. It includes Epworth League badges and mottoes with biblical quotes. The design credit goes to Mr. Wm. A. Catlett of West Patrick Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adama Express Company
Trinity Epworth League
Trinity E. Church
East Second Street
Epworth League
Wm. A. Catlett
Weat
Patrick Street
Frederick City Seeks Local Bills For Election Board Bonds And Powers
The Board of Aldermen traveled to Annapolis this week to push local measures. Proposed is a Frederick city elected supervisors board under state law, a bond authorization up to 55000 for a new reservoir and water works, and expanded corporate powers to issue permits supervise buildings and order demolitions when dangerous.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Aldermen
Annapolis
Board of Supervisors
Frederick City
Man
January Weather Summary From State Bureau
The state weather bureau released its January meteorological summary. Mean temperature 28 degrees with high 57 on the 24th and low 18 on the 26th. Wind moved 413 miles in 31 days, prevailing northwest. max speed 28 miles per hour from the west on the 30th. Precipitation totaled 2.46 inches with 12 clear, 13 partly cloudy, and 6 cloudy days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Weather Bureau
Execution date set for William Leonard two weeks hence
The jail reports William Leonard is calm and sleeping well as guards prepare for a scaffold erection next week. He has ordered no visitors except women may pass his cell, while the sheriff plans the final steps in the condemned man's case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leonard Heenps
William Leonard
Death of Mrs. George Essick in Medford
Mrs. George Essick of Medford Carroll county died suddenly yesterday morning from heart disease. She had been ill with neuralgia and lay in bed with her two months old child in her arms. At six o'clock her husband Mr Essick removed the child and found his wife dead. She was forty and leaves four children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George
Essick
Medford
Carroll County
Gettysburg Battle Recalled In Visionary Sermon Narrative
Reverend W L Martin writes from Mechanicstown to Middletown about the Gettysburg fight. He recounts the first day’s clashes on Cemetery Hill and Little Round Top, the brutal assault led by the Louisiana Tigers, and the heavy losses on both sides. He notes the relief of peace after the war and cherishes the hoped future of harmony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. L. Martin
Mechanicstown
Middletown
W. D. Barger
Hagerstown
Gettysburg
Rock Creek
Harrisburg
Cemetery Hill
Hayes and
Hoke
Louisiana Tigers
Stevens
Wiedrick
Pickett
Howard
Carrol
Tizer
Confederace
Fairfield
Green Potomac
Thieves busy about Woodstuck and local troubles
A roundup of notable incidents in Howard and surrounding counties includes theft activity near Woodstuck, the illness of John Hynes of Fulton, a skull fracture to John Hartnock of Fulntstown, and several court actions. Officials discuss road improvements and city finances in Hagerstown and Annapolis.
Liberty's New Pastor Appointed to Baltimore Post
Rev Fr Thos Monterverde, longtime pastor of St Peter's in Liberty, moves to serve as assistant pastor at St Joseph's Baltimore. Rev J P White of St Jerome's Baltimore chosen to fill the Liberty St Peter's vacancy. Fr Monterverde to depart after annual exam and begin duties at once. he leaves many warm friends in Liberty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liberty's
Thos
Monterverde
St. Peter's RC. Church In
Liberty
St. Joseph’s Church
Baltimore
Join P. White
St. Jerome's Church
St. Peter's Church
Monterverders
St. Joseph's
February Cosmopolitan Highlights and Naval Themes
The February Cosmopolitan features Valdes noted Spanish novelist work, Sherburne Hardy’s A Rejected Manuscript with L Marold illustrations, and an in depth naval article on warship design. A fictional piece The Meloban and the Pentheroy imagines a sea battle. Also included are Godin Fight on serial narration, Elsine Goodsie Indian relations notes, The Disappearance Syndicate opening, poetry by Arnold Tomson and Young, and arts and science columns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cosmopolitan
Valdes
Spenish
Soa
Sherburne Hardy
L. Marold
Dorking
Elsine Goodsie
T.C. Crawford
Washington
Sir Edwin Arnold
Graham R. Tomson
William Young
Snd
Bartford’s Jambo steam fire engine provokes awe
The Amoskeag type leviathan named Jambo dominates the scene in Bartford Conn. The massive loco motor stands over ten feet high and weighs about a ton. It can discharge 1350 gallons per minute and powered by two endless chain drives. For alarms, a kerosene-soaked waste ignites under the firebox, delivering steam in two minutes to propel the engine at thirty-one miles per hour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick
Bartford
Conn
Lodge Officers Installed And Church Sermon Invitation
Purity Lodge held a regular meeting with flourishing reports by the retiring officers. The new officers were installed by B R W G T David S Rice C T Jacob L Engelbrech V T Rosa Thompson chaplain G Howard King secretary Ming Matilda A Bielfeld elgrant secretary J J Bielfeld financial secretary David S Rice treasurer G Waring Tyzon marshal Miss Gertrude Cronenburg deputy marshal Miss Mollie Bartgis Foard Kenneth Young Sentinel Miss Nettie Main P C T Frank Saman. The lodge invited W C T U members to attend Rev Dr Beale sermon at Presbyterain church Sunday evening Feb 1 at 7 30. The Hughes and Rigby Engineering Co Ltd of Pennsylvania applied in U S Circuit Court Baltimore for a receiver for South Mountain Electric Light and Power Co. The South Mountain Co was formed to build an electric road between Boonstoro and Keedesville Washington county and the bill alleges solvency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Purity Lodge
David 8. Rice
C. T
Jacob L. Engelbrech
V. T
Rosa Thompson
G. Howard King
Ming Matilda A. Bielfeld
Presbyterian Church
D. J. Beale
Hughes and Rigby Engineering Company (Limited
Cnnsylvants
Hes
United States Circuit Court
Baltimore
South Mountain Electric Light and Power Company
South Mountain Company
Boonstoro
Keedesville
Washington County
The Modern Invalid Seeks Acceptable Medicines
The passage notes a remedy that must be pleasantly acceptable in form and beneficial in effect. It cites consulting a physician when unwell and using the gentle family laretive syrup of figs for constipation.
Remnants of Ribbons and Edges Half Price Matting Offer
Daily sale notes highlight remnants of ribbons and laces with mats left over from last year. The ad promotes half price matting and urges early call to claim pieces measured and marked from the remnant block.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamburg
eloquent Georgian speaks at Opera House Monday night
Dr Turner notes the celebrated Georgian orator is a brave, Christian gentleman with strong views on Grant, Lee, and the North and South women. The item urges an ovation for General Gordon. Also notices advertise glass chinaware at The Gem Store, a public sale of 30 young horses on March 1, 1894 at the Fair Grounds, and a real estate advert.
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D. C
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Fulton
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