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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1889
Page
3
The Daily News outlines transient advertising rates and deadlines for display ads, with subrates for various sizes and a ten cent fee per insertion for legal notices. It emphasizes advance submission, Friday deadlines, and monthly billing for running accounts.
Classified sale notices list livestock farming implements household furniture and real estate auctions. Items include live stock, farm equipment, and personal property announced by executors and auctioneers across Frederick and nearby towns with dates in February March.
Frederick County Agricultural Society directors approve major steps for next fall show. Delegates including President Miller and Secretary Cramer travel to Lancaster for a Fair Congress to discuss tightening rules and preventing fraud, promoting attendance and rivalry. Major Alvord proposes a Frederick public meeting on February 17 to discuss fertilizers and farmers institutes, with officials pledging support.
On Tuesday next William Reynolds Field Secretary of the International Sunday School Executive Committee will hold a Sunday school conference at 2 30 in the Reformed church in this city and will deliver an address at night. Reynolds presided over the last International conventions at Chicago and is described as a seasoned speaker in Christian work.
Letters of administration granted for the estates of John L Belt deceased to A W Belt and brother administrator and Elizabeth Lone deceased to John D Long executor. Administration granted for Geo W Thomas deceased to Susan Thomes. first and final accounts settled for Elizabeth Filler and Ann C Hauer estates. Final accounts settled for Rev Jos Trapnell estate. Mary M Carty guardian to Jos W O L Carty. Margaret S Brieh guardian to John Marish.
Glen H. Worthington reviews a year of school improvements in the county. Written examinations, bylaws for teachers and trustees, teachers associations, a new Middletown High School, Sheldon’s Word Studies, a unified schedule of instruction, and a healthier financial outlook are highlighted as steps toward better education and broader access.
A hair product named Barry's Tricopherous claims to prevent shedding and renew growth. Advertised as a tonic, it asserts noticeable results for users experiencing thinning hair with continued use.
Local social events fill the evening with a select dance at Koontz Hall and serenades by a regional band. Notices include church meetings, Salvation Army activities, and missionary gatherings, plus candidate nominations for Alderman and probate of Andrew Anders’ will.
A civil debt case presided by Magistrate Wilson concluded with a verdict for the defendant Win H Dorsey The plaintiff S M Benedict using F L Stoner plans to appeal the decision.
The Union Manufacturing Company ordered 100 machines from the Singer Sewing Machine Company. Delivery is expected about the first of March. No new engine order has been issued yet.
Mr. Chas. Danner an employee at the gas house on East Patrick street was overcome by gas this morning while at work. He was carried outside and in a few minutes revived and none the worse except for a few scratches from a fall.
A party of gentlemen from Washington city are surveying asbestos veins about 5 miles west of Rockville. They seek to develop the mine to supply a large quantity of asbestos for the construction of Washington library, hoping to obtain a sufficient supply for the project.
A Sykesville resident, Miss Susannah Warfield, long a renowned musician, played piano, harp, and guitar with skill in youth. She composed the march used at the inaugural ball for President William Henry Harrison and proposed for the March 4th ceremonies. Now over 90, she recalls the youth’s gaieties.
The crowded audience at City Hall last night praised Maggs a sensational yet meritorious production. Mara Kennedy displayed a versatile wardrobe and characters, moving from Parisian grace to low comedy with ease, while the supporting cast delivered strong portrayals, leaving the company with a notable reputation in local theatre.
Lingerstown report details the sudden death of William H Kline Smith found in his Hotel Hamilton room. A coroner’s inquest ruled death from congestion of the brain due to apoplexy linked to alcoholism. Smith, active in the Free Majors, leaves a wife and two children.
The message laments a failed romance with Mayor Wilcoxon and urges endurance with faith in better days. It declares forgiveness, hope, and the possibility of meeting in heaven beyond worldly pain. A separate public notice reminds gas consumers to pay bills at the office on church street by the ninth or sixteenth of the month to obtain discounts.
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