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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1895
Page
4
A fragmented note recounts historical events on February 18, mentioning the invention of an electrical device and improvements on prior work. The text includes garbled names and places, with references to inventors, dates, and-related figures blurred by OCR errors.
The Weather Bureau reports generally fair conditions on Tuesday with warmer morning temperatures and possible cooler afternoon or evening interior. A storm moved from North Dakota toward Lake Superior increasing in intensity as high pressure areas form. Light new snowfall observed in the Middle and Upper Mississippi Valley and Upper Lake regions with Northwest temperatures falling while others rise. If cloud and rain occur in the West today similar conditions may arrive locally in a day or two.
The page lists varied notices and classified items including farms for sale rent requests and local business names such as Fifth Regiment Band Geo A Gilbert Thomas Rodock Neldig Kenilworth Club and M E Church. Several individual names appear with addresses or roles like John Hendrickson John Simmons and J E Fleming mayor.
A column of small items notes Mr Wagic of Johnaville aged seventy fell and cut his face. A wind storm blanketed the area causing gas lights to go out while lamps and candles were used. Irwin C Ridgely of Clarksville saw his twenty pound hog go mad from a dog bite and be killed after a pen escape. The Frederick Town Savings Institution case against John L Michiel appears on the Court of Appeals docket. Mrs Jacobingre near Boonsboro keeps a twenty year old cally stalk with two ten inch flowers used to carry a pig indoors to avoid freezing. Temperatures ranged from 16 to 18 degrees above freezing yesterday afternoon. Magistrates’ work continues with peace and dignity emphasized. A Boonsboro resident spilled Ed Rauch Martinsburg while the piano pies were noted. Hicks predicts more snow storms. farmers prosper with timely work. R D Shepherd plans four hundred dollars in groceries for needy Shepherdstown residents this winter. A letter from John Ritchie to a Frederick friend states the thermometer hit 12 degrees below zero at McAlister Indian Territory.
Local notices list several residents with minor ailments and recoveries including Mr Charles Haller and Mrs Jacon Tyson. A Frederick Electric Light plant worker suffered a severe eye accident from intense white light, prompting first aid. The text also transitions to a promotional note for The Modern Invalid and a medicinal laxative syrup.
A Hagerstown report notes extensive frost damage to peach trees across Maryland Pennsylvania and Delaware with 40 000 trees frozen at BsGraw Davis Co in Prince George s county and only about 2 percent of trees in that county spared. Blue Mountain elevation over 1000 feet shows serious harm while most orchards lie 700 to 1080 feet up. Some crop still appears safe though sap discoloration from last year clouds final yield.
In Frederick, Jesse Claggett sues over a fall on a snowy sidewalk near Frederick County National Bank. Judge Hewes rules the city not fully liable for icy sidewalks but finds the railing front a nuisance dangerous. verdict goes to plaintiff for twenty five dollars and costs.
Obituary notices from Emmitsburg and nearby towns report Lt. Samuel J. Maxell death by apoplexy near Little Georgetown and long service in Cole's Maryland Cavalry. Also listed are Perry G. Etchison of Damascus who died at 87, Mrs. Margaret Brauesster of Frederick Street, and funeral services for J. Augustus Staley with Red Men pallbearers and interment at Olive Cemetery. Additional notes cover Jr. C. O. A. K. Council 125 formation at Myersville, Republican activities in Frederick, and Grand Jury inspection touring Monteivre with livery transport. Real estate transfers include Geo. F. B. Crombaugh et al to Resl Estate and Improvement Co, Frederict County property and love-and-affection transfer of Summers to John Francia Summers.
Music lovers are invited to a Saturday evening concert at the City Opera House featuring John Philp and the Peerless Band under conductor Sones. Mr A Gregg Miller and a local committee, including Dr Ira J McCurdy C S Howard P B Losg Ignatius Goode B B Ramsburg, have secured Americas greatest musical composer and band master for this event. The program promises a large audience to honor Mr Sones as he presents a set of solos and ensemble pieces, in what is billed as a premier and rare appearance in this city for several days.
The Maryland delegation will elect Mrs. Jobo Ritchie of Frederick as State Regent at DAR sessions in Washington starting tomorrow and wrapping next Friday. Baltimore and Frederick have secured votes in her favor with no other chapters yet established in the state. Milas Maris Dalrymple Williams was named interim president to fill the vacancy caused by Miss Alice Key Blant's resignation.
A packed Odd Fellows Hall in New Market hosted a joint debate between four New Market Boca Club members and four Monrovia youths. Judges awarded the victory to Monrovia as attendees heard on ambitious versus necessity topics and praised both sides for clarity and vigor.
The News relief fund solicits public contributions to aid the poor with essentials like clothing and medicine. Listed donors include Mrs. A. J. Wilcoxon and John W. Ahrench, among many others, with assurances of discreet distribution and public acknowledgment. Soup and bread distributions by Carlin House Relief Association continue weekly, totaling 254 gallons of soup and 670 loaves of bread last week.
Fragments state that gold is to be delivered to a single merchant on East Patrick Street by the end of February. The note mentions Ceresville Roller Flour, claiming it gives better bread yield than ordinary sour, implying cost or quality advantages.
The Washington Star reports canal beds around WilHsport are cleaned and readied for spring operations under Hughes. At the upper end of the four locks a gang works on repelling a tunnel. Aloysius Fiyon, a company employee, fell about thirty feet in an earlier accident. Boat building increases expected along the waterway with many improvised houses.
News items report deaths and injuries across Maryland and nearby states. W Owens Jr dies in La Plata, Mrs Susan Clark's Ellicott City service, G Dallas Waters in Howard County listed as critically ill, Della Robay dies in Bryantown aged 95, Milland Fehrig former Hagerstown resident died in New York, Dr Thomas Owings injured in Ellicott City, Captain Alonzo Evans severely injured aboard a vessel at Annapolis, Reverend B L Dohm narrowly escapes drowning while duck hunting at Pocomoke City. A Fairview Seminary rebuild is organized after a recent Montgomery County fire. Grant Zofall’s body found near the Chesapeake and Ohio canal at Cumberland. Neta Santmyer dies after ice fall at Havre de Grace. Farmer John Chow presumed dead in snow in Anne Arundel. Thadeus Crapster named inspector of hay and straw for Baltimore. Peach trees blighted by February cold across the region. A Philadelphia man jailed in Elkton for forged checks. Fire at Easton destroys a livery stable owned by William Hopps, loss $10,000. Miss Boaste Clabsaugh injured lighting a gas jet in Charleston W Va, smothering flames with help.
Rev D A Shields of Martinsburg lectures this evening at the M E Church on That Cabinet admission 25 cents. Dr Reed slated to lecture Friday. Kenilworth club to perform a laughable comedy at the Opera House on Feb 26 under Mr Geo A Gardner. Mr B V Buckey visits City Hotel Feb 18 19 20 with spring and summer goods samples from Gutman Co Baltimore importers of fine dry goods 112 122 XN Entew street.
Frederick College Alumni Association invites all alumni to the annual address by Dr L R Klemm National Bureau of Education in College Hall February 22 at 7 pm followed by the annual banquet at Carlin House at 9 pm. Tickets priced 1.00 available from Jons C Weast Livvy T Maccini In Baker Johnson.
A shipment arrives featuring Percales with vibrant colors and affordable pricing.店
Readable ad fragment shows a February sale of rugs, towels, art squares, and carpet remnants. It mentions full stock on first floor wrap department with velvet and brush carpets, low prices aimed to clear inventory. Also includes miscellaneous items like bread broth and plumbing goods.
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