17 Jan 1891
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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1891
Page
3
The Jax Walker Co advertises a range of items including misses and child garments, coats, dress goods, domestics, blankets, comforts, men’s furnishing goods, and merchant tailoring. It promises low prices and urges customers not to be deceived, claiming the purest and best quality with carvers priced from five hundred to fifteen dollars per set.
The Protestant Episcopal Convocation of Baltimore met at Christ Church in Baltimore with Rt. Rev. William Paret presiding. Addresses covered reaching parishioners for church work in Maryland and Old Maryland churches. Bishop Paret spoke on the Old Churches in Maryland and Rev. Wm Brand addressed Harford county. Also notes on a pension for Geo. W. Bentz and a Valley train incident near Doab’s and Point of Rocks. A printers union meeting is planned in the Independent Bank Room.
A rabid dog was killed by Officer Brookey yesterday morning in a meadow on Water Street after causing significant excitement in the neighborhood. The morning meeting tomorrow at Kemp Hall will be led by Mr. E H Biggs with William Lease presiding in the evening.
Eva L Mann testified that she never married Joshua J Mann and explained years of care after his 1880s accident. She described living in Passaic under the name Evangeline L Mann, said Robert Hamilton supported her, and noted her prior relation to Mann as a friend rather than wife. She denied renting a house to Mann for himself and wife and declined to answer some questions on legal grounds. The testimony spanned family ties, custody, and Mann’s derangement after a head injury.
Reports describe a chaotic political climate with strikes and plot rumors over ballot recounts in Douglass county Omaha. A separate case notes Frank S Haines leading Hastings voters while John B Collins, declined candidate, is appointed by the president sparking Republican outrage. In Dawson a political clash ends with gunfire and a justice driven from court during a man’s divorce case.
Cariaco January 17 actress Lillian Owens died at Lincoln Park sanitarium from Brights disease. She was the leading lady in Sol Smith Bussell’s company and was to appear soon in The Poor Relation at a Chicago theatre. Her body will go to her parents in San Francisco.
Word reached Newars that spinners who left Clark thread works for Utics N J found their positions filled and plan to sue Clark for luring them to quit a strike claim. Mills operated yesterday but only twenty of 102 regular workers were present. Convicts at Jackson Michigan attempted escape using ladders from beds and a hole in a root, aided by torn blankets. Ella F Brannan became a District of Columbia diary commission, first woman in that role. Central Rubber directors faced dissolution action halted by an injunction.
New York January Jr Carl Hecking alias Augustus Bolling advertised for a wife and married two German domestics in this city and one in Jersey City. He obtained 3200 to 508 from each, and Recorder Smyth sentenced him to four years and six months in state prison after pleading guilty to bigamy. The Bolivia government plans to coin 200000 in 5 and 10 cent silver pieces at U.S. mints.
A wide review notes higher prices in wool and iron while farm goods, grains, and cotton show mixed or weaker figures. Boston, Philadelphia, Chicago, and Baltimore report varied activity in goods, money markets, and lending, with Sofas in wheat, corn, and oats. An ambassador in Vienna reportedly attempted suicide amid domestic troubles. Ice gorge on the Susquehanna disrupts traffic and a gas explosion in London harms residents. fires burn a Bucks barn. Westinghouse affairs show no new progress, and free coinage opposition passes a House vote proposal.
The piece urges spring activity to overcome winter stagnation, praising the Development Company and local real estate momentum. It also reviews the National Theatre’s new play On the Frontier with Mrs James A Hardie and Miss Sara Von Leer, highlighting her forest child portrayal and applause for Hardie’s scout role.
A Chicago paper is said to have published a notice of Jack Dempsey's death causing confusion. Dempsey, recovering from the recent bout, is expected to be seen in public tonight. Senator Quay denies resigning amid rumor and says there is no truth to it.
A long mixed column reports varied items from a rural valley including a wedding reception for Luther Absit and bride, sickness and deaths, a river fishing accident with drownings, property sales, courtish notices, and a call for a Valley Teachers Institute session. It notes local leadership, a public school program, and community updates with multiple named residents and places.
Woolsville notes. Frey improving. social planned at Wolf Hall January 23. Fire destroys Samuel Betts house. multiple local visits and bystanders. Dying and births announced. lodge officers elected. various travels and marriages listed. several obituaries and local notes from Middletown and surrounding areas.
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