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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1894
Page
5
The Daily News announces Gertrude Atherton’s The Doomswoman will begin in serial form with opening chapters printed today. It is described as thrilling fiction richly illustrated, set in a picturesque land with historic interest and enduring appeal.
In Hyattsville Maryland the town meeting voted to abolish the single tax system. The decision follows Maryland court rulings on the levy and ends the town as the sole single tax locality in the country.
The New Fork Sun notes long lines of men awaiting free old clothes at a Broadway dining hall. The Chesteriosn Transcript reports oyster fishermen urging the Legislature to restore September 15 days and protest leases of oyster bottoms. Cumberland Daily News blasts demagogues who push canal wage claims as political manipulation harming workers.
An editorial from a Maryland paper discusses whether free school books should be provided. It argues the concept could be beneficial but questions the cost and feasibility, noting need for sensible funding and practical teaching methods rather than constant book replacements. It critiques assuming universal access equals improvement without considering budget impact and instructional quality.
In a letter from Liberty editor Harry W. Lewis urges building an electric railroad from Union Bridge to Liberty, arguing Boonsboro’s line will boost the region. Other notes praise industry, improve jail conditions, and share short aphorisms from local writers including Augustus Clemm Walkereville and E C Shafer.
A missionary meeting is planned at Pleasant Hill church with preaching at the Presbyterian church at 10:30 AM. Regular services occur at St James Lutheran both morning and evening, with Sunday school at 1:45 PM led by Mr. John Ramsburg. MCA meeting is scheduled for 5:45 PM, morning session at 9:00 AM. Trinity M E Church South will have sermons at 10:15 AM by Rev. Blagden and 7:30 PM by Rev. Rodgers, plus a quarterly collection and Epworth at 6:46 PM. J C Hawk is pastor. Also notes from Saint John’s Catholic Church with the Very Rev. Pardew visiting and the novitiate preparing a Triduum program at St. John’s on January 26–28.
Obituaries note the deaths of Mary C. Keefer at age 72 from Bright's disease in White Oak Sprags and Mrs Berthe Aumen in New Market. Anna Schaeffer dies in Boorsboro with funeral set for Monday. Advertisements praise Paine's celery compound and Hood's to restore strength after grip illnesses, with testimonials from users in Youngstown and beyond.
A fragmented reminiscence features verses about swine, roses, and a summer breeze, with a playful scene of a school spelling day. It recalls a couple’s courtship and a humorous mis-spelled word love lesson amid rural imagery and family home clues.
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