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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1893
Page
3
Special dispatch from Wasurxetax DC dated January 24 104 forecasts fair weather for the next day. Also lists miscellaneous ads real estate for sale a counter case local mention Dr Hardesty and amusements Fisk Jubilee Singers.
Insertion deadline notice for this week requires advertisers to submit all new copy by 5 p m on Wednesday and all changes by noon that day.
Personal notes list several residents and visitors in Middletown and surrounding areas. Names include Messrs W H Schmidt D HB Steiner 2nd Leslie Cramer Wiss Nettie Moberly Augustus Obenderfer Elmer G Fabrney Lewis Reeder and Lewis Whipp, with mentions of travel from Baltimore Washington Daysville New Baltimore Jefferson and Union Foundry workers returning from vacation.
Brief items from Frederick area noting the 25th anniversary of Maryland Royal Arch Masons in Wilmington Delaware with toast to Sister Jurisdictions. A frederick store ice box project nears completion as a temperature rise threatens meats. A load of potatoes seen near Middletown passes Patrick Street, not in cold storage. Express Company increases life insurance for high earners. Funeral notice for John Lewis Pledring omits Francis T. Davis. Straw hat factory starts with female workers. hope for full male and female force later. Jefferson Percheron Horse Company charter filed in Frederick with Emory Rameburg et al as incorporators. Well water on West Patrick Street freezes to two inches.
The January 3 1893 secretary notes document the first annual report for the Home for the Aged of Frederick city. It describes a charitable, unsectarian home founded by women in 1892, a charter under Governor Brown, subscriptions from the public, and donations of furniture and endowment funds. The opening in October 1892 marked community support across faiths and classes, with gifts from individuals including Gen James C Clarke and Dr William Crawford Johnson and a memorial clock for a child. The report praises donors and founders and closes with gratitude to the divine.
The enous report by Treasurer Mise Eacenorseh Johnson lists contributions received for the Harvest Home Festival, current home expenses, and names of contributors. Officers re elected at the January meeting include Mrs. G Ross as president and Mrs. James M Hood as president. Miss Eve Turner was elected matron, and the home invites the public to visit Thursdays and Saturdays from 2 to 5 o'clock.
The Frederick Bicycle Club reorganizes and prepares a 60 minute handicap race to Woodsboro and back. Prizes include a bicycle lamp, a sweater, and a ten dollar Rambler gold piece if Rambler wins. Start is 4 PM from W R Steiners warehouse, distance eleven miles each way. Local riders will marshal the route.
The Senate spent about ninety minutes in executive session Saturday afternoon focusing on the nomination of Louis E. McComas to the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia. Opponents pressed for a vote, while friends sought adjournment to Monday to avoid delaying the anti option bill and silver questions as the session nears its six week limit.
During the past week the tax collector J William Baughman and his clerks have been busy with those who come to pay their bills. The month is a busy time with the commissioners settling with road supervisors who typically pay their late dues this month.
A reporter viewed a pear twig from a tree in South Market street yard near Mr Jacob Wiles house. The twig bore a fall bloom unusual for this time of year and described as a curiosity by Mr Harry EB Krise yesterday afternoon.
County correspondence reports church services and gifts, local social events, marriages, illnesses, and deaths across Beaddock January 23 with notes on Ella Schriver Jane Williams gift to church and various residents. Also includes Drui Hill VA death notices for Jenne Souder and John Bartlett and local social gatherings and upcoming weddings.
A certificate of publication of banns for Joseph Frances Winell and Mary Theresa L was filed by Rev Edward P. Alien of Emmitburg. Geo W Spankle of Mt St Marys and Marthe J Smith of Eylers Via were listed in the notice.
The entertainment committee of the F C Y M OC invites the Fisk Jubilee Singers to perform at the Club House on Tuesday evening January 27. The Fisk Jubilee Singers emerged in 1871 from Fisk University to bring sacred jubilee songs to northern audiences and beyond.
Reports include H B Keady dying in Hagerstown at 52, Baronel Frost killed by trains at Cumberland, cadets examined in Annapolis, burglaries in Upper Marlboro, Malone and McCarty burned in West Virginia near Cumberland, a burglar encounter in Accomac Va, an appeal to Governor Brown for oystermen in Somerset, peach crop debates amid zero weather, oyster crews wandering to Baltimore in poverty, Hamilton and Briscoe of Hagerstown Mall jailed for libel, and Annapolis oyster harvest with ice dangers.
A list of hotel arrivals from Cantix House and county entries includes numerous travelers from paths such as New York Philadelphia and Chicago. Orphans' Court notes grant letters of administration to Catherine Erdenbracht Albert Powell and Anna Ramsburg and report estate filings and releases. An advertisement promotes Syrup of Figs by the California Syrup Company as a laxative remedy for colds grippe and fevers.
The store announces closing ladies and children's coats for the next weeks with large bargains on blankets and comforts. Remnants of Japanese matting are offered from five to thirty-five yards and sold cheap to clear space for spring arrivals.
Five hundred loaves are being baled to the Book this week at Neld Bart's bakery on East Patrick Street. The distribution began yesterday and every applicant receives one or more loaves.
Dr J R Hardesty oculist ear and throat specialist will be at City Hotel Thursday 26 at 1 PM and stay until Friday 27 at 2 30 PM Ex Spb Bee Read Cornmeal supplier C E Mealey operates the county's sole water mill and offers cornmeal to trade Garrett and Pearce promote Blush of Rosea a skin purifying cosmetic to clear complexion and remove blemishes
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