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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1891
Page
3
A vintage ad from Jas. E. Walker & Co. promotes ladies and misses coats cloaks draperies domestics linens notions and comforts for men and women. The merchant tailoring service is highlighted with promise of pleasing customers and saving money.
Three year old Katie Kopf on an errand was attacked by an older boy who demanded her bundle. She resisted, was struck above the eye with a stone, fell, and died after developing erysipelas. The assailant’s name is not positively known and he has not been arrested.
Washington mourns as Secretary William Windom dies in New York at age sixty. President orders mourning across departments, flags at half mast, and private services for Windom with public interment planned at Rock Creek cemetery. Cabinet members praise his integrity and gentle humor. Congress adjourns as a mark of respect and leaders consider Windom's successor possibilities.
Mr Scott H Marasrd and counsel Heaning and Pfoutz filed a slander suit against John A Geasey of Frederick seeking $10 damages.
The week brings notices of Mrs Kefauver widow Mrs Henry Refsuverue Mandai and others in Middletown, Myersville and Wolfsville. Joseph Bowlus dies near Myersville at age about 60 with five daughters. George W Brane of Middletown dies in Minnesota Ohio at 36. Infant Eves Dagenhart dies at Wolfsville. funeral held at Lutheran graveyard. Residents mourn long time figures and family details provided.
Social column reports two gatherings last night, Miss Bertie Betson and Mrs. Bertie C. House hosted a polite North Market event with many youths enjoying games and refreshments. A second party at Zach. G. Thomas’s home near Rocky Springs drew about fifty couples from several towns for intercoursed conversation games and a lavish four-table repast before farewells.
Two sales conducted by H R Lessee at City Hotel included a 55 acre farm near Petersville sold for 1400 to Silas Castle and a 125 acre Backeystown district farm sold to Col Henry Culler for £40 per acre. An illustrated humorous lecture followed at City Opera House by A Mimor Griswold. Also a report of a shoe theft at 49 Academy Street and an attempted getaway by two thieves.
Mr and Mrs Joh Watson of Maddetown township returned from a granger meeting when Mrs Watson suddenly collapsed in the carriage. Cause given as apoplexy she was badly reawakened in the reports.
A social gathering of the Evening Visitors club was hosted at Mr Charles B Dols hall with a feast prepared by the landlord and decorations by Mr Floraist Charles Herman. The banquet honored late member Louis H Anbert while President A Yeakle led attendees through a lively evening of jokes and camaraderie.
The week shows health in trade with stronger demand for wool and apparel goods. Cotton and leather sectors edge forward while iron and steel face a softer demand. pig iron stocks are higher than three years ago. Windom death triggers silver price dip. weekly failures total 320 worldwide, with U S at 278 and Canada 48.
The Scribe muses on how much food a lifetime consumes, detailing meat, vegetables, bread, and liquids for a hypothetical average man. It estimates sixty years of eating and drinking, including hundreds of pounds of meat, thousands of pounds of sugar, dozens of hogsheads of sugar, and vast quantities of bread, potatoes, and coffee, with cost figures and warehouse-scale storage ideas.
Several funeral services were held today for Mrs. Ann C. Nusz Mrs. A D O Leary Mrs Sussupan Staley and other local residents Interments occurred at Mt Olivet St Johns Catholic and Doubs Graveyard Funeral directors included A T Rice Sons and HN Etchison Son Allan Crott funeral followed a Baltimore death with services at Dan Church Street Rev Osborne Ingle officiating Pallbearers listed for each service and grand jury testimony sessions announced for area youths
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