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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1897
Page
3
Attention wheelmen. Get in gear for the Frederick bicycle meet and inspect second hand wheels at the News office offered at low terms. The Rambler, a record breaker, is highlighted. The News will publish the official program and souvenir, distributed widely. Full information at the News office.
PURELY PERSONAL. Mr. Isidor Wright, formerly at the First Normal School Millersville Pa, visits his Liberty parents during vacation. Miss Katie McMaster returns to Liberty from Belfast Baltimore county for the summer. Mrs. Elias Gilbert leaves Liberty for Pitcairn and Pittsburg to spend time with relatives. Various clergy and families from Auburn Ames Pikesville Omaha visit Liberty and Frederick. Several residents travel to Atlantic City Middletown Baltimore and York for visits and events. Numerous social calls mark a season of travel and reunion among local families and friends.
The Liberty 283 elected officers for the next six months including Senior ex-councillor H. W. Lewie junior ex councillor M. F. Starr councillor E. G. Bes vice-councillor B A Sweadner industrior Gurney Baker examiner Roscoe Sweadner recording secretary Wm. Benner financial secretary B Y Swade ner soccer protector B S Rippeon outdoor protector Wm. A Fritz lecturer F F Swadener chaplain Wm. H. Holbruney trustee E G Haugh. Better than cure is prevention Hood's Sarsaparilla promotes pure blood strong nerves and appetite.
Preparations are complete at Park and Club Rooms for the seventh annual Maryland Division League of American Wheelmen meet. Prominent flyers have arrived, races run daily at Athletic Park from 2 to 7 pm, and a large crowd from Baltimore and Washington is expected with Conway Sams leading arrivals. The club house is set for receptions, royal hospitality, and a bicycle dance by Braddock Heights, with events including numerous professional and amateur races, a coasting contest, and a McDonnold cup team race valued at 150 dollars.
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad will run a special Frederick to Baltimore train Monday night at 7 to aid racegoers after the meet. The Century Cycling Club of Maryland promotes its fifth annual ride in October from Baltimore to Frederick and back. Clifton Wheelmen, Baltimore, and others loom large in entries, with notable riders and a new Sunbeam hat for members. The club plans a crowd-friendly setup with club buttons and a rating team, while ice water stations are funded to aid cyclists during Saturday and Monday events. The Terrible Swede John Lawson travels from Frederick to Baltimore to race Pawnee Bill’s ponies, then returns. Concerns over a bowlegged rider leading to potential disqualification in a coast race are noted and defended as prudent.
Frederick County Emancipation Celebration Association schedules August 13 at Agricultural Park with excursionists from Baltimore Washington Hagerstown and Leesburg Va. Eight bands perform in a free for all band contest prize 20 gold. drum corps 10 gold. bicycle medal contest. Frederick Cadets to display drill. Committees listed with officers and volunteers.
A refreshing rain refreshed Frederick with vivid lightning preceding a heavier downpour in Middletown Valley. No damage reported as rain and thunder marked the night, with lighter showers continuing into the Mazor area.
Auctioneer Captain Walter Saunders sold the mortgaged property yesterday, a house and one acre of land near Kemptown, to John D. Motter for $100. Liberty Colored Camp in the Liberty Circuit of the M E Church opens on Tuesday August 10 and runs over two Sundays.
Impervious ram belonging to Henry KR Appleby near Liberty damaged a pump handle during a Democratic County Central Committee event. A meeting is planned in the Grand Jury room at the Court House tomorrow Transferred B and O Telegraph Operator Grosnickle of Hagerstown to Knoxville Ohio County.
A Frederick County Agricultural Society committee, led by Col D C Winebrewer and other officers, visited Washington to invite President McKinley and Cabinet members to attend October’s annual fair. McKinley recalled Civil War memories and said he would try to attend if public duties permit. War Secretary Alger and Portmaster General Gary pledged efforts to have the President present. Cabinet members expressed interest, with several promising attendance contingent on the President’s presence. Property deals in Frederick County followed, including transfers involving Dakehart and Neck, and Shorb to Dakehart. The Union Knitting Mill closed for stocktaking and a holiday, reopening next Thursday.
Local notice advertises July fireworks and fall stock at Smith's Temple of Fancy in Frederick Maryland. Stores feature hammocks croquet sets baseball goods tinware glassware writing papers and more with large stock and low prices. Also promoted are bicycle repairs, hot weather items, and discounted mountain claret wine.
The B and O R R announces a special train from the city to Baltimore via Washington on Monday July 5 for stee mest workers. Excession tickets will be sold July 2 3 4 and 5 for all eastern routes with return valid until July 5. J B Harrell of 26 West Broadway New York arrives in Frederick Saturday seeking a local agent for the Bayvelger bicycle and the chainless wheel with bevel gear claims. He offers to demonstrate samples at the City Hotel and pursue agency for sale and distribution locally.
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