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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1913
Page
3
Readable excerpts from Jacob Engelbrecht diary detail Union troop movements through Frederick toward Gettysburg and Sharpsburg, plus captured Confederate prisoners and patrol skirmishes. Entries from 1861-1863 chronicle secession, Lincoln’s inauguration, and local wartime reactions with names, places, and dates.
Henry Dorsey, a colored man, is in jail on a charge of beating his wife in the Bentz and Sixth streets area. The woman lay unconscious overnight with concussion and internal injuries after being knocked down and kicked. Policeman Hoffman arrested Dorsey and he faces a hearing tonight before Sheriff Fagan.
Fireworks celebration ended with a roof blaze at the home of Mr. Charles Reeder in Rocky Springs. A boy 발견 a fire while fetching water, bucket brigades formed, flames extinguished, a two foot square hole burned in the roof, and the home was likely saved from total destruction.
A local jewelry shop promotes its range of bridal gifts described as quality and suitable for pleasing brides. The ad emphasizes there are many useful and ornamental items, priced from small sums to higher costs, with the shop noting its name on gift boxes as a mark of quality.
SANE FOURTH EXERCISES PREVENT INJURIES AND FIRE continued from Page 2 with boys and girls potato races, prizes, and a large fireworks display. Individuals named include George Strasberger C Purnell O W Young Thelma Bowes and Lucius Saller plus officials and volunteers who supervised events at the Boys High School grounds Elm Street. The fireworks finale drew over a thousand residents and local helpers managed the show Cap tain Markey and others assisted rundown lists of participants.
Frederick residents spent the Fourth at the Monocacy and nearby Potomac with fishing canoeing and picnics. Notables included SL Hanson Maulsby Prof Henry F. Anderson Samuel E. Brown Walter Duvall and many others from Frederick Junction Martinsburg and Washington. A bass weighing 2 1 2 pounds was caught and eleven fish were landed at Derr's Woods.
J. J. Snyder of Frederick Auto Company was arrested in Gettysburg on a charge of hauling passengers for hire without a license. He chose a license instead of a $25 fine, paying $19 under protest, and expects a refund if officials and the mayor back his case.
Next week the Frederick playgrounds at the Maryland School for the Deaf will be a center for children as Misa Gross, a Baltimore Playground Committee teacher, visits July 7 to 12 to teach folk dancing and children's games. She will be at the grounds daily from 9 o'clock.
The report describes daily playground activities with numerous children and spectators. It notes afternoons visits to the grounds and children's dances as part of the program, with hundreds of youngsters and many adults expected to attend each day.
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