Purely Personal Notices From Frederick Area
A compilation of brief society items dated from Frederick and nearby towns listing travelers, visits, and relocations. Names include Elmer D. Oyler, Chas Ronzer, Charles F. Smith, B. Buchanan, Mamie Shaw, Casper Clina, W. G. Keller, Margeret Crouse, Margaret Rouzer, E. A. Sharretts, Annie Miller, Ayers, John H. Little, J. E. Sifford, Charles Sifford, W. K. Franklin, Lamott, J. Calvin Snook, Mollie Waters, Rev. J. W. Pontius, Cornelia Dutrow, Lucy Shafer, George D. Rudy, F. H. D. Biser, Claire Sappington, Clotilda Wright, Clifford Sappington, William Hobbs, Geo. F. Landers, George McKellip, Nellie Thomas. Robert Harn and others mentioned with travel, visits, or appointments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Casper Clina
Michigan
Ohio
W. G. Keller
Glen Rock
Frederick
Margeret Crouse
Margaret Rouzer
Thurmont
E. A. Sharretts
D.D
Bloomsburg
TE. K. Sharretts
Brunswick
Annie Miller
Ayers
E.E. Harn
Unionville
Lamott
Manchester
Shaw
J. Calvin Snook
Pittsburg
Martinsburg
Mollie Waters
Peter S. Waters
Blaine County
Nebraska
Middletown Valley
W.L. Remsburg
Myersville
Thomas J. Packard
Christ Protestant Episcopal Church
Rockville
Europe
Cornelia Dutrow
Washington
Buckeystown
Lucy M. Shafer
Tahiequah
Indian Territory
Middletown
George D. Rudy
George E. Rady
Leesburg
F. H. D. Biser
Savage
B. & O. Railroad
Camden Station
Claire Sappington
Clotilda Wright
Clifford Sappington
William Hobbs
Olive Gabies
Westminster
Tyrol Mountains
Austria
Taylor Confession in Murder Case Hints at Fate
Armstead Taylor, condemned for the Rosenstein murder, repeats a partial confession to guards and a death watch member. He recounts how Brown killed a man and he struck the woman, then fled, hoping to evade capture. He dismisses questions, insists he is not worried by execution, and calls others’ courtroom testimony unreliable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Armstead Taylor
Montgomery County
Taylor
John Groff
Charles Six
Six
Groff
Thompson
Brown
Nellie Turner
Buck Lodge Crossing
Henry Hebron
Georgetown
Hebron
Frederick
Rockville
Washington
News
Carroll Record at Taneytown Reaches Sixth Volume
The Carroll Record at Taneytown has entered upon its sixth volume. It is to live twice, when we can enjoy the recollections of our former life. The Blue Ridge Zephyr published daily in Waynesboro has been enlarged from six to seven columns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kew Moon
Carroll Record
Taneytown
Blue Ridge Zephyr
Waynesboro
Funeral of Mrs Susan Thomas Held at West Second Street
The funeral for Mrs Susan Thomas was held yesterday at 5 pm from her home 19 West Second street. Rev Dr E R Eschbach and Rev Osborne Ingle officiated with pallbearers John C Motter C O Keedy Wilbur H Duvall G Waringson J D Hendrickson Thomas Schley. Interment followed at Mt Olivet Cemetery. A T Rice & Sons directed. Good Catch Charles Hauer of this city and Roger Goodhart of Point of Rocks netted nineteen bass in the Potomac yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Susan Thomas
West Second Street
E.R. Eschbach
Osborne Ingle
John C. Motter
C. O. Keedy
Wilbur H. Duvall
G. Waringson
J.D. Hendrickson
Thomas Schley
Mt. Olivet Cemetery
A T Rice & Sons
Charles \ Hauer
Roger Goodhart
Point of Rocks
Potomac
Local Mart Quotation Bulletin for Corn Wheat Prices
Market quote from The Local Mart lists today’s rates for J B W Bargett. Corn per barrel price 2.25 dollars. Corn shelled priced at 0.40 per bushel. Wheat ranges from 0.66 to 0.71 per bushel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. B. W. Bargett
County School Board Awards Scholarships and Reopens Schools
County Board of School Commissioners met and authorized graduation certificates for those meeting required percentages. Scholarships to the State Normal School Baltimore awarded to several students. Reopening of public schools set for September 4. Contracts renewed with J. W. Bond Company and brick supplier Markell Trail. Trustees appointed to fill vacancies. Middletown High School principal changed. Numerous teacher contracts confirmed and assistant positions listed across Frederick area schools, with details of many named teachers and locations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of County School Commissioners
Uaings
State Normal School
Baltimore
Osenar M. Vogle
Gertrude M. Lyatt
Faith Lindsay
Hite CG. Miller
Bolva P. Freeze
Mary Kimmell
Madge Sappington
J. W. Bond Company
Boss and
L. D. Crawford
Deerfield
H. P. Stottlemyer
Forrest
Spencer Stup
Harmony Grove
Cora
Mackey
Petersvile
Hallie Zimmerman
Pine Tree
D. A. Schildtrecht
Church Hill
Clara V Smith
Dublin
Virginia Chiswell
Retreat
Gertrude M. Barnes
Friendship
Clara V. Smith
Blue Mountain
Manton Molesworth
Eckers
Edith D. Utz
Adamstown
Mary S. Freeze
KR. K. Alexander
Jackson
R. W. Pryor
Middlepoint
Margaret Roderick
Red Bill
Cora M. Hargett
Backeystown
Bettie Specht
Point of Rocks
North Frederick
Charles O. Clemson
Irving S. Biser
Mamie C. Ost
Kate Bartgis
Mary E. Wood
Bessie Eppley
Marion Ko
Myersville
Russell Young
Harmony
Katie Courtney
Johnsville
Clara V. Jones
Lewistown
Fannie Johnson
Yellow Springs
Price Young
E Burkittsville
Bertha Weiner
Feagaville
Hallie T. Ott
Braddock
Grace Kefauver
Hallie Geary
Martha F. Russell
South Frederick
Hhixa Washington
Sadie B. Frame
New Market
EB. Holland
Hospital Building Committee Discussion on New Frederick Hospital
The Frederick Hospital Association building committee met at Mrs. J Haushen Markey’s home with Mr. A R Yeakle chairing and Miss Kate Ramsburg as secretary. Local and visiting physicians discussed the proposed new hospital and a committee was formed to tour Washington hospitals for inspection. They plan to have the foundation laid early in the fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick Hospital Association
J. Haushen Markey
A. R. Yeakle
Aaron Rosenstock
Kate Ramsburg
Washington
Spanish Cannon sought for Key Monument plan
Major E. XY. Goldsborough visited Governor Lowndes in Baltimore as a Key Monument Association representative. He delivered a petition urging state support to obtain captured Spanish cannons from the U S Government to place near the Francis Scott Key monument in Mount Olivet Cemetery Frederick. The petition was forwarded to Governor Lowndes at Cumberland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. XY. Goldsborough
Baltimore
Lowndes
United States
Mount Olivet Olivet
Frederick
Goldsborough
Cumberland
Westminster Finances Show City Improvements and Debt
Mayor Fred D. Miller released a statement of Westminster finances for the year ended May 15, 1899. Total expenditures were 204, receipts 318,582.26. The city borrowed 36,990 for street improvement, with 9,679.61 spent on that item. Liabilities total 31,253.54, including 25,000 bonded debt and 6,293 floating debt, while assets total 17,445.23.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Estminster
Westminster
Fred. D. Miller
Senator Norwood Seeks renomination at GOP convention
State Senator Frank C. Norwood announces his candidacy for renomination by the Republican county convention. He is described as an experienced legislator with prior service in the House of Delegates and two years in the Senate and as devoted to constituents and honorable methods in politics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fithu Yale
Yale Colexe
New Maven
Abercrumble
England
Mary Godwin
Mary
Leghorn
Ayrin
Frank J. Glatz
St. Louis
St. John's
N. E
Isham G. Harris
Washington
Sis
Frank C. Norwood
Repubilican
Mrr
Norwood
House of Delegates
Senate
Outing on a Schooner Leaves Frederick for Atlantic Coastal Tour
A party led by Willard C. Keller and including Guy Thomas Dudley Page and several others departed Frederick this morning for Baltimore. There they joined John Roberts and Folger McKinsey before boarding a schooner to steam along the coast to Norfolk Old Point Comfort Cobb's Island Virginia Beach and other seaside spots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willard C. Keller
Guy Thomas
Dudley Page
Co. C. Waters
Eugene A. Grove
Harry Grove
C. Francis Baughman
Harry Wixdorff
BE. Farer
Frederick
Baltimore
John Roberts
Westminster
Folger McKinsey
Steu
Norfolk
Old Point Comfort
Cobb's Island
Virginia Beach
Electricity Proposition Aims at Harper's Ferry Power Hub
Washington county officials back a Harper's Ferry Pulp Mill project to develop 3000 horsepower of water power and convert it into electricity. Plans include wiring to Frederick, Brunswick, Martinsburg, Hagerstown, Charlestown and other towns, with potential rail and streetcar integration and cost-efficient generation from Bull Falls rapids. The venture relies on Livers and local investors to push the plan forward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington County
Harper's Ferry Company
Harper's Ferry
W. Va
Frederick County
John A. Livers
Gettysburg
Harper’s Ferry
Liver
Potomac
Shenandoah
Frederick
Brunswick
Charlestown
Martinsburg
Hagerstown
Bull Falls
Livers
Small Fires and Losses Reported Across County
Multiple minor blazes broke out around the county causing scattered damage. A pile of work paper near the Lutheran church in Middletown burned after possibly being ignited by water from a pave wash. Fire crackers from a National Pike residence sparked a porch roof fire on Catoctia Mountain, and neighbors helped prevent spread. A barn at Wolfsville lost its roof and buggy top, with neighbors aiding. A Pleasant Hill dwelling burned completely due to a defective flue, with Mrs Eyler losing nearly all belongings and about seven hundred dollars in value, little insurance. In Johnsville a thresher sheet burned during dinner, suspected incendiary fire with nearby burnt rags. loss around ten dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
T. C. Rudy and
Edgar
John D. Keiler
Catoctia Mountain
National Pike
Clara Kline
Wolfsville
Jeremiah Eyler
Pleasant Hill
Lutheran and church picnics regionwide this July and August
Wolfsville hosts an annual picnic in Warrenfeltz woods on Saturday August 19. Middletown Lutheran women stage a public school grounds festival on July 22 and July 29 evenings. Centerville Union Sabbath school holds its annual grove picnic near the church on Saturday August 5. Ladiesburg Sabbath school plans its fifteenth jabilee at Favorita on July 22. Creagerstown Lutheran Ladies Aid Moonlight Festival occurs July 22 at Mrs. Allen Fisher home. Pronswick Cadets and Junior Christian Endeavor plan a lawn fete and picnic near Mr John W Moors residence on July 15 from 5 to 9 PM. Cadets celebrate by presenting a new flag with Mayor Jordan presiding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lutheran Sunday School
Wolfsville
Warrenfeltz’s Woods
Lutheran Church of
Jordan
Worthy Ladies Organize Hospital Corps on B & O
The Brunswick ladies organize a hospital corps for the B & O to fit up two rooms in the Bunk House and provide care for railroad men injured on the road. The first sanction for the effort will be a festival on the boardwalk beginning July 25.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brunswick
Democratic Primaries Schedule Set by County Committee
The Democratic County Central Committee met in Frederick to announce primary meeting sites and times across the county for delegates to the state convention. Col. L. V. Baughman announced plans to re-enter politics for another year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Democratic County Central
Buckeystown
McKinney's
Woodsboro
Weller’s
Petersville
Hoffman’s
Mt. Pleasant
Riddlemajor'a
Jotherson
Mechanicstown
Thurmont
Jackson
Shank's Hall
Myersville
Sp. m. Johnsville
Phillips
Woodville
Linganore
Unionville
Frederick Brick Works to Expand Capacity With New Machinery
Frederick Brick Works adds new machinery to the plant and will keep most of it in reserve for emergencies. Directors aim to sustain the current output of 84,000 bricks per day, though minor accidents have reduced capacity. Plans may include building extra kilns to nearly double output, while President D O Wincbrener notes a 700,000 brick order from Washington was canceled due to lack of brick on hand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick
D. O. Wincbrener
Washington
Braddock Heights Party Chaperoned by Mrs Grayson
The social page notes a gathering of young people at Braddock Heights yesterday afternoon and evening, chaperoned by Mrs George Grayson and attended by Mr and Mrs Grayson and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rraddock wrigHts
George Grayson
Braddock Heights
Local Night Out at Clarke's and Garden Amusements
Visit Clarke's tonight at 123 West Patrick etreat for a table lunch and the Garden for Skufie Board and other amusements. A special sale offers window screens at 10 and 16 cents and assorted granite kitchenware at 25 to 39 cents. Bras Bitos signs off.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarke's
Bagatelle
Bowling Alley
West Patrick Etreat
Special Sale and Event Notices at Surrey and Borst Park
A sales listing at Surrey and Borst's athletic Park offers assorted goods including cakes, large fruit cans, jelly glasses, paper, and kitchenware with set quantity limits and discounted prices. Also notes postponement of last Thursday's racing and dancing to July 10 due to rain, plus a weekend excursion to Myersville with Frederick Select Band. O.S. Highbarger will host lens and eye care services at Hotel Burgess July 12, with Dr. Boteler practicing at Market Street and City Hotel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvard
Surrey & Borst’s
Wm. C. Boteler
Market Street
Matting Remnants Cleared At Deep Discounts
Our Matting sales this season have far exceeded expectations due to lower prices. We have accumulated remnants from 19 to 25 yards and will positively close them out regardless of former gazlies. A fine opportunity to get matting cheap from The Exclusive Carpet House run by L. K. Mons. Telephone 10.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gazlies
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the Daily News
Elid
Yalo
Taz News
W. L. Moors
The
Weather Bureau
Nese
Rumford
S.l. E. Mullinix
Clarke’s. Here
Doll's
Brish Bros, Shipley & Boost
C. C. Carty
Blocher Bros
H. B. Etchison
Walker & Co
Rennion & Kemp
Neidig & Miller
Elmer D. Oyler
York, Pa
Chas, Ronzer
U.S. N
Charles F. Smith
McSherrystown
B. ¥. Buchanan
Mamie Shaw
Renner & Kemp
Delta, Pa
Nellie Thomas
Cyrus Thomas
George C. Rhoderick
IBA
Nowa
Ste Tward
County Schol
Chap Electricity
Peederlok
County Central Committee
M. Liberty
Wood
Mauvers
Foxville
Great Bear Down Club
O.S. Highbarger
Hotel Burgess
L. E. Mullines
Gear Remnant Sale
L. K. Mons
John Hendrickson
Volfort
Leon
Ladhes
Betfar
Cosanmer Gouda
Dantas
Lina Merit
U.K
St. Sulb
Ines
Ark
Joan Henpaioxsoy
Greater Frederick
Zoe
Neidig & Mauss
Market Se
Linton
Main
North Market Street
Telephone
Creservationa
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Burgess
Knights OF Pythias
Seth Burgess
F. & M. Railway
Evert
GEO
Roddoer Sog
Ludley and Children
Rodoge & GO
A. T. Rio & Sons
A. T. Rice & Sons
N. Market
Derick, MD
F. W. Staub
Pucsia
Northwest Corner
Andiurth Ste. Railing’s
Ase
PEARL
O. E. Ramli Pn
E. Rambburg
Lederar
Ginson
C. EK. Raustoze
Ithe Model Grocer
N. Market St
Geoda
J. Heisely Kaier
J. Heisely Keller
DEUG
ST Day School
F. B. Sappington
Uneeda Biscuits
Cuits
Anidariy
Sappington
Potomac River
Patrick
N. Market Street
University of Marginas
Equity
Afllton &. Urner
Mme
Cooore of
Selichre
Chana
Ah Law
Rouley Em Tertainsatory
Sreinass
Oxar Fisuse
Srederith MG
Memchladawit
Gables P. Lev
Attounsy
Lave
Court Street
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