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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1901
Page
5
Tax News promotes want ads as a cheap path to buy and sell, urging readers to list items they wish to dispose of. Ads cost 15 cents for fifteen words for one insertion or 25 cents for three insertions, highlighting direct contact with interested buyers and sellers.
Subscriptions on the fifteenth day, Monday, see carriers on their routes for the amount due. Have exact change ready to save inconvenience.
Judge John A Morter returns from Deer Park trip. Charles Warde of Pittsburg visiting Frederick plus other locals on business. A 11 foot 6 inch blacksnake killed near Myers district near Wisner's schoolhouse with a large weight. Woman's Christian Temperance Union plans a Washington Grove camp meeting July 17 to 23 with notable evangels from New York Tennessee and Maryland.
Sunday schools and church services are listed for Schleysville Mission Glade Reformed Walkersville and other congregations with times, absent pastors canceling some services and Epworth Leagues. The piece also reports on Rev Dr Luther K utmann and E R Eschbach services, and notes a Presbyterian and Methodist schedules, plus a note on Westminster Baltimore and Lutheran reunion at Pen Mar with 3000 seating capacity and speakers.
Edgar Spriggs, arrested days ago on larceny charges, appeared before Judge Motter on a writ of habeas corpus. After hearing testimony the judge released Spriggs on $50 bail, with Reno Harp representing him.
Frederick county Board of Supervisors of Elections plans district divisions for areas with over 800 registered voters. Urbana New Market Buckeystown and other towns may gain a second voting place as districts are split to ease vote handling. Mechanicstown Graceham or Catoctin Furnace could host a new station if that district is divided. Work aims to finish by September with registrar staff transferring names to new lists.
Rev W F Glenn has succeeded Rev G J Roudabush as pastor of the United Brethren church in Myeraville this county. He is an energetic worker and has quickly won many warm friends in the community where he has located.
The Carroll county Circuit Court construed the residuary clause of Margaret Ferguson’s will, awarding the residue of 429.34 to the Trustees of the Presbyterian Board of Publication and Sabbath School Work in Philadelphia after misnamed bequests. Executor Dr J J Weaver Jr referred the matter. court ruled for the claimant.
The funeral of John W Rhine a known Utica Mills resident was held yesterday. The body was taken to the B and O station by undertaker Creager Thurmont and traveled to Ellicotts City for burial in the cemetery. Services were at his Utica Mills home Thursday at 2 pm Rev E M Hench officiating. He leaves a widow two brothers and a sister living in Howard County near Ellicott City.
Marie Sykes a Black former slave long living in Washington state died Thursday at Dr James J Riyes’s home. Believed age about 110, she recalled seeing George Washington in her youth and served the Archer family of Appomattox Virginia, never accepting freedom despite offers.
About 300 Sisters of Charity from across the country gather at the Emmitsburg mother house for an eight day retreat begun last Thursday evening. Rev Thomas O Donohue of St Vincent s Germantown Pa leads the exercises. Miss Ada Lough of South Market Street, recently ill, shows some improvement today.
Frederick reports the sale of a majority of Myeraville and Catoctin Electric Railway stock to parties aligned with Hagerstown interests at about 15 dollars a share. The deal, linked to the Huss of bonds by Lane of Hagerstown, signals intent to secure control of the Middletown to Myersville line and to disrupt plans to extend the road via a Hagerstown to Boonsboro project.
The Republican County Central Committee met in the grand jury room to set dates for primaries and conventions. Primaries will be held Saturday July 27 to elect delegates to the county convention and a new central committee. the county convention to nominate county officers will be held August 3. the State convention on August 6. The new central committee will also fix the county convention date. The meeting was well attended with representation from every district.
Moses Stauffer was elected pastor of the Mennonite church near Stony Brook in Springettaburg township York County Pennsylvania after three candidates were balloted. A slip drawn from a hymn book announced the choice and Divine selection proclaimed him pastor with no salary. He will officiate at funerals and weddings without pay for life. The vacancy followed the death of Rev. Ed Marsh.
Winchester Virginia mayor R T Barton, famed for kerosene mosquito clearing, now tackles a summer fly plague. Linganore Hills Inn lists late arrivals from New York, Washington, Alexandria, Baltimore, York, and Atlanta, including Alfred Lightfoot and several Ratcliffe, Herr, and Johnson family members.
The Local Mart lists corn at 2.50 per barrel and shelled corn at 0.50 per bushel while wheat stands at 0.67 per bushel and hay at 1.40 per 14? per ton. Ernest Helfenstine plans to build a residence on Clarke Place for his family to occupy.
Local notice commemorates Geo M Groshon who died four years ago on July 13. The poem reflects mourning by Mary Groshon and expresses longing and hopeful reunion. Also featured are varied local ads and public notices from Frederick Maryland dated July 1901, including party and business items, a county Democratic primary schedule, bakery and dressmaking notices, and a medical eye examination offer.
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