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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1894
Page
2
Frederick holds a patriotic meeting to spur support for a monument to Francis Scott Key. Eloquent addresses and music stirred a large audience, with plans formed to raise funds and establish a permanent association, as the group emphasizes duties to honor Key and the nation.
The piece comments on the mosquito crop and labor issues, noting sympathy for oppressed workers and critiques of leadership. It compares noted figures like Debs and Gould, and mentions a historical railway strike whose costs affected Allegheny and Coax counties, with implied calls for action amid political and social turmoil.
Excerpted opinion from the Boston Globe notes deaths in Maine from poisonous mushrooms. Calls for a mushroom inspector to label safe varieties and condemn deadly ones. It suggests cities may need officials to enforce mushroom safety and prevent further tragedies.
A compilation of local letters and notes urges civic unity to fund a Key monument. Readers praise community figures, plan improvements, and note crops, transport, and street projects. Messages praise Bernard Steiner, reflect on school days, and discuss cane-wielding rivalries and rural life.
A poetic sequence from The Atlanta Constitution sketches twilight scenes of the poor, longing, and forgotten. It contrasts nightly town life with memory’s ache and a late hope for happiness, interweaving rural and urban imagery and a refrain of longing for favored times. The printer’s scan includes verses about hunger, longing, and the empty chair, followed by an Alfred Lyon piece about a boy’s loss, aging, and the elusive city of gold.
Died over Elkridge and Elkton in 35year old Mrs George Blake. Vice President Stevenson toured Chapel Point. Miner Robert Ford fatally injured at Lonaconing mine. Burglary hit Mrs Edward Ferry’s Annapolis home. Crisfield merchant Geo W North overcome by heat. New openings planned by American Coal Co. Rain along Patuxent in Howard. New Baptist church dedicated at Kavilah Montgomery. North shipments of bay mackerel and blue fish from Orisfeld. Frostburg Trollry Association elects John B Williams president. Mt Carmel M P Church Emmerton Harford reopened after repairs. William Campbell located in Ohio after assault case. Fires damaged Democrat office Esston, J D Weinberg dwelling. Calvert county Democrats feud ahead of primaries. Senator Hill visits Chesapeake Beach. Corey Commonwealthers Hyattsville deal in gar meat berries. Boy sent to House of Refuge Allegany county. Colored farm heads strike Kent county over threshing pay. Harry Hill dies near Stil Pond aged 35. Captain Phythian to leave Naval Academy duty. Charles county GOP backs Sydney E Mudd for Fifth District. R A Wilson missing Port Deposit. jewelry shop robbed.
A new pavilion by Mr. Geo. William Smith at High Knob near Frederick hosted a moonlit dance. The party, with Yinger's Orchestra, praised the arrangements and transportation, despite a threatened rain, and several guests arrived from Washington, Baltimore, and California. Also a reception for State's Attorney Edward Eichelberger and bride was planned at their West Church street home. A Virginia mountains height note from Major Jed Hotchkiss discusses Peaks of Otter, Batson Mountain, White Top, and Mount Rogers with elevations ranging from about 3,335 to 5,719 feet based on barometric measurements and topographic maps.
Judge Dennis sustains the inebriate law by signing a decree overruling Baltimore city's motion to dismiss a petition by a habitual drunkard seeking treatment under the act. The case tests the law's validity and may go to the Court of Appeals over a $100 treatment payment for the drunkard Pientca. The Evangelical Lutheran infant school plans a Harmony Grove program tomorrow. United Brethren Sunday school to hold its annual picnic July 25 in Cronise's woods.
A large brick barn on Samuel F. Repp’s farm near Johnayile was destroyed along with most of this year’s wheat and hay and several farming machines. A servant girl alerted others, six horses were saved, but the barn could not be entered. Loss estimated at about 2500 dollars with 1700 insured by Royal Insurance Company.
The article traces Asparagus from ancient Roman cultivation to its late introduction in Britain around 1680. It notes European use of seeds as coffee substitute and berry liquor, and lists its medical roles as cordial and diuretic. It describes edible parts, white versus green asparagus, and cooking times. It ends with a promotion for Hood's Sarsaparilla.
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