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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1911
Page
7
Mrs Rebecca Fawcett from Washington DC returns home after weeks with relatives in Browningsville. Visitors include Mrs Parepa Baker of Baltimore and others from Kemptown Lewisdale and Cedar Grove. Church service announced for Sunday at Bethesda M M E Church. Falls of local families and social calls noted along with illnesses and visits.
Local farm reports from Hyattstown show yields of nine to twenty bushels per acre with rains boosting crops. A Lewisdale picnic featured the King's Valley Select Band in new uniforms and instruments. A stream of visits passes among residents as families travel between Frederick, Washington, and nearby towns. church plans in Wogan and social gatherings at Monocacy reflect the season's activity.
Liberty Town hosts Christian Endeavor next Sunday at the Methodist Protestant church at o o clock with the topic Lessons From the Animals led by John V D Etzler. Also preaching at the Methodist Episcopal church next Sunday at 8 o clock by Pastor Rev Solomon German. David Martin and wife of near Mt Airy visited last Saturday.
Mrs Rebecca Jones returns to Reading after visiting friends in town. Miss Estella Wachter comes home from Boonsboro to join family. Mrs Worthington Wachter and children visit Sidney Wachter’s family in Boonsboro. J W Garlin and son Melvin spend days in Washington visiting brother Wm T Carlin. Mrs James Nicholson returns from Washington to Stdell. Miss Virginia Shannon goes to Washington for a few months. Leslie Carlin goes to Washington to secure work. Rains end drought but potato crop is poor. Mrs Wesley Wachter injured returns to camp to see soldiers. H N Wachter of New Market visits parents. Granville C Holtz builds iron front-yard fence. Mrs Albert Powell visits daughter John Rice. Mr and Mrs Wm Harris and family visit parents. Byron Zimmerman visits Charles Zimmerman. Blanch Wiseman of Harpers Ferry visits sister Mrs David Stone. Charles Martz, rheumatic, able to be out again. Charles C Zimmer man visits Thomas Baugh in Ceresville. J P Angleberger and Byron Zimmerman visit Mrs Victor Stull. St Matthew’s Reformed Church Aid and Missionary hold meeting July 30 at 730 pm. Mr Guy K Motter to speak. Genevieve Thomas visiting friends in Baltimore. Misses Ernia and Pearl Thomas and Daniel seek friends.
Mrs. Lewis Smith of Adamstown visited Mrs ER and S A Thomas. Carrie Siup returned from Urbana. Miss Margaret Rodrick from Jefferson visited Misses Thomas. Ralph Culler visited his grandmother Thursday. Thomas Zimmerman remains ill.
American League games in Chicago Detroit and St Louis led to a mixed set of results with Cleveland and Boston winning while Washington and New York split. Standings show Cleveland and New York atop the table with Chicago and Detroit mid pack.
Reading and Altoona games noted with scores and player mentions. Trenton York and Lancaster account for key matches. standings list York, Lancaster, and Harrisburg regions with win totals.
In Manassas Virginia July 12 veterans from both sides of the Civil War greeted each other on Bull Run battlefield marking the peace jubilee. President Taft and Virginia Governor Mann attended along with Confederate and Union leaders. A jubilee anthem and remarks by Colonel Edmund Berkeley and Generals Gordon Gilman highlighted the event.
A severe storm in Cresona near Pottsville, Pennsylvania, sent lightning into a Joseph Witman home killing a dog under a bed. The room occupants were unharmed as the bed moved ten feet. the roof tore off and weather boards on one side ripped away amid the damage.
A survey of statewide items reports a hailstorm in Carrot county and crop issues in Maryland, with fruit crops bumper in Garrett, new YMCA camp meeting start August 11 for Montgomery county, and a bridge company dividend. Baltimore streetcars faced a rush hour outage due to a power problem with a worker injured but expected to recover. Weather storms scattered across Baltimore Kent Frederick counties, one fatal, many trees down. Frostburg centennial interest grows with a proposed route study for a Washington to Cumberland highway. Harford bar dinner honors Chief Judge Burke. full-crew law affecting some trains underway at Cumberland Valley Railroad Company.
The Telivelches, Patagonian remnants, are peaceful yet impulsive and suspicious of strangers. They honor strong chiefs, worship sun and stars, and practice horse slaughter and blood drinking in rites. Once 10,000 roamed the Rio Negro to strait. now fewer than 500 remain. Torpedo boat explosion kills two in London. four injured aboard torpedo boat Mon Cheuagen near Neate Feat.
Arthur Miller of Conn was fined $200 for evading personal tax payment. The case notes the amount due and the court action, with Miller required to settle the tax owed.
Mavana Cuba July 22 engineers begin drawing out mud from around the wreck buried in thirty seven feet of mud. The bow and berth deck show extensive damage while remains of likely two or more victims, including Assistant Engineer Meritt, are found.
New York July Whitney announces the engagement of Miss Dorothy Payne Whitney to Willard AD Straight of Oswego New York former US consul general to Munden Manchuria now linked with Morgana Kubi Loeb Na flonan City bank interests. The wedding is slated for fall and described as elaborate reflecting Whitney's wealth. A separate Washington note says Secretary Wilson expects the Wiley case to take days more of cabinet time with no rush to settle next week.
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