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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1894
Page
3
The Wanamaker advertising feature in Philadelphia is praised as readable and entertaining, urging honesty in ads and noting advertising as a legitimate business tool. The notice invites ad copy for Tae Weseny News with weekly deadlines for new ads and changes.
Various short items note Vanderbilt spending and charity, a Barnwell boy memorizing Genesis in under three hours, and jokes about manners and fashion. Other notes compare monuments, fund seedings, and weathering rocks, plus hotel costs on Broadway, a Cumberland mystery man, and Julia Ward Howe earning five dollars for Battle Hymn of the Republic.
The Frederick City Board of Aldermen met in City Hall with most members present. President Eisenhauer announced committee actions to relay the mayor’s annual message, praising the city’s health and the new reservoir, urging free bath water, flood relief for Carroll Creek overflow areas, street and pedestrian improvements, extended lighting, and police staffing. The mayor’s address and subsequent ballot re elected city officials with F. Tyeryar winning as Superintendent of Water Works. The tax rate remained 75 cents, and the board adjourned after a productive session.
Col Towner Schley of Shepherdstown entered his stable and pursued a rampaging horse, narrowly avoiding injury as the animal kicked near his heart. He continued working the day, noting the close call and endorsing Hood's Sarsaparilla as a blood purifier and cure.
In Myersville area, 17 year old Jennie Souders was found drowned in a stream after going to bathe her feet by a shaded bank. Family feared possible slip from a rock led to the accident. community expresses deep sympathy for Miss Souders and her relatives.
An appeal to state newspaper publishers including Governor Brown urges Editors and journalists to cooperate in improving public morals. It calls for the exclusion of detained and sensational reports of vice and crime and the removal of immoral advertisements, urging greater care in reporting.
A humorous survey lists Chicago workers and what they strike for or against. It pairs groups like base ball club and blacksmiths with their striking targets, from iron to cobblestones, nails to carpets, and even attitudes at the Palmer House.
The article notes a decline in wedding kissing ceremonies in Philadelphia as traditional customs fade. Clergy and groomsmen once shared the ritual, but now such kisses are rare at church and home weddings, confined to close relatives.
The Williamsport Leader reports a Populist strategy inviting young women to form committeewomen tasked with courting Republican candidates to secure votes in November. Noncompliant men face social ostracism and pressure from Populist followers.
Thunder and fire sweep through Montgomery county destroying Mrs. Chandler’s Bethesda barn with straw harness and vehicle. Loss around 1000 dollars. Jonathan Barnesley’s Olney barn also struck and burned with six hundred bushels of wheat. Names linked to towns and individuals appear in the damaged text.
Rev. Albertus A. Armacost drowned near Bainbridge. Son of George W. Armacost of Carroll County. A promising young man with many friends. Remains sent to Hampstead where the funeral was held today.
A Danish chemist claims invention of two new war agents including a vapor weapon that causes laughter and renders soldiers unable to use weapons. Also noted is the funeral of Mr Charles E Rocaiz in Baltimore with interment at Mt Oliver Cemetery after a service by Rev C E Guthrie and a B and O railway contingent.
A vintage advertisement urges travelers to carry Syrup of Figs for health during trips, claiming benefits for kidneys, liver and bowels. It notes 50c and $1 bottle sizes sold by leading druggists and attributes production to the California Fig Syrup Co.
Camp Scott Key wrapped up a week of vivid fun with a lively camp scene. The narrative details the waterfront camp layout, a barber shop, dining area, postoffice and signs, and a humorous photo moment showing officers and staff at work. A Friday gathering welcomed ladies arriving by train for a boat trip, supper, souvenirs, and stories of cooking mishaps, then Sunday services reinforced the camp’s moral aims before departure.
St Marys Chapter and All Saints Episcopal Vestry met to discuss church renovation. Walsge Camp Meeting on Nolands Lot was postponed due to bad weather. Bishop Gaines preached at Queen A M E church. The Village Camp will begin as weather allows with Salvation Army open air meeting on West South street. Picnics planned at Plane No 43 and Kel Mar Monocacy with Rhodes orchestra. Committee lists include E Markes and J McCurdy for excursions and music arrangements.
A note from John Picht of New York City offers a copy of Elements of Music, a one page pupil study containing rudiments from first lesson to scales chords and key notes a dictionry and a full sized keyboard showing treble and bass positions. Price five cents.
Market morning weak with few buyers and scarce produce. Butter scarce eggs steady. Peaches scarce blackberries lone fruit. Corn poor beans unseen. County tomatoes improved by rain with little price change. A Frederick Club team heads to Hagerstown for a game. Rumor circulates of a man selling bogus saranparilia in Frederick County. beware.
GENTS silk areachief at isc 413 a great seller. white scui mee quilts at doasd 83 cts. wohkth 4 great deal more. 3torm serges in navy and black werke never better than they are today. sor special values in them 18 both low and fine grades. tabls limens eitha a good value at 50 ., 756. and gru.
Dr J R L Hardesty oculist ear and throat specialist to be at City Hotel on Thursday and Friday the 26th and 27th. Baseball match Baltimore vs Cincinnati plus trips Bay Ridge and Baltimore for three days. Memory exhibition by Prof Boyd at Kemp Hall this evening. Riflemen excursion fare 150 for three days, July 31. Ernstes Sale and W W Lease Co stock clearance at Gem store. Barber shop for sale Frank G Lambert South Market Street.
The Baltimore and Ohio Railway announces the third seashore excursion in the series to Atlantic City Cape May and Sea Isle City on Thursday August 2 from Philburg Wheeling and Parkersburg with routes and timings to follow.
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