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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1901
Page
3
The Ley land Liner Assyrian from Antwerp to Montreal is ashore off Cape Race. The vessel is likely to prove a total loss. Mrs McKinley’s condition shows improvement in Wassincrox.
Regular services held on Sunday June 2 in Rocky Springs churches. A portion of local roads repaired. A lymphatic disease affects horses countywide. Children’s Day set for June 9 at Rocky Springs chapel. Bean Growers' Association met June 1 at Shookatown. Cherry picking and shipping to begin soon. Whitsuntide Fete at Yellow Springs on June 1 deemed a financial success despite weather and musician absences. Sunday school and preaching scheduled at Pleasant Hill on June 9 and 10. Local visits note several families and residents. deaths: Mr. Lewis J. Martz loses his best horse to colic.
The Frederick Baseball Club plans a tomorrow afternoon contest at Athletic Park against Unionville, Carroll County champions. Fred rek’s lineup mirrors the Charlestown win, White SI to pitch for the visitors, Bready to pitch for Frederick. Mission price reduced to 15 cents to boost attendance. The home team travels to Westminster Wednesday for a game, then to Estown, W. Va., for a return on June 14. Young Sluggers organize for the season with Dudley Berger, A. Murray, G. Fleshman, July, W. Shilling, J. Murray, C. Keefer, W. Fiesnman and Jer as players. The club remains open to all.
The Woman's College held its commencement in College Hall at 10:30 AM with Rev Dr J Spangler Kieffer delivering the address The diplomas awarded to graduates from multiple fields include Bessie Albaugh Mary Bobb Bessie Harget Alice Kirk Anna Peterman Margaret Pontius Edith Thomas Gertrude Woogtly Mary Wenner and others Voice and piano certificates were given to Mary Hirely Leone DeHoff and Alice Kirk A concert followed with strong student performances and praise from faculty An alumnae dinner at Doll's Cafe featured toasts and a formal menu The Board of Directors met to confer degrees and plan next year's work
The Female Seminary trustees and college officials met to plan improvements including a steam heating plant for West Hall. A campus tennis tournament drew a large crowd with Miss Peterman of Hanover winning the senior prize and Miss Sadie Zimmerman of this city taking the junior prize amid close matches and refreshments served by the students.
Peabody Conservatory of Music Baltimore releases its 1900 1501 catalogue. Miss Harriet D Jones Mt Airy Md and Miss Belen Shipley city are on piano honors lists. Miss M Imogen Dorsey appears among Peabody Preparatory School piano teachers. Otis B Boise named head of harmony and composition. Barkworth joins as organ teacher. Under Harold Randolph, the school gains high status, rivaling European institutions.
News of the state notes Bernard Courlaender was appointed receiver for the John Chemical Company of Baltimore. Other items include a murder charge against John Stewart for the death of George B. Dunn in Baltimore jail, a $10,000 lawsuit between tram lines, the death of contractor Jone 4 aged 68, and a $35,000 hunting preserve bid by the Duquesne Club. Prof Frederick E Kershner to teach modern languages at Kee Mar College. Williamsport sets 1901 tax rate at 65 cents per $100 with municipal and light allocations. taxable base $348,000 impacted by property transfers.
Mrs Mary O Cole aged 42 dies at home from cirrhosis of the liver in Frederick. Survived by husband Charles E Cole and seven children. funeral at 3 pm with service at home and Mt Olivet cemetery. Also notices George C Fisher 63 dies at Point of Rocks. former St Charles Hotel proprietor. funeral at 9 am, Bellsville burial. Harry Otia Kline, 1 year 6 months, dies at West Seventh Street. funeral at 4 pm at home, Mt Olivet cemetery.
The May term jurors in Carroll County are discharged after a hung verdict in the John W. Ohler cloverseed case. Ohler, charged with receiving stolen cloverseed from Reindollar & Co. in Taneytown, had his trial ended without a verdict after hours of deliberation. Ohler is the only married defendant among the Taneytown seed theft suspects and remains free on bail for a future trial. Meanwhile Charles Burress alias Gimpy Bowers Walter Angel alias Brooks Angel and Charles M. Harner, the three youths sentenced for the larcenies, were taken to the penitentiary by Sheriff Motter.
Elaine Downy Wells, 10, daughter of Jacob R. Wells of four miles from Ellicott City, Md., died shortly after 7 am after 52 days in a trance. Illness began about three months earlier with indigestion like symptoms. Despite physician care by Dr. T. B. Owens, her condition worsened until the trance occurred. she remained motionless, silent, and unfed for 52 days before death occurred yesterday morning.
State Senator William VWeirs Boult publicly declares his candidacy for the Democratic nomination in Montgomery. Spencer Jones, Rockville mayor and Montgomery County National Bank president, joins the race, while Blair Lee is courted but undecided. A likely contest forms between Jones and Boult, promising a lively battle. Also, Douglass H. Hargett buys live toads to combat garden pests.
The Local Mart lists J E W Hargett market quotas for today with corn at 2.50 per barrel corn shelled at 50 cents per nashel wheat at 73 cents per basnel and hay priced from 12 to 14 dollars per ton. Separately Montgomery County Supervisors of Elections decide to divide Wheaton and Olney districts into two precincts each.
A custody dispute over Nettie V. Magalis, daughter of Conductor J Edward Magalis killed on the Baltimore and Ohio at Brunswick, dominated a Martinsburg county court session. Stepmother had care. stepsister Anna Magalis sought control, sparking sharp contention and wide interest as witnesses were examined. Also notes on Edward Brennan, a Pittsburg recruit who failed to report at Fort Howard, risking desertion. an alligator arrive at Steiner Brothers druggists display. United Steam Fire Company plans for Westminster trip with hopes of prizes.
Miss Etta H. Maddox, 101 North Fulton avenue, Baltimore, is among 18 Baltimore Law School graduates set to receive diplomas at Ford's Opera House tonight. She will be the second woman to earn a Baltimore law degree but cannot join the bar in Maryland, where practice remains limited to men though 37 other states permit it. Separately, an inquest at Northeastern Police Station, Baltimore, led by Coroner Sally, reviewed Luke Moore's death from a gunshot wound at Johns Hopkins Hospital on Monday, June 3, from a pistol ball fired at a strawberry festival in Mount Airy. The verdict named unknown shooter(s).
Local ads include Lidie's Oyster and Fish Depot offering crabs clams and fresh fish, G W Lint and Edward James tailoring services, a public sale of Household Farmitars at 59 W Patrick St on Saturday June 8 1901 by Harvey R Lease auctioneer, and Woman's Auxiliary strawberry fete at the Y M C A with ice cream festival at Mt Carmel church. Also dressmaking by Eaber and Dr Wm C Boteler eye ear nose throat practice in Frederick with spectacle services.
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