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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1903
Page
3
Correspondence from Towne and several hamlets reports church services and social events. notes on sick lists, visits from Baltimore and Washington, carriage shop busyness, and a cherry crop loss. summaries of sermons, choirs, and chapel renovations, plus community updates from Graceham Hansonville Lime Kiln Lander and Wolfsville communities.
Bloomfield report notes that the Children’s Day Services scheduled for Sunday at Bethel church were postponed due to bad weather and will be held next Sunday at 2 15 PM. Also mentions Rev Hench officiating Sunday morning and organist absence with Grayson Sponseller filling in. Local visits include Mrs Green Lease from Montgomery county and Mrs Marion Warrenfeitz visiting. Other notes cover residents William Main planning exams, Albert Baker and Sophia Baseard returning from Hagerstown, and several local visits among families.
Rocky Springs and nearby towns report visits and relatives from multiple states. Residents share outings, church services planned in Bulkittsville, and activity in Monrovia and Barnesville with social events and local visits highlighted.
The children of Birs Heffner from Adamstown gathered for a Whit Monday reunion. Nearly all attendees were listed by name and hometown including members of the Heffner and Koogie families, with Adamstown and Buckeystown well represented. Mr. Duval of Frederick took photographs and Mrs. Heffner received many useful presents.
A reflective verse describes a dainty snow-white cloud flitting before the moon. The moon watches with disdain as the cloud passes, then muses on beauty, sun, and longing, ending with a desire to see the cloud again. Spelling and phrasing are archaic, imitating a formal night scene.
The Town Crier is out of date and Wide awake people read Tax News for live newspaper advertisements. Want ads in Tax News reach the business public and every household, offering immediate value to employers, employees, buyers, sellers, and job seekers.
Curated from a long mixed article detailing medical curiosities about children with unusual habits and parasites, plus notes on gold in desert sands, Lake Obad in Africa, wind effects on vegetation, plant perfumes and their effects on humans, advances in microscopy, aluminum alloys, aerodynamic testing, cancer bacteria and chlorine levels, and stationary clouds observed near mountains.
The Chevalier Branchi, Italian Malianconsi general in New York, protests to Secretary Way over the alleged kidnapping of 18 Italians in Brooklyn. He says the men were on a steamer, taken to Merida Yuratan, and held for days, and has instructed his lawyer to pursue criminal and civil actions.
The Maryland section reports a week of generally favorable moisture reviving crops while a late spell may have slight damage in some mountain areas. Rains on the 20th brought heavy wash in hills and mud, but overall plowing and planting progressed, with transplanting aided by ideal weather. Wheat heads form, rye improves, oats color, pastures green, and farmers sow millet and forages to offset drought losses. fruit crops vary from light apples to scarce peaches and pears, while gardens show growth and early vegetables advancing despite insect damage to tomatoes.
Fire at the Allan Glass Company plant near Magnolia, nine miles from the city on the Atlantic City Railroad, wiped out five large frame buildings. Planes attempted to fight the blaze as an oil tank car on a siding threatened explosion. George Benarti, president and general manager, estimated total loss with some insurance coverage. In Clinton, ElInhy Rootson won Hamilton College’s Clark prize for oratory with the speech The Oratory of the French Revolution.
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