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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1902
Page
3
The Wrexig News plans a handsome twelve page issue coming Thursday with extensive news and special features. It claims Frederick city and county have the largest bona fide circulation for advertising. Copy deadlines are listed for new and changed advertisements this week.
Mrs W T Haller visits relatives in Columbus Pa Lucie Ramsburgh stays with Mrs Rita Mensch Huton Place Baltimore Miss Alice Shriner heads to Washington to visit sister Mamie Shriner Mr P E H Long moves family to Piqua 1st Braddock for summer Bernard Zimmerman heads to Washington DC for the week John Bennett returns from attendance at his father s funeral Hellen Wickham and Margaret Duvall depart for Mar Hap sburg W Va Walter Goleman returns to Joseph s College after Frederic stay Yella and Hattie Smith visit aunt E E Steele Park Hotel overland trip L F Conroy and family travel by land from Washington DC visiting City Hotel Mrs Annie M Snyder and grandson Obbies S Pickett visit daughter O Dutrow Eagles W Va Lloyd Lowndes Jr Cumberland attends Maryland School for the Deaf Board of Visitors meeting Charles H Elliott and Mrs Elliott return from Braddock Heights John T Nichols and wife of Hutchens Iowa praised visit to North Market Street Charles Markell Falconer graduates from Baltimore City College with Peabody prize second grade John T Nichols and wife of Hutchens Iowa praised visit
The Maryland School Board met this morning with Captain O. O. Nail and others from Baltimore Queen Annes Wor cester Rock ville Cumberland Frederick among attendees. After routine business a sumptuous dinner was served. Pensions include a ten dollar monthly rise for Samuel Lewis and eight dollars for Michael Carey. State school tax distributions allocate Frederick County to white schools 9199.53 and colored schools 1000.70. Zinc and Grinding Make Devoe Lead and Zinc Paint wear twice as long as Isad and oil mixed by hand.
Rev Luther Habiman exhorts graduates to enlist under the white banner of truth in a baccalaureate sermon at the Evangelical Lutheran church. He frames commencement as a transition to work and moral struggle, urging reliance on Christ for strength, and warning against reliance on education alone. The address emphasizes character, integrity, and lifelong service.
Readable fragments express a Christian exhortation about living in Christ through strength, endurance, and suffering. The text emphasizes undertaking life, aging, and conquering with faith, aiming to reign with Him in glory.
The article lists tomorrow and today commencements at several institutions. Visitation Academy, Milton Academy in Taneytown, Emmitsburg High School, Middletown High School, Ms. Marys College at Emmitsburg, and Thomas High School hold ceremonies with addresses by Fr O Rourke and alumni events. Premium distribution occurs at 980 o clock in the morning.
A party including Mayor George Edward Smith and City officials traveled by the 8 10 train to Baltimore to inspect modern street paving. The group aims to set a high standard on Hast Church street paving, the first such project in Frederick, to guide future work and materials.
John Johnson, among two colored men slated for execution in Ellicott City Friday, made two escape attempts yesterday. He first burned clothing in his cell to end his life, then used suspenders to fashion a noose on the pill door, prompting close watch until execution day. Also reports wheat head samples from three fields near Reichs ford show long, well filled kernels and likely above‑expected county yields despite short straw.
Annie Gregg, a 38 year old bitten by a mad dog at Park Millis, will be discharged from City Hospital Pasteur department in Belsmore today. She arrived May 30 with whooping cough, received hydrophobia antitoxin, and was cured along with the cough before leaving for home.
Mies Bertha Trail and Mise Nannie Thomas sail June 28 aboard the Steimer Als of the North German Lloyd. They join a Brooklyn, N.C. party for a grand European tour including Naples, major Italian cities, Switzerland, the Rhine, Holland, Belgium, Paris, London and a rural England Scotland trip.
On Saturday around midnight an attempted robbery occurred at the residence of William H. Moore in Springs county. A thief or two entered via the kitchen window but fled without taking anything after a couple returning from a Yellow Springs festival discovered them. Confederate Veterans meet in Baltimore with officers elected including Major General Andrew C. Trippe and Oswald Tripp.
Yesterday’s oppressive heat gave way to a refreshing cool down as rain fell and a gentle breeze swept through the night. The change restored comfort, with a pleasant breeze continuing into today and ideal conditions prevailing.
Joel T. Rossiter of 822 North Calvert Street Baltimore had been seriously ill for over a month. Last night officials reported he is somewhat better though the illness remains severe and that patients speak of his condition as improved yet precarious.
A roundup of local incidents and notices including the Baltimore death of Ian O. Price at 1012 Madison Avenue, Mrs. Mary A. Butraaff's death near Williamsport, and the Rostburg tax assessment of 2 246 878 with 27 026 over three years. Reports describe Catholic clergy changes on the Eastern Shore, John Johnson’s suicide attempt in a Howard County murder case, William F. Spangler missing from Williamsport, Dr. Abram W. Harris discussing the Jacob Tome Institute, exoneration of Constable Horace Eaton in Elkton, Rev. Ray M. Basler establishing missions near Cumberland, the unknown dead man found near Perryville, and a letter left for John J. Lewis in Camden New Jersey.
Market goers gathered early as a dry spell pushed up produce prices. Fresh fruits and berries including cherries, strawberries, raspberries, currants, mulberries, and pineapples sold fast with strong demand for preserves. A few home grown tomatoes were offered at five cents a piece.
The Evangelical Reformed Sewing Society of Frederick Md held a June 16 1902 meeting at Mrs P H O Birelys residence to mourn Mrs Jacob M Newman a valued member. The society expressed deep sympathy to the bereaved family and ordered copies of the resolutions sent to the family and published in the Frederick Daily News.
A short notice notes buyers seek correct corset sets covers gowns and drawers to keep selling active, urging precise sizing and matching styles to appeal to customers in the shop.
A fragment heavy with shop slogans lists discounted items from The Glas of Fashion and a June sale of ribbons. It highlights silks, ribbons, tafetta, and related fashion fabrics with prices, plus notices for local merchants Isanogle and Wagaman and Sappingtows offering glassware and home goods.
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