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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1897
Page
3
The Weekly News announces a ready Thursday twelve page issue with extensive news and features. It claims the largest genuine circulation in Frederick city and county as an advertising medium and invites new and changed advertisements with deadlines on Wednesdays.
A collage of brief notes on local doings and curiosities. Picnics, ballet feet, sign polishers, and eccentric cyclists mingle with price hints on early peaches. Maryland wealth figures rise, rail engines speed, and electric hints appear. Local staff movements, obituaries, market gluts, and parish news fill the column with scattered Maryland detail.
Benjamin Franklin Jones was taken to Towson yesterday by Sheriff O McBride of Frederick and committed to the county jail as a pauper by Justice Herbert at Bn inskae.
Major R. P. Davidson and eleven Highland Park Military Academy cadets arrived in Frederick on bicycles en route to Washington, noting rations, discipline, and a two week journey from Chicago area. They travel about 90 to 100 miles daily, with gear weighing 60 pounds plus bike, and plan to present a message to Secretary Sherman in the War Department.
The Century Cycling Club of Baltimore accepts the Frederick wheelmen invitation and confirms its presence at the state meet. Executive committee sanctions the July 3 schedule to Frederick. Athletic Park closes to the public from June 22 for club members and ticket holders. park opening date to be announced.
Frederick and Middletown Electric Railroad to run special cars every evening all summer, departing from Square Corner at 7 p.m. to Braddock Heights with nightly electric illuminations. Frederick Select Orchestra to perform tomorrow night in the pavilion, with hourly return trips as demand requires. Sunset views and moonlight observatory effects promised, plus dancing and natural scenery to draw Frederick residents to Braddock Heights for warm evenings.
Invitations issued for a German social at the residence of Mr and Mrs Wr P Mauissy Thursday evening. Frederick youths plan a dance at Braddock Heights on an upcoming busy evening.
Mr George C Killian of Philadelphia Pa who supervised the Thompson Houston electric light plant construction in this city arrived yesterday evening and is engaged today in repairing one of the dynamos after minor trouble with the city plant.
Erroneous reports claimed Robert F. Belier, jailed for the Brunswick murder of John C. Walker, had died. Inquiries by Sam News reveal Belier is alive in the penitentiary, clarifying the spread of the false death claim across the county and Frederick.
Mr Charles E Mealey has dressed of the goods in his store on West Patrick street at public auction and will open six real estate lots on South Market street, going into business on Thursday next.
The City Opera House Orchestra will give a concert in Kreig's hall at Adame town this evening under the auspices of the ladies of the Episcopal church of that place.
Mrs Myra Camden of Clarksburg W Va stood at the center of a sensational report that she had been indicted by the Gillmor County Circuit Court grand jury. Governor Atkinson confirmed the indictment and said she had been arrested and entered a plea for her appearance. The matter centers on contested property and a forged will aimed to control the Camden estate. A formal protest to probate was filed by Martha Sommers Dora Ramsburg and Genevieve Boggess. The case lingered to a June 13 hearing where testimony supported the will as the late Judge Gideon D Camden’s true last document. A settlement let the widow receive about 105000 while other heirs contested the will and deeds. The governor, a candidate for re election, noted his personal stake in the case and his family’s prominence in the region.
Dense smoke from a tan placed in a stove during the day caused anxiety on Bentz street between West Third and Fourth. Residents were alarmed late Sunday night but no fire alarm was successfully started. Hood's Sarsaparilla is advertised in the page.
The Jali Officials urged a bath for Owen Bowie, improving his health under Sheriff McBride and Warden Shaw. The imprisoned Black man believes a spell poisoned him, recalls little of the murder, and faces court with attorney Glenn A. Worthington. He describes a past wood-chopping job and a poisoning rumor, while Warden Shaw doubts his honesty yet notes better behavior recently.
The Bulletin notes teachers gifted Miss Annie B Barry with a fine set of strawberry forks as a token of esteem. Mr H P Grow of Kentucky School for the Deaf, Danville Ky, returned home last Friday January 11 and will spend vacation with his parents at 147 South Market Street. Miss F Leonard of Newton Center Mass, a teacher in the Blind Academy at Talladega Alabama, was a guest of Mr Higl's family during the past week.
The County Commission convened yesterday and will hear delegations from Stull's Ford and LeGore's Station at the Commissioner's office to decide the site for a new Monocacy bridge. The county reassessment results will be announced next Monday.
After a two weeks session the Board of tax commissioners Messrs George Lambert NM J Wilson and FT Rhodes have astronmen. A Board of Appeals formed by Mayor Yeskle and G Waring Teson will sit for a week beginning Monday next to hear appeals that may be made by taxpayers.
Bishop Edward P. Alien of Mobile Alabama, former Mount Saint Mary's College president, traveled from Frederick to Massachusetts for a short visit. He met his old college friend Jacob Rohrback and called on Rev. Joan O Rourke at the Novitiate during the trip.
Estaine the fast trotting mare owned by Mesers Rorenour Brothers covered a rifle in 240 om the race course at the Baughman farm yesterday. Samuel Filby drove the mare who had not raced in twelve months. Dr Bernard C Steiner of the Enoch Pratt Free Library will attend the second International conference of librariania in London in July.
John L. Stone and Dora F. Wolfe of this city wed at Evanweltes Lutheran parsonage by Rev L. Kubiwan on January 7. Howard W. Splizot and Eleanor E. Soule of near Harrisonburg, Va., married by Rev. L. Kubiotan on June 8. Andrew Cca'ea and Bessie Beamer, both of Virginia, joined in marriage on the same date and by the same minister.
Public notices announce a Second Public Concert by City Opera Bronse Orchestra at the Opera House. Tuesday evening June 29 features a program of favored selections rendered by the orchestra at City Ball. Also mentions electric car service from Equate Corner to Braydock Hall and back, and various local ads and notices from Frederick Maryland businesses and events.
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