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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1891
Page
4
A compilation of local mentions includes personal notices of residents visiting Baltimore and other cities, church news from Gaithersburg to Knorville, and upcoming church events. Also listed are schedules and updates on community members and a planned Methodist church project in Gaithersburg with a new coal beacon.
The Sick. Mrs Chas Brengle near the Fair Grounds was taken quite sick yesterday and attended by Dr FL Smith. The wife of William Dinterman of Adamsigun was taken sick on Friday last and is very ill. Mrs Mistraret Hoock of Mount Pleasant paralyzed two days ago and is only slightly improved. Officer Nites Abrecht was taken quite sick Sunday evening. Mrs C W E Cashoun East Church street has been ill for some time and worse. Marriage Licenses Jesse Hyder Jonasville and Macy L Freshour Myersville.
Local notes report weather and harvest progress, with scattered births visits and visits by residents from Frederick, Martinsburg, and Baltimore. Mentions church events, school festival planning, and community accidents including a hand injury, a horse incident, and a child fall.
Mir E. Joshua Zimmerman owner of Mayor Holtz farm near Charlesville reports a fine strawberry crop with some fruit five and a half inches long. He also tends a pest tree over a century old noted with pears. Thomas B. Fox, tenant on Columbus Kemp’s farm, has a premier corn field in the area. David Wastler suffers a severe ball on his back.
The notice urges advertisers to submit new ad copy by Wednesday before 1 pm and changes by noon that day to secure exposure in Tae WaaeeLy News. The paper, priced at $1 yearly or 3 cents per issue, touts wide circulation, community service, and varied features, listing numerous names and locations.
The 28th convocation of the General Grand Chapter of Royal Arch Masons in the United States will be held at Masonic Hall in Minneapolis Minnesota on July 224. Nash Young of this city attends as Maryland representative. The General Grand Council of Royal and Select Master Masons will meet at the same place on July that.
Maryland Limestone quarries in the census year totaled 30 with 41 507 cubic feet used for building and 545 591 barrels produced. Employment included 13 foremen 123 quarrymen 17 mechanics 122 shapers and 282 total workers. Real estate transfers include Geo F Eamich and wife to Mrs J A Waskey $1250, Charles Levy and wife to Frederick Town Savings Institution 29 acres 20 perches $40, John J Krom to John H Krom real estate in Frederick county $2009. A Glimpse of the Past notes workmen unearthed remains of an old corduroy Market street road, recalling Fredericksburg’s corduroy roads from fifty years ago.
A Urbana man, Baker J. Lamar, faced an armed-appearing pursuer after stopping at a toll gate on Urbana pike between Urbana and Hystratown. Lamar whipped his spirited horse to escape as a would-be rider pursued along the pike in darkness, possibly a colored man with no weapons.
The readable text mocks cruel pranks on dogs with tin cans tied to tails and laments the harm to victims. It notes the danger and calls for restraint while interweaving garbled weather remarks and a weather report praising pleasant early summer conditions.
A Hagerstown resident grows a small quince tree grafted with a Hussain apple, yielding nine well-formed apples on a three-foot tree. Nearby, a fox hunt ends with a man killing a fox that took refuge up a tree after being chased by dogs. Also noted is a costly family vault project at Mt Olivet Cemetery, about 15 feet square, finished in marble and granite with an estimated cost around 1500 dollars.
News notes from Frederick and surrounding towns describe a fire at John C Matter’s farm building near the Frederick area, a major lumber requirement for Patapsco Flint Mall operations, and various local events. Other items include a public sale of property, school board meetings, railway track updates, a paralyzed woman, local construction, a rattlesnake find, gypsy encampment reports, and a barn/stable fire near Barkittsville linked to a distant distillery.
Mullinix and Kemp advertise a new stock of floating shirts and gentlemen neckwear at low prices. The ad lists additions including chalies pongees ginghams oatings and more with some good items. Also featured are specials in ladies ribbed underwear.
In the carpet department salesmen note steady activity with carpets and mattings moving daily. Bargains are advertised as part of the store’s ongoing promotion at Mulliniz and Kemp.
John Brown, colored, appeared before Magistrate Walon this morning charged with assault and battery on John James dated June 23. He waived examination and posted bail for grand jury action. Also noted is Captain Q. 5. J. Beckley receiving forty new fatigue caps for the Frederick Rifemen. caps to be issued at the next meeting.
Wheat harvest advances. a line cyclone hits Kent County damaging peach trees. Notable incidents include Port Tobacco overboard injuries to Benj. T. Davis and Miss Baker, a near-fatal binder accident to a man named Moffett near Locust Grove, and Farmers Alliance talks with old-party committees at Port Tobacco. A Frederick area organ purchase for The Retreat Union Sunday School is celebrated, with thanks to D. W. Gise and local donors. Barbara Fritchie article questioned by Mrs. Nergie Quantrille Brown. New water mains measured on East Patrick Street and Leary’s Lane. 3100 feet of pipe planned. Obituaries note H. Rumotine of Ellicott City, long-time Odd Fellow and Mount Iris machinery staff. Henry Webb returns home after railroad accident injuries. Contract awarded for Palmetto Fibre varnish rooms building to C. A. Poole.
Orphans Court grants letters of administration on Mary C Zimmerman estate to W Irving Parsons. Inventories for Ann M H McGill estate filed. Wheel notes report Frederick wheelmen trip to Middletown and return. Harvesters note Highland farmers begin wheat harvest tomorrow, behind peers in the county.
An OCR damaged fragment advertises lawn patterns in black plaid and light colors with mentions of challys and lawn patterns. It reads like a catalog tease with prices per yard. The text is garbled but implies decorative lawn fabrics or textiles for outdoor garments and lawns.
Local party leaders urge Carlton Shafer to run for state's attorney with broad county support. Dr J R L Yardesty, an eye ear and throat specialist, will be at the City Hotel this week on July 2 and 3 for appointments.
Notices show Cereaville Self Rising Flour seeking inquiries as it plans to resume manufacturing after October 1, with a buyer offering $100 for an 1890 Columbia lamp and a separate July Fourth excursion sales promotion by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad offering reduced round trip tickets to Atlantic City with stopovers and return options through July 6, details listed for stations east and west of the Ohio river.
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