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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1896
Page
2
Brakemen on Baltimore and Ohio passenger trains protest a circulating report that they were ordered to stop assisting ladies entering or leaving cars. The railroad says a standing order requires care for ladies and children, while brakemen say they remain active in passenger rounds and car handling.
The Reformed Reunion committee including Rev. F C Yost and G A Hatltoger has prepared the day’s program for July 16 at Pen-Mat. Addresses will be given by Rev Dr Spangler Kieffer and others from Hagerstown York Pa Mercersburg College presiding officers for Potomac Synod include Rev J B Stanestier and Rev I M Motier. A Harrisburg choir will render music with Rev Dr J A Hofrisins of Martinsburg as president of the Tennion organization.
Charita Johnson a colored 23 year old resident of Middletown in Frederick County Maryland drowned yesterday afternoon in the Antietam creek near the Antietam Paper Mills while attempting to swim across with two companions. He became crampsed a few feet from shore and sank. a farmer later recovered the body. The trio had come from Frederick County to harvest.
Brunswick will host a broad Fourth of July celebration with a trade display by merchants and a fifty voice choir. Invitations have been accepted by Senator elect George L Wellington and several speakers from Frederick Flook Worthington Yeilett Wingert. Union Knitting Mills will shut down partially until July 6 to take stock.
John A. Tramdie of Centreville Maryland recalls attending the Maryland Institution for the Deaf with memories of opening day 1868. He notes barracks, the giant tree, early faculty like W D Cooke and Mr Grow, and friends now scattered by time. He praises Mr Ross and Col Charles E Frail for securing state support and recounts school life, growth, and the enduring Alma Mater.
Regular quarterly session held last Bancsy evening at 7:30 with a long program. Members listed several readings recitations and musical pieces by Hyma Bieet and others. Mrs. Stockman Miss Schmidt and Miss Felmer contributed recitations while Mr. Rice led an address and offering. Several local residents and visitors are named along with farm and community news from Beaver Dam Siderville and Dawsonville areas.
Port Deposit residents visiting parents here reforming social ties while Baltimore guest Mrs Coares Smith stays with Mrs M Anders. Farmers in the area busy with harvest and fieldwork as Elmer He and family from Frederick visit relatives. Sunday at Leutheran Church a talk The What We Owe Our Country led by Miss Elsie Altarb. Mary Newman of Frederick returns from visiting relatives. Nettie Cochre from North Carolina visiting, with friends glad to see her. Miles Katie Whipp of Green Valley visiting grandmother Mrs S T Whipp. Dora Hawker visits grandmother. Mr and Mrs Jobe Zimmerman spend Sunday with her mother. Myra Whipp visits Florence Whipp.
Various notes from Hagerstown area items including a bath upgrade for Young Men’s Christian Association members, a commission issued to John Keibaugh as justice of the peace for Frederick County, and a marriage license in Gagetown for John F. Cowley and Fannie Bell. Also trivia on population, gambling policy in Italy, potato history, local business chatter, and garden park features. A veterinary ad, horse gear, and a Hostetters stomach bitters mention follow, plus orphan court accounts and a mother’s testimonial for Chamberlain’s remedy describing a life saved by it.
Captain Sweeney of the U S A San Diego California reports Shilohs Catarrh remedy helped a sick baby. Remains priced 50 cents and sold by Albert J. Pearce Etchon Building. Also Earl's Clover Root Tea praised for nervousness and irritability with a noted price. Sold by Albert L Pearrs Etchison Building.
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