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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1897
Page
3
The News office promotes a bicycle meet in Frederick with affordable secondhand wheels and the Rambler record breaker priced at 80 dollars. Tax News will issue the official pro Stam and souvenir containing full meet information, with thousands of copies to be distributed.
Mrs J A Ramsburg and Mrs Annie Hopwood of Baltimore have returned from visits to Westminster and New Midway. Mrs Hopwood plans to return home Friday. Messrs H B Showman and J A Ramsburg enjoyed a pleasant day at Sharpsburg. Mr Showman forecasts a good peach crop. Walter Floeckher of New York is visiting here. Mr and Mrs W S Waters of Washington spent yesterday in the city. Mrs Saste Thomas and two children of Brunswick have returned home from Rocky Springs. Mrs Annie Hopwood and Mrs Lewis Hildebrand of Frederick were guests of Mr and Mrs Edward Braley of Shookstown one day this week. Nellie DeLaskmatt left for Terre Haute Ind. Mrs Lanner and daughter of Middletown left this afternoon for San Francisco. T Lakin of Taylorstown, Va. departed with friends for a cross continental trip via Denver and several notable stops returning north via Yellow Stone Park. Miss Mary J Landers and Miss Mary A Waech e of Thurmont visiting the Forman family at Govanstown, left yesterday for home. Dr Paul Gillespie of Cincinnati, Ohio, who has been with his friend Mr George R Dennis, has returned home.
The clashing bits touch on wedding rites weather fashions and social quirks. A German statistician is cited with a 7 000 000 death toll from earthquakes across 1137 to 136. A German factory rule bans corsets during work hours and soft hats have gone to the head.
The Liberty Copper Mines property in the Liberty district, comprising 52 cream roods and 85 square perches, was sold at public sale yesterday afternoon at 2 o'clock. The mine was purchased by Wo. King for 2000 dollars. Mr. John S. Newman served as mortgagee’s agent in the transaction.
List of 35 entries for races and contests at the seventh Maryland Division event. Philadelphia sextette pace-making exhibition and prominent professional riders from Washington, Baltimore, and Philadelphia. Frederick and Hagerstown teams headline a standout race, with Arbiter Park prepared and crowds promised a day of high speed cycling and related attractions.
The Frederick Bicycle Club prepares rooms with gala decorations for a major meet featuring Consolation and Team races. Entries fill quickly as clubs from Baltimore and Philadelphia send competitors. Organizers and hosts, including Dr J E J Wagner and "Father Mack," plan tours, a Scarpa Sextette exhibition, and a comprehensive souvenir program with care tips, routes, and training notes.
A dispute on Beri Street near Fourth Street involved Charles C Brown Mattie Brown and Ira Weitere culminating in a police summoning before Magistrate Thaddeug Biser. Mrs Brown berated the magistrate from the rear while the couple and Ira Weitere faced fines with Mr and Mrs Brown each fined three dollars and the colored woman discharged after it emerged she was incited by Mrs Brown.
A dance will be given to the United Fire Company of Frederick at Braddock Heights on July 13 with invited guests. Special cars will run to and from the site for the occasion, and tickets cost fifty cents for dancing including car fare. The dry goods and carpet merchants will close Monday July 5 due to the Fourth of July holiday.
A fine concert by the City Opera House Orchestra led by John W. Netpold featured Joseph A. Kavanaugh and George Hettrick with vocal selections including Only Me. Despite extreme warm weather, patrons enjoyed violin by Robert Burck and trombone by J Elmore Waltman. The program included overtures, descriptive pieces, and a comic interlude by Edward Wright, with attendance noted as improved by a later portion of the bill.
Thomas Thompson, a white man from New Market district, was jailed by Juatha Poole on Monday for attempting to rape an eleven year old girl, Mamie Fleming. Details are scarce. the girl is Fleming, daughter of Samuel Fleming, and Thompson was reportedly intoxicated. A draft for 316,000 from Maryland Life Insurance pays the policy on the late William H. Percy, Cumberland, with Northwestern Mutual Life issuing 25,000 plus a 400 post reportum dividend.
Repaira Completed. Contractor Poole removed today the Scaffolding from around the steeple of the Reformed Chapel after recent repair. The improvement enhances the steeple's appearance and preserves the building portion for the future. At a Y M C A meeting officers were nominated: President Charles F Brenner. VPs Albert B Smith and William Haller. Secretary Joseph Zimmerman. Treasurer Elmer Star. Managers Thomas Ebert George Cram George Thomas. Blood's Sarsaparilla advertised as foundation of health.
Mizcah Chapter No 9 Order Eastern Star schedules a Friday meeting at 7 o clock at 48 North Market Street. Exma KR Gittinger, Secretary, issues the notice. Baltimore and Ohio Railroad announces summer popular excursions to Atlantic City Cape May Sea Isle City and Ocean City Maryland with a July 5 start date and twelve day tickets from Frederick and Hagerstown offering $5.50 round trip and stopovers.
Local rail excursion notices invite Frederick Division residents to view the Susquehanna bridge at Columbia with a one day trip on July 1, 1897. Special onward trains from Washington and Camden, with stopovers at Watkins Glen and Niagara Falls, offer reduced round trips and cafe service. Additional excursions include visits to Niagara Falls on July 14 and Winchester, Virginia, with dates July 5 to 9 for reduced return fares and July 2 to 6 for July 4 celebratory trips.
A 1880s style advertisement highlights a wide array of waistcoats shirts dress linens and accessories. Fredericks showcases new fabrics and designs including silks embroidered linens and lace to match period attire. An array of colors and styles aims at refined tastes in fashion.
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