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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1899
Page
1
Partial OCR text shows multiple listings and notices for rooms offices and services. Names and addresses appear jumbled with scattered items including dwellings, pipes, attorney references, and commercial snippets. The legible items suggest rental notices and small ads within a congested page.
The list recalls figures from history and politics including Richard I era contests, Polish-born soldier Commir Pulacki who died near Savannah in 1770, and Irish patriot Robert Emmet hanged in Dublin in 1803. Also noted are Flora MacDonald the Hebrides heroine, Thomas Starr King, Alexander H. Stephens, Noah Porter, John Evans, and Hiram Qorean with brief biographical markers.
Public sale notices for Faubie & Stoner Mort. and O Z F Howard appear alongside many business ads. Personal items report Miss Edith Kefauver and Fannie Rudy departing for Baltimore to study millinery, with several Frederick residents visiting or returning from nearby cities.
Louis E McComas resigns from the Supreme Court bench at the District of Columbia and is elected United States Senator from Maryland. Arthur Gorman becomes a private citizen as McComas takes the Senate seat effective noon today. McComas, of Williamsport Md, born in Washington County, educated at St James College and Dickinson College, has LL D from Dickinson since last June. He practiced law in Hagerstown before joining the federal bench in 1892, served as Republican congressman and national committee secretary, and was elected senator January 25, 1898 on the tenth ballot, term to 1905. He is professor of evidence and contracts at Georgetown University.
A reader thanks the teachers and scholars of South Frederick Colored School for a commendable Teachers Institute music program on Wednesday afternoon. Two performances by Mesar and Wn. Roberta were notably composed by Folland, a bright pupil.
William Shibbetts a long time resident of this county died February 17 at his daughter's home in Fletcher Ohio in his 77th year. He left three children and his wife had died in 1886. He was born August 6 1822 in Hanover Pa and moved to Middletown area as a youth then to Miami County in 1874. He joined Catoctin Lodge 13 I C C F in 1869. He was described as a skilled mechanic and Christian neighbor. Stephen Carlton Remsburg died at Irwin Pa aged 68 or 69 after a life as scrivener and magistrate. born August 1 1830 and graduate of Franklin and Marshall College 1858. He leaves a daughter, his wife Sarah Hanna survived, and his brothers J Harmon and George I had died recently.
Brief Bits notes spring fever signs and civic items from Monocacy fishing to a London bank profit and German industry. It mentions divorce law, aging senses, sleeping habits, a new spring bonnet debate, Owen's Creek bridge completion, Grace Eldredge entertainment at City Opera House, and teachers Institute gifts and impressions.
Arthur Pue Gorman, born 1839 in Woodstock Maryland, retires from the United States Senate after eighteen years. His career rose from page to private secretary to Stephen A Douglas, later speaker, House of Delegates member, canal president, and multiple term senator. The obituary notes his death not present here, with stalled details and a funeral reference.
A crowd of Freder ick youths witnessed a ten round boxing bout at Braddock Heights dancing pavilion. Two colored boxers from Washington and Frederick fought ten rounds with a narrow decision favoring the Washington challenger. The Frederick man, though inexperienced, held his own in a closely contested match.
Baltimore churches announce a busy Sunday with multiple services. Rev D B Floyd preaches in Thurmont. Rev L I M Myers in Saint James Lutheran. German Baptist, First Baptist, All Saints Episcopal and other congregations schedule morning and evening sermons, Sunday schools, and communion. Local guilds, Christian Endeavor, and Epworth League also hold meetings as the last quarterly conference concludes tonight in the area.
A pretty home wedding was held at the Hessong residence in Lewistown on March 2 uniting Miss Minerva Hessong and Mr. Harry Summers. Rev. J. A. Asper officiated as organist Miss Lillian Powell played Lohengrin. The bride wore brown satin with American beauty roses. Ushers were Henry Wineberg and Cecil of Frederick. Numerous relatives attended. after a collation the couple left for a trip South and will reside nearby upon return.
Eight year old Frank Dertzbaugh of North Market Street and a high school pupil earned an average of 27.34 percent at a recent examination. He is described as a very close student. Adamstone Turnpike Company schedules a directors election on Monday in Adamstown.
Frederick Company A of the First Maryland Regiment returns home from Augusta and Santiago with tales of camp life. A distrustful wound nurse experience and a corporal’s wood-sawing punishment are noted along with a hero’s wish to command. Marie L Williams shines in Navarre Hall Star Concert with local talents. Showell hailed as Sweet Nightingale as Frederick City Mandolin and Guitar Orchestra joins the program.
Deputy Game Warden Roberi Lorsatz reports widespread inquiries across the county show partridges surviving the blizzard. Observers have spotted as many as four coveys on a single farm, with the birds most plentiful around Ellerton.
Noted educator Hiram Clappin of Buckeystown among attendees at the Teacher Institute last week. Clappin runs four large flourishing schools and is regarded as a careful, painstaking and intelligent instructor.
Local readers learn of Wallace Bros. metal teaspoons sale and Babbitt soap promotion at Shipley & Boost's, plus C W Gott's visit from Lantz Bros. Buffalo. The piece also touts an innovation in travel with Baltimore and Ohio's Ordinary Sleeping Cars from Baltimore to Newark, featuring reduced Pullman rates and new car features starting February 18.
L B E Mullinix advertises the largest wall paper stock and interior decorating department in the region. It touts season’s latest novelties in wall decorations, carpet and wallpaper, with promise of estimates, quick completion, and first class workmanship guaranteed.
An early spring retailer announces a broad stock refresh including piques Welts Marseilles dim ity and muslin de soire. Prices range from 12 to 50 cents with linen, crepe and silk fabrics, plus new cloaks and towels. Dr. Clinton Re, graduate pharmacist, advertises prescriptions and local doctors offer eye and throat care.
E Gline promotes a new line of spring carpets arriving daily with a large stock expansion. A recent shipment included 28 rolls in one consignment as the business grows and customers are urged to view the new patterns and selections.
C and Cline and F B Sappington advertise a crate of decorated toilet sets with bright flower motifs at a steep 25 percent reduction on lamps. The ad promotes White Star coffee and four grades of lamps, invites visitors to their East Patrick Street showroom, and claims satisfaction with no pressure to buy.
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