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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1895
Page
4
Odd date text notes March 18 entries with scattered names and weather forecast lines. Contains garbled phrases about governors, places, and events, plus a long Weather Bureau forecast and stray names. The overall fragmentary item resembles a clipped historical date feature with weather notes and disconnected proper nouns.
Purely personal items list residents and visitors: Henry Wineberg guests in Baltimore. Sappington and D. M. &chol to attend Frederick Lodge No. 14 meeting in Baltimore. Ollie Pearce visits Howard county relatives. Duvall from Baltimore visits Frederick. Katherine Rollins leaves for Washington to spend weeks. Hettie Roderick returns to Martinsburg. Michael Kinna visits Frederick for a week. Robert Ramabarg leaves for West Virginia. Bessie Dennis returns from Urbana to Mt. Vernon Place Baltimore. Rachel Hzzger visiting Philadelphia. Adjutant General H Kyd Douglas of Maryland at Thomasville Georgia. Raymond Cooke of Washington visits Frederick. Gen James Clark of Mobile in Frederick, then leaves for New York.
Harpers Ferry panic over cows and politics. Hancock swarmed by tramps. Bedford county snow drifts close roads. Henry Davin cuts 42 inch gears in his foot while chopping. Most women have the last word but the shoemaker and his wife prove the man sticks to the last. Pensions listed for Davis Walkeraville Link Pressant Ellerton. Claims committee meets in City Hall. Cold feet cured by wrapping in tissue. Japanese style paper underwear teased. Fisheries report fish crop survived blizzard cataracts style. Dewey Heywood Concert Company arrival and hotel registrations noted among many names.
About seven last evening a large frame house at Sixth and Bents streets owned by Joseph Votinse suffered heavy damage from fire and ensuing flood. Neighbors and firefighters battled dense smoke and water as furniture was moved out, with damage estimated in the hundreds and fully insured. A second small blaze nearby was quickly extinguished and no serious injuries reported amid a large street crowd.
A Victorian era column recalls St Patrick's Day customs and weather patterns, tracing Saint Patrick's influence and birth legends. The piece weaves in political chatter about Maryland politics, Republican hopes, and notices on concert personalities, letters, and local ads from Frederick.
Literary societies notice announces Misa Diebi's Resdiceg Club gathering at Caroline Markell's on Weet Patrick Street this evening. The ad promotes Hood's Sarsaparilla as protection from grips pneumonia diphtheria fever and epidemics.
The Rockville Agricultural Society committee engages D. Howell of Washington to survey a possible half mile track at the fair grounds this week. The aim is to see if expansion is feasible without harming grounds and to assess extra costs and revenue. The current track is praised by horsemen. backers seek racing stock from other groups to boost purses and attendance.
Five prominent business men from the city's wards were chosen to run for aldermen on an independent ticket. The lineup includes Jonathan Siser, A.C. McCardell, an unnamed Republican from ward three, James E. Walker, and Charles S. Wertheimer. A mayoral candidate will be chosen by delegates from each ward in June, with a planned Democratic majority on the ticket. The movement aims for a strong, competitive city government, with party leaders forecasting a three to two Democratic edge. Excitement builds for a triangular contest as the slate’s future runs remain undecided.
News of the Churches notes Lent en services at All Saints Episcopal Chapel this week. Marys Chapter meets Wednesday afternoon. Rev Hasckarl spoke at Bundsy afternoon gospel meeting of the F C Y M A on necessary qualifications for Christian association young men. Rev A H Zimmerman preached to large congregations both morning and evening and starts the new conference year with strong backing from members. Epworth League service at 6 30 p m led by Roger Wickham. Friday features the fourth lecture course by Rev W E Strickten of Baltimore on Little Things.
The statistical secretary’s report shows Methodist totals with declines in several areas. Members 52,785, down 684. local preachers 147, down 3. deaths 530, down 35. admissions and baptisms lower. church property valued at $5,556,200, down $1,400. expenditures for buildings and parsonages $84,222, down $12,302. old indebtedness $232,706, down $25,661.
The United Brethren Conference at Seastos discussed annexation to Pennsylvania and rejected the move. Reports covered temperance, church finances, Sunday School, memorials for Rev. D D Keedy, and elections for officers and committee chairs. Stationing lists and church services filled the day, with the next annual conference slated for Hagerstown.
Two murder cases are to be tried this week at Ellicott City. Various local notices include deaths in Cambridge Greensboro Meadow Branch and Cumberland, an art loan exhibit in Annapolis, a new shirt factory planned for Ellicott City, and a potential steamer line linking Chestertown to Havre de Grace with Pennsylvania Railroad connections. A county seat site question in Charles county and mortgage details for the Ellicott City Electric Railway are also noted.
Roger Thompson colored of Bentz Street died this morning of pneumonia. Funeral tomorrow, burial in Greenmount Cemetery. Effie Dorsey colored died Saturday night at Ice Street, aged 44. Funeral Tuesday 2 PM at Baptist Church, burial in Greenmount Cemetery. An advertisement for a laxative syrup promotes harmless relief and pleasant use.
Fragmented OCR describes actions around a Civil War raid with Burnside and captures. Mentions Newborn and locations, rough timeline, and chaotic prose with many garbled names and numbers. Core idea centers on heroism during military operation and capture events.
The Sick Mr Elmer Brown of Wilcorop Brown is able to be about. Mr D V Earp of Myersville is sick. James Spriggs, a colored man shot at Walkersville during a minstrel show, is improving at his West Sixth Street home and was able to sit up yesterday. Mrs Geo Gildnger of East Fourth Street is suffering an attack of illness.
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