This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 32 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1899
Page
3
The Weekly News will be a handsome twelve page issue ready Thursday. It boasts the largest genuine circulation in Frederick city and county and offers superior advertising advantages. Copy for new ads due 3 p.m. Wednesday. changes by noon Wednesday.
Commissioner A F George outlines brook trout stocking guidance for Western Shore streams. Do not stock streams near Tanneries or mills discharging poison. test if trout exist and address pollution. Plant only in waters suitable for growth, use gradual temperature equalization, and distribute fry along spring runs to avoid overstocking. Publicity note: 15 cents for a Frederick News want ad to seek work.
Frederick enjoys a building boom with many new residences and expanded businesses. Permits include J J Sheffield Oscar R King Capt Groff James Biggs and others for two and three story brick and frame houses across Bentz East Third West Patrick and Telegraph streets. Additional homes are planned on East Patrick and West Third with a Church of God frame building and a Home for the Aged addition underway.
A public meeting at the Piedmont Opera House gathered Westernport Maryland residents to oppose further prosecution of the West Virginia Polo and Paper Company over Potomac River pollution. Speakers included Rev E Karcker Professor Newton W G Turner and Rev Ferguson urging political action and resolutions aligned with prior meetings at Frostburg Lonaconing and Midland.
Miss Gertrude Sullivan presided as president with Alma Stier as secretary. Attendance was fair. The committee reported two upcoming meeting programs adopted. A pantomime titled The Gypsy Camp by Sophie Hendrickson Alice Wood Bessie Downey Lewis Wood Henry Russell and Lynn Wood pleased members. The group adjourned to meet next Friday at Mr. M. P. Wood’s home.
Rudyard Kipling sues G. P. Putnam's Sons of New York for 25000 damages claiming infringement of trademarks and copyrights. The publishers allegedly bound Kipling works into a uniform edition titled Brashwood Edition including Departmental Ditties, though they did not publish any Kipling works themselves.
Mr George R Lewis appointed policeman on probation yesterday morning replacing Mr William Davis who resigned yesterday afternoon Mayor Chilton appointed on probation Mr James 3 Howard janitor at City Hall Mr August Mehming appointed janitor to fill the vacancy created by Mr Howard's appointment
The funeral was held Monday morning with Mass at 9 at St John's Catholic Church conducted by Rev Fr Cole man. Interment followed at Mt Olivet Cemetery. Pall bearers were Henry Dod, George Rodock, John Shefield and Vincent Wingling. F Schroeder served as funeral director.
The Maryland wa regiments, Fifth and First, report unusually few pension applications for invalid or dependent pensions at the Pension Bureau. Fifty seven invalid and fourteen dependent filings from the Fifth, and twenty invalid plus five dependent from the First, total under one hundred. Regents did not leave the United States, Fifth at Chickamauga and Tampa, yet officials note liberal pension laws since 1890 and widespread agent pressure to file. Maryland regiments show the smallest pensions filings relative to enlistment.
Analyses of last season’s sugar beets in Cumberland Valley show strong profits and favorable comparisons to established beet regions. Frank Co. Bosler leads the drive to build a Carissa factory, distributing seeds for this year’s experiments as farmers eyes on promising returns. The factory is planned for next year contingent on this season’s outcomes.
The Hag ers town ladies canvassed for a free library funded by B F Newcomer's gift reporting a disappointing result. They collected under $2,000 and excluded several prominent men from districts. With June 1 set for the 20,000 total, the movement relies on additional contributions to reach the goal or it will fail.
Fountain Mills Davis Hall hosted a Wednesday evening concert on April 26 by the local Glee Club with an accompanying Damascus male-voice quartet from Montgomery county. Both groups delivered strong selections while interludes featured Mrs. G. Grabbs in comic recitations, aided by organists Mrs. May Grabbs and Mrs. Vivia Day Burdette, contributing to a widely praised show.
W W Wolf a noted peach grower and son of Eli Wolf told a News representative he expects about a quarter of a full crop, roughly 700 to 1000 bushels. A New York firm offered 2.73 dollars per bushel for the whole crop. He would sell two orchards at that price but reserve one for regular customers. He owns about four thousand peach trees.
At yesterday's stockholders meeting of the Examiner Publishing Company a slate of directors was elected to manage the company for the coming year. W J Worman was chosen president, W W Doub secretary, and Prof Frank Wagaman editor and treasurer, with Worman, Birely, Doub, Kefauver, Patterson, Duvall and Witter as directors.
Allen Biline the green grocer received a fish consignment including a shad weighing one ounce under eight pounds. Air Kline notes it as the largest he has seen in fifteen years. The shad was bought by Martin Rohrback. James Rowe, a noted tensorial artist, recently caught a carp weighing eighteen seconds.
Constable Geo Lowe, attacked by a tramp on a train while escorting two prisoners to the House of Correction, has returned from Mt Clars Junction. He learned the tramp had been at Mt Clare Junction but left before he could reach him.
Directors were elected yesterday to manage the Frederick and Emmitsburg Road Company for the coming year. Named were Dr. T. E. R. Miller, George W. Miller, P. B. Hammarer, J. C. Cronise, Charles S. Snook, George A. Dean, Joseph Roelkey, George Honck, and J. Marshall Miller.
The annual session of the Moryhan State Council Daughters of Liberty met in Kemp Tall at 11 o clock with delegates from every council in the state about one hundred and twenty five attendees. State officers Chas. J. Stein Mrs. James Oster and Mrs. Uattie Atkinson were present as credentials were examined and new members admitted. Nearby plans include naming next year’s session site and a trolley party to Braddoele Heights this evening.
Dr C F GoodeH city health officer reports April deaths 23: white 17 colored 6. ages 11 male 12 female. Deaths by age range include under 5 ten and over 80 five. Noted contagious diseases measles 57 cases scarlatina 6 whooping cough 4 diphtheria 1. Births 13. Measles prevalent. April mortality highest in over a year. five deaths past eighty.
Marcella Brown, a known offender, returned to Frederick after nearly three months away to escape punishment for disorderly conduct. She faced Magistrate White and paid a nine dollar fine. John Ramsburg of Creagerstown was arrested for disorderly conduct, brought before White, fined three dollars, and jailed for 20 days for nonpayment.
The Old Glade Hotel in Oakland has been sold to the B and O Railroad Company to straighten the track through the western Oakland area. The plan would route the railroad through Glades Hotel property and adjacent Oakland Hotel grounds, leveraging preexisting ownership. Glades Hotel, a pioneer summer resort dating to the early fifties, was long the sole seasonal retreat in the Glade county.
Richard Davidson of near Union town Carroll county died Saturday April 24 at about sixty two. He is survived by two sons and his wife had died about ten years ago. The funeral was held Monday with Rev Catnaugh of the Taneytown Presbyterian church officiating.
The New York Clearing House Association schedule of out of town check collection charges continues to vex the trade. Drug merchants protested the charges in a recent meeting while banks in other cities expand their customer lists and capitalize on the situation.
About two hundred members of the National Geographical Association of Washington visit Frederick on Saturday. Arrangements will take the group to Braildock Heights by electric road to secure historical data on General Braddock’s Frederick venture.
Navy opens new reevuithavy station in Bultimorg Cambridge to reassess property for texting. A new physician staff installed at Maryland General Hospital. A one year old colored child found on Camel aday Baltimore with ginal pan. Bond of Railroad Company in Hounees Chatoat to grant stop over at Baltimora. High-town alertions Maryland yesterday. party politics unclear. Two children rescued from drowning in Cumberland canal. Bishop Lavot confirms ten at Spesutia church Perryman. Baltimore County fixes tax rate at zero cents per hundred. Rev Ephraim Phillips elected pastor in Gumberland for one year. Johns Hopkins University physics dept plans improvements. Remains of Marine Sgt Charles L. Smith killed at Guantanamo transported for burial. Stevedore Joseph Ross dies after fall from Delano at Locust Point. Polytechnic Institute to host reception for Commander John D. Ford return from Manila. Annapolis Methodist board seeks Rev W W Van Arsdele to fill vacancy. Big Mountain fires burn between Highfield and Hamburg, with fires near Slabtown threaten Thurmont. Comet seen by Maryland Academy of Sciences, Swift’s comet 50,000,000 miles away. Benjamin Linton injured after fall at Schrondal residence East Patrick street.
Fresh shad shad roe trout and black bass offered at L C Castle 43 East Patrick Street. A five lot of frogs spring chickens and crab meat for tonight. The Greeley Expedition views of the war with Spain ships of the Navy and music at City Opera House Friday with admission 15 25 and 35 cents. Members of King David Lodge No 1 I C O F invited to a meeting tonight at their hall. Adm likewise for Admiral Schley rescue views at City Opera House Friday. New Millinery Parlor 67 North Market Street advertises latest styles. Dr Wm C Boteler limits his practice to eye ear nose and throat diseases. Office 25 N Market Street residence City Hotel. Spectacles adjusted and examinations free.
An old time advertisement touts black satins and silks offered at low yardage rates. It promises stylish fabrics in patterns of silk and wool, with bold claims on quality and market value. It urges immediate purchase before the goods vanish from the north window display.
L B Mullinix advertises a great matting sale offering 10 to 20 percent savings. The store claims busy matting trade with a large in store stock of carpets and mattings. It promotes exclusive focus on matting and cheaper imports from China, with prices from Sig cents to 35 cents for Java Damasks and invites customers to visit to save money. Telephone 150.
A surprise birthday party for Miss Blanche Houck on East Patrick street featured games and refreshments as friends gathered for a very pleasant evening at her residence.
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad appoints James R. Kearney as assistant superintendent of transportation with offices at Camden Station Baltimore due to large equipment additions.
Magistrate Rescos C White handed over 131 to the Mayor and Board of Aldermen yesterday, a sum he collected as fines over the past three months.
The Vocal Mart reports wheat at 7.21 dollars per bushel in Frederick. Corn shelled 38 cents per bushel, corn on the cob 28 dollars per barrel.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.