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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1895
Page
4
Fragmented OCR text contains scattered names and phrases likely from a history column or early 20th century local item. Key names and places are unclear. no coherent event or person stands out to summarize with accuracy.
Weather bulletin from Waseivatox California dated March 6 reports high pressure over New England and Atlantic states with rising temps in the Lake region and Mississippi Valley. Showers in the East Gulf States. local rains likely Gulf States and Lake regions. Temperature expected to stay nearly steady with possible cloud and rain shifts in coming days.
The paper presents advertising notes praising advertisers and urging reliability of subscribers. Mentions brokers W A Mansfield, Ribbed Yeats, John Hendrickson, Minnow Nets, Phoebus, Singer Mfg Co, Rice & Haller’s Goap, and Equity C V Levy as solicitor, with brief payment and product references.
The notices cover the next three holidays on Thursday May 30 July 4 and Thanksgiving Day. Other items note fashion trends like large mother of pearl buttons and bonnets worn low with aigrette accents. A lime time test in Trilby grounder is discussed as a fielding concept. May 16 sees eight planets above the horizon at sunset Mercury Venus Mars Jupiter and Saturn visible without telescope. A new creamery is expected in the county. The McComas family relocates to Hagerstown for summer. A theft on East Third Street reports two doll babies stolen from a small buggy. Policeman Edward Freed plans resignation at tonight’s Board of Aldermen meeting and a special session is planned for important business.
A collection of brief society items noting Mr Charles E Moberly traveling to Washington to assist artists on the Congressional Library building. Misa Noble Harwood visiting Miss Maggie Cox in Baltimore. Mr Samuel Wineberg returning from Washington and Baltimore. Mrs Wm Edwards visiting Frederick. Mr Howard Norris visiting friends in Baltimore. Mr and Mrs Baker Johnson due home from their wedding tour. C V S Levy with son Wm Levy at Johns Hopkins. Miss Mattie Anderson returning home from Washington. Grayson E Bowers visiting Washington. Mr John Harrison of Baltimore visiting Frederick. Mr FL Lewis of Baltimore on business. Clat L Zimmerman of Baltimore visiting Frederick. Mr P E B Long of the Carlin House spending yesterday in Baltimore. Engine Duwabied. The electric Wht engine became disabled that evening due to the shaft, sent to Chambersburg PA for repair, with moonlit nights reducing impact, except in rain.
A committee of ladies led by Mrs Tyson and Mrs Echey organizes a colonial tea to support the centennial celebration at the Woman's College. War relics will be displayed, an art department curated by Miss Florence Dood and Mrs Lilly, and proceeds will aid the centennial committees.
News items report ground breaking for a new coal mine near Frostburg. Other notes include church dedication in Hagerstown, high school commencement exercises in Crisfield, and an immigration bureau proposal for Southern Maryland counties. Governor Brown inspected the Havre de Grace canal. Senator Hayes spoke to Deer Creek Farmers’ Club in Harford.
Arrangements for a city anniversary event are nearly complete. Attendees from churches, societies, and orders will gather at the rooms at 7 15 pm before walking to the Evangelical Lutheran church for ceremonies led by Dr. Butler of Washington with choir and Arion Sextette. A men’s reception and refreshments follow. decorations rely on members sending plants to the rooms early tomorrow. The board meets Thursday to organize year end business. a gospel meeting led by G Roger Wickham drew good turnout yesterday.
Mr George T Eyster and bride of Emmitsburg returned home by the 11 a m train Thursday. A reception followed at Mrs Mary Fraley's West Main Street home with many friends including the Vigilant Hose Company captain. Refreshments were served and many handsome presents received. Also notes Dr Andrew Annan's 90th birthday celebration and a list of advertised letters at Frederick City post office dated May 4 1865.
The article recounts a visit to Frederick Maryland by Dr. Gillett praising the Maryland Institution for the Deaf and Blind. It highlights Superintendent A W Ely and staff for unity and effective teaching, mentions the historic Minocacy area and the institution’s buildings, teachers in the manual department, and the positive impact on deaf education.
The Forum will discuss The Criminal Crowding of Public Schools and Crowded Schools as Pro motera of Disease with experts Penniman and Chain. Also notes on Scribner's May issue featuring Mrs Ward’s The Story of Bessie Castrel, Kipling’s return to India, Moran art in Cosmopolitan May, and Godey’s May issue with May poems and Angora cat feature.
Lace use on trimming hats is restricted to black lace and tulle for the intermediate period. Colored straw hats may lift lace, with white cream and butter tones noted. New models feature tulle hats with bead trims and rosettes. Hand tuile laces with appliques form fan shapes and are used on beads jets and filigree hats. A boy, 13, son of Samuel Fitz, was recovered three miles from Maxell's dam after drowning last Tuesday.
The Republican League of Maryland will hold a mass meeting in Baltimore on June 4 to campaign for unity. Noted speakers include ex congressmen Batterword of Ohio and Dalzell of Pennsylvania and ex Gov John K Foraker of Ohio with plans for Gettysburg address on Decoration Day May 30.
The Minneapolis Tribune notes Mrs Bherry a former Leavenworth High School languages teacher who lectured in Chicago on conversation as a fine art. Her talks attracted women’s club members and spurred new conversation classes, with praise from Mrs Henrotin of the National Federation of Women’s Clubs.
At the annual election held at their office this morning, the Mutual Insurance Company of Frederick County chose directors for the coming term: James McSherry, Charles E. Trail, Joseph Cronise, Joseph Miller, James Houce, Samuel Dutrow, Milton G. Urner, David C. Winebrewer, Jesse K. Walker, John Eisenhauer, John D. Hendrickson, and D. F. McKinney. A separate board for the Frederick and Possumtown Turnpike Company was elected at John C. Molter’s law office: Dr. Parfaxley, Alex Brengle, John Motter, Jos Roelkey, and Joseph Cronies.
Ulysses Stottelmyer brother of William Stottelmyer, from near Foxville, was arrested last Thursday on charges related to forged notes. He was captured yesterday and brought to the city today, with $200 bail set by Justice Eckatein for a Thursday hearing at 2 pm. The Fords notes were allegedly negotiated to Mr Henny Lorentz. Memorial Day plans include parades by local groups, with Ellen Y Payne and Herriety McCart contributing $100 to B E Phoebus and other donations for land and cemetery improvements. A boy named White in Bentzwtrest fractured his arm, treated by Dr Sharretis. Peculiar medicine ad for Hood's Sarsaparilla ends.
Fragmentary ad offers Shrin er Milling goods and line of products including corn meal hominy cakes feed middlings and bran. Promises cash payment and wagon delivery with low prices.
The case centers on Edward Byler with a stolen sum of about 200 dollars held as collateral and dispersed in Frederick. Investigators note $200 deposited as collateral, $100 recovered from Byler’s parents who each received 200 dollars. Police question if a tramp named Eddy holds the remaining funds, while Byler allegedly spent or gave away roughly $500 in Frederick and around 100 elsewhere. A Brunswick Maryland school grounds baseball game followed, the Mayland School defeating the local club 16 to 17 after a late rally.
County commissioners ordered a new hospital ward at Montevue with full equipment. Jerome Ford of this city supervises the work. Upon completion the facility will be a model, with steam heat electric lights and elevators to move patients between wards, reducing trouble and inconvenience.
Rev Ir R Hicks, Saint Louis meteorologist, predicts May will bring multiple storm periods. The first regular storm period centers on May 2 with a sharp cool blast from the 6th to 8th, followed by a few cool days. Jupiter period from the 13th to 17th favors disturbances and storms, with further reactionary activity from the 20th to the 31st. Venus and the new moon also signal storms around the 24th to 28th. Mercury’s equinox begins mid month.
Yesterday two men from Frederic arrived at White Rock to upend the day when their absence allowed a thief to cut the harness in two or three places and unhitched the horse. Suspects are locals, with several nearby residents under suspicion. World’s Columbian Exposition notes and a reminder of Syrup of Figs as a noted remedy appear in the same text.
Local ad-promotes Rice and Haller's homemade soap available in grocery stores. It touts an assortment of wash silks in beautiful styles and a large selection of blackLatteen and mohair skirts priced below material cost. Readers are urged to call to view them.
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