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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1904
Page
3
REW saDVERTIS Carriage For Sale. Steiner Schley Admr Ralph Bitzer Buckingham Schvel Mra J M Miller Rogers C E Main B A Jones. Subscribers will please report promptly to The News any irregularity wm receipt of papers.
The Tus Weesty News will be a twelve page issue ready Thursday with full news and special features. It claims the largest circulation in Frederick city and county and invites new and changed advertisements with deadlines listed for Wednesday.
Purely personal item listing Mrs J Walter Cronin of Baltimore visiting Miss Nelson on West Third Street. Rev Dr C L Stearns of York Pa has been in town and returned home. Mrs A R Lampe who visited Hanover and New Oxford Pa has come home. Miss Lillian Ridenour of East Patrick Street joined Mr Thomas H Haller. Mr Howard Darrow, Maryland graduate, spending days at home near Frederick. Mr and Mrs John Bisenhauer leave for Huntington Ind to visit his brother.
Secretary Herman Badenhoop of the State Board of Immigration and board president Charles N. Hargett visited to arrange offices at the St Louis Exposition. Offices will be in the Maryland State building and open from June until the fair closes. Hargett will stay about six weeks and leave Frederick around June 15.
A social Euchre evening at 56 John's Rectory featured two players drawing for the gentlemen’s prize. Mrs Abe Rossoar won the ladies prize and Mr Charles Wilson claimed the gentlemen’s prize while Mr Michael McCaffrey took the booby prize. Naomi Howse, two, escaped serious injury after a wagon wheel grazed her knees on North Market near Seventh as Mr Ira Biser’s wagon halted promptly.
In the Circuit Court this morning the case of Samuel T. Hickman versus Charles H. Grimes proceeded after a brief argument before Judge John O. Motter. F. L. Stoner represented Hickman and C. B. Brown for Grimes. The court adjourned to Thursday at 9 30 for the criminal docket. Also noted is the illness of Chaxiea R. Hardt at Frederick City Hospital. The advert for Devos Lead and Zinc paint claims longer wear.
The start of voter registration proceeded quietly for the upcoming municipal election. Twenty one colored men qualified under the first clause as property owners assessed at 500 dollars or more, with distributions across four precincts. By midday, registrations stood at 61 in the third precinct and 55 in the fourth, then 50 in the first and 75 in the second by early afternoon.
The city consulting engineer Mr. T Chalkey Hatton will depart today for the South and return by May 16. He will stop in Frederick to meet Mr. Fritchey during the week of May 16, pledging no expense to the city and leaving the prior work in perfect condition despite weather and street merchant pressures. Knights Templar poster for the Twenty-ninth Triennial Conclave in San Francisco features a Crusader knight on a fiery horse, gazing over the Golden Gate toward a sunset Pacific scene, a water color study by Hansen celebrated for horse art.
Mrs. Mary M. Cramer and Walter F. Shoop both divorced travel from Beaver Creek to Hagerstown seeking marriage after local ministers refuse. The Hagerstown Ministerial Association opposed marrying divorced people. They asked Justice Johnston to perform, were refused, and plan to wed in Pennsylvania.
John Booth a colored man was arrested by Deputy Grimes at Worman's Mill on a bastardy charge brought by Julia Hall colored of Adamstown. Justice Wood sent him to jail until Thursday afternoon for a hearing before Justice Talcott at Point of Rocks.
Mr. John B. Elworthy and Miss Meda B. Gaver, both of Pearl, wed on Wednesday evening May 4 at the M P church parsonage in New Market. Rev. G J Hill officiated in charge.
Former United States Senator George L. Wellington of Cumberland is a grandfather. A child was born to his son and daughter-in-law Mr and Mrs Sohn L Wellington on Monday.
Noah E B Cramer estate and loan agent sells to Mrs. Gertrude Ayers the lot at Maple Avenue and Fourth Street Brunswick for 250 dollars. Uniforms received for Sons of Veterans degree team and will be used soon.
Rockville May 1 Col George A Pearre was today nominated for Congress by the Republican convention for the Sixth district. Delegates to Chicago include Reno Harp and Thomas Noyes. John R Reizer and Dr William Nihiser as electors. A G Storgiss on the board of appeals. Dr B R Ravinscroft Frederick county member of notification committee. Chas Z K Young. There were ringing reservations endorsing and instructing for President Roosevelt.
The local Woman's Christian Temperance Union hosted a well attended program in the W O T U room. Mrs Mary Haslup, state president, was ill and could not speak. Rev Thirlkeld gave an address stating temperance work is the highest form of Christian endeavor. The event featured music and readings by Miss Eppley Miss Gileon and others. A strawberry fete was planned for May 19 20 with committees to arrange details. The county convention is set for Middletown May 11 with travel on May 8 45 a m car and return after the session. Mrs Haslup hoped to attend.
William J. Glover Jr of Baltimore, Maryland, champion long distance swimmer, begins training Thursday at Pooles inland for a proposed English Channel crossing. He travels with his manager and friends to Poolestei and San day. he dived overboard but stayed submerged only a few minutes.
Glover awaits Dr Ordway of New York, a National Sporting Club representative, to decide if the club will fund his overseas swimming expedition. Manager Thomas says he will cover costs but asks the club to refrain, signaling the trip may be canceled. If no favorable reply arises, Glover plans to issue a global challenge for the long distance title.
An XY M O A Tennis Club meeting led by president F Lester Smith approved a drafted constitution and by laws prepared by Albian Wood John Haydon and Hassan Maulsby. The club currently lists twenty two members with a cap of twenty five under the new rules. Courts are being prepared for play in a day or two.
Miss Abbie Boylan of Baltimore, a trained nurse, is charged with stealing $75 worth of jewelry and cash from Miss Martha Gilbert and Mrs. Charles H. Osler in Thurmont. A diamond ring worth $25, a $5 gold piece, two $1 notes, and a $1050 watch were among the taken items. Magistrate John Jones issued the warrant. Mr. Osler engaged detectives and Boylan was arrested in Baltimore and jailed.
James EB Cleyton, colored, jailed in Westminster on charges of stealing horses from Howard Berwager in Manchester district. Mrs Berwager, at home with children, first spotted the intruder. A pursuit led to Snyderburg where the suspect tried selling a horse. Berwager fired twice, captured him, and deputies secured the prisoner amid crowd threats of lynching. Clayson says he is from Philadelphia.
German carp have thrived in the Potomac for six to eight years and are now abundant enough to be bought for one cent per pound as shiploads are dumped. Fishermen report twenty pound fish and larger, and most demand comes from the city’s Yiddish residents at the Washington fish wharf.
Mr John H Dade celebrated his eighty fifth birthday at the home of his daughter Mrs James W Darby in Back Lodge Montgomery county Several relatives and friends attended including Richard T White Br John Henry Williams George Brower Benjamin White Mrs J White Mrs Rebecca Gott Reginald Darby Miss Emily Dade Edward Nichols Mrs John White Mrs Columbus Dade Annie L Dade and Thomas Dade all named from nearby counties and Washington DC The event honors a former Montgomery county commissioner and marks a long family lineage.
Local readers are urged to examine eyes at no charge by O L Jamison City Optician in Frederick Maryland with home visits offered. Alberton Maryland invites families to cotton mill work near Baltimore with furnished housing and good wages. University extension meeting at Woman's College Hall covers treasurer report and officer elections. Two refrigerators for sale by Allen G Quyxy Co. Gem Dining Parlors offers fresh oysters and Deviled crabs at 25 South Market Street.
John U. Markell, national bank examiner of this city, is recovering at Baltimore City Hospital from an operation for a back abscess. He has recovered enough to go out and expects to travel to Atlantic City soon to recuperate.
A note signed S.8. Gloyd Gaithersburg Md reportedly said a man killed himself but is now considered a joke. The item also mentions a May 24 closing recital at City Opera House with a Mia Katherine Eisenhauer Fout performance and a Thurmont concert by The Imps Mandolin and Guitar Club followed by a dance with The Frederick Select Orchestra.
L. E. Mollinex promotes a wide display of new carpets rugs and mattings as the city’s exclusive carpet and wall paper house. The copy urges early orders to secure special designs and mentions holding items until needed.
A catalog-like notice promotes men’s tan, fancy and solid black Lisle shirts and hot weather wear. It highlights new patterns, correct weights, and versatile dress accessories including ties. The ad mentions underwear and matching shirts with a focus on comfort and style.
A War Department notice lists Army officers in active service who will be eligible for retirement after June 1 with grade advancement under the April 23 1904 act. Included is Captain Noble H Creager formerly of Baltimore Quartermaster's Department and Captain Areagot Freeze brother of Mrs Fred Markey of this city.
Graduates in medicine from the University of Maryland are listed. Included are Walter V. Lavy formerly of Frederick and H. V. Dutrow of this county.
Surveying on the proposed electric railway from Myersville to Pen Mar resumed this week after progress had halted within a mile of Wolfsville. The project aims to connect the two towns with an electric line, reflecting ongoing regional infrastructure development.
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