Personal Notes From Paragrapha Visitors and Greetings
PURELY PERSONAL notes show Mrs Hiram M Keefer visiting Baltimore relatives and friends. Rev Grayson Z Stup graduates next week at Gettysburg Theological Seminary. Mr and Mrs F V Staub and Miss Staub attend a wedding in Baltimore. Mrs Martha Mann of Wellington visits her brother Dr Samuel Sylkirk after fifty years apart. Nellie Blessing Eyster, editor, visits A R Akle family on West Third Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hiram M. Keefer
Baltimore
Grayson’ Z. Stup
This City
Gettysburgeological Seminary
F.V. Staub
Missande Staub
Baltimore Yestern
Martha Mann
Wellington
Muel
Sylkirk
Death notices and graduations reflect local deaths and honors
Mrs Barbara A Shauck widow of F Shauck died Monday at 20 St Oliver Street Baltimore. The remains were taken to Middletown for burial. Readiness for the ministry and commencement exercises at the Armed Theological Seminary at Casster last evening featured Wm E Lampe and Elmer L Coblentz of Middletown who graduated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Shauck
Irs
Barbara A. Shauck
Er F. Shauck
St Oliver Street
Baltimore
Middletown
Armed Theological Seminary
Caster
Wm. E. Lampe
Elmer L. Coblentz
Idletown
County Correspondence From Sethel District
Local notes report Mr U O Ramsburg ill for a week and Mrs Elizabeth Storr visiting son J D Jr returning home from Hantonville. Virgie Stull in Utica and Mrs E L Kemp visiting Washington. Wim Stull has a cow and calf, calf weighed about 100 pounds. Brooke Hill chapel dedication recalled childhood memories. Sunday school times listed for Bethel and Zion churches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sethel
UO. D. Ramsburg
Elizabeth Storr
J. D. Jr
Hantonville
Virgie Stull
Utica
E.L. Kemp
Washington
Wim. Stull
Elmer K. Ramsburg
James
Montgomery County
Bethel
Charlesville
Brooke Hill
Zion
Frederick Firemen to Compete at Maryland State Meet
Frederick fire department plans strong representation at the seventh annual Maryland State Volunteer Firemen's Association convention in Westminster. The Independent Hose Company Juniors and United will enter multiple events including steam engine reel race drill and ladder contests. Officials arrange travel, housing and parade setups as Westminster prepares a grand showing with Frederick’s famed apparatus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maryland State Volunteer Firemen’s Association
Westminster
Frederick
United Company
Millard N. Nusz
Independent Hose Company
No. 1
Nusz
Marshal Brooks
Denton S. Gehr
Westminster Fire Department
Hay’s Hook and Ladder Company
Baltimore
Monument to Antietam Dead to Be Erected by Vermont Firm
The Harris Granite Company of Barre Vermont won the Antietam battlefield memorial contract and will start erecting the monument next Monday. The Antietam Battle Field Monument Commission reports readiness at the site near the old Dunkard church. The work must be finished for the September 17 1899 unveiling on the battle’s 37th anniversary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maryland
Antietam
Harris Granite Company
Barre
Vermont
Battle Field
Antietam Battle Field Monument
Dunkard Church
Insect Devastates Washington County Strawberries
A prominent Washington County fruit grower reports a highly injurious insect attacking strawberry plants. The pest sucks sap behind the bud, ruining berries before maturing or shrinking them in size and quality. He notes years of presence and rising numbers this season and plans spraying experiments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Insecta
Washington County
Hilleary Promoted to Assistant General Passenger Agent
Clarence Lee Hilleary formerly district passenger agent of the Big Four Railroad with Columbus headquarters is named assistant general passenger agent with headquarters in St. Louis. Born in the county near Petersburg about 36 years ago he began as a freight brakeman in 1878 for the Shenandoah Valley Railroad. He is the son of John Hilleary of Roanoke Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Lee Hilleary
Big Four Railroad
Columbus
Road
St. Louis
Mr. Hilleary
This County
Petersville
Shenandoah Valley Railroad
John Hilleary
Roanoke
Mrs Nagine Allen to Perform at Kemp Hall Monday
Entertainments note Mrs Nagine Allen will give a concert at Kemp Hall on Monday evening next with a dine program. AA Fete Champetre at the fair grounds on Decoration Day benefits St John’s Circulating Library featuring a tournament bicycle tricks and a polo match.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nagine Allen
Kemp Hall
Fair Grounds
St. John’s
Change of Plan for School of Expression Concert
A committee of students from Women's College will visit friends of the institution with tickets for the recital by the School of Expression on Friday evening. Tickets are on sale on the reserved seat chart at MacCardell's.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman’s College
School of Expression
MacCardell's
Franchised electric road discussed by Hagerstown council
Douglass Bros and contractors pressed for an electric railway franchise from Myersville to Hagerstown. The plan foresees about fourteen and a half miles with initial grading outside the city. Council delayed final action and set proposed corrections including grooved rails in the city and a fixed fine for gong at crossings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglass Bros
Hagerstown
Myersville
Magerstown
Schindel
S . Douglas
Firu
Douglass
Halm
Messrs
Douglas Bros
Frederick-Middlentown
Frederick
Stole Ey Glasses From Doctor Office
John Palm a twelve year old colored boy was committed to the House of Refuge by Magistrate White. He stole three pairs of eye glasses from Dr William C Boteler's office valued at eleven dollars and sold them for sixty five cents. Ex county constable John Simpson traced the glasses to Palm leading to his arrest and transfer to county officers. Palm will remain in custody until he reaches age.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Palm
House of Refuge
White
Constable Trust
William C. Boteler
John Simpson
Palm
Brust and Lowe
Wm. H. Hinks
Missionary convention reports big gains and memberships
The second day of the Woman's Home and Foreign Missionary Society session in Baltimore notes eleven thousand dollars spent with a balance. It records twenty thousand members since founding and delegates visiting the Deaconess Mother House.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman’s Home and Foreign Missionary Society
General Synod
The
Evangelical Lutheran Church
Baltimore
W.L. Remsburg
Myersville
C. L. Ritter
Burkittsville
Ida Beard
Middletown
Arnold-Welles Company Delivers Striking City Opera House Program
The Arnold-Welles Company offered another fine performance in City Opera House last night. In four acts the drama Shadows of a Crime enthralled audiences while Gilderoy wowed listeners with illustrated songs, responding to four encores. The company promises top entertainment each evening through Saturday with tonight’s sensational drama titled Irish Rose.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arnold-Welles Company
City Opera House
Gilderoy
Eastern Star Notes Visitation Delays Mizpah Chapter Event
Mr. R M Coombs grand secretary of the Maryland Order of the Eastern Star visits Mizpah Chapter No 9 to arrange grand officer visitation. The Mizpah century celebration is postponed from May 19 to June 2 for the official visit, Mizpah being Maryland’s youngest chapter to receive the first Grand Chapter officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eastern Star
R. M. Coombs
Grand Chapter
Maryland
Order of the Eastern Star
Mizpah
Tts
Romantic Washington couple wed in Frederick secret
Robert H. Dalgleish a 23 year old Washington man married Blanchy Muir daughter of John P. Muir in Frederick at All Saints Episcopal Church rectory. The couple left Washington separately to Frederick with a surprise marriage planned to avoid a big church ceremony and planned scolding from Rev. McKim. They notified their parents by telegraph and returned to Washington that afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert H. Dalgleish
Capital City Traction Company
Washington
Missy Blanchy Muir
John P. Muir
Frederick
All Saints
Episcopal Church
Ozborne Ingle
City
Dalgleish
Southern Railroad
Sixth
D Streets
Randolph J. McKim
Epiphany Church
Engineers survey potential freight route to Mt Airy
Passing the survey by Civil Engineer J J Dresdor and a crew began a route survey from Frederick Junction to Mt Airy to determine a heavy freight path. Five inches of the route have been completed and if the rest matches access, no further surveys are planned. A bridge would be needed over the Monocacy a quarter mile north of the main line bridge. Finishing is aimed between the first and second of the month depending on weather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oivil Enginneer
J. J. Dresdor
Frederick Junction
Mt. Airy
Frederick
Singahore Mills Inc
Thas
Local Frederick notices and storefront ads swell town
Frederick business scene features eye ear nose throat doctor at 25 N Market Street and City Hotel residence, free spectacles exams, Mrs Emma Payne new millinery at 67 North Market, cheap want ads for 16 cents, large carpet and matting stock, Pettiohn's Breakfast Food and Grape Nuts promoted for kids and sedentary people, Pillsbury oats and cereals advertised, Sappington at 72 Market &
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. C. Boteler
N. Market Street
North Market Street
Emma Payne
Hymeneal in Carroll County as Shipleys wed
A double wedding bliss unfolds at Oakland M. E. church Carroll County Maryland May 3 with Nuss S Ella Shipley and Wim R Shipley as the couple amid family friends and attendants including Jonnie Shipley Levi Shipley and James Keller. In Mt Airy Lewis O Molesworth and Nellie D Gaver unite in marriage at Hotel Burgess parlor with O S Highbarger officiating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shivles Shipley
Oakland
Karel South
Carroll County
W. A. McDonald
Nuss
S. Ella Shipley
Edwin M Shipley
Wim
R. Shipley
Jonnie Shipley
Levi Shipley
James Keller
Oliver de Vrioa
Norman M Anderson
Virginia
Maid of Honor
Miss Kimmell
Minnie Kimmell
New London
Fredrick County
Mendelssohn
Emily Shipley
Washington, D. C
Bennett Maynard
New Market
Molesworth
Gaver
Lewis
Nellie D. Gaver
Mt. Airy
Hotel Burgess Parlor
O. S. Highbarger
0. M. Hands
Odway Piano Company
News of the State Highlights and Local Developments
Reports from Rock Hill College an oratorical contest. Cecil county trustees women appointed. a blind woman sent to House of Correction in Howard county. Insect damage to strawberry patches in Washington county. Hagerstown buys fire hose. Jacob Tome Institute buys land for new buildings. Decoration Day invite accepted by James Breathed Confederate Camp Cumberland. 80 to 100 United Railways workers discharged. Governor Lowndes may commute Turner death sentence. Baltimore Annoal Conference welcomed by governor. Funeral of William Paris draws 500 mourners. New brewery planned at northeast corner Columbia avenue and Barard street. Society of Colonial Wars meets in Baltimore with 26 states represented. Western Maryland Railroad officials inspect Smithsburg ruins. new station plans soon. Lake Pulp Mill site settled for Covington Virginia. Mill will cost over 1 million and employ about a thousand workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rock Hill College
Maryland
Cecil County
House of Correction
Howard County
Washington County
Hagerstown
Jacob Tome Institute
J. M. Hood
CG. O. Vandevanter
J. W. Straw
Western Maryland Railroad
Smithsburg
Western Maryland
Lake
Covington
New Store Promises Best Selection of Embroideries
Advertisement notes a large new shop offering white goods and fabrics including edgings inserts and embroidery options. Claims a wide selection, low prices, and the latest patterns for customers seeking quality and value.
Sammy the Samson Debate Sparks Sunday School Confusion
A Chicago West Side Sunday-school class debated biblical figures. A pupil named Jimmy insisted Samson was called the Philistine, sparking a playful dispute about whether Samson or Schley was referenced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sampson
West Side
Chicago
Jimmy
Samson
Walter Smith
Schley
Funeral for Mrs Ann Reed in Baltimore
The funeral of Mrs Ann Rebecca Reed formerly of this city was held yesterday from her Lexington Street home in Baltimore. Rev. Thomas Atkinson of St Barnabas Episcopal church presided. Interment followed at Loudon Park Cemetery. Mrs Kitty Hahn and Mr and Mrs Charles Wilcoxon attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ann Rebecca Reed
Lexington Street
Baltimore
Thomas Atkinson
St. Barnabas Episcopal Church
Loudon Park Cemetery
Kitty Hahn
Charles Wilcoxon
Wheat and corn price quotes in Frederick market
Local wheat was quoted at 72 cents per bushel in Frederick today. Shelled corn brought 8 cents per bushel and corn on the ear 2 dollars per barrel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick
Concerts and sales at local venues on May 15 1899
At Kemp Hall on Monday May 15 1899 a concert by Mrs Nadine Allen with local talent, admission 25 cents, tickets from Dr A L Pearce. Also a library fund benefit at North Market Street School Monday evening with the Frederick Select Orchestra, admission 10 cents, strawberries and ice cream sold, encouraging the boys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kemp Hall
Nadine Allen
A. L. Pearce
Lester
North Market Street
Library Fund
Frederick Select Orchestra
Pearre declines state race. McKaig eyed for gubernatorial bid
Congressman George Pearre told Republicans he has no interest in entering state politics and will stay in Congress to support the governor race. Ex Congressman William McKaig, visiting Hagerstown, is rumored as a potential Democratic gubernatorial candidate who would lead a strong fight if nominated. Also, Ascension Day services are canceled due to Rev Page Milburn’s illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George
Pearre
Congress
Pearra
Baltimore
Frederick County
William M. McKaig
Cumberland
Tagerstown
Hamilton
McKaig
Page Milburn
Knights Templars
The Exclusive Carpet House Matting Sale
Lee Mullinix advertises a matting sale with 10 to 20 percent savings and promises big selection of Carpets and Mattings. It claims exclusive business, cheaper imports from China and Japan Damasks, and invites customers to compare prices at the store with telephone contact 150.
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Battle of
Fontenoy
William Pitt
Mme. Recunior
Merrimac
Bia
Norfolk
MacClellan
England
John Frederick William Herachel
London
John Brown
Kab
Edinburgh
Ira J. Chase
Indiana
Lubee
TH. Banner
Puck
Nutley
N.J
Aa Roe
P. m
Wasmixaron
Newa
W. L. Moore
Weather Bureau
Sion Sales Bowlus & Norwood
V. Staub
Muthonix Catone House
L. O. Castile
Market St. School
W. A. Simmons
John Hendrickson
Neidig & Miller
Board of Aldermen
Bertha McKensie
Father Colema
Father Richards
Owera Perhighiye
Douglass Brothers
News OF the
Churcres
Dr. Eschbach
Reformed Church
E. L. McLean
Emerson Society
Emerson Literary Society
Frederick College
College Hall
Enciennes Lachs
Fancy Sun Amphrol
Iaz
Spark
Ling
Qu. E. Cline
C. J. Cur
F. B. Sappington
Cereal Food
Pettiohn
Nerte
Sirenetbene
Pillsbury owitTos
janSdawly
GEO. B. Rodook & CO
Mredovick
GEO. S. Rodock & Dv
A. T. Rice & Sons
A. T. Rocz & Sons
FV. Staub
J. W. Harper's
Nelson County
New Orleans
Chicango
Harper
No . V. Sraus
Northwest Corner Market
the Railing Grocery Co
B. OE E. Ramsburg
E. Rambburg
Gerouer
C. E. Roussure
J. Heisely Kalio
J. Hessely Keller
Potomac River
Willard O. Keller
E. Patrick
N. Market Steret
Universiy of Maryland
Alseed Ritter
Orphans Court
al Tsiters
Ice
Court Street
Yrotarieck Ma
Dectidawic
Wilton G. Urner
Atiornep
Iysiles
Stheord Sires
Orpasita
Praderickh
Menisdaws
Charles Pleys
Attusney
Levy
Tontt Stree
Newspape
News OF the State
Joan Henprtoxson
Anatte Frederick
Sea Island
India
Mousey
Newie & Mazer
N. Market St
Einron E. Main
Poysielsi
PHE
L. G. Castle’s
East Patrick Street
LEE
Mullinix
L. E. Mourn
Telephone
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