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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1891
Page
4
Frederick weather records and a May 1691 date line appear with ads seeking business representation for a new Western Maryland newspaper edition. The notice explains the publisher will call on local merchants and asks those missed to contact the office by Friday noon to ensure inclusion.
Irvin ton resident Hattie J Potter returned home after visiting sister Mrs C D Tyson in the city. Zella and Hattie Routzahn of Hagerstown are visiting relatives in Frederick county. W O Thum of Hagerstown accepted a position in Howl Bruns Wick Brunswick under proprietor Datis. Harry McLane left for a health trip through Pennsylvania. Geo L Cramer and party registered at Grand Windsor Hotel Dallas Texas. Jacobs Rosenstock in Baltimore on business. W L Ould of Baltimore left for home after a few days with friends. John F Davis of this county, a Democratic sherit candidate, met with supporters. Allen Williar and family returned from Philadelphia to reside here. Mrs John Q Sloan of New York visiting sister W W B Etchison. Martin Miller of St Thomas PA visiting local friends. A M E Mullican and wife from Baltimore visited Harmony Grove. Allie S Creager of Granite Baltimore county, guest of Jennie Mullican. Gilmore Vantossen of Liberty visiting family. Henry W Falk and sister Mary spending a week in Baltimore for brother Charles Felk. John L Jonisn, mayor of Brunswick, in the city. Alton B Carty and wife and child returned to Washington after visiting here. Mary Burck of Baltimore visiting West South Street parents. Gazelle Fox of Wolfsville visiting sister Mrs Isaac Grambine East Patrick Street, sent home by mother’s illness. John W Porter of Knoxville spent the day in the city.
Messrs HE C Emery and AS Chatseld of Washington arrived in this city this morning on their bicycles en route to Pen Marion, completing the journey from Washington in seven hours. They stopped at Gomber Burchs shop for repairs and performed fancy siding on South Market street before setting to Hagerstown on the return. Both are members of the Arlington Bicycle club.
County correspondence notes Rev Helfenstein distributed a strong appeal for foreign missions on the Sunday service eve. Revs Inde ant Massie, graduates of the Virginia Theological Seminary, will address the congregation next Sunday. The sermon urged support for a mission fund and harvest labor. Local items mention property repairs, a sick bedside visit, and a trip to Brunswick for a BL & O division charge.
Johnsville Teachers Association met May 1 in Mrs. Pleasant's home with President C. E. Klein presiding. The program featured instrumental music by Miss F Collins, Ecker readings, fractions by C G Ecker, debates on sea versus land wonders, and multiple choral numbers concluding with remarks by the president. Audience dismissed pleased with their first visit.
A fragmented passenger or arrival list shows numerous individuals associated with Sorel, including Orry Horeze and G. W. Walthen, with mentions of towns and states such as Cleveland, Wash DC, Cincinnati, Boston, Albany, Baltimore, and others. The list includes from the county and several named places moving through multiple states and cities. The text reads as a roster of arrivals or attendees with scattered initials and fragmented surnames.
The funeral of Catherine Nusbaum was held yesterday at 4 PM from her North Market home with Rev. G W Kiracoie officiating and pallbearers F Heinlein Adam Ruland John E Gitringer and H G Hall. Interment was in the Reformed graveyard. A T Rice & Sons funeral directors. The funeral of John William Ebberts followed at 4 30 PM with services at the house by Rev Dr Diehl. pallbearers included Charles B Fout Charles Matt on Joseph Topper David Rice Clinton Moberly and Wm H Leichert. Interment was at Mount Olive Cemetery. A T Rice & Sons also handled arrangements.
A hog pen belonging to Mr. George Bentz near the Spoke Factory caught fire yesterday afternoon. Five hogs were inside but were saved as Mr. Hedges and others extinguished the blaze before any hogs were harmed. The cause of the fire is unknown.
Prof George H T Nuttall now at Johns Hopkins lectured Monday evening before Mount St Marys College faculty and students in Emmitsburg on Bacteriology, a subject he has studied extensively in Europe.
A magistrate dismissed the cases State versus John Nippie Sr and Joby Nipple Jr after an AA hearing for an assault on W. E. Nusz Saturday night. The defendants were adjudged not guilty as costs were assessed at 215.
Mrs Ann Prescott sister of Mr MS N Robrbaca of this city died at her Cleveland Ohio home yesterday morning. Interment will be in Edinburg Virginia her former home on Thursday afternoon.
The Messrs. Birely Brothers have received from a friend several curiosities from Mexico including a horned frog a Mexican tarantula and a neat such as lat ter constructs and hives. The stuffed specimens make an interesting study.
Pensions issued listing Maryland recipients including Fob Haas Richard Lewis Jeremiah Moore and others with additions and widows named Beles and Edwan. The text lists multiple individuals with various roles and spouses, reflecting an official pension distribution.
President W C Birely set the leadership slate for the ensuing year naming executive and committee members including Dr WH Purcell Prof WE Ely B Clay Huw Gosace T H Haller W Parsons J D Ester FP B Sappington E Echelberger and others. The Ladies Auxiliary met Monday to arrange a cantata to be staged under their supervision at the City Opera House on Friday night May 9.
Mr Monros Woolverton, manager of the Frederick shoe factory, told a Newsman that the flustrated trade edition planned for Saturday will bring Frederick more attention and food than any prior effort. He said the local paper's influence is vast and the issue, distributed nationwide, will better represent Frederick's advantages.
The United Fire Company met Monday evening to arrange attendance at the funeral of Jacob D. Hane. A committee of five men was appointed to draft resolutions. The Independent Hose Company also met to address the death of Joh Wm Ebberts and formed a committee to draft resolutions and to attend the funeral as a group.
Rev G G Baker of Hagerstown Maryland appointed by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad as Excursion Agent for Mountain Lake Park. Groups including churches and Sunday schools may obtain transport rates and tram service information through him. Special inducements and trains will be offered for large parties.
Ground proved so hard on the Third street extension that picks were needed before the road machine could operate. Additional workers were added at the Spoke Factory yesterday and today as large orders arrived. Construction on the main building framework at the Steam Brick Yards has begun.
The News reports local fishermen puzzled by many dead rattlesnake suckers along the Monocacy banks. An aged fisherman says dynamite may have killed the fish, a practice barred by strict law with likely severe penalties for offenders.
Residents report the first half mile of road work to macadamize the four mile route from Henryton to the Frederick turnpike. Cost is about 1000 dollars per mile. Work proceeds as funds and labor arrive under Mr John Strober Sr in charge.
Messrs. Davidson and Sykes of Washington left Saturday morning on bicycles for Harper's Ferry where they spent the night. They returned Sunday with a short stop at Knoxville took dinner with Mr Hemp near Jefferson and visited in the city with Sir W L Du vall and family on South Market street. They left for Washington at five o clock.
Representatives from several companies in the First Maryland Regiment met at the Fifth Armory on Monday and elected Lieut Col L Allison Wilmer as colonel, succeeding Col H Kyd Douglas. Wilmer previously led the regiment in the Sharpburg battle near Frederick two years ago.
Andrey J Colbert and wife transfer to John Nichols a parcel of land. 2739 Mary Wood transfers to Moses Wood a parcel. Lacie Ramsburg and Susie De Lashmatt with Calce Warner receive 60 acres for 4300 dollars.
Near Jefferson a lemon tree yielded nineteen lemons weighing twenty two pounds on a single picking. Forty lemons remained on the tree. One full pound weight of the harvest is on display at Besant and Knotts store in the city.
A full chorus and orchestra rehearsal will be held at the City Opera House this evening under the Ladies Auxiliary. The cantata date has moved from the 15th to the 20th, promising a novel and interesting entertainment.
The May New England Magazine features Horace Traubel on Whitman and a rare Loyalists article by James Hannay, with Holman’s illustrations. Charles Hallock explores The Alaskan Fur Trade, and Bernard Whitman writes on early Lehester Puritans. Also includes Burns estate history, antebellum newspapers, poetry, and fiction excerpts.
The oldest bank president in New York, Daniel Spraker of the National Mohawk River Bank at Fonda, born 1798, nearing 93. He helped organize the Fonda bank in 1855 and has lived in Fonda since 1856. Spraker, nearly blind, remains active in business and politics and comes from a family with long, shared ventures.
Brief items record purchases, hires and social events in Frederick including a pur chase of a sorrel horse for a delivery wagon, a postmaster appointment, street work on Water and Boon Avenue, and upcoming entertainments at Frederick Female Seminary and hotels. Other notes mention school events, memberships, fishing, and local trades or incidents.
Messrs C E Dran D C Wisebrener and MM EB Getzendanner recently returned from Washington where they arranged eight free excursions to the Develop ment Company sale of lots on Monday May 20. Washington Danenhower will lead the trip and 200 to 400 people are expected to attend from Washington.
The Sick lists several residents with ailments including Mr Fred Bauman a painter at Mr D C Winebrewer’s store room who fell ill at work and left. J J Dill, Mrs Chas Brust, and Mr George S Rodock are named with various illnesses. BG E Glenmore Castle near White Oak Springs shows improving quinsy. Wm H Nelson of Sandy Hook recovers after a fall of five feet from a briar heap injury. Mr Harry Stone at Mr PV Staub’s store suffers a painful neck cancerous condition.
Frank far Jy case on the chatter of Jarcenu will be before strate Eerstein Friday at 10 oclock. Dust arrived and now in stock. The largest invoice of Mattings ever received in Fregerics. We control styles in Bescoe Opayamas Bingos Kiloto Shintos. Japanese Goods offered in Frederick for several seasons. Styles and prices not found elsewhere. Mullinix Kemp. The 123 rolls represent arrived stock with more invoices on the way.
Yesterday on the farm of Mr. Wm. H. Stull three miles from this city on the Opossumtown road workers unearthed a vein of coal while mining for lime. A specimen will be taken to town for analysis. Also noted is a Pink Tea event at Glade Reformat Church Hall Walterstide on the evening of the 13th with expected harvest of Hab and Whit Mondsy creping.
A biographical sketch celebrates Matthew Brady, famed American photographer. Born in New York, Brady studied portrait painting, opened a studio for fifteen years before the Civil War, and aimed to preserve faces of historic Americans. He chronicled public figures such as Jackson Poe Lincoln and Davis, won prize at London 1851, and later covered Civil War battle scenes with a large staff and equipment costing over $100,000. Brady remained enthusiastic at 67, living in Washington.
Fragmented notes describe church services at 42 Saint EK, a noon Love Feast, and a Sunday school officers meeting after service. Mentioned are the Women’s Home and Foreign Missionary Society, a mission reading, and several named attendees and speakers.
A local business noted a great rise in demand during the week ending March 21 as customers praised their products. E. A. Shriver & Co. highlighted their focus on home trade and emphasized the quality of their offerings.
Tur News office offers affordable novelty advertisements for spring. Includes vectorred art and attractive narrations suitable for adverts. Also provides cheap printing services to silence competitors in this class of work.
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