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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1902
Page
3
The Weekly News will be a handsome twelve page issue ready Thursday with news and special features. It claims Frederick city and county’s largest bona fide circulation and highlights advertising advantages. Copy for ads due 5 p m Wednesday, changes by midnight.
Purely personal items note Mrs James McSherry in Baltimore and Mrs Wm Anderson in Philadelphia. Several residents visit Washington Philadelphia Frederick and Ohio. details include Mr Marcus Williams and Mrs Edward Bowlus with Jennie Bowler. families return from visits. Leslie Bowers takes a job at Ball Telephone Frederick. Miss Lillie Kohlman from the Maryland Homeopathic Hospital returns after nursing Master Austin James.
William Guy Eline, son of Dr J T Kline, and Miss Flora May Routzahn were married this morning at 845 oclock at the United Brethren church parsonage by Rev C W Stinespring in a ceremony witnessed by friends and relatives. After a wedding trip to Washington, they will reside at 256 W Patrick street Crick. The bride wore a white Persian satin dress trimmed with ingertings and lace and carried white carnations. Mrs Nadine Allen served as matron of honor. the bride’s gown featured a light blue Pranella fabric with white crochet trim and black ribbon.
Yesterday the tunnels at Point of Rocks in this county were closed to traffic. All eastbound trains for Baltimore are being run around the sighted track alongside the canal outside the tunnel. The tunnels will be closed only during the day while work is going on inside.
The M. C. A. Literary Society will meet in the association rooms this evening at 7 30. All men are invited. The second advertising car of Pawnee Bill's Wild West Show arrived in Franerick this morning with posters flooding the city and county.
Hilton B. Slifer of Borkitteville has been admitted to practice before the Interior Department in Washington. The Boards County Commissioners is surveying a new road in Jeffersn district today.
The Grace Reformed church contracting committee awarded the church and chapel project to Harry W. Bowers for 15000 dollars. The Gothic brick structure with Indiana limestone trim will sit on east Second street, with a rear connected chapel and multiple rooms. Architects Hamme and Laber of York prepared plans, and lot purchase from Shissler heirs in November totaled 5940 dollars. Completion is set for December 15, 1902.
Vernon Wright Davis of Hyattstown and Ethel J. Lewis of Hyattstown obtained a Montgomery county license and, after an elopement plan, married in Rockville with Rev. Dr. E. R. Eschbach presiding. An initial license was refused and a local license secured for the ceremony at the City Hotel.
The Junior reel and hook and ladder teams organized last night by electing D. J. Markey captain. A large number of youths seek places. 26 candidates for positions. Active practice starts next Monday evening as enthusiasm grows for a fast team. A special meeting of the Junior Company is planned for tomorrow at 7.20 to appoint delegates to the State convention and arrange Lonaconing trip details.
Mamie Dimmy, colored, was arrested by Officer Heterly for street walking and found drunk and profane on Foworth Street. Commit ted by Justice Eckstein to six months at the Hours of Correction, with prior jail time and a $5 fine, reflecting police friction and recurring troubles. Wm. Smith, colored, arrested by Officer Crouse for drunkenness and disorderly conduct, sent to jail for 30 days in default of a $5 fine.
George Coleman, visiting his parents in Washington, drowned last week while crossing the Government dam on the Potomac. He and his father attempted the crossing when he fell headlong into the river, likely striking a rock and losing consciousness. His body has not been recovered.
Mr Herbert Kreb of West Third Street yesterday caught and exhibited a live blacksnake measuring 50 inches in Baker's Valley drawing many curious observers. A noted snake hunter, Mr Ereb, who handles all varieties fearlessly, captured over 200 snakes last summer and will soon head to the mountains to hunt rattlesnakes.
Mr. George S. Rodock assigns Weasley Baltzell the contract to build a three story brick residence on the current site at North Market street. The plan includes a central hall and bay windows flanking the front door.
Mr J Roger McSherry of the Biks carnival committee said no official program would be issued for the carnival and no person was authorized to solicit advertisements for such a program.
The Reformed Ministerial Association of Frederick County met at Trinity Reformed chapel. Rev. Hench presided, with present ministers Hohbach Motter Miller Hench McLean, Hoffmeier Conner and Wolf, plus Julius Vornholt. Hoffmeier read a paper on what constitutes a call to the Holy Ministry, concluding it is internal and external, subjective and objective. The session adjourned to September with assignments for papers on Public Prayer and True Scriptural Inspiration.
Brucewick notes Branswick's building boom with 25 new houses under way and no vacancies for months. The town houses Baltimore and Ohio freight yards serving Locust Point Mount Clare and Camden stations, with 4000 cars stored and lines extending over a mile. Trainmen move to this growing hub, boosting demand.
Union Civil War veteran Michael Gassman swam 1100 plus feet across the Potomac at Williamsport and back despite rising water. A New Jersey native spending winter in Williamsport, he is noted as an expert swimmer seeking a Civil War disability pension.
At a meeting of the Republican State Central Committee for the Sixth Congressional District of Maryland in Hagerstown yesterday afternoon, it was decided to hold the congressional convention in Hagerstown on Thursday June 5. Primaries in Frederick county are set for Saturday May 29, and the county convention for Saturday May 31.
J. V. Jamison of Hagerstown brother of B. J. Jamison of Walkersville has bought a large tract at Big Pool from T. Belt Johnson and will immediately construct a factory to manufacture spokes and bandies. About 25 men will be employed at the outset.
The Hagerstown Railway Company completed three preliminary surveys for the proposed trolley extension to Myersville. Surveyor Piper is making plans of the surveys. After completion, the route across the mountain will be chosen, with the back of the Washington Monument said to be the least feasible.
The well known florist Mr. O Herman receives a quantity of carnations praised for their beauty and scent. The description notes his cultivation of numerous varieties and the success of his Went South Street greenhouses.
The Eastern Milling Company lists today’s grain and hay quotes. Corn per Darrel two eighty five. Shelled corn sixty two cents per bushel. Wheat No 2 red eighty. Steamer seventy three. Rejected sixty nine cents per bushel. Hay nine to ten dollars per ton.
The will of John W. Hargett was filed for probate in the Orphans Court this morning. The entire estate is devised to his wife Clara L. Hargett, named executrix.
At a city meeting of the directors of the Franklin Savings Bank the following officers were elected James Houck president William H Nicodemus secretary and George Heinlein discount clerk.
A meeting of the ladies interested in the proposed festival for the Masonic Temple land will be held at the Masonic Temple this evening at 7:20.
The text reports Dr Charles Zimmerman of Frederick County aligning with Thomas Edison on aerial navigation. Edison argues serial progress hinges on a heavier than air flying machine, not balloons, to make air travel safe and commercially viable. He contrast balloons with lightweight, powered craft and cites birds as a model of flight.
A planned marriage in a lion cage at Carsonta Park Reading Pa during the Elks carnival features a young couple agreeing to wed in the cage under a lion tamer's protection. Rev George W Brownback will perform the ceremony if chosen. the couple will receive 150 in gold a bedroom suite and other gifts.
A large derrick rises near Centerville after a rumored oil find in Prince George's County Maryland with wall drilling equipment ferried to the site. The Maryland Oland Development Syndicate owns the newly purchased farm, and officers William W. Stewart Frederick Briggs Richard P. Evant and A W Thomas direct the venture amid optimistic tests of native crude petroleum.
Prof RK W Sllvester president of Maryland Agricultural College invites state farmers organizations to a general meeting at the college on May 25 and 29 Committees from societies and clubs will assemble on the 28th to inspect property buildings and experiment station grounds and report to the general assemblage on the 29th Committees will be provided for and lodged at night on the 28th at the college and dinner will be served on the 29th
A hotly contested game at Glaggettsville on Saturday May 10 saw the Forney Branch Juniors defeat Damascus by 17 to 5. Forney Branch Juniors showcased strong hitting while Damascus struggled to respond. The result boosts Forney Branch Juniors' record in local play.
The note cites zinc and grinding as key to making the toughest paint when combined with lead and oil. It mentions Devoe lead and zinc as renowned for fineness and implies the need for precise fineness in blending pigments for a durable finish.
The funeral for Joseph H. Rhinehart a Hanover junk dealer who was shot dead near Knumitsburg Friday night by Henry Starner was held in Hanover Pennsylvania. Rhinehart a quarrelsome figure in town left a junk buying party with intent to visit the Starner home where family tensions with Rhinehart existed. He was killed after being denied admission to the Starner residence. Survived by parents a brother and a sister. The body was carried to Hanover in Rhinehart’s own team with Levi Laughman as driver.
A leap year dance will be held at Junior Hall on Friday evening May 30. The matrons include Mrs Yeakle Mrs Dill Mrs Haydan Mrs Johnson and Mrs A B Toma. An automobile touring party from Baltimore led by William B. Hooper and including R H Diggs Sr J M Smith and S D Smith arrived in Frederick on Sunday night in Hooper’s locomobile.
A Genial mix of ads and notices lists Dr. O. 8. Highbarger offering eye and ear services at the Park Hotel with exam free and special hours for May 14 15 and 16. Also promotes Doll's Soup Hard Boiled Eggs Limburger and Sweitzer Sandwiches. The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Tourist Department announces a guided Boston tour June 12 to 26 with a Chesapeake Bay voyage and stops in Norfolk New York Atlantic City and Boston at a special rate from Frederick Maryland. Tickets on sale now with space limits per city and dates through June 26 and return by late June 1902.
A storefront advertisement touts busy housekeeper times and the arrival of new floor coverings and wall decorations. It claims unbeatable selection and prices, urging customers to visit for spring and summer offerings.
A fragmented report describes a Sanate Committee member exposing a disgruntled Kansas soldier who ate heartily of rations amid claims of spoiled food and wartime deception. The unclear text hints at tensions over supply quality and loyalties.
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