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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1902
Page
3
Tomorrow is the fifteenth day of the month and regular collection day. Carriers will collect amounts due from subscribers on their routes. Have exact change ready to save mutual inconvenience.
PURELY PERSONAL. Dr J W Downey of New Market spends the day in Frederick. Mrs Anns M Wilcoxon gone to Baltimore for several months. Mr Samuel B R Brown of New Market in Frederick on business. Mr John Hehberger and daughter of North Market property are in Hagerstown for a few days. Mrs George M Grayson and daughter of West Third Street visit relatives in Leesburg. Mr Robert J Tyson of Ess Church Street returned to Philadelphia to study medicine. Mr George Miller of Philadelphia visits Mr and Mrs Harry Iambright. Mr Wm H Ramsburg of North Market Street has been in Baltimore. A Rosunnad (likely wife) who has been visiting her aunt. Elmer Brown has returned home. Mr Richard P Ross and Miss Alice V Shriner of North Market Street spend a few days in New York. Mr Ray Baylor of South Market Street, who graduated in dentistry at the University of Maryland, left home.
A jumble of aphorisms and brief captions discusses social behavior politics and observations. Items touch on romance deception humility weather and public notices while referencing an upcoming election for directors at the Improvement Land and Building Assoc and city hall.
The social world notes Mr and Mrs B D Creager celebrated their sixth wedding anniversary on May 11 at their Walkersville area home. A large number of friends visited to offer congratulations while Mr and Mrs Joseph Englar assisted in receiving guests.
Articles filed for a new corporation with $20,000 capital stock, 2,000 shares of $10 each, to establish hospitals and asylums, printing, publishing, and manufacturing, including physicians supplies. Five directors named: Harry P. Fahrney, Thomas B. Johnson, Franklin B. Smith, Elmer G. Fahrney, W. R. Orum. Corporate life set at 40 years.
Mrs. Benjamin Conner died after a brief illness at her son-in-law’s home in Gaithersburg and was buried near the local Methodist church after living in the county thirty years. Lloyd Kessler, 87, retired farmer from near Jefferson, died in Lisbon Howard county. funeral plans set for Jefferson interment. Frank T Hang, 28, iron worker of Baltimore, killed in Philadelphia after falling from a fifth story building. survived by widow and one child.
Howard county approves a 75 cent tax rate. A memorial ceremony is planned with Congressman George A. Pearce as orator at Antistam Nations Cemetery. Health Officer Steele reports three smallpox cases near Williamsburg. Prominent Howard county farmer Andrew Staubitz dies aged. Henry E McClellan dies from tram accident in Cumberland after leg injuries. Miner James Clark seriously wounded in a Barton saloon amid a shooting aftermath. Washington county teachers seek 18000 more for schools. Child near Smallwood scalded by boiling water, likely to recover. Locomotive worker George W. Lyman injured when engine breached round-house wall in Hagerstown. Frostburg bond election defeats 15000 for waterworks by four votes.
The Y M C A Literary Society held its last spring meeting in the Y M C A rooms with strong attendance. Programs included recitations by S Hedges and others, readings by Chas Groff and H Kreb, and a debate on whether the U S should establish a protectorate over the Philippines. Judges ruled in the affirmative after a thorough, exhausting discussion, and the group adjourned to resume after summer in cooler weather.
Reuben and Prank Shields of Bostor performed a clever trick riding exhibition on East Church and Marketstreets this morning. A large crowd watched as both riders displayed skill and showmanship in the display on the corpsr.
The junior pupils of Mrs Ira L Miller presented a well received musicale at Bra Miller's east Third street home. A large cultured audience admired young performers, with notable piano solos, duets, trios, and recitations. Several debuts and strong elocution added to a successful evening reflecting Mrs Miller's teaching.
Fishermen returning from a Hickoryton trip report a family named Henderson living deep in the woods has seven pairs of twins born within 14 years along with two single children. The wife, a robust 25 year old, and the husband, a sturdy mountaineer, distill medical oils from birchbark and wintergreen roots to support a remote, isolated life miles from neighbors and town.
Walter H. Armstrong of Martinsburg West Virginia drowned after swimming in Tuscarora creek. Warned by his mother to wait for warmer days he took his first swim of the season. Illness followed and appendicitis developed leading to his death a week later. He was 11 years old. His mother is Mrs Sadie Armstrong.
Pawnee Bill's Wild West returns with double size, new features and a grand military reviews. The show on Tuesday May 20 features Indians and Cowboys from western plains, imperial Rusman Coa sacks, Arabs, Japanese athletes, Mexican Lariat Kings, soldiers from European Armies, and many other acts, with over a thousand people and horses employed.
A large lumber concern at Krog Garrett county known as Enable & Company sold its plant and lumber rights covering about 16000 acres including railroad rolling stock and lumber to J. L. and H. A. Kendall for 160000 dollars. The Kendalls plan to incorporate a company to carry out improvements and expand business in the Garret county area. A Masonic strawberry festival planning meeting was held in the Temple with committees named and general interest shown. Friends of the fraternity are invited to aid the festival tonight.
The large plate glass in John D. Hen drickson's window was broken when a damm blown by the wind struck it. The glass was replaced yesterday. Election Supervisors Organize with Jacob Rosenstock elected president and H Dorsey Etchison as clerk. board includes John Hamm and Semuel Doll.
O P Page son of Mr and Mrs Dudley Page of this city earned honorable mention for work in the Junior class at Maryland Agricultural College. Patent Granted to McClintoth Young of this city assigned to Palmetto Fibre Company for a boring machine workholding device.
At a special city meeting Mayor and Aldermen heard East Church Street property owners offer to cover all expenses for a committee to study street paving options. The group would include aldermen and owners, visit other cities with vitrified brick paving, and survey grades if paving proceeds. Board will wait on petition signatures before deciding, hoping to gather front-foot consent from church and county groups to authorize paving.
A notice lists a Masonic Temple ice cream and strawberry festival tonight at 8:30, by the Committee, plus multiple dinner specials and entertainments at various venues. Another item promotes a Grace Reformed church strawberry festival next week in Kemp Hall with an orchestra and a free lunch, and various travel and medical service notices accompany the page.
L. E Mullinix advertises cleaning services and spring and summer home goods. Right Goods at Right Prices highlight floor coverings, wall decorations, shades, and wallpaper. Osil and sea ne stocked, with busy season for homemakers noted.
George Keith released after habeas corpus review finds evidence fatally defective in an alleged patricide attempt. Bert Sanders posts bail in concealed weapons case. John Stanton pays fine for fighting. Mamie Dimmy taken to Jessup’s House of Correction for a six month term. Teachers in Washington County petition for higher salaries to improve retention and teaching conditions. Carl O Be notes county ranks 16th in teacher pay.
Advert says new fabrics including blues greens whites and patterns with trims, silk yardage underpriced with Liberte Foulerdis Silks at 50c and higher. Featured woolen dress goods sale with major reductions, plus colored dress goods, laces, embroideries, and silk chiffons. Local ads list properties for sale and real estate notices, with a description of various dwellings and farms for sale or rent. Also mentions prescript ions and a spa event by Spaulding Bros. and furniture ware from CBIHA GLASSWARE.
Two smooth talking men lured farmer David A. Wagaman of Sabillasville to sign a contract for lightning rod installation at six dollars seventy cents, then two other men installed the rods for 223 dollars and 47 cents. Wagaman refused to pay and the swindlers returned seeking his promissory vote before leaving.
Hospital announces visitors will be received 3 to 6 pm on Wednesdays. Application blanks for visits are available from the superintendent. A generous donor offers 5000 dollars to start an endowment, if the board can match the amount. Alfred Darwin, 21, born without hands or feet, rode a custom tri cycle in Frederick using a forearm nub and leg nub, visiting from Hagerstown.
The Leica Mart reports Eastern Milling Company prices for corn 62 cents per bushel shelled wheat No 2 red 90 bond steamer 73 rejected 69 cents per bushel hay 9 to 10 dollars per ton. Work began seating the old house for the Grace Reformed church on East Second Street. State's Attorney Glenn B Worthington is ill with the grip.
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