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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1893
Page
3
Weather Bureau report from Waszimetom D C dated May 17 at 10 a m notes fair conditions for Weedaday. Advertisement for Base Ball Goods from Bruceville Md lists agent W W Lease and contact Box X with reference to Lt Colonel P Best and others.
A mixture of local notes and general items highlights a looming storm period and Hicks prediction a warm wave. Vacation cheer grows among schoolchildren while Maryland’s State Board of Education reports on public schools and district enrollment. May bills, garden projects, and strawberry ripening are noted as advertisers seek copy. Dr Meyers of Richmond draws a large crowd with magic on the Square Corner.
Purely personal column recounts Colonel D C Winebrewer leaving for Virginia City to attend a Russell Creek Coal Company directors meeting. Several residents move about the region visiting kin, attending business, or traveling to Baltimore, Washington, and nearby towns with brief notes on their plans and arrivals.
The General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church will convene tomorrow in Washington DC with the Rev Dr Young of Kentucky delivering the opening sermon. Dr Bittinger, Dr Baber, and Dr Craig are listed as potential moderators. The meeting may focus on the Briggs trial and will run about two weeks with over 500 delegates. The Baltimore commissioners include Drs Joseph T. Smith J J Leftwick Eldora Witmer and Dr Purnell of this city. The Aldermen Board monthly session is set for tonight after a premeeting of committees on claims.
The Johnson family ancestral line in Frederick County from 1786 to 1790 traces back to Norfolk England and Great Yarmouth. Captain Thomas Johnson led Maryland militia, helped found the Flying Camp, and became Governor of Maryland. His sons James Baker and others aided the Revolution and built ironworks like Catoctin Furnace. Thomas Johnson spoke against British plans and died in 1819. Descendants include Ann Jennings Johnson and later connections to the Adams family via Joshua Johnson’s London and Marseilles posts.
Relatives of the White Races recount Joshua Joheaca in Georgetown and Baker Johnson, a Frederick lawyer from 1776 to 1794 who led a battalion at Paoli. Roger Johnson, ironmaster and Bloomberry Forge founder, served in the Revolution and married Elizabeth Thomas in uniform. Benjamin Johnson was a Frederick Colonel, George Johnson owned Eldon Mills, and Mrs Rebecca Duvell and Miss Nettie Johnson reside in the city.
The Pastimes and Athletics played before about 338 spectators on the league grounds. Molesworth and Hooper led the Pastimes, Eisenhauer and Nusz pitched for the Athletics. Athletics led early with Nusz’s hits, then Pastimes tied and taken the lead as darkness fell. A policy was set to preserve scores if a game ends before five innings.
An adjourned meeting of the Reform ed Classis was held in the Reformed chapel. The call of Rev Lloyd Coblentz to St Pauls, Baltimore, was confirmed with installation committee. Calls to Rev Hoeder and licentiate Alfred Shaffner were confirmed, with ordination/installation committees named. James W Santee, James R Lewis, and George A Whitmore named for Shaffner. Lewis T Lampe licensed to preach and dismissed to Somerset Classis. John W Gill referred for further examination for ministry track. Meeting well attended.
The will of George Hood, deceased, was filed for probate. Inventories of personal property, current money, and debts of the estate of Lawson H. Summers were filed. A report of sale of personal property of the same estate was filed. The first account of Jonas V. Summers, executor of Lawson A. Summers, deceased, was filed.
Miss Minnie Etrer of Knorville visits cousin Miss Mary C. House. Local residents attended trials in Havers town and sport events are planned including Blue Ridge Union vs Athletic Lab and Jefferson Club. Mary C. House hosted a large birthday select party with many attendees. Community notes cover sheep losses, marriages, weather, and upcoming church and literary society events across the region.
Clay Dorcus twenty five of Woodsboro Maryland was shot in the back and killed near Donnelsville ten miles west of Springfield Ohio. Ezra Snyder and others pursued the theft of wheat by two men at Snyder Leffel grain elevators. Snyder surrendered after the murder was found. A church social followed with a long program of readings and music led by the Saint James LutheranLadies Mite society.
When traveling on pleasure or business, take every iips bottle of Syrup of Figs as it acts pleasantly and effectively on the kidneys liver and bowels, preventing fevers headaches and other forms of sickness. For sale in 50 cents and 1 dollar bottles by all leading druggists.
Handsome table damask patterns in stock and a new lot of silkolines in plain and figured styles. Wide assortment of ladies waists and aprons with bargains. Popular fast black hosiery for children and women, plus colored and black hose for kids. Carpets and ingrain arrivals today including Jap mattings moving fast. Call to view our stock.
A vintage storefront pitch touts a broad selection of white silks including organza and mull fabrics, lace trims, and French organdis. It claims unmatched variety, Parisian quality, and affordable prices, urging customers to visit for festive fabrics and gowns.
Letters from readers praise The News for supporting education in Frederick and commend the seminary trustees and Reformed Synod. Obituaries note the death of Frederick Black aged 88, famed for church masonry and railroad work. A Guild meeting at Reformed church includes readings and an address by a Lancaster Theological Seminary graduate. Funeral details for Hannah M Woodward provided. Retail note announces second line of silk ginghams arriving at James Be. Walker & Co with wide stock.
The debating society of the Associations meets every Wednesday night and has drawn large attendance as young men improve and deserve praise. They and other members will attend tomorrow night’s anniversary meeting where the program will be profitable brief and interesting.
A fragment of an 19th century newspaper page lists a wide mix of items. It mentions baseball gear including balls mitts gloves and belts under a shop heading, an ear and throat specialist Dr J R L Hardesty at City Hotel on Thursday the 18th and Friday the 19th, an anniversary event at 780 Ryan Reformes Church with addresses from Worcester Maine and Baltimore, and notices for music college summer term catalogues and a large stock of refrigeratore and fur niture stores.
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