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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1898
Page
4
A fragmented ad page lists various trades and goods under the day’s advertisement. Mentions include furniture dealers, hotel wares, and local merchants with partial names and terms, reflecting a busy classifieds section. No clear events or outcomes are identifiable from the legible text.
Fragmented OCR shows incomplete lines about a weekly issue, advertising changes, and circulation claims. The readable text hints at a new advert section and copy fee adjustments but lacks clear dates, names, or events.
Local page notes May events including hotel openings, home painting, canning by housekeepers, and rhubarb harvest. Mentions delegates elected to York county Republican convention and wartime geography study. Weather recounts a storm day with hail, rain, and power/phone damage across Frederick and Montgomery counties.
The War Board weights options to destroy the Spanish fleet. A squadron led by Rear Admiral Sampson advances toward Cuban waters with ironclads and monitors. Havana dispatch: an American vessel removing torpedoes at Cardenas was sunk with loss of life.
A man named Eustis died after falling from a hay pile in the hay mow at the stable of Messrs Thomas and George Chew near East Alb Saints' Street just after noon today. Coroner Turner was summoned but ruled the death an accident and no inquest was held. The body went to W Ganz, with no family. Contractors renovate East Patrick Street interior for a bazar as Dr J S Wagner expands operations to Latertytown, appointing a foreman for his new factory.
Fragmented notice reports a wedding and a Ker Monument dedication. The event at the City Registrar’s office is set for this evening, with advertisement placed in the New.
A fragmented list of individuals with strange spellings and place names appears to describe a social mix of people from New York Harper's Ferry and nearby towns. The passage references meetings and performances tied to a national conference, with several names and locations garbled beyond recognition.
A fragmented, archaic account recalls a theatre company led by Blake Stagdeton staging a controversial piece at Cheabet Hyt's Theatre in New York. The narrative hints at financial struggles, production challenges, and mixed public reception during a pivotal afternoon session.
Western Slang firms including Mr J. AL. Vout and peers discuss plans for the Western Manghind Wailroad. After a council with President Toad, grading on a new Mertot from Atenas to Hie peta Ta is to begin. Fifty property-holders will affect the route and costs are estimated to be significant.
Orphans Court details final accounts and inventories for several estates. Names include Toney Talbott admin of Lillian Sal hott and Finnly O. Dean, with debts, and James W. Smith as admin for Elisabeth Smith. Additional inventories and court orders to sell portable property are noted for Re: Tere Suillions and others.
A disjointed report recounts an amnion surgeon at Camp Witmer halting a recruit from Company E, 9th Regiment for not meeting the regulation height, with an unsteady examination and an order to rest and return. The piece also lists several real estate deeds in Frederick and nearby counties, detailing transfers by Annie M. Kroitz, Mary Wynn, Adam Diehl, and Ezra Brown with specified sums.
A wagon on the electric road track along West Patrick Street was damaged after the wheel broke. The incident involved the Cannery of the Mewra Birnly and was observed by local officials. Dr. Donningham Boone qualified before Clerk Wolff for the Puckeystown district.
The issue lists a concert at the Wheaton college with student performers and a schedule of events around May and June. It also covers typhoid reports in York, an epidemic risk from impure water, electric road surveys, and memorials at Western Maryland College.
A garbled obituary notes the funeral of Mr Cornedine and a confusing sequence of names and places. It mentions a funeral party, a meal, and an associated hospital meeting set for tomorrow, with unclear details about speakers and locations.
A garbled text passage references streets, stations, and vehicles with scattered place names such as Dallas, Cuba, and Prague. Mentions of patrols, wardens, and a possible transit line imply a civic or transportation theme, but concrete facts are unreadable.
A garbled historical OCR fragment mentions places and names in a puzzle of unreadable text. The readable pieces reference May and various terms, but no coherent event or facts emerge to form a complete summary.
A damaged building in Montgomery County suffered extensive damage from a fire and collapse. Reports describe collapsed wardrobe remnants, gutted interiors, and scattered debris at a property near Caithoriburys. Clean up and repair work continued as authorities planned future public access and private use arrangements.
In Reynolda and Middletown communities weekend plans include a memorial observance and a regular meeting of local groups. The geist of local governance shows attention to grand juror oath reforms at Tistbot county court while club members respond to thanks and appoint picks.
The sale by L and Mullinix has drawn shoppers from near and far to the Great Matting and Rug Sale. Descriptions promise a wide display of matting and rugs with designs and colors not found elsewhere. Regular goods also featured, with a focus on value and abundance.
Fragmented OCR text references Ge or S Rodock Pattonas and Pot ota tgies and DPD atels in Ohya W ie, heads for a market street row. Mentions University of Mary lant and various erasures. No clear event or outcome is discernible.
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