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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1900
Page
4
A fragment lists real estate agents including Neidig and Miller, Jno Biser, and J W Clary, indicating a directory of brokers or property dealing firms in the record. The readable line suggests a local agency roster or advertorial snippet without a complete context or addresses.
The Democratic primary meeting at the Frederick Court House elected permanent chairman Senator Newman and secretaries Shepherd and Gaver. Twenty five delegates were appointed to the county convention, with a large turnout and strong interest. The county convention will pick delegates for the State convention in Baltimore next Saturday. Delegates faced no instruction on Bryan and the Emmitsburg primary elected Taney as chairman with a harmonious slate of delegates and no contest.
Budget of local items reports Decoration Day is a legal holiday with railroad excursion tickets to Antietam for the ceremony. Rev S M Hench plans a July sailing to Europe for a Christian Endeavor gathering and Paris Exposition, with August pulpit coverage arranged.
In the laws grip before Justice Wood William Cash and Fred Smothers colored were arrested Saturday afternoon by Officer Six charged with disorderly conduct. Smothers case dismissed while Cash was fined $2 and costs, which he paid. Noah E. Cramer real estate agent sold for Mrs Drn ile Bammond her 90 acre farm and wood lot on the National Turnpike road New Market District four miles east of the city.
Sunday sermons filled M E church at morning and evening with Life of the Tsile and all things work together for good. All Saints Episcopal noted Power of God. Presbyterian spoke on Our Country and What I have written I have written.
Market notes list corn at 2.15 per barrel and shelled corn at 28 cents per bushel Wheat at 68 cents per bushel and hay from 12 to 14 dollars per ton. The Frank Sheffield saloon on North Market Street is being repaired with a new floor and repapering. An advertisement urges Hood’s Sarsaparilla for blood and digestion.
Maryland commemorative exercises mark the Antietam dedication with President McKinley and Gov. Smith among speakers. Survivors from Second and Third Maryland Infantry and other units will attend, with old battle flags carried and two granite markers unveiled. About 2,300 Union Marylanders and 150 Confederates participated. 300 survivors expected.
The Board of County Commissioners awarded 18700 in 3 1 2 per cent bonds at 108 16. Bidders included Baker Watts Co of Baltimore at 102 16. Other bids: Farmers and Mechanics Bank 155 led 2. George E Hankey 000 at 75. Cabo Hubbezell Co 155 at 101.53. Townsend & Son 700 at 101.53. Frederick Town Savings Institution 50 000 at 100 26. 20 000 at 100. Sones 2900 at 101.5. Engelbrecht 3000 at 13. Tepadle S n. Deposit Company Baltimore 155 700 at 100. Haller 5000 at 100. Hainegn Urner Attorney 30000 at 103. Farson Leach Co New York 288 700 at 101.15. WJ Hayes & Sons 185 700 at 100. Hankey multiple bids 500 at 1033, 103.05, 102.60, 102, 101.87 and 101.00.
The Cecilian Circle of the Visitation Academy staged a May 24 recital praised for singing and piano solos. Miss Maris Harbin, Emily Pampel, Edel Marshall, and others performed Kawasaki Marche Hongroise de Concert and Romance sans Paroles Op 25. The elegant dining hall and post recital games created a memorable, festive conclusion to the event.
Memorial services were held in Emmitsburg at St Anthony’s Catholic Church and in New York City by the Daughters of the American Revolution. Arthur Post No 41 and Rev J B Manthey led local observances with a memorial ceremony at the Opera House in Emmitsburg and a parade by schoolchildren. In New York, Mrs McLean led decorations at Trinity Churchyard as Rev J Nevett Stools conducted services. Local notes include a court hearing for Walter Angell and Harry Beever over a burglary at Judge Clabaugh’s Antrim home, Angell pleading guilty and released on ticket of leave. Also, Frederick County residents made an excursion to Baltimore and another to Hagerstown next Sunday.
A cluttered ad lists men and women garments and textiles. It mentions shirts Madras fabrics linen skirts summer quilts and silk mulls with prices and styling notes, urging buyers to shop now for coats, dresses, and fabrics for various outfits. The readable lines highlight mens shirts, linen skirts, and silk mull fabrics as highlights.
Promoters tout paid up stock at 100 par, with 60 cents per share per month, claiming maturity around 100 months and nearly doubling money. Meeting notices and ads for Maryland Monument revenue day travel and a Frederick park season pair the page.
A string of social notes reports Mr R B Sowers leaving for St Marys county and visits by Lewis Dertzbaugh, Rosa Fearbake, Miss Grant of Virginia, Miss Caroline Ross in Court Square, Clinton Shepherd, Rev Osborne Ingle in New York, Col L Victor Baughman in Washington, W W Pickett in Baltimore, Stewart Dean in Baltimore on business, Miss Carrie D Ewing visiting Leila Wilt, Mrs Luke Scavendike in town, Ephraim Tucker, Frances Steckel visiting Frederick, Howard Emmert and Mrs Goldsborough group in Walkersville, plus Miss Sabina Beckley Ada Smellwood sightseers and a note on Hood's Sarsaparilla for indigestion.
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