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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1901
Page
3
A fragment lists Vincent Yingling, A. L. Kline, B. and O. R. BR, Rodook & Co, with stray initials and numbers. The unreadable OCR fragment hints at a bookkeeping or stock ledger context without clear actions or dates.
The Weekly News will publish Thursday as a large fifty page issue with many special features and broad circulation in Derrick City and county. Advertisers are invited to submit new ads by 3 pm Wednesday and copy changes by 12 noon that day.
Purely personal notes list Miss Margaret OClingan visiting Boyd General Hospital and other locals traveling or visiting in Baltimore Washington Berkeley County and West Virginia. Names include Chas W Lough, Miss Rebecca Clagett, Miss Gertrude DeGrange, Della Shaffer, Charles W Ross Jr, T L Coblentz, Mrs Wm B Taylor, Franklin Osburn, Mrs Lewis H Steiner and family, Staley Gambrill Cyrus Helfenstein, Ethyl Font.
Robberies at Stamsville left A K Williams and Acil Kidd stores missing cash after thieves entered during absences. Williams lost about $3 and Cil’s shop $11. No clues found. Benjamin Patchen, colored, jailed by Magistrate Walsh for assault on Blaine Washington after a turnpike altercation near New Market. Washington obtained a warrant and Constable Tchison made the arrest.
Daniel Willard announces that once extensive improvements finish, the Baltimore and Ohio will be the nation’s greatest freight railway. The project, begun years ago, costs around 40 million dollars and includes 35,000 new cars and 300 locomotives. The line modernizes grades to a 16 feet per mile maximum, with big tunnel and double-track work, boosting efficiency and coal-field transport. John K. Cowen plans to resign as executive head, to be succeeded by L. F. Loree, while remaining on board and serving as general and Pennsylvania Railroad counsel.
The legal department of the road will keep its quarters in the Baltimore and Ohio Building. Changes are to be discussed at tomorrow's directors meeting in New York. Mr. Cowen is in the city on legal business for the company.
The thirty fifth Whitsuntide anniversary of All Saints Episcopal Sunday school was held last evening with white orange blossoms and pink accents. Archs, hymn boards, and pulpit were covered with box and ivy, and the font held blossoms. Children in white carried floral emblems as they processed to Onward Christian Soldiers, led by Miss Steckel. Offerings supported gospel work among Armenians, J Addison Ingle’s China mission, and the organ fund, with a memorial gift for Roswell Randall Hoes to help poor children. The rector, Rev. Dr. Osborne Ingle, spoke, and Clinton Shepherd read the annual report.
Canaries in cages hung from walls and fixtures at Trinity Methodist Church in Atlanta during Sundays Children Day services. The birds produced a continuous melody that overwhelmed the sermon words and joined the congregational singing with shrill chirps, drawing curious crowds from afar.
William Robertson of Point of Rocka caught a 25 pound carp in a net in Tuscarora Creek at Tuscarora this county on Saturday afternoon. The carp, about four feet long and 15 inches around the thickest part, likely came up from the Potomac during high waters and could not back. Nearby a pond yielded another large carp weighing 16 pounds, with several six pound carp found floundering in the grass and mud as waters receded.
Edward Ridout a colored man was arrested by Officer Simpson charged with assaulting and shooting James Ogle a colored man at Mt Pleasant. Justice Eckstein remanded Ridout for a hearing and he was released on bail. Ogle says a Saturday quarrel led Ridout to draw a revolver and shoot him in the breast with the bullet still in his body.
The Dunkard National Conferences held all day and evening sessions in Lincoln Nebraska with outdoor and side meetings. Attendance reached its height with an estimated 10000 on the grounds. Services included many annual reunions and sightseeing. Northwestern Ohio and Eastern Pennsylvania districts request the next annual meeting be held next year.
Strawberries, notably the Sharpless variety, fetch 8 to 10 cents a box on streets and market stalls though rain has slight impact on the early crop. Some vandalism at Worth Market Street public school disrupted chalk boards and other items during the holiday. Ulysses G. Wright of Knoxville was elected president. John V. Nicodemus of Walkersville named librarian for the Bolles Lettras Literary Society at Dickinson College Carlisle PA.
A pension of 1 dollar per month is granted to the minor children of Nicholas A. Pedkins of Hopeland. Josiah E. Wilhide of Thurmont receives an increased pension of 8 dollars per month.
Frank Qole and David Fresh, of this city, launched a beautiful boat on the Monocacy at Ridge on the Gastones Pike. The craft was christened the Black Diamond.
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company runs a special excursion from Frederick to Baltimore on Sunday. The round trip fare is one dollar.
The Frederick County Anti-Saloon League held its first quarterly meeting in the Evangelical Lutheran church with George Z. Bast presiding. Rev. S. E. Nicholson outlined membership qualifications and a slate of officers, including W. Edward Burall and W. H. Summers as vice presidents. An afternoon program featured brief addresses by Frederick and nearby clergy, with Rev Dr Henry Branch among speakers and a special musical program planned for the evening.
Baltimore councilman George Stewart Brown proposes a War on Mosquitoes to improve summer comfort. He met with Health Commissioner Bosley and Dr. W Royal Stokes to discuss kerosene as a larvicide for eggs in cesspools and ponds. Bosley endorsed the idea and agreed to aid the effort.
Tom Lee was arrested for attempting to steal four dollars from Charles Smith, causing disorderly conduct on Market Street. Smith, drunk, was fined for disorderly behavior. Lee bonded for September court. Also, a boy named Harry Young recovered from a dynamite eye injury treated by Dr Boteler. A baseball note reports Frederick and Charlestown clubs preparing to play at Athletic Park with Charlestown boasting West Virginia dominance.
The Frederick Art Club held its final meeting of the season last evening. Members enjoyed a social hour, floral decorations by LaFrance Bon Silene and Bride roses, and discussions of sketching tours and jaunts for next season. Miss Florence Doub received a wedgewood piece from Miss Alice Shope, and refreshments followed as the working season closed.
Local Frederick notices list eye specialist N H Swope stopping at Park Hotel through June 5 and inviting patrons. Several ads promote Grace Reformed Sewing Society strawberry festival, seafood by Lidie's Depot, and a rumage sale by Frederick City Hospital Association. Excursion to Baltimore offered, and a Braddock grand opening postponed. Also offers on stock, loans, dressmaking, and Dr Boteler eye ear nose throat clinic.
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