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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1893
Page
3
An OCR fragment notes a date reference and a forecast for Wednesday. The legible elements include Wasurweter D C and a May 50 16 2 timestamp, with a brief note of fair weather for the upcoming Wednesday.
Mayor Flemming bans Salvation Army drum on streets. Moberly Brothers repaint homes on North Market and West Fourth streets. William L. Wain, Monocacy veteran, dies in Baltimore. Twenty-eight new lawyers are certified in Baltimore. Firemen urged to attend Fredericksburg convention. Jacob Nally clings to an army cracker from Williamsport may 186? A backward season shortens spring poetry. Pansy named national flower, demand up. C N Hargett leads National Live Stock Association exhibition in Frederick. Palmetto Fibre Brush Company trims 25 jobs due to dull trade. Haserstown Mining and Land Improvement pays off mortgage. over 96k oil transfers noted. A joke on women counting math. Shortberry strawcake and overindulgence warned. Columbian Exposition fashion teased. Union Bridge Fire Company delegates bound for Frederick. Fell moon and warm wave expected. A silly quip on cooking husbands. Engagement rings spark pride. German Baptist meeting attendees return home. Rain spoils baseball. Frankfort High School commencements June 2. Miss B Serena Kramer among graduates. Hagerstown Agricultural Society plans building for exhibits. Pimlico starter Robert Hough hired.
Macy wife of Warner Mathias died yesterday morning near New Market at 1 o clock. Interment followed this afternoon at Mt Carmel at 2 o'clock. Local report notes the death of Mrs Mathias and the enslaved Ridgely in the same event.
Independent Hose Company members held a well attended meeting to plan a grand celebration next week. Drills by their dram corps and the Rex Hook and Ladder Company exhibition group proceeded at the rink while the engine room and doors were cleaned for a handsome parade. Citizens urged to decoratively show support and avoid firecrackers during the procession.
Frostburg Fire Department members Frank Sostes C H Hamill August Eichhorn J B Carson and Alexander Smith were elected to represent the department at the Maryland state convention in Frederick June 6 and 7 The convention aims to form a stronger organization improve harmony and collect statistics on fire apparatus and methods A service at St Pauls Missionary Society Pleas Hill chapel featured Rev St Heach and readings by Delia Stone Histe Fox and Viola Thomas with a future service scheduled for Sunday July 23 at 5 pm.
A report from Wiesbarre notes a new locomotive on trial for Ontario and Western Railway achieving 144 miles per hour, said to be the quickest time yet. Also mentioned are health updates for Mount Pleasant resident Wm. Gelabert and Charles B. Fox, both improving from recent illness.
Social event on East Second Street hosted by the Evangelical Lutheran group features a school-room program with flowers and refreshments. Attendees enjoyed choral pieces, recitations, cornet duets, vocal solos, autoharps, and a jubilee farewell, proceeds supporting foreign missions.
Reynolds Post A K and Antietam Camp Sons of Veterans led a Memorial Day march from North Market to Mount Olivet and other cemeteries with floral tributes. Evening services at City Opera House featured ministers and songs. Post office and banks closed. Congress will include many foreign-born members. Funeral notices follow for General William F. Shinde Jer and Mrs Emma Dorney with services and interments at Mount Olivet and Greenmount cemeteries.
Yesterday's hotel arrivals list guests from Baltimore New York Philadelphia Washington Harrisburg and nearby towns. The names include Parsons Wams Porter Sinclair Gitzen Very Dawman Vail Tackenhall Branning Connarrow Clark Jones Hora Sweeney England Crane Bronstein Howard Frock Colton Spotten Hoffman and others from the county and city.
A scattered Maryland update notes Morse or interest across counties including Cumberland Elkton and Bel Air. Reports mention deaths Mrs Mollie Bredelle in Snow Hill and the death of Engineer Wallace near Williams Station. A barn fire at St Mary’s, a building boom in Montgomery County, and county tax issues are reported along with legal cases in Bel Air and Annapolis inspections at the Naval Academy.
Mr George A. Dean former superintendent of the Merchante and Miners Line Baltimore received a costly gold watch a diamond locket cuff buttons and a scarf pin from friends and line officers in a saloon aboard the Decatur H. Miller. W W Kirk spoke and Dean replied. Present were Superintendent Wm S Turner Capt George W Bilips Capt Winksor Chief Engineers W H H Wilson James A Brown Issac A Miller F C Bolton and Franklin Prichard. Dean will live in Frederick after buying the Geo W Cramer residence.
A Middletown citizens committee opens subscriptions for an electric railway with a first mortgage bond issue around 100000 dollars at 6 percent. About 50000 dollars of the total will come from valley residents, with the remainder via stock subscriptions as completion funds. The project is seen as a bright prospect for Frederick county and Middletown Valley.
Mrs H E Relitsnider of East Patrick street reports a white cactus bloom arising from a stem, the first flowering in seven years. Miss Rachel Bader of East street shows a Safrona rose cultivar with a single root shoot bearing fourteen buds on one stem, described as extraordinary.
Cards announce the marriage of Misa Florence Belle Cole daughter of Mrs Tamzon Weatherby Cole of Baltimore to Jos Bamuel Shefloe of Baltimore. The ceremony will be Monday evening June twelfth at six o'clock in the First Methodist Episcopal Church St Pearl Street. Bliss Cole a musician of note has many friends in this city. Orphans Court first and final account of John F R Rouzer administrator of Newton C Groil deceased filed and liquidation made. A report of sales of personal property of Barbara C Brendenburg deceased filed by Martin Hoke administrator.
Last Saturday Frank Schleigh, son of F. W. Schleigh, badly injured when a pepper bottle burst at W. E. Shipley’s bottling business on North Market Street. A band leader also suffered a severe cut. Also notes on travel, new telephones, and a marriage license for John E. Hesselring and Emma M. Benner of Mechanietown District.
One of the largest crowds praised a rattling game between the Browns and Citizens. Rowe pitched for the Browns and Strasberger for the Citizens as the Browns won 4 to 1, taking the lead in the fifth and holding on. Two-bag hits by Danner and Bender highlighted the offense with steady defense from both sides. The Browns sit atop the standings with a 20 1 record while Athletics and Pastimes chase, and a postponed Athletics Pastimes game may be played tonight with another game set for tomorrow at 6 15 p.m.
Tueelay's Market opens with greens and staples including cabbage sprouts lettuce onions and radishes. Prices note pecks of beans at 50 cents per half dollar strawberries two boxes for a quarter and gooseberries pieable at quarter bard with beets and parague listed. The piece predicts June sun will bring more produce from Frederick County.
Grass snakes unearthed by Mr. George Johnson while digging for a melon patch in Rockville. five foot long snakes bore into the ground then remained partly embedded after a kick. Real estate transfers include John T Heffner to James C Trundle for $1,000 and several other parcel transactions in Frederick County. Jacob Woodward, injured by a freight train near Greensburg, Pa, lost a portion of his left leg and is recovering at the County Home.
When traveling for pleasure or business, carry Syrup of Figs as it acts pleasantly and effectively on the kidneys liver and bowels preventing fevers headaches and other sickness. For sale in 50 cents and 1 bottles by leading druggists.
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As the Firemen's Parade nears, preparations for visitors intensify. Hotelkeepers rent extra sleeping rooms while carpenters and hammering noises fill the streets. The Independent Hose Co. gives its hall a fresh coat of paint in anticipation of the event.
Local promotion offers commemorative badges for the great firemen demonstration on June 7 and 3. Available only at The Gem Store opposite City Hotel. W W Lease and Dr J R L Gardesty will host a health talk at City Hotel Thursday at 3, lasting until Friday 2. Also advertised are insect banners and decorations for sale, plus Rambler bicycles with G and J pneumatic tires promoted by B News office.
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