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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Nov 03, 1896
Page
4
The Waexnt News will be ready Thursday as a handsome twelve page issue with news and special features. It claims the largest boni fies circulation in Frederick city and county and invites new and changed advertisements with deadlines Wednesday at 5 p.m. and 1 p.m. respectively.
Purely personal items list residents and visitors: Miss Lucy Garret of Burkittsville visits Bath. Mrs Wim Beard of Bagerstown and Florence Stine return home. ex Mayor Lewis H Moberly of Washington visits. John Struck visiting parental home while attending Baltimore University School of Medicine. Wm Zimmerman of Baltimore awaiting relatives. James Baer of Fort McHenry in Frederick on a visit. Geo B Beckley of Washington visiting parental home.
The Belles Letters Literary Society of Frederick Male High School held a crowded Friday meeting in the school building. The program featured an address of welcome, recitations, readings, and a heated debate on silver coinage. Judges ruled two to one in favor of the affirmative. the society plans another meeting on November 6 and invites the public.
County correspondence reports a protracted meeting near Prospect with good success. The Sepbaie school plans its annual treat on Whagiving Day. Hunting season brings out many sportsmen after rabbits. Edith Runcles of near Mt Airy visited Linganore. Loule Bustt returned home from Yamsyile after visiting cousin Mira Bice Ciary. Gurcey Molesworth stayed with Willie Purdamite. Workmen prepare for a repair on Mr. G. & Bod’s property after a storm. Mr. George Edward Smith of Frederica has written a ballad titled Sweetest Eyes Were Ever Seen for Miss Pamiine Whitaker. An accident at Cham bers brodery left Chas. Ephardt badly cut. Isac Trimmer transfers land to James W. wee paves, value $4,730.
Election day reports describe heavy turnout at precincts with hundreds voting by early morning. Officials outline post poll procedures, ballot box handling, and security measures while news services promise rapid returns via telegraph and long distance lines.
The item reports party results in Maryland with Democratic and Republican tallies, mentions a Democratic ticket win by a margin, and notes campaign activities including Judge Lloyd ruling on a Dorchester County official’s voting place. It covers poll numbers in Frederick and a Dorchester campaign meeting at Mt. Pleasant.
An assortment of quirky quotes and short items recalls winter predictions, local人员 happenings and odd cliches. Notable notes report Mr Mayaillea succeeding as foreman in Piedmont West Virginia and Cardinal Gibbons portrait to be auctioned for a crippled child. Fireman Schuster rescues a child in a New York blaze. A bicycle distance feat is completed by D. Jefferson.
A miscaptioned ad claims a simple system cure for diseases with the tagline that thousands suffer from spy disease and that 2,088 conifre condition can be cured by Syrup of Figs manufactured by the California Pigyrep Company and sold by all druggists.
William Stewart keeper of the Bagie bore aed avern on Wes attempted to take poison yesterday. He was taken before Magistrate Buer and committed to jail while in a stupor he claimed to have swallowed arsenic. Dr. Smith and attendants revived him, and he gradually recovered though he remained weak. Stewart, about 55, had previously threatened his wife, prompting the warrant.
A historical tally lists presidential and vice presidential vote counts from 1789 to 1892, noting winners, party affiliations, and scattered votes. The piece also mentions a local obituary for Mrs. A. M. Shoemaker and brief notices on property damage and a coal shed incident, plus an advertisement for Hood's Sarsaparilla.
The Jeane Agnes Company led by Mr Dceege D Citron opened with The Basch King in City pers Bisse las, delivering a startling drama with music and dancing. Notable performances by Miss June Agnott as Pow and Joseph D Clifton as France King drew praise, with strong support from J W Turnbull and J Morris. An upcoming show The Bowaty Boy is promised, with manager Howerl arranging election returns to be read from the stage.
An advertisement touts ole oyste rs at 16 cents and options for home or parlor dining. It claims Dr Hartley treats diseases of the nose throat lungs and ear at City Hotel Frederick every Wednesday noon to 7 pm. It also describes Pennsylvania Railroad personally conducted tours from New York and Philadelphia to Florida and Washington with itineraries, dates, and booking offices in New York Newark Brooklyn Philadelphia and Baltimore.
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