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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Nov 21, 1893
Page
3
Local notices urge advertisers to provide copy for important insertions and favorable locations in The Weekly Ws. Requests for changes must be submitted by noon on Wednesday, with final copy due by 5 p.m. Wednesday.
Local notes list residents visiting Baltimore and Cumberland for weddings dances and family visits. Names include Miss Catharine Goldsborough Miss Rose Hamilton Mrs John Dettch and others traveling for social events and church gatherings. Also mentions visits by Harry Buch Elsie Matthews and Mrs Frederick Bauman among others.
SYRENEAL SIEMAN HOKE and Frederick Neiman of Hagerstown wed at St James Lutheran parsonage with Wim H Socks and Nellie Alyer as witnesses. Also planned are multiple Thanksgiving Day parades in Hagerstown featuring Junior Hose Co Ambersburg Charlestown Band American Steam Fire Engine Greencastle Mechanic’s Wire Co Waynesboro Pioneer Hook and Ladder.
The program features General Bradley T. Johnson and Hon. Frederick J. Nelson with poetry by Dr. Charles W. Hoffman and a choir. Festivities include Philharmonic Orchestra performance, stage decorations, and remarks by several dignitaries. Religious meetings follow across multiple churches with revivals and social events including a St. James Lutheran Mite Society sociable. Reynolds Post GAR holds annual inspection with remarks on Civil War battles and patriotism. Ex Secretary Jeremiah Rusk dies at 83.
The Lively Times Dramatic Company, a city talent group, plans its debut at City Opera House on December 13. They will bring their own orchestra and scenery and aim to match the quality of traveling companies in the venue.
In the next ten days readers can enjoy a mix of world and church events. The German Baptists hold their annual love feast, a Dunker worship feature. Secular amusements include the 126th anniversary of the Daughters of the Revolution stamp repudiation. A temperance lecture, Thanksgiving church services, and several community gatherings are planned. The Evangelical Lutheran church hosts a donation evening for the poor. Food Templars plan a midwinter picnic at Junior Hall. Congregational receptions begin at Al Saints Chapel with music, seasonal decor, and refreshments.
Frederick Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution marks the first repudiation of the 1765 Stamp Act in City Hall. Orators speak, Dr Charles W Hoffman reads a commemorative poem, and a trained chorus performs with national anthems.
Frederick Shead reports on a turnip show where Michael Gager of Park Malls pulled several large roots last week weighing 6 pounds 10 ounces, 5 pounds 12 ounces, and 5 pounds 6 ounces. Seed sowing began September 13 and turnips were pulled November 17. J E Price & Co exhibit the turnips in Frederic.
M Jules Nicole studies a Geneva Library collection of Egyptian papyri. Fragments of the Siad and the Odyssey show major variations from known texts. A passage of Euripides Orestes is a thousand years earlier than any prior manuscript. Nicole also finds a didactic hymn on the stars an idyll about Jupiter and Leda and several historical and scientific pieces.
Samuel A. Smith, a welder from Woodboro, was injured when his overcoat caught in a spinning engine gear at Mr. Walden's place in Middleburg. His right arm was crushed and two ribs plus a collarbone broken. The incident sparked calls for curbing late night loud talk as a public nuisance.
George Burall of West Patrick Street planned chicken shipment when a nearby lamp was accidentally knocked over starting a small fire. Several chickens burned before the blaze was extinguished and no major damage occurred.
The article describes an elegant reception dress with a twenty foot stiffening at the bottom, embroidered silk and chenille trim, a bias cut bodice, full sleeve puffs with long cuffs, and a cracking collar. Jewelry-like spangles and metal disk garb adorn hems and ribbons, plus a decorative girdle. It also notes armless jackets, storm coats with lace, and color palettes of pale greens pinks lavenders blues and yellows.
A forecast cautions of a Venus period bringing violent storms of wind rain and snow thunder and lightning south and seas, with severe weather expected for the next two days. Warnings mention winter storms crossing the country from the 22nd and advise cautious travel and preparedness.
Walter Lawrence and his excellent company staged Fabio Romani last night in Naples. The crowded audience praised Lawrence’s powerful acting despite cramped scenery and praised Szerins for the serpent dance and the Spanish dance. The drama is described as strong, chaste, and tragically subtle, presented with notable commendation.
The State Firemen's Association plans its June convention in Hagerstown with a grand parade expected to surpass past shows. Frederick visitors and Reading guests likely to attend, with local companies preparing drills, uniforms, and a new fire alarm plan to be in place.
Ad listing a carpet department offering sheep skin goat skin symma and mognette in various descriptions at reduced prices. The note emphasizes broad selection and lower costs.
The NNDEL store advertises a wide stock of dress fabrics in brown green plum and navy plus new cloaks and capes in ready sale condition. It highlights underwear for all ages and notes a local health update on Mrs Gloriatian Railing and Buck Haller recovering from illness. Orphans Court items list executors and administration letters for Casper M Holbrunner.
Public notice from the water committee announces connecting the city to a new reservoir this 8 p.m with authority from the Water Works Superintendent F F Tyrgar. Also two commercial notices invite ladies to City Hotel for samples from Joel Gutman Co Baltimore coats sale and Kelier DeLaib mutt hay and feed delivery with a coat trade rush claiming wholesale prices.
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