This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 23 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Nov 27, 1893
Page
3
Fragmentary OCR lists John Eisenhauer D Best George A Gilbert and Allcock's Porous Plaster with references to a dame’s Mit e Society, yielding an incomplete notice without clear event or context.
Purely personal notices list Mr Geo Hann and wife of Roanoke Va as guests of Mr and Mrs Chas C Kretzer in Emmitsburg. Visitors include Judge Vinson of Rockville and Gen John A Roller of Harrisonburg. Several residents travel to Baltimore Washington and Hot Springs for visits health and business.
A notice lists letters remaining at the Frederick City post office on November 25 1893. Recipients must call for advertized letters within two weeks or they are sent to the dead letter office. Names include Lapris Moss Bertie Dutrow Miss Lens Rice Mrs Jennie Getzancanner Ailen C Fegan D H Mulino Jor Myers Wm Schmit Sprague A J Cabeil J F Steacap Wickess James Walser.
Henry Miller, arrested Friday by Constable J D Moberly on a charge of vagrancy, was committed to jail in default of a $50 bond for a hearing. Fr Ciampi's funeral was held at St. Aloysius Church Washington with the rites of the Jesuits and interment at Georgetown College cemetery. Real estate transfers record Anna B Kerschner and Jacob B with Annie R as wife conveying 298 acres for $2900.
Rev J L Kidgore has moved to New Columbus Luzerne county after teaching there 27 years. Union Thanksgiving services planned across churches in Emmitsburg and nearby towns with sermons by Rev Dr Beale and Rev Dr Euhlman. Revival meetings continue in the M E Church with Rev Law expected to assist and Epworth League led by E K Moore. St Johns Catholic news notes promotions, dedications, and a children’s Christmas program set for December 27 at City Opera House.
Rev and Mrs Charles Reinewald hosted a 2 to 5 PM reception at their Emmitsburg home with about 150 guests, a decorated dining room table, and refreshments. A later New Market dance by Wm Hammond and Wood drew a large crowd with many locals and visiting ladies enjoying the evening. Ariana M Belt celebrated her birthday with friends at her Baltimore home on a Saturday. Mrs Geo S Fox hosted a family dinner on the 26th for her daughter Jane Aidias's birthday.
Mr Jacob Dadisman sets up two vestibule doors at the stairwell to quell hall noise during performances. He vows strict enforcement with 21 determined efforts to stop ticketless youths, promising arrest for offenders passing without permission.
The funeral proceeded from her De Grange street home yesterday at 4 PM. Services were conducted at St. John's Catholic Church with interment in St. John's Cemetery. Rev. Father Coleman officiated with pallbearers David Derr, Henry Brust, William Ebbert, and George Roberts. F Schroeder, undertaker.
Prof. Lloyd Palmer, Brook Hill public school teacher, will assume charge next Monday at the North Market Street school succeeding Mr. McBride. McBride moves to deputy in the sheriff's office.
A large audience attended a Saturday meeting at the M E Church in Walkersville under the Independent Order of Good Templars of Maryland. Speakers included David S. Rice and Frank L. Lewis, with music by Hattie Albough and G W Walker, and Rev C J Burdette delivering the closing address.
A local notice recounts that C Dour caused two young men to be arrested for attempting to obtain manor and beer at the City Hotel bar. Magistrate Eckstein held them for the grand jury with $50 bail each. Dour vows to proceed similarly with any minor seeking drinks at his bar.
A wagon carrying 60 turkeys with heads erect rolled through town on Saturday as Thanksgiving nears. A boy stoning and pulling a wheelbarrow chased the moving wagon, sometimes leaping onto it and risking a tumble as the barrow and boy zigzagged along the street.
A list of guests visiting from multiple towns and states including Boonsboro Harrisburg Philadelphia Baltimore and Washington D C. Names include Cizx Horen J Blicker F H Garrett Samuel Kerr F F Yates J B Hoff F Shreve and others with county totals and counts.
A malicious act damaged household peace when three pet squirrels living in a yard near Bentz Street were poisoned Wednesday night. Residents suspect poison peanuts caused the deaths, with a few nets seen the following morning as evidence. The afflicted animals were beloved by Mrs. Eichelberger who cared for them in a dedicated squirrel house.
H. A. Foster announces Gorton's Minstrels closed a four night engagement at Orpheus Park Niagara Falls Hodge Opera Lockport and Grand Opera Albion praising the show as clean and top quality entertainment for local audiences.
The City Water Works superintendent Mr Frank Tyergar connected the new reservoir with pipes to the city yesterday. A waiter from the mountain remains off but should be activated in a few days. A large crowd toured the site and noted much work remains. Dr P Cronk notes Baltimore December weather data across twenty-two years with mean 35 F and record highs in 1881 1889 and a coldest 1876.
The article notes unprecedented coal cargoes by boats on the C. and O. canal with loads of 120 to 130 tons, far exceeding pre flood averages of 113 tons for canal boats of similar size and pattern. It mentions Hood's cures and a generic promotional claim for Hood's Sarsaparilla.
A mixed local column notes door etiquette, shipping, marriage license in Hagerstown to Jos B Hutzell and Ethe May Moser, a horse death near Emmitsburg, new barn for John Seabold, and varied community items. Also mentions Mount Pleasant post office move, local charity proceeds, and humorous bits about pencils and drinking. Includes regional stats on West Virginia and Maryland industries and several short notices on hunts, births, and public events.
Excitement rose in Ellicott City Saturday night after conductor J. Willhide of a Baltimore and Ohio freight train reported being robbed at Gray's water elS von by three masked gunmen. They took his watch and valuables. another robberies victim Frederick Snyder lost his overcoat and $5. Police hunted the trio with several suspects detained and released. three tramps await removal to Frederick for larceny charges.
News from the state lists a proposed Elkton to Lambson railroad in Kent county, 150 men at work on the Boonsboro Keedysville Electric Road, and a Sainte Peter and Paul church society hall dedication in Cumberland. Also mentions Baptist University of Chicago in correspondence with Hagerstown for a local branch, plus court and crime notes and a genealogical lineage story.
A hawk dropped a white and a brown carrier pigeon after being scared by Joseph Souffer near Emmitsburg along Tom's Creek near Myers Mill. The bird bore a white metal ring with inscription £ 31 J A T. No origin detected. Cold weather froze city ponds and the Monocacy. Runaway clock stopped reportedly from the cold. Col Geo R Dennis and Hendrickson were jolted when a two horse buggy collided with another near Urbana. Dennis was thrown and slightly hurt.
John Eisenhauer opens Tuesday and Wednesday with a Christmas opening Friday and Saturday December 1st and 2nd. All are invited.600 people visited the Gem Store on Saturday. If you did not call Saturday, come tonight as the store stays open until 10. Holladay Goods display in North Window Market Street Entrance. See big sets of Gents Tecks and Four In Hand Scarfs at low price.
Local advertisement highlights gloves for men and boys in various skins and styles, prices noted as five cents, plus references to fur tops, wool coats, and related winter goods. Also mentions lectures by George Thomas Downer, discounted tickets, and a bicycle tire promotion for G. and J. Pneumatic tires with a Vienna to Berlin race anecdote.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.