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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1901
Page
3
The Weekly News will be ready Thursday and offers the largest bona fide circulation in Frederick city and county as an advertising medium. It invites new advertisement copy up to 5 p.m. Wednesday and changes by 12 noon Wednesday to maximize reach and features for the upcoming issue.
Misa Lacy Glessner returns from Pittsburg and several residents are visiting in Washington Baltimore and Frederick. Mr P E Long and Mr E A Barnes are away for a few days in Baltimore and Washington. Mrs Elizabeth L Hilleary visits in Virginia. Mr and Mrs J Roger McSuerry and daughter are in Baltimore. Rev S M Hanch and family travel to York Pa and Perry County to visit relatives for about ten days. Rev Dr Luther Kuhlman leaves for Springfield Ohio to meet church society delegates.
The government prepares to issue the last volume of The War of the Rebellion, a massive compilation of the Official Records. It concludes a 40 year effort costing about 3 million dollars with 128 books, 135,575 pages, and 1,000 maps. An index introduction will be written by Secretary Root.
George Goodwin was arrested last night by Officer King on a disorderly charge. Justice Eckstein imposed a $3 fine, and in default he was sentenced to 15 days in jail. Advertising mentions business implications.
Detectives Steiner and Smith of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad captured J. C. Delmago Alfred Lopez and George Miller after a fast freight chase from Brunswick to Sextonville. Lopez fled on No 98 but was halted by a gunfire. a bag believed to hold jewelry was discarded along the chase. The trio, under 30 and well dressed, denied robbery and claimed they only took the ride.
The notes report farm prosperity with higher wheat value by 150 million, livestock up nearly 250 million, fruits and crops at record highs. Five year crop values total 6.25 billion, with cotton and exports rising about 700 million and 935 million respectively, signaling broad gains in US agriculture.
The city recounts a Florence sketch noting Victor Emmanuel II’s battle cry Let me go there in glory enough for all of us. In a separate incident Nat Dorsey narrowly escaped severe burns while refilling a lantern at Eckstein Strawsberger’s restaurant as a jug of oil ignited and scorched the yard. The M C A adds a new shuffleboard game room with a 30 foot table weighing about 400 pounds, drawing a full crowd.
Repairs left the city electric lighting plant out of service last night due to engine steam heat repairs. A new smokestack is expected to be erected today or tomorrow to restore lights tonight. Timber burned on Col Charles Trail’s farm near Bucklstown, tenanted by John A Shafer. The County Commissioners visit the Brunswick school addition. Mr George B McCleery of North Market Street is sick.
W O Spiro and E I Spiro faces in bankruptcy case as 70 cases of shoes clothing and gloves were found in William Koch storage in New York. The goods matched English and Hebrew lists with case numbers read by an interpreter. Double identifications by manufacturers and trademarks linked items to the Spiros. Governor Stone issued a requisition for Emanuel Spiro’s transfer to this county.
Misa Florence Cecil, daughter of Mortimer Cecil near Walkersville, magnifies a belief she will be electrocuted for Leon Czalgorz and feels responsible for President McKinley’s assassination. She withdraws from friends, fears authorities, and asks to return to Maryland for protection. York doctors fear a fatal outcome.
A Green Fruit Grocer explains three years of storing Baldwin apples in ammonia driven cold-storage houses built on scientific principles. He stresses immediate transfer from barrels after harvesting, noting better preservation and lower decay when moved promptly, with price increases from $1.20 to $3 per barrel by March.
A list of remaining advertised letters dated Saturday October 26 1901 at the Frederick city post office. To claim call for advertised letters. unclaimed letters pass to the dead letter office after two weeks. Gentlemens list includes William A H Bargerson Jerome Duvall A E Fisher James Lessell Luther G Lewie Henry Lingg William P Lawson C J Morgan O M Nusz Burgess N Reed Murry B Smith John R Smith Ralph G Thomas Roy B Wenner. Lapizs List lists Miss Maggie Crefford Miss Ida Flemming Mrs Hellen G Gentzeler Miss Helen Rammond Miss Elsis Murray Miss L Sharer ira Isabel Stull Mrs Mary J Williams.
John Robinson 82 of Washington D C, born 1819 in Prince William County Va, long printer who worked at The Citizen 1836 14 years then The Mail Hagerstown later Government Printing Office since 1857. He is brother of Mrs Henry Lorentz. Jury verdict favors defendants in Archibald Stewart vs Alleghany County.
Eighteen eighty four registration cases sit on the docket as Judge Motter allows appeals in Emmitsburg district. Many defendants linked to Mt St Marys College face stricken names for nonresidency while others are restored after proof of residence or military service. Decisions touch Frederick, New Market, and surrounding precincts with several names ordered to remain or be registered. Court then took a recess.
Daniel Warrenfeltz died Friday morning near Wolfaville at age 86 years 11 months and 6 days. He was a longtime Reformed church member and respected resident. funeral conducted by Rev H S Deitzel at the Reformed graveyard. Survived by three brothers eight sons and daughters and several nieces and nephews. Pallbearers named Hezekiah Harp John H Managans Jacob G Smith Jacob G Hoover Jacob L Moser and John T Harshman. James A Grove was undertaker.
A Maryland item list reports Lawson Fottenberger dead at seven in Keadysville after paralysis. Paul Browse, ten, was accidentally shot in the forehead and eye while hunting. Lieut. A. KE Ohr named Captain of Company G. A fire in Hagerstown nearly suffocated Thomas J. Rothgeb. Washington County B and O stockholders held their annual meeting and elected directors. In Riverside Maryland William Pries, colored, shot dead by head wound. Penn National Bank of Philadelphia wins a suit against Peter F. Whithelm over a promissory note to the Milk Producers' Association. Judge Page opens appeals in Somerset county. Democrats seek to strike 112 names from 130 cases. 18 removed.
Fire yesterday afternoon consumed three dairy buildings and three large straw stacks on the farm of Jacob Snyder near German Town Montgomery County. The blaze, likely from a spark from the smokestack, destroyed hay and farm products but spared grain and cattle. Loss nearly $7,000 with buildings only partially insured.
A Kent county court session reviewed a teacher whipping case with Miss Nettie Dean fined for whipping a pupil. the magistrate’s ruling was reversed on appeal. Carrie Stroker, an 18 year old hoochie koochie performer, secured $10 from her employer at Winchester fair. goods released after payment. A temperance meeting is set for this evening at the City Opera House with speakers Rev E S Todd H S Hichelberger J H Apple Dr J O Hendrix and A W Burkhart.
A fragment from a Frederick newspaper lists events and ads. Ye Olden Time Concert by the Woman's Auxiliary on Halloween night at 8 pm, refreshments and a silver collection. Republican mass meeting at City Opera House on Nov 1 with speakers Bonaparte Pearre and Eines. Local business notices include opening of fall and winter stock, Eye Ear Nose Throat practice, dressmaking, carpet showroom promotions and fashion items from L. Be Mullinix, Frederick.
A late 19th century advert trumpets a brisk sale of coats jackets capes and dresses. It promises correct prices on a large stock including comfort satins and fancy baudines with new lines added daily. The pitch claims wide selection and easy tailoring for ladies garments to attract shoppers.
The funeral for Mrs Ellen G Mc Quilkin who died in the city last Saturday was held yesterday at her Martinsburg home. Rev W W Barnes of the Methodist Episcopal church officiated and burial was in Green Hall cemetery. John E R Wood, after telegrams from Hon Murray Vandiver and Gen L Victor Baughman, left for Baltimore and Snow Hill with Dr Joshua W Herring to address a Democratic mass meeting tonight. Printers ink is the fertilizer for trade and newspapers the best spreaders of it. Tux Narwa is the best grade.
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