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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1899
Page
4
The Weekly News announces a handsome five page edition for Thursday with ample special features and broad inside circulation in Idurick city and county. Advertisements are accepted until 5 pm Wednesday and copy changes by noon.
A series of brief notes records residents traveling to Richwood Tyrons and New York for work or visits. George Hosenstein heads to Tyrons Pa for a good position. J Allen Williamson spends the day at Court vare. Geo M Oyster visits Washington friends. Viola Taylor visits Doubs county kin. Mrs Roscoe Bradner and others visit friends in WB Guly. John E B R Wood heads to Belair for a major Democratic address.
The New Ket Literary Club adjourned meeting at Mr W oat Boyer’s home featured chair Miss Sullivan with roll call and minutes, readings from Hamlet and Sarah Bernhardt, vocal solos, and a planned gathering for Friday at 7.00. The Ilomathean Literary Society will hold its weekly meeting at Kemp Hall Thursday evening with readings, recitations, an essay, and a debate.
A revived survey plans to extend the Emmitsburg line from Rocky Ridge to Woodsboro to connect with the Pennsylvania Railroad, creating a direct Frederick to Emmitsburg link. The project contemplates reversing extension toward Gattyaburg. A Saturday inspection by Emmitsburg officials and local businessmen endorses the route, with a survey likely soon.
The Sewickley social section notes a metropolitan style reception for Mr and Mrs William W Osburn guests estimated at three to four hundred in attendance The event followed their wedding trip with the couple arriving Saturday The couple posed in the drawing room aided by Mrs Osburn and Mr Franklin Osburn A lavish display featured golden walls red hallways abundant palms and shaggy chrysanthemum arrangements The bride wore a cream satin and point lace wedding gown with a black silk gown for the hostess and the couple extended warm greetings to many attendees including Mrs Samuel Wilson Miss Mary Osburn and Mr Walter Wilson The bride formerly Miss Rows Ossbino attended the Frederick church wedding on October 4 and the Osburns are admired by Sewickley and Pittsburgh society
county correspondence from wl dickerson reports friends visiting Hyattatown and local visitors returning home. hogs die from cholera. weather halts Mt Pleasant church preaching. Boyd J Beall of Gaithersburg visits October 3 at home. Wheat and corn look better for the season. farmers busy with harvest and winter wood. Jennie Lewin and two daughters visit from Washington. Dr Pardy and Marion Purdy visit with Mrs. Lanhart. Margaret Perrell visits Ed Laws in Boyd and Miss Diffapderter. Mrs Lillietay near Kemptown visits Laws Stuatt. Banting church meeting closes after two weeks. Farmers housing corn. wheat looks well. Friday dances in town hall. Christian Endeavor Sundays with pastor Rev Richard.
A jumble of reports from Annapolis and surrounding counties details murder indictments and death sentences, political speeches by Governor Lowndes and Senator McConae, and local incidents in Harford and Washington counties. Updates cover railroad equipment orders, a Cumberland paper’s editorials, and a Maryland public notice about a pending execution.
The funeral of Mrs Susan Fenster Darner, who died at her daughter’s home in Centreville, was held Sunday October 29 at 2 PM from the Reformed church in Middletown. Rev HW Ditwar of Jefferson officiated with Rev Pontius assisting. Pallbearers listed include L O Whipp, Noah Shat, Carlton Koller, Charles Zimmerman, George Tritappe and John Moettner. Interment followed in the Reformed cemetery. M R Etchison of Jefferson was funeral director.
London dispatch reports General White announcing Royal Irish Fusiliers Number Ten Mountain Battery and the Gloucestershire Regiment were surrounded by Boers near Ladysmith after heavy losses and compelled to surrender. The rest of the page notes a vestry meeting at All Saints Episcopal church voting for a new organ, bids from an electrical company, court hearings, charity vegetable drive for Baltimore Free Kindergarten, a business change in a market, and local manufacturing expansions plus a market quotation list.
The Synod of the United States Reformed Church reports 242 Sunday schools with 25 102 pupils and 16 016 avenue attendances. Committees, finances, and personnel details are provided, noting growth in annuity and endowment funds and progress in religious and temporal affairs. The body adjourned to meet October 2 1900 at Trinity Reformed Church Mercersburg PA.
An international opera company performed a nine act program at the City Opera House. The evening featured a dramatic mixture of classic arias and crowd-pleasing favorites with a distinguished cast including Mia Aira Da quar all and Robert Downing. The program, ornate and costly, drew Frederick residents eager to witness the famed performers and the evolving stagecraft of the touring troupe.
At the Gly Opera House Afr Robert Dowty attended the City Opera House tonight for the new play Au Todt aus Romane. The production features the old homestead setting with a ray carpet, an oak bucket, and windows showing village life. The Dray Store on Lucyville, Posey county, Indiana, is noted as a hub of war and politics amid a town scene.
A four act Yankee comedy titled The Irish Alderman will play Monday evening at the City Opera House. Set in New England and New York City, it stars Sir Planc hard a Joe Lawla led company with Dora Page and Felix Smart among the leads. the cast includes Esra Page and Moses Wilton in a string of country-farce roles. A separate note mentions The Irish Alderman coming Thursday with noted performers such as J. J. Sullivan and Charleton Heywood, promising broad humor and staged merriment.
A fragmented OCR item references supply and demand disruptions tied to Turkish sources and a looming fall. The readable fragments hint at a negotiation or bargain failing to meet needs, with vague mentions of a towel and a backer. Details remain unclear due to damaged text.
A digitized early 20th century guide describes Halloween games and rituals. Activities include apple on a fork, prize for the largest handful, red painted nut buried for a card reward, door hangings with apple parings, and letters forming names. A fortune cake ritual involves silent work and a midnight turn predicting marriage.
An image heavy ad proclaims Neidig and Miller offering silk goods of superior quality underwritten by patronage from a boat Judeum and Irena clans. It touts vivid colors, durable fabrics, and affordability, inviting readers to inspect a wide range of silks described as better than ordinary goods and suitable for beds and garments.
The notice promotes Cantle's Oyster Depot offerings including prime oysters and various fish for Wednesday. It also advertises a building association with annual dues, share values, and 4 percent interest to shareholders, plus officers and contact details. Police enforcement and a tailor shop ad are referenced.
L B Mulinix advertises a carpet sale featuring Thannw patterns VELYATS and AXMIN STERS with a focus on durable, genuine carpet. It promises higher quality than cheap options and compares prices to rival stores, inviting readers to visit and compare. The piece highlights large city carpet houses and a recent surge in carpet interest.
Annie M. Whip, confined five years, appeared before Judge Motter on writ of habeas corpus. Hearing completed. remanded to the institution. Prohibition mass meeting held at Kemp town. speakers included Frank H. Sappington and Hay. Additional meeting announced at Donh's with Cummings and Sappington.
Fragmentary OCR text mentions a store named The Target and Only Exclusive Carpat Heaes in the city with a garbled telephone reference. Limited readable details prevent full facts.
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