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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1896
Page
4
Ambiguous OCR fragment lists entities Walker and Go, Balsam, Rossbods, Smith Manufacturing, C Fauralture, and C C Carty, indicating a damaged piece with potential corporate names and individuals.
The Weekly News announces a twelve page weekly issue ready Thursday with the largest circulation in Frederick city and county. It advertises special attention to advertising opportunities and requests copy by Wednesday p.m. for new ads and by 12 m. for changes. This week’s issue will have 5000 copies offering advertisers 20 unparalleled reach to the masses.
A flood of short notices lists residents and visitors in Frederick and nearby towns. Names include Dr Edward Nelson, Mrs Zelma Lorentz, Harold Kunkle, Bessie Clabaugh, Baysts Tyson, Albert Brengle, Owen Compher, Rev Jobe O Knott, and others. Items cover visits, travels, and local engagements with occasional mentions of charity and church activities.
Reported advances show electric line work from Frederick to Middletown progressing with car reconstruction and shed erection plans. A wrecked freight car will be rebuilt for passenger use at a local lumber yard as concessions and weather protection are addressed. Workers continue stringing trolley wire while street gutter and sewer issues cause delays. A ferry connect and picnic event at Graddock Helghim attract Frederik residents using the new electric rail.
Market day reports moderate prices with peaches weaker than last week. Apples pears and huckleberries plentiful. grapes near enough to supply town. Concord Catawba damsons plums ripening with some green qunces and imperfect flavors. Eggs up slightly butter stagnant rhubarb pumpkins corn tomatoes sweet potatoes common in households.
David Lowenstein among incorporators of Euclid Park Company Baltimore developing estate of Edmond Law Rogers. 65 acre site at Relaterstown turnpike and Liberty road opposite Droid Hill Park. Capital stock 200000, 196 shares, $95000 already subscribed. Plans include dividing property into parcels.
Frederick residents are described as high livers in a casual anecdote about a hungry man who found a good meal for a quarter on West Third Street. The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad is repainting passenger cars blue to match Royal Blue Life trains and will extend this color change to all repaired cars. Timbermen from Frederick County cut pulp timber in Cherry Run mountains near Spring Grove, Pennsylvania, with over a hundred carloads shipped so far. A number of new witnesses were ordered to appear before the grand jury.
The article notes Rev. Dr. David J. Beale leaving Frederick to become pastor in Philadelphia and includes a formal committee letter of regret from the Philomathean Society. It also covers a Harvest Service at Zion Reformed Church in Charlesville with large attendance, abundant produce displays, and music, plus a late evening social by the Young Men's Christian Association.
The piece surveys the era’s button craze with political, bicycle, and social motifs. It notes phrases on presidential campaign buttons, etiquette tones in social discourse, and the way everyday items carry messages from “Keep off the grass” to “Set ’em up again,” reflecting a lively mix of politics, humor, and consumer culture. It also reports local real estate transfers and a marriage announcement, followed by brief notices on cider abundance, fashion trends, Salvation Army leadership, and coal price shifts.
A late vote tally from the Hagerstown primary shows Cook and Hager leading with about 93 delegates, while Magner appears to trail. Supporters of Hess and Welington claim a Cook victory, with Hager’s camp confident of solid backing across the delegation and a likely anti Magner majority at the convention.
The circuit court heard multiple appeals from justices of the peace. Decisions in Clara Laer et al v Scho were affirmed, Clarence G. Biber v First Nations Bank reversed with costs, Horace Peters v Warner reversed, Doll v Power Co sustained, Jackson v Harvey reversed, and Martha Kefanger et al v Joshua Reagar settled. Some cases remained undisposed or submitted for trial.
Frederick residents and members of the Frederick Bicycle Club are invited to a social luncheon at Dr. Wagner's Liberty home Sunday afternoon at 5 o'clock. The wheelmen will leave Frederick at 1 o'clock.
The Hanover Fair schedule lists September 7 to 12 for reduced fare excursion tickets from Frederick Lancaster and intermediate stations to Hanover with return validity to September 13. A York bound special train leaves Hanover September 16 at 6:10 PM with a regular 6:20 PM train through to Taneytown, and assorted local ads mention used bicycles, laundry services, tire goods, fresh bran, and optician Isidor Lake advertised at Mononenour's Store readers.
The ad proclaims a limited two day sale on shirt waists wash dress goods summer underwear and outwear with prices kept low. It notes customers return for bargains and invites shoppers to visit Best & Kepler at 61 Norte Ware Et for genuine deals.
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