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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1893
Page
3
A compact historical notice lists items and notices including Resolutions of Respect for Parsons and Hargett, amusements, and various classifieds such as syrups, dry goods, pears, mules, and sale items from Rockville Fair. Multiple entries show names like E Muncaster and J E Mancaster with clerical roles, plus box numbers and address hints including West Patrick Street.
A storm drownings and local oddities fill this item. A Wagoner heifer from Boonsboro perished in the flood. Gentle polish tips and banana peels humorously clash with astronomy lessons. A 93 pound carp was captured on the Monocacy by Nusz and Kolb. Morgan’s Grove Fair nears in Shepherdstown. Mrs. Layton walks Chicago to New Orleans on a $5,000 wager. Yellowstone hosts wide herds of elk buffalo and more. Eleven divorce suits have been filed in Washington County Court this year. National G A R encampment attendance in Indianapolis could be 75,000 to 100,000 with 25,000 housed in quarters. Two wagonloads of peaches pass Emmitsburg. a chicken thief takes 10 to 15 birds. Brunswick eyeing a shoe factory employing ~300. Home for the Aged to meet at 930 am. Western Maryland Hotel in Emmitsburg changes hands to Alessis Johnson and Harnish. Harrisburg Telegraph notes Thomas G O Brine dies after long cigarette habit. Frederick stores to close at 7 pm tonight, earlier on other days.
County correspondence from Licesville notes a Forest Grove Sunday school picnic in the woods adjoining the church on September 5. The 4M E Church South holds its second quarterly meeting in the same woods on September 9 and 10 with preaching on September 10. Circuit Court dispositions include Thomas & Co vs Krieg et al with damages $129.41 and Miller vs P R R with $149.49 awarded.
An elderly man described as an old soldier, in Frederick for several days, suffered a severe scalp wound when he fell at the corner of Court and Patrick Streets on Saturday evening.
Public schools opened across Frederick County for the new year. Saint John's Literary Institute reports 40 scholars. Male High School on North Market about 20 pupils. Male Primary 130 scholars. East Church Street High enrolls 300. South Street 56. Seventh Street Colored Primary 45. Private schools also began fall terms with encouraging attendance.
Obituaries report the death of Jacob Ricketts at 96 in Gaithersburg after a sudden illness. He leaves two daughters and several relatives. service held at Saint John's Cemetery. Also noted are deaths of Patrick Connelly described as a tramp and Margaret Henshaw wife of Dr J Henshaw of Mechanicstown with funeral at U B Cemetery. Joseph Webster dies at age 8 in Dotb's area after a brief illness.
Information arrives of a fire at the Greenfield Flouring Mills near Adamstown that occurred yesterday between 2 and 3 am. Loss estimated at about 10000 dollars. Insured for 1000 dollars with Virginia fire and Marine and New York Bowery Fire Insurance Company. other policies totaled 5000 dollars. The mill, in operation nearly seventy five years, featured a complete roller outfit after recent remodeling. Original bubr mill status noted. among early owners was Dr. Meredith Davia with later owners J. S. Newcomer James L. Roberts and Zeitlinser and Sons.
A scanned notice lists visitors staying at a city hotel with names and locations including Horen M Lechlicer Md J H Robinson H B Cunningham Geo Summers Frank B Yates J 9 Garrett E 5 Pyler Henry Hamburger Balto G A Townsend Gapland Ezra Minnick Kalamazoo J J Kean and sister New York K D Howell R V Hanshaw Mitton Danmann W O Woodard Washington D C J D Roger Berryville Sol Bingsbaker Quincy Ill county 2 4 Carts House R 5 Schultz Shep Herdstown W Was F B Summers Balti more FB and Walter R Kerr Washington D C W F Geak New York E G Johnson E M Remaburg Baltimore David Gorne York Pa James L Bragmier Waynesboro Pa Charles H Young Detroit Michigan Grorr Horse Samuel D Six Lewis Cash Double Pipe Creek $. D Byrd Dawsonville CH Byers Youngstown Ohio George Sprecher Hagerstown Charles McCrow Sunbury Pa 12 from the county
News of the Churches reports Rev John B siding of Frankford Pa assisting at All Saints Episcopal Church yesterday. It notes service hours 10 15 am and 7 30 pm and Sunday school times 1 30 pm then 2 30 pm next Sunday at All Saints. Also mentions the Board of Managers monthly meeting for the orphanage tonight at 5 o clock the Young Men's Bible Class Tuesday evening at 5 o'clock and the Brotherhood of St Andrew at 3 20.
The Frederick Juniors discuss obtaining new uniforms for their Washington trip on the eighteenth to participate in the centennial of the Capitol cornerstone laying. A meeting is planned this week to decide the matter. Mrs Ida Schley of Record Street is able to be out after illness, and Capt Rufus McLane of West Patrick Street is able to be about again after a long illness.
The Odd Fellow picnic at Wolfe ville drew large crowds with delegations from Wolfsville Boonsboro Mechanicstown Middletown and other lodges. A youth named Palmer was seriously injured when a horse reared and crushed him against a tree during the procession. A separate Myersville Sunday school picnic also drew many attendees with speeches by local leaders. While trenching near the Reformed Church for Middletown water works workers uncovered wet ground and a strong oil odor suggesting an underground oil source.
Ten members of the Frederick Bicycle Club and friends rode to Hagerstown and returned. Some riders went to Martinsburg Saturday afternoon and joined the group for the return to Frederick. They dined at the Hamilton Hotel in Hagerstown and breakfasted at Boonsboro. Weather was ideal and roads were in excellent condition. Runners included W T Delaplaine, John A Kennedy, Allen Rohlerback, Thos Eisenbauer, Murcray Brish, Albert Hargett, George Birley, Victor Marken, Paul Akusbaum and Wm Socks. The party started from Frederick at dawn and arrived back by evening with notable times including a 2 hour 60 minute leg and a century run to Martinsburg and back in 14 hours. three hours were allotted for dinner in Hagerstown.
The Baltimore Sun discusses advances in meteorology with government weather observers tracing storm origins and paths. It cites a hurricane forecast from the weather bureau and notes the value of underground telegraph wires to protect communications during major storms.
Phoenix Fire Company No. 4 in Wilmington presents Mr. and Mrs. Castlea Hagan with a handsomely chased ice pitcher and mug in appreciation of their kindness. The pitcher is inscribed to Mr. and Mrs. Castlea Hagan by the Phenix Fire Company No. 4 of Wilmington Delaware for kindness shown June 7 8 93.
Just Think of it Ten thousand circulate Three thousand bill heads Three thousand envelopes All kinds of cheap quick fine fast or fancy printing at the lowest possible prices consistent with first class workmanship and material The patronage of the public is solicited Call upon or address The News Steam Job Rooms Frederick Maryland.
Pleasant Paragraphs detail visits and homecomings in Emmitsburg and Frederick area. Mrs Harry Belper of Lancasters hosts Mr and Mrs W P Nune maker. Miss Clara Bankert returns from Amouzbun. several locals and visitors travel to Chicago Baltimore Washington and other points for visits fairs and family events.
Kansas Equal Suffrage association launches a state wide campaign led by Susan B. Anthony and others to secure the constitutional amendment. The group directs speakers to avoid party issues and urges all parties to adopt pro suffrage planks in platforms.
Uncle Hiram a sensational comedy drama coming to City Opera House next Thursday night stars Aaron B. Woodhull who rewrote the play into a superb scenic production with a saw mill log truck boiler explosion and railroad effect. Aliss Tross Griswold supports with songs and dances as the company brings two sets of scenery for large and small stages.
Amaia cotered a pawnbroker’s shop in the Bowers town and presented a £0 bill asking to be accommodated with Phonmit. The pawnbroker judged the note genuine but offered only 73 cents due to financial stringency as the stranger pressed for change to reach the Battery.
Resolutions express the loss of Samuel Hargett a revered director and observer of high character. The Frederick and Jefferson Turnpike Company records his long life of devotion to principle and Christian conduct and invites publication in local newspapers. Also promotes the Great Rockville Fair with round trip details and related notices. ads encourage tombstones hay and local services.
Professor Dewar has achieved freezing air into a solid form, building on prior work on air liquefaction. Air, a mixture of oxygen and nitrogen, behaves unusually as only liquid nitrogen freezes easily while solid oxygen is hard to obtain. The exact composition of this solid air is uncertain and may be a solid nitrogen lattice with dissolved liquid oxygen, or a jelly-like solid with both gases present.
A social lawn party at Alt Charles Oland’s Licksville residence honored Miss Lillie Oland and Miss Daisy Wachter with a large group of relatives and friends. Attendants wore white and cream, games entertained guests, a late supper delighted all, and guests departed grateful for the hospitality. A separate August 20 rowing trip to the Potomac followed by a moonlit ride, with a smaller group, featured a festive repast at Nolan’s Ferry.
Five year old Florence Ivins was coerced into a buggy by an unknown man in Campex on September 4. Her screams deterred the kidnapper, who released her as onlookers approached. The report also notes a series of assaults and deaths in Pennsylvania and New Orleans, including the death of Lehigh University president Robert A. Lamberton and a fatal shooting of baseball player Joe Dowie.
The national encampment of the GAL R began today in Indianapolis. In Palos, Mex, a fight at a cooking main left five dead. Dr. M. C. Wenslaw, a renowned dentist in the southern states, died suddenly in Augusta. The bodies of Moses Hushes and his two sons were found entombed in a Punxsutawney coal mine after a fire in the home of Bear Satchez family.
Thomas Anderson and Bessie Washington, both residents of Montgomery county and both identified as colored, obtained marriage licenses.
CHICAGOL TO DAY, SEPTEMBSE 17H. Net 11 HEEMSDORFF DAY AT THE WORLD'S FAIR IN CHICAGO. TO IMPRESS EPON FCC MIND THE NAME OF THE GREATEST DYER OF HOSIERY AND GLOVES IN THE WORLD, WE WILL ALSO MAKE IT HEEMSDORFF DAY IN FREDERICK. AND PRESENT TO EACH OF OUR CUSTOMERS TODAY A SOLVENIR OF THE OCCASION EXACTLY LIKE THE ONES GIVEN AT THE CHICA GO FAIR. WE KEEP THE LARGEST LINE OF LADIES', MISSES' AND CHIL DREN'S ROLE IN OUR CITY, ALL IN HELMSDORFF FAST BLACK.
A merchant claims flawless fit at his establishment offering fall and winter stock from a first class tailor. He invites customers to view the latest novelties and leave measurements for precise alterations.
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