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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1891
Page
4
Advertisements show a local notice about a lost monogram item and a blanket premium. It includes a gas consumer notice and mentions a first premium and local mentions. The fragmentary text hints at a small town public notice style item with civil service or merchants.
The record lists obituaries and funeral arrangements for local figures. It notes services for Charles Carty and Mrs. Key, with details on burial at East Church Street graveyard and interment plans. Relatives are invited to attend.
The society column covers a party at Locust Hill near Frederick honoring Master Georgie Utermeble and Miss Lillian Utermeble, with many guests listed. Other items note Archibald Murray’s fourteenth birthday party in the city, Florence Heim’s seventeenth birthday celebration with dining and music, a dance at Waveland hosted by H M Claggett, and a social gathering at E G Lease’s home for his birthday.
Rocky Springs correspondent reports strong sentiment against a recent state factional controversy. Local figures celebrate a feast and crop yields, note a 1500 bushel potato crop, and report experts planning a new railroad while lamenting decades of rail talk without progress. Also covered are Mrs. Gilbert's illness, cattle sheds, school openings, and a fall gathering with Sunday School candy.
Congregation filled the M E church to hear Rev R B Barnes expound on the parable of the talents from the text but he that had received one talent went and hid his Lord's money. The sermon emphasized prudent stewardship and faithful use of gifts.
The notice lists prices for thermometers rain gauge and shelter, with several items from a catalog of scientific instruments for sale in Maryland. Separate items include an exposed thermometer at 275 dollars and a rain gauge at 150 dollars.
Over two thousand members and friends of the Independent Order Mechanica spent yesterday at Pen-Mar. Three train sections carried twelve hundred from Baltimore and others joined along the line, with 125 more from Westminster. It was a reunion of Maryland's subordinate lodges. The committee included George Albaugh as chair and Charles S Smith John A Schwarz William B Osenburg and Conrad Neuman. Fear of an Epidemic. Dr J J Syburk in Brunswick treated horses owned by S T Snow near there suffering spinal meningitis. One horse died last night and another may recover. Three more horses nearby are reported ill and farmers fear an epidemic.
The Baltimore and Ohio depot buzzed with wagons and freight at around 9 o clock as ships and goods moved near Light Street wharves and Carroll Street wheat market and fertilizer plants. In a separate note, eleven chickens belonging to Mrs Julius Grahe died after suspected poisoning on Sunday night, following a prior poisoning incident on her property.
In Baltimore a private Republican conference noted Capt. late. Frederick’s Chay Nalll attended. Reports list coal landed at Williamsport, land parcels for sale near Fulton, and local school openings. Also mentioned are theater plans, rubber usage estimates, a perfume lamp novelty, stamp variety, and Labor Day observances with a bad ankle injury from a Rocky Springs picnic incident.
The circuit court concluded witnesses in State v Gardner Piper for assault and attempted rape of Mollie Myers with a not guilty verdict. Other cases included Leseriveland Tramp iron theft charges dismissed and a concealed weapons case resulting in a ten cent sentence. Proceedings resumed with Judge BeSkerry Lynch and Wieson presiding.
An early article profiles Bain B Harrison, son of President Harrison, noting his Indianapolis birth and public life ties. It mentions his travels, business interests in New York, and discussions about a government vessel visit, reflecting bipartisan views. A separate Teachers Meeting in Mechanicstown reports thirty-two educators present and remarks on public school instruction.
A scrambled news page from TES STATE notes political moves in Allegany county with Harry Cunningham described as an invalid living in Westminster. It cites the Democratic ticket in Prince George and reports social unrest among Chesapeake Bay oyster dealers and peach growers in Kent county unhappy with poor crops. An earthquake near Sustrows Point drives Virginia workers home. a burglar targets a Degiez residence. Roberson's shop at Bishop's Head is torched. prominent Baltimorian William Woodward nears ninety. drownings near Pore Deposit and a fatal injury from a steam-tube event are logged. A half-dozen candidates pass a cavalry cadet exam. a private school board inquiry at the Wambridge Premale Seminary under public school control continues. Caroline county plans to select legislators. a six-year-old dies after a medical mishap. a Pontodncce peakage note and a Col. J.C. McKibon marriage mention add to the jumble.
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