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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1901
Page
3
The Weekly News announces a handsome selve page issue by Thursday with extensive band feature content and wide circulation in Derick City. Ad copy for THE KELY News is due by 5 PM Wednesday and copy changes by 12 noon Wednesday.
A list of brief personal notes: Thomas E. Pope departs for Baltimore while George L. Kauffman visits friends in Baltimore. F M Winter visits relatives in Winchester. Guy Baufelter spends days in Leesburg Virginia. George F. Small of Philadelphia North American is in the city on business. Edith Taylor returns home from Washington D C after visiting relatives. William MacGill leaves for Akron to join Quaker Company. Loretta Camilla and Katte Gadon of Baltimore visit Miss Mary Walsh and return home. John P. Harbaugh visits relatives and friends from Sabillasville. Milton E. Gazendanner visits his sisters on Church Street. Wilbur H. Duvall spends time at the Pan American Exposition and plans to tour Canada before returning.
The Harvest service by the Reformed congregation of Pleas t Hill led by Rev. S. M. Hench filled the church with floral decor and generous benevolence. The Evangelical Lutheran Orsan’s Home and Foreign Missionary Society meets at 7:30 p.m. in Second Street Sunday school room to collect donations for Deacon Home in Baltimore. The Grace Reformed Mite Society plans a Kemp Hall meeting at 7:30 p.m. with a program after summer break, and a prayer service is scheduled in honor of the Governor of Maryland and the U.S. President. All are invited.
The funeral of M Elizabeth O Hara occurred yesterday at four at the Adams town te rmed church conducted by Rev Alvil Connor. Pallbearers were Edward Blessing Otis Hargett Robert Thomas and Irvin Day with interment at Manor Cemetery. O O Carty was funeral director. The second service for Mrs Catherine S Lortz began yesterday evening at five from her East Third Street home conducted by Rev Dr E R Esch ch. Pallbearers were J Travers Thomas Wm Buckey Ira Miller James J Doll D P Backey and avid QO Aldridge with interment at Mt Olivet Cemetery. O G Carty served as funeral director.
The Frederick community held multiple services amid the McKinley crisis. Clergy and citizens joined at St John’s Catholic, the Methodist Episcopal church, and AJ Saints’ Protestant Episcopal churches to pray for the President’s recovery while condemning anarchist doctrine. Knights of Pythias hosted a picnic at Braddock Heights with messages of support to Mrs. McKinley and featured the grand officers and local dignitaries.
Letters from Edmund L. Goldsborough describe a Hawaiian voyage in 1901 with Molokai Hilo and volcanic Crater views. He details sugar cane plantations, rain daily at Hilo, a trek to Kalaoa, and a dramatic cattle drive ending at a steamer, reflecting scientific expedition life in the islands.
Mildred Stanley aged 214 years died at home under suspicious circumstances. Dr Frank Hedges found opium poisoning evidence. Justice J Francia Smith investigated, noting a bottle of laudanum and a missing nine year old brother. No decision until the boy is found and examined.
Gentry Brothers presented two pony show exhibitions on the O’Leary lot, afternoon and evening, drawing large audiences of ladies and children. The program showcased trained ponies and dogs, a monkeys fire department act, and an intelligent baby elephant finale, all praised as faultless and entertaining.
A dance at Wildwood Park hosted by Mt. Airy committee drew invited guests from Frederick including the Winebrewer and Harrison families, with the Frederick Select Orchestra providing music. A Braddock Heights dance by Miss Ritchie’s class is moved to tomorrow evening, with a special car for attendees and the same orchestra promised.
A jury in Baltimore held an inquest into the death of Giovanni Bondi the Italian stabbed at Adamstown and who died at City Hospital. The verdict stated Bondi died from a stab wound inflicted by a cutting instrument in the hands of a person or persons known to the jury.
The Carroll County Teachers Institute began in Westminster with prayers for President McKinley’s recovery by Rev. Dr. W. R. Graham of the Methodist Protestant church. B. Frank Crouse delivered the welcome, and William L. W. Seabrook gave the response. Sessions run through Friday.
The Burkittsville Republican county convention delegates nominate Lewis H Bowlus for county commissioner after a close 17 to 12 vote contest for the delegation control between Bowlus and W Scott Kefauver. Kefauver will withdraw from the race.
Alterations are being made in the city to place electric light poles for better service. An incandescent light will be installed at the West Patrick Street bridge.
Charles Morgan arrested by Officer King for breaking in a door in Locust alley. Judge Smith jailed him for 30 days in default of a $20 fine. Mamie Reynolds arrested by Officers King and Jones for disorderly conduct. Judge Smith fined $3, paid.
Frank Straube, tenant on D. C. Walker's farm near Urbana, reports a 45 ton sweep corn harvest from ten acres. Seven cars sent to Monocacy Valley Canning Company weighed fifteen pounds each.
J Henry Lampe of East Fifth Street attends the great council of Red Men in New York and will visit the Pan American Exposition before returning home.
Mayor Smith of this city sang two solos yesterday at the Baltimore County Teachers Institute held in McCoy's Hall Baltimore.
In yesterday's circuit court session the defense rested after rebuttal testimony was refused. Witnesses for the defense recounted conversations with Mrs Plummer about leaving property to her best-treated party, with the jury trial possible tomorrow evening. At the City Opera House the Armtrong Warren Stock Company staged Infatuation and other acts before a private crowd. An engine rod break on the Western Maryland train delayed service by about ninety minutes, with high passenger flow from Frederick to Baltimore noted.
John Hendrickson’s sale ran six hours plus a brisk telecommunication prompt. The feature draws attention to new black and colored wool dress fabrics including Jersey cloths, Granite Cheviot, and 3800 Cheviot, touting exclusive stock and strong trade appeal for buyers and tailors.
In a fall presentation the Glass of Fashion offers lace curtains and portieres left from August gate with two to three pair remaining at reduced prices. The display features pretty damasks satin tapestries and silkalines, promoting affordable decor for the season and inviting inspection away from light exposure.
The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad will run a special excursion from Frederick to Washington this Sunday. The train departs Frederick at 8 am and returns from Washington at 6:90 pm. Round trip fare is $1.
A Card of Thanks from A. O. Lorentz thanks friends for help during his wife's illness. Regular dance tonight at Braddock Heights with multiple departure times. Violin instruction by W. W. Osburn starting after September 10. Lemons available at 65 West Third Street or Wilcoxon's Music Hall. Trolley party for Frea Kindergarten on Sept 18. Excursion to Washington by B&O RR on Sept 15, leaves 8 a.m. Return on special at 6:30 p.m. $1 round trip. Katherine Eisenhauer's School of Expression reopens Sept 11 in Examiner building. Dr O S Highbarger optical specialist at Park Hotel Sept 11–13, 7–9 p.m. Free examination. For sale or rent a suburban residence opposite Fair Grounds with modern comforts. Apply to Merle Hiteshew. Stationery store offers school supplies and Groff’s Park celery. Dr William O Boteler offers free $5 eye exam. practice in Frederick. Dressmaking services with new system at Banzer 3 East Church Street.
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