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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1901
Page
3
A collage of quips and notes including fashion shifts, airship jokes, a mention of Mantle, and a tribute to the murdered President. Also reports on a new pavement at Roger A Doll’s Gast Second Street, a light market, a divorce tale, Ashe’s Weekly quip, and a curious Irish belief about a woman’s hair.
County correspondence from Taneytown reports all public schools opened on Monday and St. Joseph parochial school set to open next Monday. Notables include Miss Josephine Reindollar and Miss Ana Bower off to Irving College, and William P. Mohler visiting from Lewistown. George A. Arnold becomes notary public. memorial services planned at Lutheran church during President McKinley’s funeral.
Deafness cannot be cured unless the cause is treated by nasal and mucous issues. An autocrine cure exists only through constitutional remedies. Catarrrh relates to mucous surfaces and a closed Eustachian tube causes hearing loss. Hall's Catarrh Cure offered by Cheney & Co. at Toledo. 75 cents. Also testimonial for Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhea Remedy curing chronic diarrhea after thirty years. Maryland School opens with full attendance. holiday noted.
Regular Mayor and Aldermen meeting in City Hall approved annual firemen aid of 200 for each of five companies and set water rents. Market master’s report showed $72.60 collected from hay and cattle scales, stands, and market. Several bills paid including electric power, printing, and bridge work contracts. No action on diveways repair or Derr’s Alley street improvement. Water rents fixed at 20 for Cannon Hill quarries and 25 for Kemp farm. Oil purchase inquiry from Standard Oil representative noted.
Miss Phoebe Neidig visits Hanover friends while Miss Rosm Birely attends the Hanover Fair. Mr Edward D Hobbs spends the day in Frederick. Mr Roger Lavy leaves for the Maryland Agricultural Show. Mr Milton Burke visits friends in Hagerstown. Ostvin Page resumes studies at the Maryland Agricultural College. Mina Annie McCracken travels with her sister Mrs Wilbert Zeliff of Newark New Jersey. Mr John Derr, recently in Washington, returns to Buffalo. Frank Garfield McCracken visits Baltimore after staying with his parents in this city. Mr and Mrs Zaliff return home after a few days with the McCracken family.
Mrs. Harriette Downin of Baltimore dies at 72 from paralysis while visiting Conococheague Washington county. Survived by husband Jacob and five sons and one daughter. Funeral held in Hagerstown. Henry A. Poffinberger, 72, dies at home in Hagerstown after farming and mercantile work. funeral at U B church. wife predeceased him. seven children survive. Also notes Frederick City Hospital weather impact and fund-raising plans, including a refreshment booth at Agricultural Park during the fair and an autumn sale in November.
In Winchester Tenn a mass meeting passed resolutions urging Senators Bate and Carmack to vote for expulsion of United States Senator Wellington New Flag. Laura Zedricks was arrested by Officer King in The Laws Garp for disorderly conduct and paid a $2 fine imposed by Justice Wood. A new United States flag 10 by 20 feet is flying at half mast at City Hall after being raised this morning. Discontinuing advertising through the dull season is like fishing with a bare hook.
Week ending September 18 details transfers of real estate including D E Stone to Grafton Con tie and others with prices listed, marriage licenses issued for five couples, and several accounts and inventories from the Orphans' Court. Notable items include guardianship accounts for Martha S Kemp and Franklin B Smith, and administration actions for Lemuel H Poole.
The BR Sia TE Br reports Governor Brown returned to Baltimore after two months in Europe. In Elkton, Frank Jobson, colored, was sentenced to three years for larceny. The Pen-Mar Distilling Co was incorporated in Hagerstown with $50,000 capital. Rev W W Shaw resigns as pastor at Port Deposit. Three new diphtheria cases appear in Greensboro negro quarter. James Young Jr Baltimore actor to wed Miss Rida Louize Johnson. Isidor Berlin seven shot and killed by brother Israel in Baltimore County. Jacob N Barr leaves B& O for Erie Railroad. Will case of Charles E R Goodwin in Howard County court taken from jury. Major Charles A Little commissioned colonel of the First Regiment Md National Guard in Hagerstown. Tramps try to wreck a PW&B train between Bayview Junction and North Point tower. stopped by a trackwalker. Market calm for produce. meats and veg plentiful. Peaches hail damaged. white peaches 15 cents per peck, others 10–20 cents per basket. Cantaloupes mid, limited offerings. Dealers optimistic about later peach conditions.
The remains of Mr Albert Mock of Taylorstown Virginia were interred at Taylorstown on Saturday after a riding accident the prior Thursday. His horse tripped as its hind foot caught the shoe from the front foot causing a fall that left Mock with head and shoulder injuries and he never regained consciousness. He was about fifty eight years old.
A barn on Maurice E. Shaffer’s farm, located southeast of Sabillasville, burned yesterday afternoon along with 800 bushels of wheat, 300 bushels of potatoes, 40 tons of hay, 31? tons of phosphate, two drills and harnesses. A hogpen also burned. Insurance covers 1000 dollars on the barn and 1000 on the contents. Cause of the fire is unknown.
Miss Mary P. Stevenson of Collars Square Pittsburgh and Mr. Charles B. Tappe announce their engagement. Stevenson formerly studied at a Woman's College.
Frederick County advances rural free delivery by selecting roughly fifty carriers and as many substitutes. Listings cover routes from Mt Airy to Monrovia and Middletown with named carriers, substitutes, and starting points. Also notes fourteen routes pending appointments and a review of last night’s Girofle Girofla opera at City Opera House with strong performances.
Special dispatch reports Boers capturing two hundred British troops and three gans at Scheeper's Nek. The Local Mart lists today’s market quotes for corn per barrel and bushel, wheat No 2 red, steamer, and hay per ton. Emberdays bring weather prayers and fasting. B&O Railroad directors Gorman and Baughman re elected. Hershberger Allants case awaiting opinion. Claggett and Gitt-Ebert cages noted.
Local items announce Athletic Park closed tonight and upcoming church supper and charity drives. Listings include Dal l's seafood specials, Singer sewing display, Crown Washing Machine sales, Dr Boteler eye clinic, and Grace Reformed Sunday school supper. Excursions to Lonaconing and Luray offered with round trips for two dollars and two fifty respectively. Carpet house advertises vast floor coverings selection and headquarters status.
The page lists funerals for Edward Young and infant Margaret Roberts with details on times, locations, clergy, pallbearers, and Mt Olivet cemetery. It also notes receivers appointed for Western Maryland Automobile Works in Cumberland with bond and claim details. Additionally Montgomery County Agricultural Society plans to enlarge Rockville race track and reports fair receipts near 7200 dollars with 200 dollars in expenditures less.
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