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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1889
Page
3
The Daily News lists ad rates and submission deadlines with payments due dates. Advertisements must reach the office early and are classified with local notice rates ten cents per line. late or missed ads move to the following week.
The funeral of Mrs. Margaret H. Ways is set for tomorrow at 2 PM due to Rev. E R Eschbash's commitments in Baltimore. The Greenfield Mills property of Roberts Bros. goes up for public sale at the City Hotel on Thursday October 24, including 35 acres with improvements.
An exchange notes fashions in death and mourning with urns for ashes and new coffin plates from Connecticut. Center tables display long silver plates engraved for future inscriptions, revealing a novel parlor trend in mourning artifacts.
A Lebanon dispatch reports Dr A. Carrell of Harrisburg Secretary of the Granger Association and colleagues have secured a twenty year lease of Mount Gretna grounds. Picnics, formerly at Williams Grove, will move to Mount Gretna with a stock company planned and several buildings, the largest 50 by 300 feet, to host a larger scale picnic than before.
The Haights Templar hold their Triennial Conclave in Washington D C with the largest gathering of its kind in the country. B and O offers round trip excursions from all stations Ost to Washington for one fare, valid return until October 31. Guides will be provided by B and O agents.
The third day at Hagerstown drew four state presidents eleven counties and ninety six delegates. Sessions covered temperance literature work state and county fairs work among colored people and reform work among women plus Sabbath observance and legislation. An evening program featured a Mrs. Milligan solo Rev Anna Shaw address and banner presentation for Baltimore county membership gains.
The New York state weather service proposes a frost-prediction method using the dry and wet bulb thermometer readings. Subtracting twice and a half times their difference from the wet reading yields the expected temperature drop, best when readings are near noon and air is cool. Clear skies and calm winds raise frost chances. windy or cloudy conditions keep temperatures higher.
The Liberty column reports three sheep killed by town dogs near Mr J D King’s dock with a fourth dying next morning after injuries. A gigantic sundown melon near town measured three feet by five inches. a four pound turnip beet grown by L L Pittinger is noted. Several locals are ill with pneumonia or weak. and a busy round of personal mentions covers travels, visits, and letters from Fredericks, Woodsboro, and Washington.
An eminent botanist explains fall color changes are not due to frosts but to leaf tissue chemistry. As sap flow stops, oxidation shifts green to red yellow or brown, influenced by climate soil and exposure. Dry cold climates yield brighter autumn hues and maples and ash often show the strongest colors.
The Ladies Aid Society and Mission Band of Ulica announce their next meeting on Saturday October Std. Confirmation services will be held at the Evan Lutheran church with a big evening and communion on Sunday next.
The Lacres celebrate Lynid fruit laxative Syrup of Figs as a pleasant and safe remedy. It is described as eye pleasing and tasty, gentle yet effective on the kidneys, liver, and bowels, making it a favorite with women.
The sixth annual session of Hapers town A. K. E. Sunday School Unies convenes in Elticat City. Rev. J. F. Wagner gives welcome. Rev. Ed. Pees, Jr. leads a Thanksgiving Service as church work progresses.
The Ely Stock Company presented Tom Sawyer the funniest Bad Boy play at the Cuy Opera House last night to a fair audience. Anna LaVallee played the Bad Boy role and Gilbert Ely his Pal. tonight Engaged is on stage and tomorrow afternoon Best Lynns will be performed with a dress pattern prize for the woman with the inked number.
The Troy district reports a flea infestation in Public School No 9 near the river. Thousands of insects were found in classrooms and the basement, prompting fumigation and a temporary closure. Even after cleaning and sulfur burnings, many homes report widespread infestations and experts seek the source.
A patchwork of civic notes reports on street life bridges and town events. Mentions Dems in South Market Street candidate talk, unions and conventions, a cruelty case dismissed, quail sightings, a crane sighting, and a Lutheran Woman's Missionary Society convention ahead with numerous delegates expected.
Prospect Hill the late Frederick Beszloger property on the Frederick pike eight miles west of Ellicott City in Howard County containing 254 acres was sold at public auction Thursday to Joseph Selby for 10050 dollars. A large amount of blooded stock and other property was sold at favorable prices.
The funeral for Dr Augustus A Sappington was held at 10 o clock in St Peters Catholic Church Libarty with Rev Father Hall of Baltimore officiating. Pallbearers included Capt Warner Welch Henry Basle James H Barris and others. Burial followed at Cachoche Cemetery.
The brush factory, rebuilt under Johan Gom ber, started up yesterday and is running well. The back stamp press, damaged Wednesday, has been repaired and is in place this morning. A new slitting machine was installed today. The Grand Jury visited the factory to observe the machinery.
At Hymen's altar the quiet but impressive ceremony united M Gracy Steiner and William H Melchine of Washington in a Washington event. The couple left for Washington to reside. Also notes two more marriages Annie L Atwood to H G James in Rockville and Albert Lee Smith to Albert Bowers at Woodsboro with Rev Diehl officiating and all to reside in Washington.
Walkersville district residents are active with visits between Johnosville Lewistown and Baltimore. Harvest services led by Rev Hench are scheduled at Pleasant Hill on Sunday the 29th at 2 30 PM. Local property improvements include Stauffer porch work and Creager home purchase. An accident near Monocacy involved a blind horse causing a bridge mishap and a bruised animal.
An advertisement asserts Acker's English Pills offer a positive cure for headache and liver troubles. The copy claims the pills are smell sweet easy to take and effective with no side effects. Contact J A Willison, druggist, for purchase.
Mr F Columbus Knott of Berant and Knott caught a fine bass string yesterday in the Mosos acy. Christian Woerne purchased twelve steers from Martin N. Hoke. Wheat at Frederick markets expected around 55 cents per bushel. Brown's Iron Bitters advertised for women's health. A Young Men’s Club meeting set for 7 30 at Independent Hall. Dante Hardiman and wife deeded 272 acres for 1600. Drs G B Gaver and J M Flock attended a cow death from indigestion.
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