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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1901
Page
3
A collage of humorous quips and short items from Gleanings. Includes police questioning about marriage, Lake Rover disaster mentions, a store transformer fire, local dances and social events in Martinsburg and Keedyaville, school attendance, franchise news, church chandelier incident, predictions of a blizzard, and local figures such as Charles K. Lord gifting a bell to a Presbyterian church in Lord town.
Cloudy Tuesday fair dominates the day with local farming results. Boward of Leitersburg reports hogs weighing 1560 pounds total from three animals, including 530 533 and 478 pounds. Clyde Fitch to receive over 40000 this year in royalties for Lovers Lang. Windsor Knitting Co directors listed. Entitled weddings and births reported: Ada Movagan and Herbert Lapole wed in Boonsboro December 25. Harry Adams and Bliss Grace Sigler wed in Somersburg December 34. Victor Miller presides.
Mr Charles Hscker on Norway avenue hosts a prize Christmas tree display featuring a steam locomotive and train, trolley cars, merry-go-round, stationary engines, wood cutters, fish pond, hour mill and tin operation. All crafted by Mr Backer. Displays run 7:30 to 8:30 daily with crowds and praise, with other trees shown by Mr Richard Pottertick and Me A J France at Pearl, Wigh st.
Multiple obituaries and death notices from Boonsboro and surrounding areas. Lydia H Turner of Baltimore, left a husband Wm A H Turner and two children Lillie and Wade. services at St Pauls AB church. George W Turley of Summit Ave dies aged 71 after paralysis. survived by wife and three sons. Jacob Kitzmiller of Boonsboro dies of throat consumption aged 66. funeral at UGB Church. Mamie V Cramer dies age 19. funeral at Rosy Hill cemetery. Henry Beard of Eyansboro dies age 83. funeral at Boonsboro with Odd Fellows service. Helen Moser daughter dies at Mapleville. funeral to follow.
The Reading has inaugurated a pension scheme for faithful employees. Names will be retained on pay rolls, with pensions fixed at 50 percent of wages at retirement. If this amount falls short of 30 dollars monthly, a minimum of 50 dollars monthly will be provided.
The National Screen Company of New Jersey shows print plans for buildings in the Land Company's window at Botel Hamilton. Mr. J F Horton intends to complete the buildings soon to start the business in February 1902.
About 30 members of Company B joined the Middletown Band in the Band Fair parade held Saturday evening in Boonsboro, Clarkenns' bag noted.
A Mail reporter entered a police station Sunday and found a group of solitary men in a bare cell. One inmate joked about a tombstone and sheriff, while another confessed he had come in by mistake from Chambersburg. Both were released later.
Hagerstown Operatic society selects cast for Mikado to be staged January 0 and 31 at the Academy of Music. Names include Yum Yum Miss Koehler Nanki Pao Mr Lane Ko Ko Mr Beamer Mikado Mr Davies and others with Prof Rowland Davies as musical director and George Gardner stage manager. Rehearsals three evenings weekly at the Parish House for St John’s P. E. church fundraiser.
Mr and Mrs J C Bolinger celebrated their 88th wedding anniversary at home on 13S Walnut yesterday with relatives and friends. All family were home except H C Bolinger and wife of Greensburg PA. Dinner and gifts followed in a joyful gathering.
Several Syrians pursued a law course as Squire Yingling guided them to diplomas. Attention focused on an Italian in the attachment net last week, with the lesson that Ecclesiastes’ wisdom has limits in law.
Funeral services for Mrs. Thompson wife of Burgess Thompson were held Sunday afternoon at the Presbyterian church in Williamsport. Rev. R. A. Boyls and Rev. E. H. Smith officiated as a large attendance looked on. Pallbearers named Messrs P L Lemen J Motter M E B Cullen M McLennan D Downs F A George. Interment followed at Riverview Cemetery.
Physician Dr 8. K. Snively, a well known Williamsport medical man, has been confined at home with chronic bronchitis but is improved and plans to resume practice in a few days. Attending doctors were Dr. A. S. Mason and Dr. Theo Boose. Mrs. Snively is also ill with a severe cold and bronchial trouble.
Thomas J. Peddicard of Garrett county bar wed Hattie Lindley Whipps on December 24 at Vinemonti. Peddicard serves as personal representative to Major Estes G. Rathbone of Cuba. Mrs. Peddicard is mother of Elizabeth Lindley Whipps, the New York actress.
Futtrer Byer Nellie Byer daughter of Calvin Byer Corbett's Addition and Mr John E K Futterer formerly of this city now employed in New York were married in New York City on Christmas Day. The bride joined the groom and they will reside in New York. The groom is a son of Mr Iacoy Fotterer.
An Ensys Alan display at Heath drickson's clothing store on Grafton featured a jar containing money and a prize for the closest guess to the amount. The jar went missing Saturday and no clue has been found yet regarding the quiet guesser.
A victim voices contempt for the jailhouse, claiming it is unfit. He reveals paying Squire Adams for a case of complicated intoxication. The man asserts his first and last statement, describing a curb stone injury and refusing to have his name published.
In Strasburg Grigwied the droggist Kneisler saw Miss Purr wed Mr. Chas. Conner. The clerk left the scene without a joyful greeting or notice, leaving the newlyweds and others feeling the quiet, unsettled bystander mood of the event.
Three workers at the top of a blast furnace near Saaron Pennsylvania were killed by exposure to extreme heat. The fatalities occurred during routine maintenance as investigators began examining the site for causes and safety lapses.
Five members joined Zion Reformed by certificate while Rev. J Spangler Kieffer was assisted by Rev. Charles Shaffer. Rev. Shaffer sang at Trinity Lutheran and Bowsré Nyman of Washington gave solos at St. John's and Trinity. A Woman's Missionary Society gathering is set at Trinity. St Paul and Washington Square M E to unite in water service at St Pauls with sermons by Downs and Brian.
An old advertisement touts White Pine Expectorant for coughs colds bronchitis and sore throat. It claims strong relief with bold endorsement from a medical figure or brand name.
The Liberty Bell will arrive by special train on January 6 at 3 25 p m on the C W and depart at 8 80 p m on the N W mayor Schindel and city officials will welcome the bell committee with a formal address and city bells will ring public schools may be dismissed for an hour to view the relic escort includes Mayor Ashbridge of Philadelphia 14 city council members and Lawson Funk chair of the itinerary committee
Mrs J C Byron of Prospect street leaves for Richmond Virginia to visit Mrs Montague wife of the governor elect and assist in inaugural ceremonies at the Executive Mansion. Miss Elizabeth P Jeadrick of Baltimore visits Miss Mary J Willson of South Potomac Street. Mr and Mrs G Morris Martin of Camden New Jersey visit Mr and Mrs W C Bowser of Williamsport. Miss Mary McHenry of Cumberland guest of Mrs Alex Armstrong. Harvey Boward returns home from Pittsburgh. Janet E Long visiting York and Hanover. Miriam Long spending holidays in Baltimore. George Lemem gone to New York on a business trip. Anna M Bausman visiting relatives and friends at Lancaster. H E Snyder near Eggerton Ohio spends holidays with brother Rev G A Snyder. Marie Brewer, formerly in Waxhaw North Carolina, has returned home.
The Baltimore News reports John W. Cable, four years Naval Officer at Baltimore, expected to resign in June as Maryland offices fill. Senator McComas and the Congressional delegation will meet in April to discuss appointments and no action will occur until then.
Potomac River rises rapidly due to heavy rains since Saturday with water at about ten feet and climbing ten inches per hour. Ice covers the river from shore to shore while Conecocheague and Antietam creeks swell. Trains run slow on the N and W due to washouts and soft tracks. no damage reported yet.
A Sunday message from Deputy Sheriff Wrenn of Mittin Pa asked that Speaks be arrested here for murderous assault on Sheriff Schell of Lewistown and that requisition papers be secured. Speaks refused to return to Pennsylvania without such papers as the sheriff’s threats of blood poisoning added urgency.
The last batch of prisoners sentenced at the term were taken to the House of Correction today by Sheriff Angle. Frank Morro, sentenced to eighteen years for second degree murder, was sent to the Penitentiary along with Robert Deap, who received the same sentence.
Several city youths refuse the big ball and plan a trip to Chambersburg where Wilson College girls host a dance on January 2. Full dress suits are being repaired and etiquette books are studied in anticipation of the event.
In Superior Court Saturday Judge Dobler heard the motion for a new trial in the slander case of John W. Schooley versus George T. Gambrill. The judge reserved decision sub curia. The defendant argued the jury erred in awarding punitive damages citing misconduct by Schooley.
Civil suit before Squire Hoffman this morning between Frick Co Waynesboro and a local machine shop. Deputies sought to pull a Waynesboro witness suspected of resembling Frank Wybel who previously skipped bail. The resemblance was noted by officers.
The Juniors will hold a ball on New Year’s Eve to benefit the company. Two hundred invitations have been issued. ladies are invited and gentlemen are requested to attend. An orchestra will provide music and the ball starts at nine o'clock.
A small pox case in Hazelton required 1,185,652 dollars. The patient, a group of four women, arrived from Philadelphia and was moved promptly to an emergency hospital for treatment.
The Richey Orchestra, made up entirely of Hancock musicians, completed a new auditorium or music hall measuring 70 by 40 feet with a 500 spectator capacity and stage accommodations for 50 performers.
In a touching account of loyalty, a dog named Bisson mourned Granville Baines during his fatal illness. The canine climbed to the bedroom door, refused food, and later disappeared, only to be found dead on the south side of the house, facing the sick man's window as he died.
A boastful early medical ad extols Hood's Sarsaphila as an unequaled tonic for blood diseases and scrofula. It urges readers to try the remedy despite dramatic claims and mentions Hovil's in a lingering sales claim.
The Johns Hopkins concert at Hotel Hamilton drew pleased listeners in a merry and pleasant affair.
Reader H Robinson of Hillsborough Illinois touts Gucklen’s Arnica Salve for corn pain and a range of injuries. He claims miraculous relief from sprains bruises cuts and burns with a cure guaranteed by Wareham’s City Pharmacy and the Central Drug Co.
The display promotes Lester pianos noting the instrument's precise action and sensitive touch. Advertisers praise the case design and singing tone while arguing the piano offers exceptional value for money compared with others in the country.
Advertises Orrick's Ice Cream Ices and Meringues in many flavors and forms. The note suggests orders and mentions a sales identifier 13-39 2y. Orrick.
Milinery at reduced prices begins Monday December 2 featuring felt hats at 5 cents, one lot black and color hats at 50 cents, in-stock trims and fancy feathers at lower prices. Also notes a new shoe maker near G B Charlton’s Hat and Shoe Store, and mentions Dr LaFranco’s periodical remedy for delayed or irregular periods offered at nominal cost.
A state legislature discusses ceremonial attire with unanimous support for strict daily dress rules. Ordinary business wear is banned after 5 am with full dress after noon and a one piece sack suit for morning mind work. Boots are barred and colored tops prohibited.
Miss Lou Gunnels by attorney Col. Buchansa Sebley sues Hancock for $5,000 damages claiming a sidewalk slip last July injured her left ankle. In a separate case Samuel Penner and wife and Samuel L. Miller of Scottdale Pa seek authority to sell the Big Pool farm left by Daniel Miller to his daughter Louise, first wife of the late Lewis G. Stanhope. Stanhope heirs contest over the property, which could affect hundreds of acres surrounding Big Pool.
A colored man known as William Dorsey drank a quart of whiskey at Frederick on Saturday night and was found dead next morning. He was described as a habitual drunkard.
Mr Henry L Preston son of Samuel I Preston and Miss Anna L Baylor both of Williamsport were married there December 26 by Rev BE A Smith Foot Tourney Toniget poor tourney at Hamilton continues Beeler Palmer will cross cues Interesting event
Letters from readers tout Dr King s New Discovery and Kadol Dyspepsia Cure as life saving remedies for consumption and dyspepsia. Advertisements feature Wareham s City Pharmacy and The Central Drug Co selling remedies, pianos, organs, and musical instruments with standard safety endorsements from local figures and druggists.
D S Mitchell of Fulford Md states a long illness left sores and piles but DeWitts Witch Hazel Salve cured him completely. He calls it the best salve on the market and warns against counterfeits. Central Drug Co G B Charlton promotes quality shoes and hats claiming fair prices inspire public confidence.
Running Seree the outcome of neglect, or bad biond, have a never failing balm in Dr Age new's Ointment, Wall heal the most Istubborn cases. It soothes irritation after first application and claims to cure itching in a day. Piles supposedly vanish in 5 to nights. Warehan's City Pharmacy and The Central Cruz Co offer Foley's Honey and Tar to nip cold or grippe in the bud, with substitutes warned by D. P. Schindel, druggist opposite.
After exposure or onset of a cold, take Foley's Honey and Tar. The remedy may not stop a cold if not taken promptly. D. P. Schindel, druggist, opposite post office.
Collins C. Burhman appeared before Judge Stake on a habea corpus suit by Alexander Armstrong. Held on a concealed revolver charge from Smithsburg with $200 bail, claimed excessive and remanded. Warrant by Roy Miner. witness Kimler testified Burhman fired at him once. Remanded on same bail. Also noted are deaths, local visits, and various town-news items.
An advertisement by J. Cheney & Co of Toledo Ohio claims deafness from ear tube inflammation can be cured with Hall’s Catarrh Cure. It offers one hundred dollars for an uncured case and urges sending for circulars. The copy promotes Hall's Family Pills as best.
Local newspaper page features colorful holiday promotions from Ordway's Music Store and McKee Brothers. Ads push piano and organ selections, rugs, sleds, skates, gloves, and various gifts with Christmas delivery and price-cut incentives. Mentions Foley kidney cure testimonial and nearby businesses on Main and Washington streets.
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