Baltimore City, Maryland Miscellaneous News Stories   The Centinel (Gettysburg, Pennsylvania), December 2, 1812 Fire at Baltimore About 8 o’clock on Saturday evening the 21st ultimo, the brew-house of Mr. Johnson, the Mayor of Baltimore, took fire and was quickly reduced to ashes. The loss is immense in buildings and other property. [Submitted by Nancy Piper] Republican Compiler (Gettysburg, Pennsylvania) July 30 1823 Page 4 The Baltimore American states that John Oliver, esq., late President of the Hisernian Society, deceased, had bequeathed to the society, the sum of 20,000 Dollars, to be invested by the directors in any manner they may think proper, for the purpose of establishing in the city of Baltimore, a FREE SCHOOL, for the education of poor children of both sexes, without distinction as to their religious tenets. – Ib. [Submitted by Nancy Piper] Republican Compiler (Gettysburg, Pennsylvania) August 11 1824 From the Baltimore Gazette, July 28 Meteor On Saturday evening, about half past nine o’clock, a most vivid meteor was seen passing over Baltimore, from southeast by east to northwest by west, the trail of which was visible for some minutes, and superior in brilliancy to any heretofore noticed within the recollection of our oldest inhabitants; its elevation was about eighty degrees. [Submitted by Nancy Piper] For sale - Calverton, late the property of Dennis A Smith, adjoins the western limits of Baltimore City; about 102 acs with new Mansion house; & farm house. -Saml Young, agent of the Trustees of the Baltimore Almshouse; Office in North Chas, near Conewago st, Baltimore, Md. [Daily National Intelligencer, JAN 12, 1821 - Submitted by K. Torp] Republican Compiler (Gettysburg, Pennsylvania) September 8, 1824 Baltimore, Aug. 30 Lightning – On Friday afternoon, a house, situated on Gough street, Fell’s Point, was struck by lightning. The electric fluid entered at the top of the chimney, and passed down to a fire place on the second floor, which it considerably damaged, and thence descended below. The violence of the shock was so severe that a young woman was thrown prostrate and the whole family much affected. – Gaz. [Submitted by Nancy Piper] York, Pa., Feb. 28 In the distribution of several independent fortunes on the 15th instant from the wheels of the Grand State Lottery of Maryland, drawn in Baltimore, Dame Fortune extended her smiles for one to the county of York. Mr. Jacob Wolfgang of Codorus township, drew one quarter of the capital prize in the Lottery of one hundred thousand dollars. He drew his money on Wednesday last at Cohen’s office in Baltimore and deposited the same in the York Bank on Saturday last. We are informed that fortune could not have bestowed her favors on one more deserving of them. – Gazette. The York Recorder states that Mr. Jacob Wolfgang, the gentleman who drew one-fourth of the 100,000 dollar prize in a late Baltimore Lottery, gave 1000 dollars to the teamster who bought the ticket for him. [Republican Compiler (Gettysburg, Pennsylvania) March 8, 1826] Baltimore, Sept 21 Yesterday was the 90th Anniversary of the birth of Charles Carroll of Carrollton, who now enters upon his ninety-first year “with his faculties unimpaired, his energies unabated and his feelings and affections still buoyant and warm.” His residence on Elk Ridge was crowded yesterday with the wide circle of his children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren and intimate and devoted friends in the midst of whom, Mr. Carroll appeared, in all the animation of a much younger age. After dinner, when Mr. C. had retired, the following appropriate and beautiful toast was given: Charles Carroll of Carrollton – May public worth and private virtue be ever, as now, crowned with the garland of years. – Gazette. [Republican Compiler (Gettysburg, Pennsylvania), October 3, 1827] In Baltimore, July 7, a youth sixteen years old tied a rope around his body and gave the end to a companion. and then plunged into Falls Run to learn to swim. The rope brook and the youth was drowned. (Source: The Charlotte Gazette, Drakes Branch, VA, Thursday, July 10, 1873 Submitted by: Bea. Adams King) Tom, the blind Negro pianist, has been giving concerts to crowded houses in Baltimore. Upwards of twelve hundred colored persons were present at one of his entertainments, who greeted his performance with immense enthusiasm. [Douglas Monthly, Aug. 1, 1860, submitted by: Candi H.] Dr. D.P. Hoffman, of Baltimore, was swabbing a child’s throat with a brush on the end of a pen holder. The brush slipped into the trachea, and the child died. Suit has been brought for alleged malpractice. [The Medical and Surgical Reporter, Philadelphia, Sept 4, 1875. Submitted by Linda Rodriguez] Booth's Surviving Brother It is not generally known that a brother survives Edwin Booth. He is Dr. Joseph A. Booth, who was born in Baltimore and studied medicine at the South Carolina Medical College at Charleston. He is at present practicing his profession and lecturing on surgery in New York. [Batavia (IL) Herald, 12 Oct 1893. sub. by K.T.] Receipts for April, May, June, July, 1901 The Annual Meeting of the Women’s Synodical Society of Home Missions will be held in the Lafayette Square Church, Baltimore October 17 and 17. On Wednesday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock, a “Round Table Conference” will be held at which all subjects interesting to Societies may be brought up for discussion. If you have a question to ask , or a subject you wished discussed, send it to Mrs. J.B. Turner, Dover, Del. by October 1. The Annual Meeting, with reports, addresses and a Young People’s hour, will be held on Thursday at 2 o’clock. Public Meeting in the evening. The Executive Committee will meet for the transaction of business Wednesday morning at 10 o’clock in the church. Each auxiliary society is urged to send a delegate. Delegates wishing entertainment will please send their names by October 10, to Mrs. J.S. Malone, 1011 West Lanvale Street, Baltimore. For railroad rates please apply to Miss Helen Rippard, 2429 W. North Avenue , Baltimore. We hope that the meetings will be helpful and inspiring to all interested in Home Mission work. Remember them in your prayers. Make an effort to be present. Mrs. J.B. Turner, Presid. Miss W. G. Bradley, Sec. [Source: "Home Mission Monthly", Volume 15 By Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. - Submitted by Laurie McGowan who adds: Helen Rippard was a school teacher, I believe at Gilman’s, a private school in Baltimore. She was a sewing teacher . I do not think she ever married. Her mother was Mary Stewart Watkins Rippard and her father was George Stewart Rippard. Kate Shaver, Helen’s sister, moved eventually to Dallas, PA. View Picture of Helen Rippard] Dr. William S. Thayer, Baltimore, has resigned as Professor of Medicine at Johns Hopkins University, after a service of thirty years. ["Southern Medical News", 1921 - submitted by Tina Easley] At the annual meeting of the West Baltimore Medical Association held April 19 the following officers were elected: Dr. Arthur Barrett, President; Dr. William J. Sullivan Vice President. ["Southern Medical News", 1921 - submitted by Tina Easley] Hearst in Baltimore      Official announcement was made of the purchase by William Randolph Hearst from Frank A. Munsey of The Baltimore American and The Baltimore News, its evening edition.      Mr. Hearst acquires The Baltimore American in the 160th year of its existence. Established as The Maryland Journal and Advertiser in 1773, it was the first newspaper published in Baltimore and is the oldest news publication south of Philadelphia. For nearly 70 years it was owned by the Fulton family. Charles Fulton, warm friend of Abraham Lincoln, gave the paper its present name. During the Civil War it was the only newspaper supporting the Union south of the Mason-Dixon Line.      The price paid by Mr. Hearst for the two properties is said to have been about $1,200,000.      Mr. Hearst's only competitors in Baltimore are the Abell Publishing Co. (publishers of The Sun and The Evening Sun), and the Scripps-McRae interests, which publish the newly born Baltimore Post tabloid.      Other "Hearst cities": Chicago, New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Boston, Seattle, Washington, Fort Worth, Rochester, Syracuse, Milwaukee, Atlanta, Detroit, Oakland. [April 7, 1923, Time Magazine - Submitted by Dena Whitesell]   Back to Baltimore City Home Page ©Genealogy Trails