Baltimore City, Maryland Miscellaneous News Stories   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 sume 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] April 7, 1923 Time Magazine 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. [Submitted by Dena Whitesell] 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.   Back to Baltimore City Home Page ©2007 Genealogy Trails