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]
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]
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.]
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]
