Local News Highlights Matrimony and Social Events
The Cumberland Press notes Hayward and Ruth Perdew wed in New York after a brief city-to-city courtship. A second ceremony unites Ethel McDonald and J C Snyder of Levels WV with Rev John L Thomas presiding. Also covered are St Joseph Club dance plans, a Tango Tea by Western Maryland nurses, a spelling bee judged by Prof George M Perdew, and booming Eagles Fair news with lighted displays and musicians.
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Cumberland Press
Hayward
Hank
New New York
Ruth Perdew
George M. Perdew
Perdew
Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church
Charles C Albert
Arlington Hotel
Ethel McDonald
J. C. Snyder
Levels
W. Va
John L. Thomas
Great Bazar
North
Mechanic Street
George A. Eyler
Edison Electric and Iluminating Company
John A. Ehrbar
William J. Cramer
Personal notes from the city crowd Easter travel and illness
Local residents and visitors are listed in a long personal column. George M. Rawlings is ill at home in Potomac. Bernard J. Coulehan and wife travel to Baltimore. Several residents visit family or attend funerals in Roanoke and Cumberland. Miss Hildegarde Wiesel returns to Baltimore for Peabody studies. Mrs. John Hanifin’s condition worsens leading to hospital surgery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George M. Rawlings
Potomac
Bernard J. Coulehan
Baltimore
Lucy Stigers
Hancock
Western Maryland College
Westminster
Walter BK. McKinley
Westernport
Hildegarde C. Wiesel
Peabody Conservatory Art Music
Fire Marshal Probes Recent Blazes in Georges Creek Region
State Fire Marshal George Meyers and Detective John Kratz investigate a series of mysterious fires in Georges Creek. Churches including St Marys, St Peters, St Patricks, and a Methodist church near Bedford road sustained damage with at least one blaze deemed incendiary.
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George E. Meyere
John Kratz
Baltimore
Georges Creek
St. Mary's Catholic Church
St. Peter's Episcopal Rectory
Lonaconing
St. Patrick's Catholic Church
Mount Savage
Bedford Road
Here
Marshal Meyers
Thomas F. Eisenhauer
Frederick
Thomas Johnson
Maryland
Francis Scott Key
Barbara Freitchie
Winfield Scott Schley
Tom Fisenhauer
Posporation of a0i UG Company Incorporation Certificate
The Circuit Court records a certificate of incorporation by The Thumel Mullin and Phares Company. Incorporators Theodore Thumel Charles Phares and A Ross Mullin reside in the city. The firm will manufacture purchase and sell roofing sheet metal work and related wares. Capital stock is $2000 in 40 shares of $59 each. Principal offices to be in Cumberland.
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Thumel, Mullin and Phares
Theodore Thumel
Charles Phares
A.ross Mullin
Cumberland
A Noted Stock Organization at Maryland
Mr Kirk Brown and his stock company bring their week long engagement to the Maryland theater. Matinees start Monday at 10 and 20 cents, with evening performances at 10 20 30 and 50 cents and a ladies night Monday. Opening play is Tha is from the opera with rich music and scenic splendor. Evening show is The Woman in the Case, a mass audience play noted for its appeal.
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Kirk Brown
Maryland
DeFabio False Arrest Case Reaches Jury in Circuit Court
Frank Ritcross sues Dante DeFabio for $1000 in a false arrest claim linked to a June incident when a Springdale street store window was broken. Ritcross, once a DeFabio boarder, was acquitted by Magistrate Humbird and now seeks damages. trial underway with jurors deliberating.
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Frank Ritcross
Dante DeFabio
DeFabbio
Springdale Street
DeFabio
Ritorossi
Jacob B. Humbird
Saul Praeger
Bruce
Barnard
Treatee
J. Philip Roman
William C. Walsh
William&. Walsh
DeFahio
Lost Children on Knobley Road in Ridgeley
A report late today described two children walking along Knobley road Ridgeley appearing lost a boy about seven and a girl younger with no names or home identified by the witness. Police had not received any information about their identity or condition by 3 30 p m.
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Knobley Road
Ridgeley
Hancock Clash Ends With Arrests In Street Scuffle
A lively dispute near the water works campaign drew in Max Richards a high school professor and Isaac Richards a bank cashier against R J Mc Candlish a banker. Stable McAvoy intervened and all three were detained. each paid a two dollar fine.
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Hancock
Water Works
Max Richards
Isaac Richards
R. J. McCandlish
McAvoy
Hagerstown Mail
Murdered former Hancock resident hanged at San Quentin
Thomas Green, alias different family name, confessed he killed William A B Bowles cashier of Blythe Bank and was hanged at San Quentin. Shad Welsh jailed for contempt in grand jury case and fined. Frostburg boxing bout status uncertain. General Coxey begins 1906 style march toward Washington with army.
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Thomas Green
William A. B. Bowles
Blythe
California
Hancock
San Quentin
Green
Shad” Welsh
Westernport
Paddy ‘ Grimes
Frostburg
Trains to Pass Through Cumberland as Usual
Cumberland Chamber of Commerce secretary E A Schooley received a telegram from B and O Railroad vice president A W Thompson denying a report that the May schedule would detour New York St Louis trains Nos 1 and 2 via the Pinto cut off. All passenger trains will pass Cumberland as usual.
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E. A. Schooley
Cumberland Chamber of Commerce
A. W. Thompson
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Today
Cumberland
New York
St. Louis
Thompson
Rain Delays Hit National League Doubleheader
National League baseball faced rain with games between Boston and Brooklyn and between Philadelphia and New York postponed. Local lineups and attendance unspecified as conditions worsen.
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National League Baseball
Boston
Brooklyn
Philadeldelphia
New York
Obituary Notices Across Counties for Several Residents
A series of funeral notices and burials are reported. Stephen Slider, 86, a Hazen area farmer, died after pneumonia, with a 10 am service at his home. Mrs Mary Kenny, 83, formerly of Springfield WV, dies at La Vale, burial to Springfield. The Whaley infant, Robert A., dies at 1 month, with Rose Hill burial. Mrs Minemre Dye, member of Seventh Day Adventists, dies near Cumberland. burial at Rose Hill. F P Gross, 62, scow foreman on C&O canal, dies of paralysis at Western Maryland Hospital. Miss Louisa Bill, 56, Grantsville, dies at Allegany Hospital. burial sent to Grantsville. Miss Mary Haines, 13, Hazen, burial today. Mrs Francis Hutson, Baltimore widow of ex-Judge Hutson, dies in Baltimore. funeral at Rawlings with trains stopping for attendees. The Hutsons’ family includes several children in West Virginia and Maryland. Funeral trains 55 and 16 will stop at Rawlings Friday for attendees.
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Mary Kenny
Patrick Kenny
Springfield
W. Va
la Vale
Sprigfield
W Louts Stein
Barrelsville
Martha Higgenbotham
Thurmont
Rose Slipp
Ridgeley
Susan Warner Mount
Minemre Dye
Edward Dye
Baltimore Pike
Mes
Cumberland
Dye
Seventh Day Adventists
Mr. Apsley
Fairchild
LaVare
Rose Hill Cemetery
F. P. Gross
C. & O. Canal
Western Maryland Hospital
Louisa Bill
Charles Bill
Grantsville
Allegany Hospital
Louis Stein
Bill
J. A. Frazier
Niles, Mich
Francis Hutson
Henry A. Hutson
Rawlings
J. M. Gillum
Baltimore
Baltimore and Ohio
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Hayward—Perdew
Miss Perdew
Snyder - McDonald
St. Joseph Club
St. Joseph’s Club
SS. Petey and Paul’s Hall
Fayette Street
Patrick Fahey
Cairman
R. B. Stegmaier
Edward Wahl
Norman Sell
John Miller
Schmutz
Daisy
Dancing Academy
City Hall
Fellers - Beard
Percy Fellers
Nellie A Beard
George T. Beard
Martinsburg
Centre Street Methodist Episcopal Church
Joseph Dawson
Martinsburg Journal
Cumbo
William Campbell
Charlestown
Queen City
Jesse G. Shuck
Columbia Street
Roanoke
Wilty
Philip Clarke
Window Street
Philadelphia
Clarke
H. C. Hammond
Misses Shaw
Polk Street
Mount Alto
Mamie Hendrickson
Hikins
J. Neil Oliver
Rela
M. Gallmeier
Trinity Lutheran Church
North Centre Street
Pennsylvania
Pittsburg
Maud Kilpenstein
State Line
Helen Fisher
St. Joseph’s Academy
Hagerstown
Sarah Shapiro
A. L. Berman
Virginia Avenue
Wisman
Mary
Edinburg
John Hanifin
DE Fabio
Lively Scrap
Massillon
Phateton
Washingiton
J.S. Coxey
Washington
S. E. Corner
Baltimore and
Centre Streets
George L. Wellington
Hugh A. McMullen
W. L. Morgan
George L. Wellingto
James A. McHenry, Simon Rosenbaum
Warren C. White
Charles G
Geo. D. Landwehr
Robert MacDonald
Thomas Footer
G. H. Hetzel
Henry J. Glick
Lishu
Citizens National Bank
German Savings Bank
Citizens’ National Bank
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C. G. Holzshu
James A. McHenry
Conrad
John Schiller
Cumberland, Maryland
Susman Rosenbaum
J. N. M. Brandler
H. A. Bachman
Mmerman
Stephen Slider
Farmer
Hazen
Kenny
Robert A
F. M. Whaley
Park Street
Perry C. Wilson
Walker W. Wentling
Emory Boor
Thomas V. Hoffman
John Bill
Keyser
Frank Bill
H. G. Bill
Wheeling
C. H. Bill
Miss Haines
Mary Haines
Edith
H. V. Twedie
Lucretia
R. Reese Parker
Lee Street
Edward Juarles
Belair
Kate Downey
Victrola Ie
Tola X. Records
Eek
VICTI
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Victrola XI
W. F. Frederick Piano CO
Baltimore Street
Cumberlan
Kyanize
Mathews Paint Co
Mechanic St
Moving Picture Stories
Photo Play
Motion Picture Magazine
Stage Pictorial
Billboard
Moving Picture World
the Clipper
Motion Picture News
Variety
New York Star
John A. Fulton & CO
Balton and Liberty Sts
Cumberland, Md
Pipes, Et
Harbaugh’s
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