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Cumberland Press

Location

Cumberland, Maryland, United States of America

Date

Dec 09, 1915

Page

11

Prominent Speaker At Theatre Sunday Meetings

A Cumberland community notice invites men and older boys to a Sunday 3 30 pm event at the Maryland Theatre with Dr Henry E Jackson of Montclair N J as speaker on The Spirit of Youth He is Princeton Universitys representative to China and a noted author over 1000 tickets have been issued admission by ticket only tickets available at the Y M C A Special cars will transport singers to Frostburg for a concert and basketball practice sessions are planned at the Central Y M C A tonight.

Cumberland Maryland Theatre Henry E. Jackson Montclair N. J Imperial R. Mason Hill Snow H. Paul Mann S. Cumberland Y. M. C. A. W HW. Baxley Theodore Damm South Cumberland Baltimore Center Streets Frostburg State Normal School Association

Rockville Man Sentenced to Ten Lashes for Wife Assault

Richard Clubb of Woodmont, Maryland, pleaded guilty in Rockville police court to assaulting his wife. Judge Arthur Mace ordered ten lashes on the bare back, carried out in the jail yard by Sheriff Preyton Whalen. Spectators included Clubb’s brother in law Thomas Austin. Clubb is the second white man punished this way in the county.

Ping Rockville Richard Clubb Woodmont Arthur Mace Preyton Whalen Clubb Thomas Austin Mace

Give Up Hope for Mallory Widows Granted Letters

In Baltimore on December 9, letters of administration were granted on Dwight F Mallory estate to his wife Lelia B Mallory and his close friend Arthur Foster. The bond is set at 50000 dollars and may rise after estate inventory. Foster stated Mallory likely perished in a Chesapeake Bay storm while traveling from Magothy River to Havre de Grace.

Baltimore Dwight F.mallory Chesapeake Bay Lelia B. Mallory Arthur Foster Orphans’ Court Toween Foster Mallory Magothy Havre de Grace

Rail sabotage thwarted on Pennsylvanian line near Unionport

In Wheeling on December 9 a plotted wreck on the Pennsylvania New York St Louis flyer No 32 was foiled when track walker Pat Dougherty spotted 3 tons of steel rails chained across the rails near tunnel No 7. The 300 passengers on board the fast train were flagged and slowed to stop just beyond the obstruction.

Pennsylvania Wheeling W. Va New York-St. Louis Unionport Ohio Pat Dougherty

Susan Anthony Pageant Participant Represented by Mrs Hanson

Mrs Flora Kays Hanson of Washington chosen by the Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage to portray Susan B Anthony in the great pageant to be held in Washington on December 13. The event demonstrates women's demand for passage of the Anthony amendment enfranchising women. Hanson appears as Susan Anthony at age forty in 1860.

Flora Kays Hanson Washington Conssional Union For Susan 3 Anthony Congress of Woman Susan Anthony

Huntingdon Opens Community Home with Auction Support

Huntingdon dedicates its new community home in an old hotel repurposed by the Chamber of Commerce. The facility includes rest rooms nurseries a check room for priests and a lunch room attracting hundreds of farmers who contributed farm and dairy produce for furnishings through an auction.

Huntingdon Pennsylvania Chamber of Commerce

Christmas Payroll In Greensburg To Exceed Million

Greensburg Pennsylvania reports a booming Christmas payroll with over 1 million dollars expected to be paid in the next 15 days across industries. Savings funds in local banks total about 120 thousand dollars as major employers like H C Frick Coke Company Peyton Pennsylvania Railroad Jamison Coal and Keystone Coal plan sizable distributions.

Greensburg H.C. Frick Coke Company Pennsylvania Railrroad Jamison Coal & Coke Company Keystone Coal & Coke Company

Martinsburg Doctor Contemplates Harpers Ferry Lecture

Dr J Aspinall McCuaig of Martinsburg has been invited by Henry T McDonald president of Storer College to deliver a lecture to Harpers Ferry students. He is undecided but, if he goes, the lecture would be next week.

J. Aspinall McCuaig Martinsburg Henry T. McDonald Storer Colege Harpers Ferry

BK. R. C. of A. Lodge Business Meeting and Smoker

Members of BK. R. C. of A. Lodge are urged to attend a business meeting and smoker at their hall in the Morehead Building tonight. Signed: Committee, Advertisement. Decd-1t

BK. R. C A. Lodge Morehead Building

Hog weights from Moorefield and Romney show large yields

M. L. Arnold butchered a champion hog at Moorefield this season weighing 526 pounds. William Chambers butchered two hogs at Romney for R. 8. Fisher, one year old each, yielding 500 and 488 pounds respectively.

M. L. Arnold Moorefield William Chambers R. 8. Fisher Romney

Compulsory School Attendance Debate in Maryland

The Maryland State Federation of Woman's Clubs promotes a pamphlet on compulsory attendance as the 1914 assembly left no state wide law. Maryland's 1912 law limits enforcement to Baltimore and 17 counties with six exempt, while nine counties show enforcement efforts and notable attendance gains.

Maryland State Federation of Woman's Clubs General Assembly Baltimore City United States Census Maryland Baltimore Caroline Dorchester Frederick Hartford Montgomery Prince George Queen Anne Talbot Caroline County Allegany Caroll Cecil Charles Calvert Garrett Washington Wicomico

Granite for Rumsey Monument Arrives in Shepherdstown

A car load of granite for the Rumsey monument base arrived recently. Workmen have been placing it this week as contractor Forbes, who has been in Shepherdstown, reports substantial granite ready for shipment. The material will be sent there and set up quickly to advance the project before rough weather.

Rumsey Monument Forbes Shepherdstown

Arion Band Honors Leader With Wedding Gift

Frostburg December nine The German Arion Band led by Peter Lemmert surprised Mr and Mrs George Vogtman as they were hosted at home after a band procession. The group performed A Night In December and March the Arion before presenting a silver service to the newlyweds. Lemmert lauded the leader for 28 years of service while Vogtman credited band members for the band’s success. The couple had previously received a gold medal from the I C O F reunion in 1888.

Frostburg Geo. Vogtman Arion Peter Lemmert Vogtin Lemmert Vogtman John Vogtman Frank Shoub Philip Pfeiffer William Crowe Edward Wermer William Powell Charles Vogtman Daniel Ort William Gunter Peter Pressman George Tifton William Wenk Fred Pfeiffer Joseph Dean Julian Jandorf James Fuller George Vogtman Jeffries Bros, Jewelers

Catholic diocese to build new hospital in Charleston

The Rev P J Donahue of Wheeling bishop of West Virginia announced during a Charleston visit that a Catholic organization will erect a new hospital in Charleston costing 60000 dollars. Work to begin in early spring because St Francis hospital is constantly crowded.

P. J. Donahue Wheeling West Virginia Charleston St. Francis Hospital

Kansas Good Roads Convention Opens in Arkansas City

Delegates arrive for the annual Kansas State Good Roads association meeting in Arkansas City Kas with sessions set to start tomorrow and run through Friday. Prominent figures are among those attending the gathering.

Arkansas City Kas Kansas State Good Roads Association

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