The Quaker Gayer Ware to Open Season with Large Boxes
The Eng musical comedy The Quaker gayer Ware comes to town for its first local appearance with record business expected worldwide. Three boxes already booked. Nixon week receipts near 8000 dollars. Cast and crew include James T. Tanner Adrian Ross Percy Greenbank Lionel Moncton. Ethel Barrymore tonight in The Nightingale with 15 and 26 cent prices and full symphony orchestra.
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James T. Tanner
Adrian Ross
Percy Greenbank
Lionel Moncton
George Edwards
Tts
Ethel Barrymore
the Nightingale
Minstrel and theater news from Cumberland and beyond
The stage scene features Victor Morley leading My Best Girl disbanding in Denver for bad business. Emma Trentini's company halted 15 minutes at Western Maryland station after a snowbound run from Dickerson Run, with W M Railway crew delivering a 100 mile sprint in under two hours. The Field minstrels and early first part revivals are noted with songs like Hang Up the Fiddle and the Bow.
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Victor Morley
Denver
Colorado
Maryland
Emma Trentini
Cumberland
Dickerson
W. H. Meader
W. M. Railway
Cleveland
Philadelphia
Trentini
Meyersdale, Pa
St Marys Council Elects Officers From Institute Members
St Marys of the Mt Council No MhGs Young Men's Institute elected officers at a meeting on Oldtown Road. New roles include Rev John Lawless chaplain Pat ok King president J T Burns VP John Brinker VP George L Haier treasurer E L Gooding financial secretary A C Mullan recording secretary Charles Crogan responding secretary FF Weber marshal A F P Connell inside senator DeSales Mattingly outside senator Ernest S Huth Jean L Mul John Schaaf and M Weber executive committee. A Dutch supper followed.
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St. Mary's
Charles Crogan
FF. Weber
Rshal
A. F P. Connell
Senar
DeSales Mattingly
Ernest S. Huth
Jean L. Mul
TJ. Eiriek
John Schaaf
Soh M. Weber
Retrenchment at Grafton Office Amid Route Reorganization
The Baltimore and Ohio announces retrenchment affecting the Grafton office. Dispatchers on main lines include James Seeing, Horsey, A P Lafr, Robey, and John Cor. West Virginia division dispatchers relocate to headquarters. Monogahela River division duties stay centralized at ExRuDSTport with Edward Wiley and R D Kell in charge.
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Ealt
Baltimore and Ohio
Grafton
Parkersburg
Mek
Jame
Eeing
Horsey
A. P. Lafr. G
Robey
John ‘ Cor
Aln. Peters
West Virginia and Arch
James T. Iford
John T. Steples
Carl T. Nies
Monogahela River
Headquarat Exrudstport
Frank F
Edward Wiley
R. D. Kelvill
Mics
Pittsburgh Men Walked to Station For Food and Lodging
James Imes of Cleveland and his son Edgar, a 15 ton vessel, arrived at Pittsburgh police headquarters after walking from Hancock. They had no food since Saturday morning. Officer J. Davancey organized aid, Sergeant J. I. Page provided a bath, clothing, and shelter for the night. Imes said he came to Hancock to fetch his son. the elder Imes, a carpenter, was ill and unable to fund the return journey.
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Pittsburgh
James
Cleveland
Edgar
Aving
Hancock
Wasy
Actae
James Paisley
J. Davancey
John I. Pageey
Imes
French-Canadian Shot Five Times in Pool Room Brawl
Joseph Ody, a French-Canadian, employed by Parsons Pulp and Paper in Horton, West Virginia, lies critically wounded after a pool room quarrel in Arndwood Pocahontas County. A man named possibly fired the shots and is linked to the restaurant owner.
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Roceverte
W. Va
Joseph Ody
Parsons Pulp A Paper Company
Horton
W. Wis
Rnwood
Pocahontas County
Elderly man takes first railroad ride from Berkeley Springs
Berkeley Springs West Virginia December 15 71 year old E J Stotler of Oakland California rode railroad cars for the first time last Saturday traveling from Berkeley Springs to Brunswick with a friend. He enjoyed the novelty greatly.
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Berkeley Springs
W. Va
E. J. Stotler
Oakland
Brunswick
Engagement announced for Edyth Claudine Durst and Geo Reichert
Oak land Maryland announces the engagement of Edyth Claudine Durst youngest daughter of Mr and Mrs R B Durst to Geo J Reichert of this city. The wedding is planned for early February. Herman L Baer 86 longtime Somerset County Bar Association president and brother of George F Baer Reading Railway president died at his Somerset home. He was born in Berlin Somerset County and admitted to the bar in 1856. Surviving is Hermanus L Baer who married Miss Mabel McKinley niece of President McKinley.
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R. B. Durst
Oakland
Edyth Claudine
Geo. J. Reichert
Herman L. Baer
Somerset County Bar Association
George F. Baer
Reading Railway
Somerset
Berlin
Somerset County
Hermanus L. Baer
Mabel McKinley
McKinley
Lamar appeal denied by Supreme Court over habeas corpus
The Supreme Court refused to review David Lamar's appeal from the DC Court's denial of his writ of habeas corpus. It ruled it had no jurisdiction. A potential review would not affect his New York conviction for impersonating a Federal officer.
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Washington
Supreme Court
David Lamar
Wolf
Wall Street
District of Columbia
High Court
Lamar
New York
Germany Calls Class of 1915 Reservists
Berlin dispatch says Germany has mobilized the reservists of the class of 1915 born in 1895 and also older men liable to military service. The notice comes as war pressures continue across Europe.
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Germany
London
Berne
Switzerland
Chancellor's Son Captured Near Piotrkow
Berne Switzerland reports that a son of German Chancellor Dr von Bethmann Hollweg was captured by Russian forces near Piotrkow Poland after suffering serious wounds.
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London
Berne
Switzerland
von Bethmann-Hollweg
Piotrkow
Poland
Obituary: E. G. Coughenour 55 Dies at Connellsville
E G Coughenour a Baltimore and Ohio freight conductor aged 55 died Monday in Connellsville after collapsing at work in the Somerset yards. He served 19 years in railroading, 14 as conductor and belonged to the Order of Railway Conductors and the Loyal Order of Moose. Survived by his wife one son and three daughters. He was related to Alex Coughenour Baltimore and Ohio engineer 409 Arch Street.
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E. G
Coughenour
Baltimore and Ohio
Connellsville
Somerset Yards
Order of Railway Conductors
The
Loyal Order of Moose
Alex
Arch Street
This City
Fur Sale at McMullen Bros Christmas Offer
McMullen Bros advertises fur products for sale now through Christmas with promotional claim of the greatest values in fur in the city.
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McMullen Bros
Kansas Sets New Mark for Livestock and Crops
Topeka Kans Dec 15 The value of all livestock and field crops produced in Kansas in 1914 was 638 265 206 or 58 000 000 greater than any other year according to the report of J C Mohler secretary of the State board of agriculture issued today The State s previous high record was made in 1912 The value of the 1914 field crops was placed at 270 971 925 or 52 000 000 in excess of the previous record
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Topeka
Kans
Kansas
J. C. Mohler
State Board of Agriculture
Weekly officer casualties in British forces total 3466
The week ended November 30 reports 79 officers killed and 141 wounded, with 83 missing, totaling 253. Since hostilities began Great Britain has 966 officers killed, 1,918 wounded, and 582 missing, bringing officer casualties to 3,466.
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London
Great Britain
Protest over nurse qualifications reaches War Secretary
London reports that the National Council of Trained Nurses alerted Lord Kitchener to incompetent women serving at the front and in hospitals. The War Secretary has requested a detailed report, noting public concern that some wealthy or prominent women entered nursing with inadequate training despite commendable motives.
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London
Lord Kitchener
Council
Advertisement urges purchase of complete record on European war
An ad on the page urges clipping a coupon and sending 10 cents to The Press office to obtain a complete record of facts leading up to the current European war. It warns the supply is limited and prompts immediate action.
Call Issued for Charity Volunteers
Cumberland Maryland December 16 The Cumberland Press reports the Associated Charities directors call for volunteers to assist the secretary and assistant secretary through the winter. They list over 60 families on the visiting list plus numerous calls for aid. They ask for at least three volunteers per ward to report to the secretary, visit-needy residents, and help with office work. Interested readers should contact the secretary at City Hall.
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Cumberland
Cumberland Press
Associated Charities
A. Hunter Boyd
For sale t McMullens greatest values in bedild in this city
For sale notice offers in this city until Christmas. Advertisemente lists value items and sale terms.
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T McMullens
Taxicabs Phone 700 Advertisement
Advertisement notes taxicabs with the phone number 700 for service. The short fragment implies an ad style line offering contact via phone. Public interest remains in classic local ads for cab availability. The exact origin and broader context are not provided in the readable text.
Five Legislators To Seek Pardon For Bribery Case
S V G Rhodes David Hill B A Smith Roth Duff and H F Asbury former West Virginia lawmakers imprisoned in Moundsville plan to file petitions for clemency with Governor Hatfield on December 19 Their August 1914 bribery convictions involved votes for a U S Senator with Supreme Court confirmation and two months of trials.
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Charleston
W. Va
S. V. G. Rhodes
David Hill
B. A. Smith
Roth Duff
H. F. Asbury
Moundsville
Hatfield
Unitee States
Supreme Court
Prisoners to Wear Nighties at Charlestown Prison
Boston reports inmates at the state prison in Charlestown will wear night shirts tonight for the fifth time in penal history. Sixteen hundred garments are prepared, with each prisoner receiving two night shirts.
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Boston
Charlestown
Fies
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Ham
Whitlock
Mr. Field
Pelham
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Iamar
E. G. Coughenour
North Carolina
WAR Relief Fund
Lillian Emerson
Amarvine
Denaina
M. Wy* Ner
Windsor Hotel
Frismls Preskier
Mazda
Union Street
Cumberland, Md
Edison Electric Illuminating Co
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