Christmas Holidays Close at South Cumberland Stores
South Cumberland and environs near Grand Avenue close for holidays as N and G Taylor Company shutters Tin Plate mill Friday evening and reopens Monday morning. Church folks gift pastor H V Wheeler in Christmas surprise. Montignant biography featured in Baltimore and Ohio Employes Magazine. local residents travel or return for holidays and a sermon on the "Spirit of Giving" at the B and O shops by Dr Joseph Dawson to a crowd of 150.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. & G. Taylor Company
Indies
Trinity M. E. Church
H. V. Wheeler
Montignant
Baltimore and Ohio
W. C. Montignant
Scotland
George Green
Lamont Street
Joseph Dawson
Center Street
M. E. Church
Dawson
Powell's Jewelry Store Ad on Virginia Avenue
Gifts from Powell's Jewelry Store on Virginia Avenue offer lasting value with guaranteed satisfaction. Prices promise no more than inferior goods, appealing to every purse with a focus on useful enduring gifts.
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Powel
Virginia Avenue
Powell's
Funeral to Be Held for Charles H. Evans
Charles H. Evans, 44, grocer on Green street, died last night at Western Maryland Hospital from Brights Disease. Survived by wife, four children, two brothers, three sisters. Funeral Sunday afternoon, burial at Rose Hill Cemetery. formerly ran Crystal Dining Room and later a Green street grocery. Known in fraternal circles and among railroad men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles H. Evans
Green Street
Western Maryland Hospital
Bright
Chosen Friends Lodge
Independent Order of Odd Fellows
Washington Camp
Patriotic Order ‘Sons of America
Francis Evans
New Martinsville
W. Va
Charleen
Beulah Evans
Harold
Glenn Evans
Harry and Clark Evans
Pierce
Lancaster
Ohio
Georgia Wyate
Wheeling
Nora Hayes
Charleston
Charleen Evans
Evans
Union Street
Rose Hill
Crystal
South Front Street
Queen City
G. W. Spiker
Reilly and Nellie Zarger Weds at St Patrick Church
Joseph P F Reilly of Philadelphia and Mrs Nellie Zarger of this city married at St Patrick Church at 7 45 morning by Very Rev J Wunder. Attendants Raymond Gellner and Evelyn Reid. They will reside on Waverly Terrace. Reilly works as a stereotyper for The Cumberland Press and has been in town about a year.
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Reilly
Cumberland Press
City
Fire destroys shanty used as telegraph office
A small early evening blaze destroyed an old shanty used by the B and O R R for a telegraph office during duct improvements. Central Fire Department responded after neighbors extinguished the flames with water. The one story frame house at 147 Frederick Street, occupied by Mrs. Sarah Jackson, suffered a burned ceiling hole.
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Central Fire Department
Frederick Street
Sarah Jackson
Barber Faces Trial For Unlicensed Barbering In Alleghany
P M Rhodes of Johnson street was arraigned before Justice Jacob B Humbird on a charge of violating state law by practicing barbering without a license. Deputy inspector Harry L Funk filed the charge, State's Attorney-elect J Philip Roman prosecuted, and Saul Praeger defended Rhodes who argued he was a barber before the act. The judge reserved ruling. This marks the first prosecution in the county under the act.
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P. M. Rhodes
Johnson Street
Jacob B. Humbird
Harry L. Funk
State Board of Barber Examiners
Allegany County
J. Philip Roman
Saul Praeger
Rhodes
Humbird
Odd Fellows Temple Prepares New Lodge Home Soon
Remodeling of the Hip podrome on South Mechanic Street converts it into the Chosen Friends Lodge No. 34 I O O F temple. Upper floors will feature a bright lodge room with new furniture. Completion is expected by February 1 for occupancy.
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Hippodrome
Mechanic Street
Temple of Chosen Friends Lodge
Chosen Friends Lodge
Patten Resigns as Traveling Freight Agent to Florida
R A Patten resigns as traveling freight agent for the Western Maryland Railway effective January 1 and will return to Ellenton Florida for health reasons. A native of Florida he came to the region July 1 1914 succeeding Joseph A Wallace and later served under H J Williams. He plans to engage in railroad work in Florida after a vacation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. A. Patten
Western Maryland Railway
Ellenton
Fla
Mr. Patten
Florida
Patten
Joseph A.S. Wallace
Youngstown
Ohio
H. J. Williams
Division
Baltimore and Ohio issues annual passes for 1916
Clerical staff at the Baltimore and Ohio station have begun distributing annual passes for 1916 to staff heads. Distribution started this week and will continue through the first of the year.
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Baltimore and Ohio
Warrants Taken Out for Barton Murder Suspects
Warrants were sworn before Magistrate Jacob Hutubird charging John McCormick Joseph Winkler and Stanley Pennman all of Barton with the murder of Thomas Watson Howell 34 found shot in James McCormick saloon Reynolds near Barton. Hearings set for 2 pm tomorrow at the jail before Magistrate Humbird.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacob KB. Hutubird
John McCormick
Joseph Winkler
Stanley Pennman
Barton
Thomas Watson Howell
James McCormick
Reynolds
Orwell Howell
Pennman
Winkler
McCormick
Pennsylvania Railroad replaces wooden cars with steel coaches on Bedford line
The Bedford division between here and Altoona gains all steel passenger equipment. A daily 11 AM to 3 PM train now uses two new 72 seat steel coaches with cement floors and upgraded lighting and heating. The move follows the railroad's 1906 shift to all steel rolling stock and includes mail, express, refrigerator and baggage cars.
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Bedford
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Here
Altoona
Pennsylvania Railroad
Germans Defend Armenians Protest Text Revealed
Boston reports that on August 9 the German government filed a protest in Constantinople over the Turkish treatment of Armenians. Dr James L Barton cites Count Ernest von Reventlow defending Turkey’s actions as military necessity and notes the German ambassador filed a protest in Constantinople the same day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Constantinople
James L. Barton
National Committee For
Armenian and Serbian Relief
Barton
Ernest von Reventlow
Tages Zeitung
Germany
United States
Turkey
von Reventlow
Contract Closed With Glisan's Garage
The contract was closed with Glisan's garage this morning following a Council order for the apparatus.
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Glisan
Col M P Cannon Dead at Franklin in 66th year
After a month of illness Col M P Cannon a leading coal operator and businessman died at his Franklin home at 3 this morning He spent most of his life in Franklin and is survived by a widow two children a brother and three sisters He was director of the Citizens National Bank of Westernport and of the Piedmont Grocery Company and active in several local enterprises Funeral arrangements were not yet made In Cumberland a second public meeting on keeping Company G entered six more men into the enlistment effort with a larger turnout anticipated for the next session The speakers urged preparedness and cited Maryland troops historic acts in the war for independence.
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Col. M. FB. Gannon
Franklin
Westernport
Paul
Clarksburg
Misa Marie
Parkersburg
Sadie Katie
Bridget
Gannon
West Virginia
Maryland
Citizens’ National Bank of Westernport
Piedmont Grocery Company
Cumberland
Armory Room
South Mechanic Street
Daniel Moran
Harry FF. Hughes
Harry ©. Clark
Gordon Home
Henry Wincow
Lester Bolinger
James W. Thomas
William M. Tinker
William C. Montighani
John G. Lynn
John W. Gray
Long Island
Lord Cornwallis
George Washington
White Plains
America
Montignant
Abraham Lincoln
La Salle Alerts Triumph In Close Rose Bud Junior Clash
In St Peter and Paul Hall the La Salle Alerts edged the Rose Bud Juniors 25 22 after extra time. The second half and overtime featured key plays by Brady Johnson and Sharer while Walsh and Firley anchored defense.
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S. S. Alerts
Rose Bud
St. Peter and Paul's Hall
Rose Buds
Firley
Loughney
L. S. S. Boys
Alerts
Brady
Johnson
Sharer
Walsh
la Salle
Pos Rose Bud Jrs
CSP Va
Bruce
Johnson Loughney
Winterburgz
Werner
Langham
Griffin
Coniff
Thirty Cumberland Press boys enjoy Christmas feast
Thirty Cumberland Press carriers enjoyed a bountiful Christmas feast at the Central Y M C A. After a meal they were taken to the Maryland Theatre for minstrel vaudeville entertainment. Bert N Garstin and Louis Webster oversaw the event as managers.
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Cumberland Press
Central Y. M. C. A
Maryland Theatre
Bert N
Garstin
Louis Webster
Obituaries Report Mourns Three Local Deaths
Mrs Henrieta Marks 72 died Tuesday night at her son William Marks home in Hazen from complications of diseases. The body will move to Cumberland and then to Irwin Pennsylvania for burial. C N Witt a former Cumberland merchant died Tuesday at home in Detroit Michigan. James Slager two year old son of Mr and Mrs William Hager died this morning with funeral tomorrow at 2 30 pm at the Hager home Rev William Cleveland Hicks officiating interment Rose Hill Cemetery.
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R. P. Cunningham
Cleveland
Ohio
Hollie Kellar
Western Maryland College
Westminster
J. F. Barnett
Virginia Avenue
Baltimore
Jacob Kerns
Harry V. Whee'er
Frederick
L Hienrieta Marks
William Marks
Hazen
Cumberland
Wolford
Irwin
C. N. Witt
Detroit
Mieh
J. George Zileh
This City
James Slager
William Hager
Paca Street
Cleveland Hicks
Rose Hill
Salvation Army Christmas Baskets Distribution Planned
The Salvation Army will hand out Christmas baskets to the needy at headquarters on North Mechanic Street tomorrow afternoon. Tickets are issued and baskets are packed with potatoes flour roast pork coffee sugar corn rice beans bread cabbage lard butter fruit candies cakes and mixed nuts. Adjutant Woods says toys and children's clothing are still needed.
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Salvation Army
North
Mechanic Street
Adjutant Woods
Italian Robbed of $5 in Shantytown Section
An Italian man named Andy Wargo of Newburg West Virginia claims a $5 robbery last night. Stella Johnson colored was arrested in Shanytown and will have a hearing this afternoon. A raid was planned by State's Attorney elect J Philip Roman and Chief of Police J Thomas Eisenhauer before the robbery announcement. Arrested with Stella Johnson were Lulu Brown Mary Baker Florence Coleman James Williams all colored. Police officers Wegman Johnson Eisenhauer Assistant Chief Wilson. Wargo allegedly identified Johnson as the robber.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andy Wargo
Newburg
W. Va
Stella Johnson
Shanytown
J. Philip Roman
J. Thomas Eisenhauer
Lulu Brown
Mary Baker
Florence Coleman
James Wiliams
Eisenhauer
Wilson
Wegman
Johnson
Wargo
Miss M M Moster Struck by Electric Railway Car
Miss M M Moster of Fi lie sustained a slight injury yesterday afternoon when a horse drawn buggy was backed onto the track by Cumberland Electric Railway car No 26 on Baltimore street. She returned home last night. A second accident on Baltimore street bridge Will's Creek involved Wolfe coal wagon and car No 35 with minor injuries to horses.
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M Margaret Moster
Filie
Cumberland Electric Railway Company
Baltimore Street
Wolfe
Cumberland Electric Railway
Will's Creek
Christmas returns draw relatives from across states
A long list of relatives arrives and visits for Christmas. Mrs Rewellyn D Bridges and children arrive from Mallork to stay with sister Mrs Jacob B Hunbird, Allegany Street. John Z Little comes from Chicago to visit grandparents on Bedford Street.
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Ernoon
Bridges
Jacob B. Hunbird
Allegany Street
Getzendanner Mattoon to Return After Holidays
Rev W M Snyder of Mehvin M P Chapel left for Baltimore to visit his parents and will return Saturday night for Christmas services on Sunday.
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Getzendanner
Mattoon
Rev. W. M. Snyder
Mehvin M. P. Chapel
Baltimore
Masonic Temple Announces Grand Holiday Dinner
The Masonic Temple Association declares a grand holiday event to be held under its auspices at the Masonic Temple on Wednesday evening December 29.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Masonic Temple Association
Masonic Temple
Death of M Pryor in Stephens Alley Funeral Planned
M Pryor, a colored resident, died last night at his home in Stephens Alley after a brief illness. The body was removed to Walford undertaking for interment arrangements.
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M. Pryor
Stephens Alley
Walford
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Mrs. Mac
Barney
Spug
Angelica
Heaven
Emily
Kittt
MR. Barney Mac
Hattie
Aunt Hate
South Cumberland
Bureau OF the Cumberland Press
Grand Avenue
F. Graham
Virginia Ave
C.H. Evans
Q. C. Pavement
Barber
ODD Fellows’ Temple
Kk. AV. Patten
W. M
Tome
Armeneans
Berlin
Col. M. P. Cannon
R. B
Henrietta Marks
C. ON. Witt
Mrs.Rewellyn D. Bridges and
Chil
Mallork
John Z. Little
Chi
Cago
Christie
Mrs
Jack Lan
Bedford Street
Robert E. L. Bowie
Burg
J. Wilson Humbird
Washington Street
W R Outt
Oakland
Margaret Elder
Fort Loudoun Seminary
Winchester
John MccGill
the Pines
Wilmington
N. C
William M Perry
W. B. Colston
Jane Colston
Martinsburg
Wiliam Trapnell
Captain Colston
C. M. Dow
Washington
Winchester Star
David A. Robb
Lester Hradley
Arthur Young
C. & P. Telephone Company
H. E. Mullineaux
Fairvicw Methodist Protestant Church
Gordon L. Jessup
Charlottesville
Juin L. Roemer
St. Charles
Roemer
Thornton Pickenpaugh
Lindenwood College
St. Louis
Morgantown
New Dominion
Harry Wesner
Berkeley Springs
T. K. Miller
Connellsville
Robert
Macklyn Kunes
Lester Sigour
Bristol
Connecticut
J. FB. G Roberts
Chase Street
Flora Richards
Harrigan St
Colorado
Laura Ilwetl
Esther Roeder
Pittsburgh
Bryan Lorimer Leéive
J. M. Weller
North Centre Street
New York
Maine
Alpheus B. Cochrane
Cambridge
J. W
Thermos
Lichtenstein
Spirella Corseta
Heffron Walsh
Centre Street
Loretta Blaus
South Allegany St
Marinello
Mrs. Mar
Arpenter
Second Street
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M. D. Sprigg
N. Liberty St
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