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Newspaper
Cumberland Press
Location
Cumberland, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1914
Page
10
Patrons and friends of The Cumberland Press are asked to telephone personals and other news items to this paper. Any matter of interest will be greatly appreciated, The Editor.
Miss Pansy Kent of Annapolis returns home after several days with Mrs Wiebe in Baltimore. Mrs Barbara Humbird has returned from a month in Baltimore. Miss Gertha Hartman suffered severe injuries from a fall on Green Street. Miss Alice Freidline visits Meyersdale aunt Mrs G Kimmond at Decatur Hall. Lee Kesner and Misses Blanche and Aileen Chrisman visit the Pugh family on Virginia Avenue. Mrs Elizabeth Brown of Westminster visits Mrs Wm Gornil on Ledford Street. George H Longerbeam goes to Cincinnati on business. Mrs J Gale Ebert and son Walter visit her parents on Schley Street. Robert Crist returns from Dway Virginia. George Farber of Baltimore visits his brother Joseph Farber.
Laing avenue residents report travel to Lonaconing and Oakland. Mrs. C Miers of Brounswick visits Mrs. J J McHugh on Grand avenue. Cecil Miers and Mrs Miers return from Oakland. Miss Agnes Bowlby visiting in Connellsville.
Pipeline companies operating oil and gas wells in West Virginia paid 855,218.38 in taxes for 1914. The taxes place these public service corporations next to railroads in annual state tax contributions, based on their total valuation.
The Hope Natural Gas Company Eureka Pipe Line Company and United Fuel Gas Company hold $55,000,000 in assets and pay more than half of the taxes assessed on the pipe line companies totaling $101,343,000.
An alumni reunion and smoker will be held at LaSalle Institute at Fayette and Smallwood streets at 8 this evening. Trustees visiting brothers and graduates are invited with fifty or sixty expected. Rev. Bro. Philip F S C directs the school in Cumberland.
Judge Henderson ruled in Kalmbach v Cumberland that the city could not pay Fabric Fire Hose Company for 1000 feet of hose. Hummelshime testified the council knew he would buy the hose and defended bids and charter issues under the old vs new charters. He argued the hose cost a dollar per foot and lasts decades, backed by Fire Chief Willison and captains, with the council approving the purchase. The decision blocks payment to Fabric Hose and sustains the injunction against disbursing funds.
The article notes a renewed interest in women baseball fans with the return last week of National and American League teams from Honolulu. Mrs. J. P. Henry and Mrs. M. G. Cary, wives of a Washington Americans catcher and Pittsburg outfielder respectively, brought the term into use.
United States Public Health Service reports severe sanitation gaps in Eastern Tennessee and Northern Georgia rural schools. Inspecting nearly 25 000 people, they find soil pollution, trachoma risk, poor building conditions, and unsafe water. A nationwide campaign for better school hygiene is announced.
The Pentacostal Assembly has begun laying the foundation for a church on Wallace Street near the east end of Water Street overlooking the cement mill. The sect previously met in a small building in South Cumberland and later in Millers Hall, holding open air meetings in the public square during the summer.
The Cumberland School of Art and Design opens Monday January 11 at 9 a.m. on the third floor of 101 Baltimore Street. Applications should be made at the school during the first week of January.
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