Silk Mill Talks and Community News from Frostburg
Representatives from Cumberland silk mill interests visit Frostburg to discuss starting a plant here. Local events include a farewell reception for James Hanna and George Bross prior to their departure for Jeanette Pa, a Frostburg Opera House bridal party dance, Odd Fellows lodge elections, and holiday greetings among residents.
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Cumberland
James Hanna
George Bross
Jeannette
Ulysses Wanna
Broadway
Clara Bone
Pearl Bone
Mary Griffith
Elizabeth Hartig
Estella Chidister
Trene Miller
Pearl Galbaugh
Emma Hanna
Benjamin Thomas
Ellis Yates
Daniel Plummer
George Kemp
James Carson
John Galbaugh
Odd Fellows
Frostburg Lodge
C. F
William Sleeman
Ernest Feisel
James Hanson
John W Sterry
Edward Wiyland
Grand Lodge
Married On Bridge At Keyser In West Virginia
W. Va. news notes record the marriage of Nson Columbus Delander and Miss Grace Cleveland on a bridge between McCoole and Keyser with Rev. M. C. Hutsler officiating. License obtained at Cumberland.
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Nson
Columbus Delander
Purgittsville
Grace Cleveland
Claysville
McCoole
Keyser
M. C. Hutsler
United Brethren Church
C. Arbogast
Luther Rogers
Delander
Cumberland
Cooker
Polly” Cookers
Romney
Sacrifice Sale Slashes Prices Across All Store Items
Half price applies to every article in the stock including shoes groceries clothing and dry goods with the entire store offering reduced prices during the sale.
The Heart of the Blue Ridge Advertisement Fragment
Broad daylight notice for a 1920s film advertisement details Platina a country girl in a moonshine district where a government reward is offered for information leading to arrests of unlicensed whiskey makers. A love triangle with Dan and a bear companion hints at conflict and romance.
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Ius Platina
Mexe
Dan
Zeke
Plutina
Dan Hodges
Hodges
Platina
Ridge
Any
Mene
Dandes
Midland Watch Night Meetings At Local M E Church
Midland M E Church announces watch night gatherings with Rev W E Bird leading at Shaft Church from 9 p m to midnight and Grace Church at 10 39 with a sermon by the pastor and Sunday school at 2 80 revival by Rev C H Wagner and ongoing meetings through the week at Woodland Church 2 p m Sunday school Shaft Church 10 46 Sunday school 7 30 services led by a Central Y M C A team member Cumberland prayer meeting Tuesday 7 30 p m
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Midland M. E
W. E. Bird
Shaft
Grace Church
Midland
Cc. H. Wagner
Central Y. M. C. A
Cumberland
Tri-Towns to Pay Employees Saturday and Yearly Schedule
The West Virginia Pulp and Paper Company will pay its employees on Saturday January 1 and has issued a schedule of pay days for the coming year. Reports show many grippe cases in Tri-Town areas and severe colds in households. Personal notes mention Robert Evans of Cass W Va visiting friends in Luke and Mr and Mrs William Parker of Pittsburgh returning home from Westernport after the holidays.
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G. H. Wolfe
Altoona
S. M. Metz
Water Street
Gladys West
Piedmont
Frostburg
G. N. Bittner
Hill Street
Sayer
Hittner
T. BE. Coleman
Pittsburgh
J. Colman
Grant Street
John McDonald
Washington Street
James
Elizabeth
Clarabelle McMillan
Joseph Ward
Welsh Hill
F. Burgess
Laure) Dale
W. Va
Darcus Kitsmiller
Hartmansaville
Val
Charles Harper
Federal Hill
Gormer Lewis
Winchester Bridge
Cuyahogna Falls
Ohio
Clifton Lewis
James Lewis
Detroit
William Otta
Six Mile Swamp
Garrett County
Jonas Durst
Sophia Wellings
Edna Rose
Peabody Conservatory of Music
Baltimore
Eckhart
Hugh McMillan
Turtle Creek
Earl Savage
Oakland
F. M. Betz
John W. Sterry
The
Knights of Malta
Cumberland
Star of the East
Mayme Dean
Howard Cline
Joseph Gilmore
Steubenville
Bryan Gilmore
Washington, D. C
H. A. Damerson
Fredericksburg
C. A. Workman
H. Smith
Fairmont Times
Joe
Glen Miller
Fairmont
Chas. Davis
Dick Matthews
Frank Snyder
Jerome, Pa
William Dawson
G. H. Freeland
Akron
John Smith
Henry Shelton
Greenville
N. C
F. P. Shelton
Hopewell
Ray Wells
W. C. Pifer
Floyd Smoot
Hagerstown
Crooks
Grippe
A. C. Hoffmeister
Athens
RR. A. Hoftmeister
Westernport
Daniel Martin
Pekin
John A. Martin
W. E F. Brown
Oak View
Trippe
Frank Dixon
Morgantown
Leona
Walter Phillips
Ilnesa
Daniel O'flanley
Berlin
Jstuice
John Hanley
Alfonso Garritone
Hoffman Hospital
Keyser
West Virginia Pulp and Paper Company
Tri-Towns
Robert Evans
Cass
Luke
Evans
Devon
William Parker
Mr. Parker
New York Hanks as World’s Metropolis
London reports New York City is now the world’s largest in population, with 4,766,888 in 1916 and Greater New York at 7,383,871 including suburbs. Census errors and shifting counts suggest the Old and New World capitals are neck and neck for size. Also features moving picture kingpins and life stories by Lloyd Sheldon in this week’s Every Week.
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London
New York
County of London
London County Council
New York City
Westchester
New Jersey
Tondon
New World
Lloyd Sheldon
Grand Jury Split Over Vice Inquiry
Baltimore December 30 The grand jury examining the social evil clashed over segregation with a faction for segregated districts in the city and a opposing minority. Witnesses Jesse N Bowen and Robert Biggs were questioned as secrecy was maintained with guards outside the chamber.
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Grand Jury
VICE
Baltimore
Maryland Vice Commission
Jesse N. Bowen
Robert Biggs
Vice Commission
J. M. T. Finney
Ber
E. L. Norton
Courrthonte
Movies as liquor cure urged at Pan-American congress
Dr Louis Lopes De Mesa of Colombia argued that viewing films as a cure for the liquor habit should be allowed alongside other amusements. He warned prohibition worldwide would cause disorder even if it eventually succeeds, amid calls for broader restrictions elsewhere.
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Washington
Pan-American Scientific Congress
Louis Lopes de Mesa
Colombia
de Mesa
Man who repairs us steeple clocks featured this week
The issue highlights a clock repairer known for fixing steeple clocks with notable experiences. Readers are invited to see him at work in this week’s edition of Every Week.
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Paul
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Olin Durst
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Mary Edwards
Rachel Ayres
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R. A. Tennant
Elizabeth Somerville
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Hugh Brown
Arch Brown
Douglas Avenue
James Lawrence Kernan Children’s Hospital and Industrial School
Per Sena
J. C. Bullock
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Barton
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Meyersdale
Ray Keener
Grafton
Thomas Mullan
Stone Kentucky
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Home OF Flowers
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North Carolina
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