Oldest Woman Celebrates 92nd Birthday in Frostburg
The elderly Mrs. Hays celebrated her 92nd birthday at home in Frostburg with a turkey dinner for relatives and friends. Attendees included Salem Hays and family, and several Frostburg residents, while others joined from nearby towns. The town also hosted community events, church socials, and a New Year’s Eve program at Mt. Zion First Baptist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hays
Frostburg
Salem Hays
Fanny
William Hlorton
Howard
George Knoyer
George
John Wier
Russell Lehon
Stella Thomas
Richard Hopkins
Alice Martin
Baltimore
George Moore
Barton
New Year Events Highlight Local Social Season
The town welcomed the new year with numerous first footing rounds and gatherings. Alumni dance at Central High School Auditorium, Firemen hold annual party in their Armory, Miss Helen Bradley hosts Party-Two Club tea with guests from Washington and Parsons, San Toy theatre matinee draws 1 000 to 1 500 attendees. Funeral held for Mrs. Mary Winters at Miller Mines with interment in Winters Cemetery. Free lecture by J A Mergison on Judgment of the Nations at Murphy's Hall January 3. Local stores announce early closing on January 1 and 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central High School
Helen B.bradley
Colleene Edwards
Mildred
Emma Sloan
Amelia Ayers
Anna Morgan
Margaret Bell
Clara
Lola Miller
Washington, D. C
Lillian Lipscombe
Parsons
W. Va
Helen B. Bradley
New San Toy Theatre
Mary Winters
Michael Clice
Miller Mines
Winters Cemetery
Dan’s Mountain
Murphy’s Hall
Jackson Street
J. A. Mergison
Brooklyn
Europe
Muster Receives Loving Cup For 1914 Baseball Feat
Frank Muster was presented a seven inch high silver loving cup by S T Little Jewelry Co of Cumberland for his 151 strikeouts in 16 games during the 1914 season. The cup bears the inscription from the Western Maryland League commissioners. Tonight the Firemen’s Fair and bazaar will feature dancing in the Armory from eight to twelve. Watch services will be held in the Presbyterian and Methodist churches following the bells.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muster
Frank Muster
S. T. Little Jewelry Company
Cumberland
Commissioners
Western Maryland League
Frank L. Muster
Mt. Savage Christmas Entertainment at St. George's Hall
The St. George's Protestant Episcopal Church Sunday School held its annual entertainment in Odd Fellows Hall with Lemmert's orchestra providing music. Local residents and visitors attended gatherings, weddings, and visits, including Mrs. Barncord's daughter Miss Anna Barncord marrying Mr. Higgins in a Cumberland ceremony. The report lists numerous names, travels, births, and social visits across Mt. Savage Bloomington and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. George’s Protestant Episcopal Church
Odd Fellows’ Hall
Lemmert
Anna Barncord
Mitchell Barncord
Mr. Higgins
Cumberland
Joseph C. Ware
St. George’s P. EB. Church
Barncord
Mt. Savage
Cumberland Press Readers Urged to Notify Delays
The Tri-Towns bureau urges subscribers to inform the local Cumberland Press representative R. A. Hoffmeister if paper delivery is not prompt. Patrons are asked to call in personals and other news items and to share matters of interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bureau of the Cumberland Press
Bureau of the
Cumberland Press
R. A. Hoffmeister
The
Iodine Mishap Sends Mrs. Michaels Ill in Westernport
Mrs. Henry Michaels of Westernport fell ill after taking a dose of iodine by mistake on Tuesday. Doctors expect her to recover. In Bloomington, Floyd Duckworth and family visited friends this week and Mrs. Duckworth joined the Daughters of America. Warren Howard spent the holidays in Winchester with his mother. Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Simpson visited Bloomington and the Tri-Towns during the holidays. The Kight family hosted sixty descendants for Christmas at their Hampshire hill home. Mr. Kight, aged eighty-two, is the sole surviving pioneer of Elk district Mingral County, W Va.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman Lewis
Liiam Herman
Eckhart
Stella Lewis
Frostburg
Ev. Liew. Thomas
Eckhart Baptist Church
John Lewis
Center Street
Herman
Patrick Conlon
Katie Conlon
Bowery Street
Pittsburgh
Thomas Conlon
Tally Hanna
Aleck Burdock
Ben Bush
W. Va
John Bradburn
Grant’ Street
James Meyers
John Elrick
Pearl Dagan
N. S. T. Club
Edward Jones
Fairmont
George Smith, Eckhart
George W. Miller
Weston
Daniel C. Brode
Mella McHenry
Westernport
George Smith
Clifton Lehr
George Lehr
Altoona
Henry Lehr
Hill Street
Margaret Elrick
Rosanna
Rena Skidmore
Aviston
Garrett County
Clara Tibbitts
Pittsburg
Martin
Connellsville
Bloomington
Chas. Mullen
Baltimore
N. A. Bond
Kentucky
Tri-Towns
Oakland
Bond
Bond Lumber Co
Chas. Avery
F. E. Rathbun
Henry Michaels
Michael
Joshua Kight
Hampshire Hill
Kight
Pioneers of
Elk District
Mingral County
Floyd Duckworth
Duckworth
the Daughters of America
Warren Howard
Winchester
Calvin Simpson
Tunnelton
Tri- Towns
Woolf
W. E. Woolf
Mineral Street
Louise
Blanche
City Attorney Advises Fabric Hose Co to Bring Suit
City Attorney Williams told the council Judge Henderson’s ruling in Kulm bach v Mayor and City Council enjoins the city from paying a debt. He said the city’s legal duty is not to pay the bill though its moral duty remains to pay. He advised Fabric Hose Co to sue for 1100 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williams
Henderson
Christmas Tree Fire at Wheeler Rome Damages Home
South Cumberland Fire department was called at 5:05 pm yesterday to extinguish a small blaze at Edward Wheeler's home 309 Arch Street caused by boys playing with matches near a Christmas tree. The tree and room contents were badly damaged with an estimated loss of 350 dollars. Edward Quarles of Baltimore will speak at the Cumberland Chamber of Commerce banquet January 4 at the Windsor hotel on How Long is Your Lover. President Willard of the Baltimore and Ohio will decide attendance while Carl Gray of Western Maryland cannot be present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Cumberland Bire
Edward Wheeler
Arch Street
Quarles
Edward Quarles
Baltimore
Cumberland Chamber of Commerce
Windsor Hotel
Daniel Willard
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
P. W. Blake
Chamber of Commerce
Carl R. Gray
Western Maryland Railway
Wanted Ad Columns Offer Better Résults
The notice urges placing advertisements in the want columns of The Press to attract better results. It claims the approach will bring good returns and suggests trying the column for effective outreach.
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Ohoooh Chohoohohoho
Asperts
Public Service Commission
Mt. Zion First Baptist Church
Mite Society
Freedom Council
Fisher’s Hall
Daniel C. Miller
James Coddington
S. C. McCullough
R. F. Chaney
James M. Conrad
H. Dunstan
J Price
George Thomas
Walter Cook
Samuel P. West
Inside Sentinel
Russell Miler
Outside Sentinel
James Doddington
James Crup
Thomas Lewis
G. Thomas
James Crump
Frostburg Opera House
M. B. Faidley
Faidley Motion Picture Company
San Francisco
National Old Trails Association
Congress
Frank Bruner
St. Michael’s Church
J. J. Donon
St. Michael's Cemetery
Rance Steawart
Dewitt Porter
John Marshall
John Dudley
John Condon
Thomas Maher
Loyal Order of Moose
Mr. Marechal
Moose
Enoch Logsdon
Joseph Groter
Thomas F. Lee
Milton Largent
Albert Engle
Rod and Gun Club
Mr. Bruner
G Club
Citizens National
Citizens National Bank
Frostburg, Md
Miss Bradley
J. T. Milder, & Sons
Jacob Hafer
Lonaconing
National Pike
Mount Savage
Charles Goetz
J. Aldom
John T. Noonan
Christopher Lemmert
Patrick Barrett
William Yantzy
Charles Uhl
Dr. Lillich
Bostellet
Christopher Lammert
Mitchel Barncord
John Needer
Harry Uhl
Theophilus Morgan
Edwin Goetz
Carlos Junction
Frederick F Snow
Higgins-Barncord
Max Shaffer
Savage
Piedmont
William Smith
Bert Dayton
Thomas Thomas
C. H. Blake
H. Kaplan
Mozelle Street
Anna Vossler
Middletown
N. Y
Marie Sayre
Frank P. Kelly
Knobley Farm
D. A. Arnold
Mildred Twigg
Nellie Vossler
W. N. Offutt
Medford
Oregon
A. J. Keenan
Melvin Reese
Washington
J. B. Reese
Clarence Newcomb
Hudson Motor Car Company
Detroit
Barkville
L. H. Newecomb
H. G. Reynolds
Mutual Life Insurance Company
New York
Messrs Keenan and Reynolds
Jos. W. Stayman
Cleveland
Jeretha Liller
Meyersdale
Man Savings Bank
Citizens’ National Bank
Rae Ee
Baltimore and
Centre Streets
George L. Wellington
Hugh A. McMullen
W. L. Morgan
Cashier
James A. McHenry, Simon Rosenbaum
Warren C. White
Harles G
GEO. D. Landwehr
Robert MacDonald
Thomas Footer Nti
C& G. Holzshu
Urer
John Schiller
Cumberland, Maryland
Usman Rosenbaum
J. N. M. Brandler
H. A. BA .Merman
Keyser
J. Z. Terrell
Earl H. Smith
Nancy Brengle
W. C. Kinsey
H. E. Ast
W. R. Davis
Alice Fetzer
Marie Crooks
Helen Alkire
Myrtle Vossler
Kathryn Coffroth
Lillian Jordan
Miss Long
Athens (Ohio) University
Lydia Sabin
D. Kaplan
Philadelphia
Frank Bates
Hay Street
Fabric Hose CO
Wheeler
Rome
Waldemar Chain
Hawkes
Powell's Leading Jewelers
Baltimore St. Esther Store
Virginia Avenue
Werla
Leget Pane
Victor Records
Rae
W.F. Frederick Piano CO
Baltimore St
Cumberland, Md
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