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Cumberland Press

Location

Cumberland, Maryland, United States of America

Date

Feb 02, 1916

Page

2

Masquerade Honor for Mr and Mrs Fred Kemp

A masquerade party honored Mr. and Mrs. Fred Kemp on Maple Street with many attendees including Mrs. Carl Ray Mrs. Peter McGuire Mr and Mrs George Kemp and others. Music dancing and a duet were featured and a poultry show related event followed with civic club dancing planned and a list of local attendees and post event notes.

Fred Kemp Maple Street Carl Ray Peter McGuire George Kemp J. Chambers Grace Williams George Tipving Marcella McGuire Mabel Rankin Wellingotn Williams Trussin Kemp Nellie Fredie Kemp Dickle Charles Kemp Charles T. Kemp

Keyser Collegians Face Cumberland Five In Armory Matches

Friday night the Keyser Collegians meet the Cumberland K. G. basketball tossers in the Armory with a second game on Cumberland’s floor Thursday. Local notices report visits from Miss Josephine Grimes of Pittsburgh and Mrs. George Lincell, while residents such as Aristotle Steats return from Pineville to visit family. Illnesses include grip and pneumonia among several residents and Mrs. A. J. Pancake remains ill.

Keyser Collegians Cumberland K Collegians Cumberland Five Josephine Grimes Pittsburgh George Lincell C. Aristotle Steats Pineville Wyoming County R. G. Richardson This City Jennie K. Nesbitt Piedmont Wilmington N. C Robert Dawson Frederick Ray Warner

Body Brought Home of Lonaconing Man Thomas Fitzpatrick

The body of 34 year old Thomas Fitzpatrick of Ocean who died yesterday afternoon at Allegany Hospital Cumberland after stomach ulcer surgery was taken to his father in law Danial Nolan of Big Vein Hill. He had worked at Ocean Mine No 1 as dock boss and moved from Lonaconing two months ago. Survived by his wife formerly Mary Nolan and four children. Funeral arrangements not yet set. Also brief notes of a 500 party hosted by Mrs J W Marshall and church society meetings and a government supervisor appointment in Virginia.

Stork News Thomas Harris Grant Street Edward Aldridge William Ewing Woodland Paul L. Hitchins Frost Avenue Samuel Abramson Isaac Fine National Jewish Relief Fund Musical Art Society Eagles’ Club Paul G. Saffran William Michael Upton McFarland Mt. Savage McFarland Joseph Moody William Thomas McCulloh Street Wright's Crossing Thomas Coleman Pittsburgh Thomas Purnell Hedgesville W. Va John Wilson John Youngerman Lyric Cafe Walter W. Wittig John Dunstan Joseph Bone Bernard Hughes Cumberland Eva Smouse Bowery Street Nettie Piedmont M. B. Broadwater Roanoke Josiah Williams Borden Mines Goff Hitt Frostburg George Eisler Rebecca A. B. Montana Utica N. Y Stern New York Hocking William Hocking Thomas Fitzpatrick Ocean Allegany Hospital Danial Nolan Big Vein Hill Mitzpatrick Ovean Mine No. 1 Ovean Lonaconing Mary Nolan J. W. Marshall Church Street Mesdames P. C Pell W. F. Dolliyer Elkins Read John Hamilton T. C. Miller Lorraine Eisenberg Leslie Kilroy

Tri Towns May Increase Wages In WV Pulp and Paper Firm

The West Virginia Pulp and Paper Company plans to raise wages by one cent per hour for workers earning under two dollars a day. Piedmont High vs Keyser High features a girls and boys double header tonight in Eagles Hall. Funeral services held for Hilda McKenzie in Franklin. interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery, with W. T. Fredlock in charge. Arthur Edburg and Rose Macer guests in Westernport. Paul Kooken heads to Thomas, WV for work. J. T. Kooken relocates Piedmont wallpaper shop near the post office.

Tri-Towns West Virginia Pulp and Paper Company Piedmont High Keyser Piedmont High School Quint Keyser High School Eagles’ Hall Piedmont Hilda McKenzie Hilda MccKenzie McKenzie Franklin Laurel Hill Cemetery Moscow W. T. Fredlock Arthur Edburg Pittsburgh Westernport Rose Macer Paul Kooken Thomas W. Va J. T. Kooken Main Street Dixon Building

Smallpox Outbreak Reported in Hagerstown

Six smallpox cases reported in Hagerstown confined to the Emma Crow home. Four are nearly recovered. Karl Nunnembaker, a railway brake man from Keedysville, counted among the cases. Dr. Caleb W. G. Rohrer and Baltimore health officials investigated all reports. disease traced to a man arriving from Roanoke.

Hagerstown Emma Crow Karl Nunnembaker Keedysville Caleb W. G. Rohrer Baltimore Bureau of Communicable Diseases State Board of Health Roanoke

Weert Virginia Pulp & Paper Co proposes $10000 road and rail right of way

Allen L. Luke superintendent and H P Whitworth attorney urged Garrett County Road Directors to approve a concrete road about 4000 feet from Luke along the Potomac River to the Garrett County bridge at Bloomington and to build a concrete retaining wall. The company would spend over $10000 and seek a railroad right of way to pulp storage yards at Savage River dam. The offer was accepted and papers will be drawn.

Weert Virginia Ip & Paper Co Allen L. Luke H. P. Whitworth Orney Luke Potomac River Garrett County Bridge Bloomington Pulp & Paper Company Savage River Whitworth West Virginia Pulp & Paper Company Carroll Pattison Mr. Whitworth Garrett County Lake Piedmont Westernport Pattison Allegany County George Henderson John T. Edwards Central Avenue Frank Shinholtz Edwards James Wels Westernport- Piedmont

Road Board Seeks to Celar Ownership of Bridge Dispute

A sidewalk obstruction outside a building breached Board instructions. Welsh presented an agreement read by Mineral county authorities, empowering the Road Board to grant a permit. The bridge has raised repair payment disputes between Mineral and Allegany counties. The Court of Appeals ruled Maryland owns the bridge, while the Road Board contemplates relinquishing supervision and ownership if feasible.

Mineral County Road Board Mineral Allegany Court of Appeals Maryland

Brakeman Prakeman Injured After Confusion With Trains

B Purnell 25 a railroad brakeman of Tunnelton West Virginia is badly injured at Independence West Virginia when he misread two eastbound freight trains and halted in front of a westbound train No 1 He suffered two mashed legs and a cut on his head and was rushed to City Hospital Fairmont.

B. Purnell Tunnelton W. Va Independence Purnell City Hospital Fairmont

Piedmont photographer Edward S. Howard critically ill

Edward S. Howard of Piedmont W V is critically ill at his sister Mrs John F Finans home 8 Decatur street He is well known in Georges Creek Valley and formerly lived in Lonaconing Reverend Thomas E Gallagher pastor of St Peters Catholic Church Westernport visited him last night He has been ill for months and his case is regarded as hopeless.

Edward S. Howard Piedmont W. Va John F. Finan Decatur Street Howard Georges Creek Valley Lonaconing Thomas E. Gallagher St. Peter's Catholic Church Westernport

Peculiar Pacts About Well Known People 2

Speaker Washington Champ Clark jokes about his knowledge of mules claiming he learned it from boyhood study of the Missouri Mule. He says he knows more about mules than any other member of congress.

Washington Champ Clark Congress Missouri

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Frank C. Beall Effie Shaffer J. M. Price John H. Bikford First Methodist Episcopal Church O. K Dickle—Weslow Albert Dickle Mount Savage Julia Weslow P. G. Saffran Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church Frank Frankenberry World Film Corporation Mr. Blinn Miss Martin George Ralph June Kvidee John Hines Miss Rividge Phinte Knop Eliza Hays Mrs Samuel Hays Mechanic Street Jane G Is Presbyterian Church Fund Sunday School Board MEK Sunda School St Thomas Wheeler Central High School Notes FP. C. Pell Central School Longfellow and Irving Literary Societies A. Edwards Mary Parsons W .Va Knotz Robins Street James Knippenberg Mary Brady Annie Carey Russell Eutler Grip Chas. Arnold H. G. Sterts Walter Long Wm. Carnell A. J. Pancake Christian Endeavor Christian Endeavor Society Presbyterian Church Tri Towns OUR Best Brands the Park Grocery CO Green Street Geo. Ruckel, Prop William Fox Robert B. Mantell Genevieve Hamper Turn Savage Dam Jacob Hafer Prakeman MR. Howard Arthur Steinweg Fiepinatce John Paul W. Md James Kenney Stern's Cumberland and Westernport Electric Ry, Co F1b Interest The Hitchins Bros. Co Modish
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