Baptist Ladies to Meet in South Cumberland
Community notices report the Ladies Aid of the Second Baptist Church will gather tomorrow at 2 30 PM at 133 Maryland Avenue. Also listed are Philaphea Class at 7 30 PM, Ladies Aid at 2 50 PM Thursday, and various local social events and a train derailment incident at the Connellsville yard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Second Baptist Church
Ernest Crawford
Maryland Avenue
Connellsville
W. H. Glinn
J. W. Deneen
Philaphea
Trinity M. E. Church
South
Sarah Hardy
Pennsylvania Avenue
Ladies’ Aid Meeting
Ladies Aid Society of the
South Minster Presbyterian Church
Howard Culler
Race Street
S H Fulton Is Named President Of Fruit Growers Exchange
Fruit growers of Maryland Pennsylvania and West Virginia formed the Potomac Fruit Growers Exchange at a meeting in which 60 growers from 4 530 acres of peaches and 5 424 acres of apples attended. Officers elected were President H Fulton Sleepy Creek W Va Vice President Aaron Newcomer Smitheburg Md Secretary B A Leatherman Keyser W Va and Treasurer Charles Metz Cumberland. Committees on transportation marketing grades and standards and by laws were appointed to form a regional executive body representing local exchanges to be organized soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maryland
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Potomac Fruit Growers’ Exchange
Hi. Fulton
Sleepy Creek
W. Va
Aaron Newcomer
Smitheburg
B. A. Leatherman
Keyser
Charlies Kf. Metz
Cumberland
Fulton
Tri-State
Unclaimed Letters at Cumberland Post Office
Period ending January 29 lists names of unclaimed letters including Mrs. J. M. Beall Miss Minnie Belle Squire Bowman Stanley Bradley Mrs Buskey C. C. Corbin William Dammon Miss Mabel Davis Mrs Annie Edmondson Mrs Grant Is weld Mr and Mrs W F Files ee Freeman Domino Cuiseppe J Hamilton G Hamilton Mrs Lou Hewey Geo Koehler Rev Douglas tloof Geo KE Houck Mrs Langston Matherine Masser FE Meyers F M Miller Miss C Darcus Meyers Mrs Edna ODonnell Mrs Eliza Parrish E C Potts Mrs Ed Rein hard Mrs Sarah V Rice Chas Rogers Mrs Susy Sashemen Walter Lanner N Seide Telippo Sorre M J Seymour Harry C Shank Mrs J J Sheppard Miss Mamie Shoemaker Mr Seyster Lorenzo Thrasher Geo Thompson Gaye Virts Ed Ward Edna Williams H J Willson J W Woods
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cumberland Post Office
J. M. Beall
Minnie Belle
Squire Bowman
Stanley Bradley
Buskey
C. C. Corbin
William Dammon
Mabel Davis
Annie Edmondson
Grant Isweld
W. F. Files
Ee Freeman
Domino Cuiseppe
J**hamilton
G. Hamilton
Lou Hewey
Geo. Koehler
Douglas Tloof
Geo
KE. Houck
Langston
Matherine Masser
FE. V. Meyers
M.miller
C. Darcus Meyers
Edna O'Donnell
Eliza Parrish
E. C. Potts
Ed. Reinhard
Sarah V. Rice
Chas. Rogers
Susy Sashemen
Walter Lanner
N. Seide
Telippo Sorre
M. J. Seymour
Harry C. Shank
J. J. Sheppard
Mamie
Mr. Seyster
Lorenzo Thrasher
Geo. Thompson
Gaye Virts
Ed. Ward
Edna Williams
H. J. Willson
J. W. Woods
Brinkman Faces Death After Mercury Poisoning Attempt
Fred Brinkman a 23 year old worker at N G Taylor Tin Mills attempted suicide by bichloride of mercury after a love affair. He took ten tablets and later swallowed six more after buying the poison at a Virginia avenue restaurant. Doctors at Allegany Hospital say he has some chance of recovery though he expresses wish to die. Affected by a reported romance with two South Cumberland girls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Brinkman
Allegany Hospital
Brinkman
South Cumberland
Virginia Avenue
John N. Brinkman
The
N. & G. Taylor Tin Mills
Well Known Midland Man Stricken at Home
Henry Walgus aged 76 a Midland resident and former Consolidation Coal Company mine foreman died after a paralysis attack last night his family found him unconscious in bed after 11 pm He retired eight years ago and leaves three daughters Cora Nolan Mollie Emerick two sons James Edward and George Wagus and a granddaughter Mrs William Wagner of Midland potential obituary tone continues with addresses and family notes
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Walgus
Midland
Wagus
Consolidation Coal Company
Winkler Freed Of Murder Charge
After a twenty minute deliberation the jury found Jo speh Winkler of Barton not guilty of the murder of Thomas Howell Howell at the Red Onion saloon. State Attorney Roman claimed second degree or manslaughter but the defense prevailed as the jury acquitted Winkler amid dramatic closing arguments. Following the verdict the State entered a not guilty plea in John McCormick’s case with a severance granted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jospeh Winkler
Barton
Thomas Watson Howell
George Henderson
Fuller Barnard
Sam Praeger
Roman
Henderson
Red Onion
Howell
Winkler
Heaven
John McCormick
McCormick
James McCormick
Society notes honor Doerner with 82nd birthday celebration
Weyand Doerner and his wife Mrs. Doerner, long residents of Cumberland, marked his eighty second birthday with an informal surprise party. The couple has been married over sixty years and enjoys good health. The Potomac Club begins a series of informal dances this Friday night under Miss Donnell Dunbar Avirett, with a long list of patronesses. The Ladies Kin Society of Allegany Hospital hosts a board party and dance on February 16 at Carroll Hall to fund an X ray machine. The Ladies Aid Society met in the hospital sun parlor and hemmed over 100 towels, tea served by Mrs. Russler and assistants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weyand Doerner
North Lee St
Doerner
Cumberland
Potomac Club
Donnell Dunbar Avirett
Robert R. Henderson
Anna M. McCleave
Thos. B. McDonald
James T. Johnson
Hugh A. McMullen
Benj
Rrays
Robereau Annan
John Schwarzenbach
J. Henry Holzshu
Elizabeth Oswald
The
Ladies’ Kin ‘Society of Allegany Hospital
Carroll Hall
Ladies’ Aid Society of the Allegany Hospital
Russler
Gardner
Colored Woman Dead In Patterson’s Creek Area
Mrs. Alvin Brown a colored woman died this morning at her home at Patterson's Creek The body will be taken to Airchanece Pa for burial local obituary notes she was a resident in the area and leaves sorrowing family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alvin Brown
Patterson’s (Reek
Airchanece, Pa
Humiliated by Skin Turning Dark in Maryland Court
Mrs. Mary Ellen Hahn sues Dr. E B Claybrook for 20000 damages alleging skin color darkened by prescribed medicine for stomach trouble. Trial opens with testimonies from Hahn and relatives, detailing humiliation and misidentification as white, with medical and drug records presented and ongoing testimony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Hahn
E. B. Claybrook
Mary Ellen Hahn
Licensed To Wed Couples From Across States
Notices list multiple marriage licenses issued to pairs from Pennsylvania West Virginia and Maryland with partners named Bartolomio Berleti Adelia De Pietro Robert Stull Verna Reed Charles Helmick Ruth Galbraith Howard Duxon Dixie Stewart Silas Biggs Mary Mayor and their home towns Latrobe Huntingdon Johnetta Keyser Frostburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bartolomio Berleti
Adelia de Pietro
Latrobe
Robert H. Stull
Verna L. Reed
Huntingdon
Charles R. Helmick
Ruth R. Galbraith
Johnetta
Howard G. Duxon
Dixie Stewart
Keyser
W. Va
Silas P. Biggs
Mary Mayor
Frostburg
Mrs Jos Lindauer Dies Suddenly in Atlantic City
Mrs Lillian Lindauer 33 wife of Frostburg merchant Joseph Lindauer died suddenly this morning in Atlantic City after a minor operation at St Agnes Hospital Philadelphia She leaves husband a son Mauriel and three month old twin daughters Dorothy and Jeannette Also surviving are her mother Mrs Henrie Tanzer and siblings in Philadelphia The body goes to Cumberland for funeral at Edward Tanzer home and burial in Hebrew Cemetery on the Baltimore Turnpike
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lillian Lindauer
Joseph Lindauer
Frostburg
Atlantic City
St. Agnes Hospital
Philadelphia
Lindauer
Mauriel
Dorothy
Jeannette
Sigmund Tanzer
Cumberland
Henrie Tanzer
Carrie Blumenthal
William Blumenthal
Gertrude Tanzer
Earl Tanzer
Edward Tanzer
Decatur Street
Hebrew Cemetery
Baltimore Turnpike
Excellent Cumberland Recital by Prof Snow Pupils
One of Cumberland’s finest student vocal recitals last night at city hall featured Misses Iida Turner Gladys Dawson Helen Brink and Lovella Cowher Wilson pupils of Frederic Foster Snow with accompanists Nell Lowe Turner and H Paul Mann. The program included Italian French and German art songs and duets and will be repeated tonight in the second recital directed by Snow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cumberland
City Hall
Iida Turner
Gladys Dawson
Helen Brink
Lovella Cowher Wilson
Frederic Foster Snow
Nell Lowe Turner
H. Paul Mann
Miss Dawson
Reimann
Dichmont
Nannie Mosser
Ronald
Eula Arnold
Lang
Esther Schrag
Brahms
Barnes
Helen Davis
Alyward
Victor Ross
Cadman
Helen Piper
Strelezki
Sylvia Stallings
Eville
Pauline Miller
Helen McLaughlin
Spross
Helen Meyers
Lass
Parker
Japanese Steamer Ta kata Maru Sinking Report
Halifax reports the Japanese steamer Takata Maru was rammed by the Silver Shell in the night and is sinking. Dispatches say both ships sank but Silver Shell is believed to be aiding the Japanese vessel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Halifax
Silver
Ground Hog of Gobblers Knoll Fails to See Shadow
Punxsutawney Pennsylvania February 2 The original ground hog of Gobblers Knoll failed to see his shadow for the first time in many years signaling an early spring according to local tradition and the annual ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Punxsutawney, Pa
Gobblers Knoll
Personal notes from Martinsburg and vicinity
Fred W. Kalmbach recovering from paralysis walking out yesterday and plans to be in his office Thursday. Monroe Rosenthal and Mrs Rosenthal guests of Wertheimer en route to South America for their honeymoon. Charles Hartsock returns to St John’s College after illness. Mrs Oglesby recovering from serious operation. Martinsburg nurse Mrs Cotter to escort Mrs Garner for treatment in Terra Alta. Mrs Sedley Symmes of Wilmington to visit Doerner family. Annie Kokenbach of Chicago visiting Martinsburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred W. Kalmbach
Monroe Rosenthal
Samuel Wertheimer
Green Street
South America
Columbus
Ohio
W. W. Hanly
New York
P. Clarence Barnes
Frederick
Walter S. Hanig
Baltimore
Dayton
Charlies Hartsock
St. John's College
Harry. Oglesby
Western Maryland Hospital
William Trapnell
Elkins
M. R. Wilson
Lonaconing
G. W. McDonald
Cumberland
Carl
Warner
Virginia
McDonald
William H. Doerner
Harry Wesner
Martinsburg B. &. O. Chops
Annie Kokenbach
Chicago
Ill
Martinsburg
Local basketball doubleheader and Knights play Frostburg
The Central Y M C A Junior Athletic Club faces St Josephs Club Reserves at St Peters and Pauls Hall in St Peters. Allegany County High School, atop the Upper Potomac League, meets Beall High of Frostburg, first county game against league teams. Girls teams from both schools play before the boys. Knights of Columbus first team travels to Frostburg to meet Mountain City in Junior Order Park pavilion, aiming for a strong showing against the fast Frostburg squad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Y. M. C. A
St. Joseph's Club
St. Peter’s and Paul's Hall
Allegany County High School
Beall High
Frostburg
Maryland
Knights of Columbus
Knights
Mountain City
President Willard Visits Cumberland On Rail Trip
President Daniel Willard of the Baltimore and Ohio arrives in Cumberland with Vice President A. W. Thompson aboard passenger train No. 55 at 1 25 p m. His private car is transferred to No. 15 and departs for Chicago at 1 40 p m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willard
Daniel Willard
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
Cumberland
Chicago
A. W. Thompson
Mr. Willard
Boyer Sees Cumberland Frostburg Piedmont Vote Pending
President Boyer plans to keep silent on the Cumberland Frostburg and Piedmont proposition. He stated a meeting will be called within ten days and urged waiting for the participants and stakes before any public vote is announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boyer
Cumberland
Frostburg
Piedmont
Hagerstown
Card of Thanks for Drowning Tragedy
With deep appreciation we thank those who showed sympathy after our little son drowned last month. Special thanks to St. Mary's school children and teachers for their regard, and to John Teters who recovered the body. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Reitmeier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Mary’s School
John Teters
Archer Tabler Matrimonial Unites Martinsburg Couple
A quiet Monday wedding at the Methodist Episcopal parsonage in Martinsburg West Virginia joined Miss Olive Tabler and Rev. C C Archer in matrimony. The ceremony was performed by Rev B W Meeks in the presence of relatives including Sheriff H Tabler and Miss Frances Archer. The couple, after a short wedding trip in their car, are connected to the local community with the bride the daughter of Mr and Mrs Overton Tabler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. Tabler
Frances Arscher
Episcopal
West Hurke Street
Martinsburg
Olive Tabler
C. C. Archer
Hedgeville
B. W. Meeks
Archer
M. E. Church of Ville
Overton
Flintstone Circus
Cornwell Announces Candidacy for Democratic Governor Seat
John J. Cornwell, editor of the Hampshire Review in Romney Virginia, declares his bid for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination. The 1904 candidate who lost by about 8,000 votes had long urged entry into the race.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John J. Cornwell
Hampshire Review
Romney
Cornwell
Obituary: Jacob Ell Creek 87 in Maryland Cavalry Veteran
Jacob Ell Creek, 87, died Friday at the home of his daughter Mrs. Maria Norris near Sideling F. He served as a corporal in Col. Henry J Cole's Maryland Cavalry and participated in several engagements. Survived by two sons Jacob W. Creek and Alice G. Creek Havermill, and two daughters Mrs. Shaffer Havermill and Mrs. Maria Norris.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacob Creek
Jacob Ell Creek
Maria Norris
Sideling F
Henry
J Cole
Maryland Cavalry
Jacob W. Creek
Alice G. Creek
aHnecock
Shaffer Havermill
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mrs. Mac
Reno
Tessie
Bureau OF the Cumberland Press
B. F. Graham
John FE. Edwards
Burch
Ushers’ Association
St. John's Lutheran Church
Frederick W. Barry
H.L. Smith
William Win
Laing Avenue
H. O. Williams
New York City
Young Men's Christian Association
Baltimore and Ohio
Helfrichs
Old Town Road
W. Ejitire
F. Atwell
Isaac Kear
Lulu Fisher
S. H. Fulton
Organization of Potomac Fruitgrowers
Henry Wagus
Mr. Praeger
Hahn
Claybrook
Praeger
Walter C. Capper
Arch A. Young
Denison and
Denison
Halton
Dr. Claybrook
Mr. Claybrook
Truitt Drug Company
Grafton
Dean
Jos. Lindauer
Snow
H. A. Macgill
Mac
Mrs
Frank Reitmeier
Cc R Woodard
Miss Heffron
Walsh
Centre Street
Marinello
Mary Carpenter
Baltimore St
the Central
Lichtenstein’s Pharmacy
Baltimore Strag
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