Evangelistic Meetings and Church Services Online at First United Brethren
OQUTH CUMBERLAND area news outlines converts meeting and Bible class at First United Brethren with Jennie Lind leading. 11 am communion with Evangelist G. K. Little. 2:30 pm services at Ridgeley. 3 pm Junior Christian Endeavor at church. 3 pm service at County Home. 7:50 pm Holy Communion at Ridgeley tabernacle. Other notes list local personal absences and travel, church notices, and a lost B O annual pass reward ad.
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United Brethren Church News
First United Brethren Church
Jennie Lind
G. K. Little
Tabernacle
Ridgeley
Obituary notices mark early auto owner and local mourners
Obituary notes Robert Allison 88 first automobile owner in the country died at Port Carbon Pa. He was father to Mrs Elvin E Schartel and a niece is Mrs Hesse. He bought the first car from Alexander Winton in 1898 and attended a Cleveland demonstration. Also reported are funeral tributes for Allen Logsdon Brewery Workers' Union members attend services at Eagle Hall and burial at St Patrick's after service at St Patrick's church. John Barrett dies at uncle's home with funeral planned at St Mary's Catholic Church Beans Cove.
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Robert Allison
Port Carbon
Elvin E. Schartel
Columbdia Street
Hesse
Herman W. Hesse
Frostburg
Maryland
Consolidation Coal Company
Allison
Alexander Winton
Winton Motor Car Company
Cleveland
Ohio
Winton
Allen Logsdon
Brewery Workers’ Union
Eagle’s Hall
Wm. Logsdon
Cumberland Brewing Co
St. Patrick's Church
A. J. Conlon
John Barrett
John J. Brooks
Columbia Street
Beans Cove
St. Mary's Catholic Church
Father Alban
SS. Peter and Paul’s Church
Postoffice to Open North Branch Siebert Office
The Postoffice announces a new office at North Branch to be named Siebert about five miles east of Cumberland. The new office will provide residents in the area two daily quail deliveries.
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the Postoffice
North Branch
Siebert
Cumberland
Matrimonial notices of Biggs Houck and related engagements
Miss Daisey Llewellyn Houck daughter of Mr and Mrs Daniel Houck of this city and Henry Curtis Biggs publisher of New York were married February 3 by Rev Francis A Gray in Stanford Connecticut They will reside in New York City An invitation was received here for the marriage of Cora Bolton to James Henry Grenzeback on February 16 1916 at Garfield Park Baptist Church Chicago Ill At home after April 1 Jerome Idaho Dr J H Spicer to Wed Leah Rose Leydig daughter of Glencoe Pa and Dr Joseph H Spicer of this city February engagements and wedding notices in brief form.
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Biggs—Houck
Daisey Llewellyn Houck
Daniel Houck
Mt. Savage
Henry Curtis Biggs
New York
Francis A. Gray
Universalist Church
Stanford, Conn
Biggs
New York City
Westernport
Samuel Joseph McLaren
Cora Bolton
James Henry Grenzeback
Garfield Park Baptist Church
Jackson Boulevard
Karlow Avenue
Chicago
Ill
Jerome
Idaho
J. H. Spicer
T. D. Leydig
Glencoe
Leah Rose
Joseph H. Spicer
Virginia Avenue
Brakeman Hurt By Helping Engine Near Amblesburg
H Bachtel a west end brakeman on the Baltimore and Ohio Cumberland Division was struck by a helping engine near Amblesburg West Virginia. He received head lacerations while pulling the air release rod and was taken to Terra Alta for medical attention.
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H. Bachtel
Cumberland Division
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Amblesburg
W. Va
Bachtel
Terra Alta
Ursuline Seniors Prepare Play Dorothy at Ursuline Academy
Ursuline Academy seniors rehearse the romantic southern play Dorothy to be staged in SS Peter and Paul’s Hall on Thursday February 24. Set in New Orleans during carnival time the scenes mix merriment tragedy and dialect comedy with special scenery used. The annual senior class play is a noted amateur drama attracting large audiences and this year offers a novelty in theme.
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Ursuline Academy
Dorothy
SS. Peter and Paul’s Hall
New Orleans
Oyster Supper at St Philips Chapel This February
The St Philips Chapel of Emmanuel Parish will hold its annual oyster supper on February 16 in the Parish House of Emmanuel Church.
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St. Philips Chapel
Emmanuel Parish
Emmanuel Church
Glee Club Visit and Boys Night At Central Y
Thomas Footer invites the Y M C A Glee Club to his art gallery after rehearsal on Monday evening February 7. The club will meet at 7 45 and travel together to Footer's home for an eventful visit. The Boys Department hosts a gym night at 7 30 with a program of stunts for city youths over 11, weekly Saturdays.
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Thomas Footer
Y. M. C. A. Glee Club
Footer
Y. M
Ladies’ Choral Club
Alvin R. Serf
Glee Club
E. L. Cooley
James Kirk
Lloyd Keller
C. C. Landis
R. P. Robossom
Geo. Brooks
F. P. Keyser
Walter Fuller
Walter Beckman
F. A. Garber
E. A. Eversole
Dr. E. A. Anthony
Louis Webster
Frank Storm
C. L. Poff
I. H. Bane
R. A. Cochran
H. W. Rether
Walter Kuffner
Harry Myers
W. H. Coleman
A. N. Hook
Chas. Shertzer
J. A. Neville
W. H. Baxley
R. Mason Hill
Raymond Wells
Earl R. Murray
Albert Schade
Chas Violett
John Somerville
W. M. Tinker
Merwin R. Hast
E. F. Reich
W. L. Morgan
EF. P. Skyles
O. P. Bricker
F. W. Kremer
H. B
Refrigerator Cars Ordered for Peach Shipments
Baltimore and Ohio contemplates ordering 500 new refrigerator cars to arrive early in the peach shipping season. Majority of the cars will be used in and around Cumberland for these shipments.
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Baltimore and Ohio
Cumberland
Meyersdale High Tops Keyser Prep All Stars 37–15
Meyersdale High School defeated the Keyser Prep All Stars 37 to 15 at Meyersdale. The first half under amateur rules ended 11–7 with Meyersdale leading. In the final period under national rules Meyersdale outgunned Keyser Prep as Gree scored eight field goals.
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Meyersdale
Keyser Prep All Stars
Meyersdale High School
Gree
Longtime Piedmont Resident Mrs Davis Dies at 91
Mrs. Susan B. Davis aged 91, a pioneer Piedmont resident who settled with husband David Davis in 1855, died Wednesday. Surviving children are Elizabeth Davis, J. Will Davis, and J. W. Davis, all of Piedmont. Brother A Wilson of near Dawson, Ma, and sister Miss Rachel Wilson of Piedmont also survive, along with 31 grandchildren and 43 great grandchildren. Funeral services were held yesterday afternoon at St Louis Methodist Episcopal Church.
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Piedmont
W. Va
Susan B. Davis
David Davis
Elizabeth Davis
J. Will Davis
J. W. Davis
A. Wilson
Dawson
Rachel Wilson
St. Sou
Methodist Episcopal Church
Hearing Opens in Branson V Baltimore and Ohio Suit
Testimony begins in a $25 000 suit filed by David Branson against the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad over alleged damages from use of a paint gun at the South Cumberland shops. Witnesses describe Branson’s health decline and the lack of protective devices, with experts debating inherited conditions and neurosis.
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David Branson
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
South Cumberland
McKinley Brough
W. E. Wilkins
J. E. Rinker
Branson
T. W. Koon
C. F. Shatts
O. B. Street
G. W. Pilson
Cumberland
Baltimore and Ohio
Fank L. Barkdoll
J. A. Doerner
E. B. Claybrook
J. E. Legge
F. L. Barkdoll
Edward Harris
J. T. Johnson
J. M. Spear
John R. Littlefield
J. FE. Rinker
Charles Rinker
McKinley Blough
M. H. Cahill
C. W. Edmonds
D. N. Tatum
Thomas Stewart
Creede Wilson
Wilson
Louis Hamman
Baltimore
Braison
Marriage Notices From Various Cities
George W. Garland and Bertha P. Malone both of Alaska West Virginia are wed. William M. Hansel and Pansey R. Baker both of Frostburg marry. Walter W. Porter Brownsville Pennsylvania and Mabel E. Hamilton Little Whitely Pennsylvania wed. Henry E. Smiley and Martha E. Clem both of Westernport wed. Otto V. Smiley Cumberland and Lula P. Chaney Frostburg wed. John Paw and Edna Fay both of Scotland Pennsylvania wed. John C. Forsythe and Julia Agnes Whitaker both of McKeesport Pennsylvania wed.
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George W. Garland
Bertha P. Malone
Alaska
W. Va
William M. Hansel
Pansey R. Baker
Frostburg
Walter W. Porter
Brownsville
Mabel E. Hamilton
Little Whitely
Henry E. Smiley
Martha E. Clem
Westernport
Otto V. Smiley
Cumberland
Lula P. Chaney
John Paw
Edna Fay
Scotland
John C. Forsythe
Julia Agnes Whitaker
McKeesport
Police arrest gang leader and accomplices in Cumberland
Police closed in on Bernard Meyers and two companions at Front Street after a string of post office and railroad station robberies across three states. They were photographed at Clark studio, searched, and taken to the station where officers recovered discarded cartridges and weapons. Bernard, age about 45, with one good eye, led the trio. Meyers is about 26, well dressed with coal black hair. Ames, about 40, appears intoxicated and listless.
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Baltimore
Cumberland
Eisenhauer
Front Street
Bernard
Meyers
Ames
Roman
Henry Betz
Wegman
Cubbage
Clark
Myers
John Ames
Personal notices from Moorefield and Cumberland area
William Crites of Moorefield purchased a farm near Cumberland and will move soon. Several residents visit relatives and friends in Cumberland, Peters borough, Upper Tract, Kerlin, and Baltimore. Notables include visits by Dr Judy, Miss Josephine Keech, and Mary B. Ehoads. Engle improving from typhoid. officials and entertainers attend events in Baltimore and Woodstock.
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Elisha Durst
Kerlin
Mary B. Ehoads
Cumberland
Mellinger Hosts At Home For Mrs Bolland Guest
Mrs. Frederic P. Mellinger on Chase street invites guests for an at home event on Wednesday afternoon February 16 to meet her guest Miss Helen Bolland. Mrs. A. Hunter Boyd will host bridge parties on Wednesday and Friday afternoons. Miss Margaret Sloan entertained last evening with a Bible Class dinner for the Junior Club. Attendees included Norval Dilley Thomas Glass Claude Heber Joseph Hill George Hill Walter Koelker Barth Ridgeley Louis Rinker Carl Schleuss Eugene Taylor Hunter Walker Harold Walton Jack Wetzel and Charles Wilson. Miss Daisy W. Wilson hosted the Willing Workers Sunday School class at her Fulton street home.
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Frederic P. Mellinger
Chase Street
Helen Bolland
Margaret Sloan
Norval Dilley
Thomas Glass
Claude Heber
Joseph Hill
George Hill
Walter Koelker
Barth Ridgeley
Louis Rinker
Carl Schleuss
Eugene Taylor
Hunter Walker
Harold Walton
Jack Wetzel
Charles Wilson
Daisy W. Wilson
Willing Workers
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
Fulton Street
Brandeis Apostate Charge Dismissed by Committee
Washington February 5 The committee examining Louis Brandeis for the Supreme Court disposed of the accusation that he abandoned Judaism for Unitarianism. Opponents claimed the secretary left the Hebrew faith, but Nathan Albert, a Washington Jewish editor, presented documentary evidence denying the charge.
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Washington
Louis Brandeis
Supreme Court
Brandeis
Nathan Alpert
Entire Fourteenth Jager Regiment Listed as Missing
A Copenhagen dispatch reports Prussian January losses total 2 million 37 thousand 96. Missing include the entire Fourteenth Jager regiment along with 24 airmen killed 11 wounded and 20 prisoners among January casualties. Five generals killed and two wounded are also listed.
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London
Daily Mail
Copenhagen
Fourteenth Jager
Fire destroys two story frame home at Klondike
Leonard Dawson, a miner, and his family narrowly escaped in night clothes as their two story frame house at Klondike was consumed by fire this morning. Firefighters saved some belongings and insurance partially covers the loss.
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Leonard Dawson
Klondike
Dawson
Frostburg Fans to Meet Monday
Frostburg Maryland February 5 A large gathering of baseball fans promoters of the game will meet in Frostburg on Monday at eight o clock. Interest here is described as fever heat and a large attendance is anticipated.
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Mountain City
Frostburg
Notice of Audit in Becker Assignee Case
In Allegany County Maryland Cumberland on February 5 1996 notice is given that an effect funds in hands of Urner G Carl Assignee will be ready for ratification on February 21 1916 unless a cause to the contrary is shown Clerk Lloyd L Shaffer Advertisement February 7
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TOF Allegany
County
Maryland
Cumberland
Urner G. Carl
Lloyd L. Shaffer
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Barney
Orip
Joe
Barney Mac
Oquth
Bureau OF the Cumberland Press
B. F. Graham
S. M. Hill
Third
Arch Streets
C. W. Schriver
Buck Valley
Street Railway Company
Albert Kalbaugh
Ed. Kalbaugh
Luke, Md
Edgar Allen
Luke Hill
W. N. Dawson
Lost Creek
Margie Beckman
Boone Street
Loretta Matts
Baker Street
Laffey
Frankville
A. Riley
Brunswick
H. L. Light
Melya Bartley
Jennings
Vera Beckman
Ridgeway Terrace
Pittsburgh Post
Pittsburgh Evening Sun
Philadelphia Enquirer
Philadelphia Record
Philadelphia
North American
Washington Post
New York Times
H. Barsom
Queen City Depot
Ann Street
W. C. Wilson
Amlersburg
Ursuline Seniors
Central
Keyser
Piedmont Pioneer
E.b.claybrook
A. Leo Franklin
James M. Spear
A. H. Hawkins
William Crites
Moorefield
Pur
Fred Calhoun
Petersburg
Judy
Upper Tract
Mrs. H. Judy
Josephine Keech
Ralph ©. Engle
Engle
Berlin
F. C. Welton
Charles Meine
Theodore Ogie
Hugh A. McMullen
Baltimore Press Club
E. P. Skyles
Charlotte
Woodstock
Virginia
Mise Byrdie Hawkins
Culpeper
William Moatwill
James A. Millholland
J. L. Orrick
Washington Street
Annapolis
Frank J. McMahon
Sidney Brooks
S. H. Usher
H. Brown
Emerson Efficiency Bureau of
Hotel Astor
A. Hunter Boyd
Assignee
Peter J. Becker
Cr Ux
The
Marinello Shop
Mary Carpenter
Baltimore St
the Central
Lichtenstein’s Pharmacy
Baltimore Street
Pennsylvania Avenue
Spirella
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