Thimble Club Hosts Afternoon Meeting and Local News
SOUTH CUMBERLAND AND ENVIRONS reports the Ladies Thimble Club hosted by Mrs George Durrett at 217 Grand Avenue with many members present and a Bellefont guest. Trinity M E Revival draws crowds at the church. Winnipeg visitor Vanmeter leaves for Chicago to wed Miss Sue Smith and relocate to Winnipeg. Mrs Allamong hosts a music filled evening with Whittaker and Montignani noted. Fred Brinkman discharged after suicide attempt and returns home. Birthday at Mrs Raymond Allamong’s home with gifts and games. Y M C A painters begin interior work on Baltimore and Ohio branch building. Local health notes list several illnesses and births including a ten pound boy born to Mr and Mrs E W Rice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thimble Club
George Durrett
Grand Avenue
Mesdames
Frank Killman
Fred Barry
Bryson Smith
Fh. W. Wheeler
Robert Compton
Arthur Heller
Charles McDaniel
Rupenthal
Beatrice Story
Schroeder
John Grimm
Edgar Davis
C. R.woodard
Horace Hager
Charles Reed
FE. O. Burch
Sue Barry
Bellefont
Trinity M. E. Revival
Trinity M. E
Vanmeter-Smith
Hop Vanmeter
Winnipeg
Can
J. W. Vanmeter
Laing Avenue
Chicago
Sue Smith
Petersburg
W. Va
Allamong
John Whittaker
May Whittaker
Charles Lee
William C. Montignani
Whittaker
May
H. Sommers
Philip Jung
Williams
George Furstenburg
Alfred Furstenburg
Van L P Shriver Joins Carnegie Hero Commission
Pittsburgh resident Van Lear P. Shriver, son of Mrs. Sarah Dan L. Shriver and brother of Henry and James C. Shriver, elected to fill a vacancy on the Carnegie Hero Commission. Seventeen acts of heroism recognized. four silver and 13 bronze medals awarded. pensions totaling 1920 yearly for dependents of four heroes who died. overall awards and education funds distributed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
van Lear P. Sarveer
Pittsburgh
Carnegie Hero Commission
Shriver
Sarah Dan L. Shriver
Henry Shriver
First National Bank
James C. Shriver
J. J. Miller
Orphans’ Court
Homer D. Williams
Carnegie Steel Company
W. L. P. Shriver
George L. Pack
White Way on Centre Lights Planned by Chamber Official
The secretary of the Chamber of Commerce has ordered a survey of Centre street from Baltimore to Market to extend the White Way lights. The city engineering department and a city corps will conduct the survey as part of the project. Don't miss the great coat sale Friday at Rosenbaum's.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ryan
Centre Street
Chamber of Commerce
City Engineering Department
Baltimore
Market Street
Rosenbaume
Plaintiff Wins Pain Gun Injury Suit Against Railroad
The jury awarded David Branson 6000 dollars for injuries from a paint gun used in Baltimore and Ohio shops, with 525.75 deductions for relief payments. The five day trial featured expert medical testimony and industry witnesses, and the case may be appealed. Plaintiff’s lawyers were Albert A. Doub and Whiting & Eppler. defense by Colonel George A. Pearre and A. Taylor Smith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Branson
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Baltimore and Ohio
Relief Department of
Railroad
Iit
Albert A. Doub
Whiting & Eppler
George A. Pearre
A. Taylor Smith
Seventeen Caught in Terra Alta Coal Theft Ring
Detectives in Terra Alta, West Virginia rounded up seventeen suspects tied to stealing coal from Baltimore and Ohio Railroad cars. Fifteen were fined, two had sentences suspended. Albert Johnson received a $36 fine for orchestrating thefts and reselling coal to farmers. Other named defendants include McClellan Thomas, Jack Welsh, C D Kight, John Buckalew, William Price, Zack Flagle, Winnie Sterling, James Tanner, Elisha Hartman, T J Teets, Dec Hartman, Martin Miller, M L Crane, and Orville Friend, with Uphold and Hollen’s sentences suspended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Terra Alta
W. Va
W. T. Beatty
L. O. Kesner
Ffteen
Albert Johnson
Johnson
McClellan Thomas
Jack Welsh
C. D. Kight
John Buckalew
William Price
Zack Flagle
Winnie Sterling
James Tanner
Elisha Hartman
T. J. Teets
Dec Hartman
Martin Miller
M. L. Crane
Orville ‘Friend
Lucian Uphold
Charles Hollen
Uphold
Hollen
Flagle
Crane
Y M C A Notes Highlight Friday Activities and Games
The Ladies' Oghoral Club rehearses at City Hall at 3 30 PM for an upcoming March concert. Fellowship Club Supper at 6 30 PM in the Y M C A dining room followed by the Discussion Club. City League basketball features K O G vs Potomac Club and Y M C A vs Tri State with a special A C A versus Lonaconing High School game.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fellowship Club
Discussion Club
Lonaconing High School
Potomac Club
Tri State
Society notes and hospital alumnae officers named
Mrs Edward Dwyer hosts a Saturday afternoon car party. Allegany Hospital Alumnae Association elects officers for the coming year with Mrs Mollie Hudson as president Mrs H C Martin as vice president Miss Laura Lauck as secretary and Miss Dora Joes as treasurer A luncheon was served by the Sisters of Charity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allegany Hospital Alumnae Association
Mollie Hudson
H. C. Martin
Laura Lauck
Dora Joes
Sisters of Charity
Aged Union Veteran Killed at Baltimore Street Crossing
An 82 year old Union veteran, John D. Hartman, formerly of Woodstock, Va., was struck and killed by passenger train No. 12 at the Baltimore street crossing in Cumberland. The incident left Hartman’s body mangled on the tracks and led to the train’s delayed departure. The report also details a Seattle style wood block pavement inspection and findings on durability and wear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J.D. Hartman
Conrad W
Baltimore St
Baltimore and Ohio
Baltimore Street Crossing
John D. Hartman
Woodstock
Frank J. Sinclair
Queen City
Hartman
Wm. H. Shaw
Fred Butler
Butler
East
Cumberland
Washington, D.C
Virginia
Baltimore Street
Seattle
Washington
Conrad W. Zimmerman
Conrad Zimmerman
Baltimore Avenue
United States Department of Agriculture
Seattle Laboratory
Fourth Avenue
Zimmerman
West Coast Lumbermen’s Association
Association of Pacific Coast Creosoting Companies
Personal notes from Cumberland area society pages
Mrs Charlies W Fries visits her sister Mrs Frank G Crane in West Collingswood New Jersey. Mrs Francis Screen improves after surgery at Allegheny Hospital. Margaret Kane of Gettysburg and Beulah Kump of Cashtown visit Mrs Tee at 77 Maryland Avenue. W L Vandegrift of Shanks West Virginia is seriously ill with heart trouble. daughter Bessie ill with pneumonia. Raymond B Fey of Union Woolen Mills Harrisonburg visits his mother Mrs Jennie Fey in Smallwood Street. Mr and Mrs Charles Shepherd welcome a daughter at Decatur Hall. William J Sperry stops in Annapolis on way to Washington DC representing Cumberland Chamber of Commerce. Mrs Thomas Niland seriously ill at Lafayette Avenue home. George W Smith, buyer of Hancock foundry, moves to Hancock next to his business. Mrs Helen Marr Hedges returns from Baltimore and Washington. Rev Curtis E Kuhnert recovering from grip at 57 Goethe Street. Miss Rose Robesson of Cumberland visits sister Mrs Llewellyn D Bridges Hancock. Austin Kennell spending week at Meyersdale. Mrs J W Nichols and Mrs J C Nalle of Point of Rocks visit Cumberland on Tuesday. Miss Regina Erich, nursing student at St Joseph Hospital South Bend, Ind, home on vacation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. L. Vandegrift
Shanks
W. Va
Miss Bessie
Raymond B. Fey
Union Woolen Mills Co
Harrisonburg
Jennie Fey
Smallwood, Street
Charles Shepherd
Decatur Hall
William J. Sperry
Annapolis
Washington, D.C
Cumberland Chamber of Commerce
United States Chamber of Commerce
Thomas Niland
Lafayette Avenue
George W. Smith
Hancock Foundry
Helen Marr Hedges
Baltimore
Washington
Curtis E. Kuhnert
Goethe Street
Obituary notices for Henry Horner and Hezekiah Fetters
Funeral services for Henry Horner 70, who died Tuesday, will be at 9 AM Friday at SS Peter and Paul church. Burial in church cemetery. Horner ran a shoe repair shop on North Centre street for 35 years and later sold salve countywide. He lived in Pittsburg and Philadelphia before returning to Cumberland. He served in the Second Maryland Regiment in the Union Army. Mrs Hezekiah Fetters 61 died at Chaneysville last Thursday. funeral held Saturday. She was mother of Mrs S W Collins and Noah Fetters of this city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Horner
North Centre Street
SS. Peter & Paul's Church
Horner
Welshbrod
Walker
Pittsburgh
Philadelphia
Cumberland
Maryland
Hezekiah Fetters
Chaneysville
8S. W. Collins
Noah Fetters
New Table of Rates Adopting by Superior Conclave
The Supreme Conclave of the Improved Order of Heptasophs adopts a new rate table. Cumberland has two conclaves Algonquin No. 753 and Knobley No. 176. Algonquin will meet tonight at the Crescent Fishing and Pleasure Club on 59 Baltimore Street to act on the matter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Improved Order of Heptasophs
Cumberland
Algonquin
Knobley
Crescent Fishing and Pleasure Club
Baltimore Street
Woman Seeks Divorce After Short Marriage
Annie E. Eaton applies for divorce from William Eaton through attorneys Carl G. Mullin and A. A. Young alleging desertion lack of support and cruelty. Married May 2, 1914, they lived together nine months. Plaintiff seeks alimony and counsel fees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annie E. Eaton
William Eaton
Carl G. Mullin
A. A. Young
Prominent Businessman Loses About $1400
A leading city entrepreneur is said to have been defrauded of roughly $1400 through note juggling by a employed worker who reportedly fled the town. The incident has sparked much discussion and is said to involve additional property belonging to the employer.
Engineer and Miss Nagler Married in Bedford Parsonage
John M. Hershiser an engineer with the Western Maryland Railway between Cumberland and Elkins wed Miss Mae Nagler at the Reformed parsonage in Bedford. The couple, who will reside here, left for a trip to Nebraska after the ceremony. The bride, a Bedford High School graduate, had lived in Pittsburgh for several years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John M. Hershisher
South
Johnson Street
Western Maryland
Cumberland and
Elkins
Mae Nagler
Charles G. Nagler
Bedford
Reformed Parsonage
J. Albert Eyler
Brass Jones Stricken With Severe Illness In Cumberland
John Brass Jones, a well known elder colored resident and former city carter, is very ill at his Frederick street home in Cumberland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brass” Jones
John “Brass” Jones
Cumberland
Frederick Street
Winter Coat Sale At Rosenbaums New Stock
Two hundred brand new coats arrive for winter and go on sale Friday at Rosenbaums. The advertisement promotes a limited stock promotion with discounted outerwear for shoppers seeking warm apparel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rosenbaums
Winter Coat Sale At Rosenbaums Big Event
A large sale offers two hundred brand new winter coats at Rosenbaums starting Friday morning.
Suit Against Road Directors Begun in Allegany County
Jacob Cutter of near Gilmore sues the Road Directors of Allegany County for recovery of property alleged to be trespassed during the re alignment of the county road. The case was begun before a jury in the Circuit Court. Charles G. Watson represents the plaintiff and George Henderson the defendants’ counsel. Witnesses summoned include Elijah Davis Harrison Clise Price Poland John Loar James Brown Fred Meyers Thomas Poland Joseph Firlie William Harvey Jacob Cutter Nimrod Meyers L T Downey Henry Schaidt D P Le Fevre and J L Edwards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacob Cutter
Near Gilmore
Allegany County
Charles G. Watson
George Henderson
Elijah Davis
Harrison Clise
Price Poland
John Loar
James Brown
Fred Meyers
Thomas
Real Estate Transfers Listed in Local Notices
Transfers include Leroy E Kimes to Lawrence L Kimes on a Waverly terrace lot for about 10 dollars and Simon Kochman to Charl es R Morris on Chase street for about 5 dollars. Additional deeds involve Charles R Morris trustee and Simon Kochman, West Virginia Pulp and Paper Co on Luke and Cresaptown military lots for around 1 dollar, and more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leroy E. Kimes
Lawrence L. Kimes
Waverly Terrace
Simon Kochman
Charles R. Morris
Lot
Chase Street
Fliza J. Richards
West Virginia Pulp and Paper Company
Luke, Md
James H. Price
Saul Praeger
Mary M. Oss
Russell Oss
Cresaptown
Listed pairs of applicants and partners from multiple towns
The notice lists several applicant pairs including James Rankin Jr and Nellie Thomas of Lonaconing Maryland, Herman Farrier and Helen Hamilla of Leckrone Pennsylvania, William Hake and Mary Hyde of Scottdale Pennsylvania, John Summell and Martha Pownell of Frostburg Maryland, Willard Shrive and Julia Martin of Lumberport West Virginia, James Patton and Rebecca Hassinger of Port Matilda and Scotia Pennsylvania, and John McNett and Rachael Lowery of Connellsville Pennsylvania and Ohio Pyle Pennsylvania.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Rankin, Jr
Nellie Thomas
Lonaconing
James Rankin
Herman Farrier
Helen A. Hamilla
Leckrone
Mary Hyde
Scottdale
John R. Summell
Bridgeville
Martha J. Pownell
Frostbore
Willard I. Shrive
Julia K. Martin
Lumberport
W. Va
James R. Patton
Port Matilda
Brakeman J K Sears Injured in Yard Fall
Brakeman J K Sears aged 24 of the Western Maryland Railway fell between train cars in Ridgeley yards last night breaking his leg. He was taken to Western Maryland Hospital for treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. K. Sears
Western Maryland Railway Company
Ridgeley
Western Maryland Hospital
Snyder Held for Grand Jury in Greenspring Theft Case
Harry Snyder of Greenspring was held for the grand jury after a hearing before Magistrate J B Humbird. He faces charges of stealing a 21 jewel watch from an Italian man named Mazzotti and of stealing twenty types of tools from company freight cars. The watch was recovered in Snyder's possession and linked to Mazzotti at the hearing. Snyder was an employee at the railroad repairing plant in Greenspring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Snyder
Greenspring
William Beatty
J. B. Humbird
Mazzotti
Snyder
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mrs. Mac
Barney
Barnet
B.mac
H. A. MacGill
F Barnet ' Ont
South Cumberland
Bureau OF the Cumberland Press
B. F. Graham
Virginia Avenue
Ames Lee
Jucas
Ward Hauger
Mesdames J
Springs
Hawk
Florence Furstenburg
Shep
Mary
Nina
Edna Cornwell
Raymond Allamong
Fred Brinkman
Allegany Hospital
East Fifth Street
Itle Kerns
Boone Street
Margie Beckman
Frankville
E. W. Rice
Genevieve Robertson
Harry N. Cohen
Browning Street
Footer Bye Works
Footer Plant
Thomas Footer
White Way
C. of C
Branson
Gentral
Ladies’ Oghoral Club
City Hall
Central Y.M.C. A
Frederick Foster Snow
Edward Dwyer
Charlies W. Fries
Frank G. Crane
West Collingswood
N. J
Francis Screen
The
Margaret Kane
Gettysburg
Miss Beulah Kump
Cashtown, Pa
Mrs. Hezekiah Fetters
Supreme Body
Hershiser- Nagler
Austin A. Wilson
Jesse M. Neff
North Mechanicstowet
Parker M. Spangler
E. J. Fredlock
Luke
Estern Welch
G. B. Macbeth
Carroll Street
N. W. Russler
Pennsylvania Avenue
D. R. Woodard
Miss Heffron
Walsh
Marinello Shop
Mary Carpenter
the Central
Lichtenstein’s Pharmacy
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