Young elopers wed at Hancock amid forgery scare
Thelma Turner and Frank Dodson married at St. Thomas Episcopal rectory in Hancock after a forged check was traced to the bride. Sheriff Long retrieved the couple en route to Hagerstown but was told to release Dodson. Illness of the parents prompted a doublewise wedding in the bride’s hometown.
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St. Thomas’ Episcopal
Mancock
Thelma Turner
James G. Turner
Hancock
Frank Dodson
William H. Dodson
Johnstown
W. W. Gilliss
Sheriff Long
Hagerstown
McAvoy
Long
Dodson
Mias Turner
Miss Turner
No Trace Found of Missing Bride at Union Station
Mrs. Mathryn Myers aged 22 disappeared from the Union Station concourse in Washington while her husband Charles Lawrence Myers purchased post cards. The couple married a week earlier and honeymooned in Washington. Police searched without success and the missing woman is the youngest daughter of the late Abbijah Dolly of Martin West Virginia.
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Mathryn Myers
Union Station
Washington
Joseph Dawson
Center Street
M. FE
Charles Lawrence Myers
Rosenbaum’s
Street
N. E
Chas. Myers
la Vale
Abbijah Dolly
Martin
W. Va
Log sled kills child in Bakersville shop
Paul Baker aged 5, son of blacksmith Hiram Baker of Bakersville near Berlin Pennsylvania, died when a heavy log sled being repaired crushed him in his father's wagon shop.
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Paul Baker
Hiram Baker
Bakersville
Berlin
Fish Protection Proposal Aims for Stream Stocking Rules
Local sportsmen push for state laws to protect fish and permit stocking by the United States Fish Commission. They seek a two year trout fishing ban to aid propagation and request two carloads of fish this spring for local streams in Allegany County, with Garrett County already enforcing a two year closed season. A delegation planned to visit Annapolis and Washington to press for stock allotment.
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United States Fish Commission
Allegany County
Garrett
Annapolis
Washington
West Virginia Bank Pays All Depositors and Stockholders
Spencer West Virginia February 14 The defunct bank of Spencer will pay out dollar for dollar with interest and show a surplus between 10909 and 12000 according to Special Receiver Thomas P Ryan This is a banking history record the first instance in West Virginia where every depositor and stockholder has been paid in full with interest
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Spencer
W. Va
Bank of Spencer
Thomas P. Ryan
West Virginia
Congressman Lewis Stumps Crisfield for Senate Nomination
Congressman David J. Lewis visited Crisfield to campaign for the Democratic nomination for United States Senator. He urged government ownership of telephone and telegraph lines in conjunction with the Post Office Department, with Lorie C. Quinn Sr. presiding at the Pomona Grange branch event.
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Crisfield
David J. Lewis
United States
Pomona Grange
Post Office Department
Lorie C. Quinn, Sr
Norfolk synagogue burned in major urban fire
Ohef Sholem Temple the leading Jewish synagogue in Norfolk was destroyed by a blaze Saturday afternoon. Officials say defective wiring caused the fire. The building, erected about fifteen years ago at a cost near 370000, saw two firemen injured when the dome collapsed.
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Norfolk
Ohef Sholem
Billy McKinley Zinn Dies in Street Accident
Tragic death of Billy McKinley Zinn, an intelligent fox terrier owned by Mr. and Mrs John W. H. Zinn of Zinn's restaurant. Born Aug 31 1907 he was run over by a car in front of the restaurant January 31 1914 aged 8 years 5 months. He was tenderly buried with a shirtwaist shroud and funeral honors. Mrs Zinn mourned deeply and visited Somerset for consolation.
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Billy McKinley
William McKinley
John WH. Zinn
Zinn
Billy
Mrs. Zinn
Keyrstone
Nanine
Businessmen Study Question of National Defense
The Chamber of Commerce of the United States forms a national defense committee. Its first meeting occurred in Washington at the chamber headquarters with discussions held with the secretaries of war and the navy. Members include Franklin T. Miller, Capt. Matthew E. Hanna, Ira N. Hollis, D. S. Chamberlain, Bascom Little, General Albert J. Logan, Henry C. Emery, and Louis T. Golding.
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Chamber of Commerce of the
United States
Washington
Chamber
War
Navy
Franklin T. Miller
Matthew E. Hanna
New York City
Ira 'N. Hollis
Worcester Polytechnical Institue
D.S. Chamberlain
Des Moines
Iowa
Bascom Little
Cleveland Chamber of Commerce
Albert J. Logan
Pittsburgh
Henry C. Emery
Providence
R. I
Louis T. Golding
St. Louis
Capt
Ira N. Hollis
D. 8. Chamberlain
Gen
A. J. Logan
Louia T Coldine
Cumberland club seeks family enrollment for youth programs
The Girls' and Boys' Club announces monthly dues for divisions 2 to 18 years with $1.00 to $2.00 rates and reduced family prices. Enrollment urged at 402 Fayette St contact 676-J for details.
Preacher Sentenced in Mason County Case
The Rev. C. B. Chalifant formerly of Ellenboro pled guilty to obtaining money on false pretenses in selling stock and was sentenced to one year in the Moundaeville penitentiary. Cumberland statistics for the week ending Feb 12 list births deaths and diseases in a tight local roundup. Dr How ard A. Kelly spoke at Grace Southern Methodist Church and Christ Protestant Episcopal Church in Cambridge.
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Ellenboro
C. B. Chalifant
Mason County
Moundaeville
Cumberland Vital Statistics
Cumberland
Samuel D. Young
Walter Zies
Mary Catherine Buell
Henry Horner
Neri Ruby
Charles R Karnes
James Kean
Kelly
Cambridge
Howard A. Kelly
Grace Southern Methodist Church
Congregation of
Christ Protestant Episcopal Church
H. Raud
Christ Church
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Charles Myers
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Istana Nelirasky
New Pei RE Odl Island
Nirginma
Wyoming
Machgan
Amy
Gakosh
Joe Gardner
Uncle Sam
Lewis
Billy M’kinley Zinn
Meyersdale Republican
Tress
Thanx, Bill
Thanx
Wapakoneta
Luke McLuke
Cincinnati Enquirer
Luke
Ohio
Mence
Department of Health
Max J. Colton
I! Totlea
de Ses
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L. G. DuPre
Fayette St
Victrola
W. F. Frederick Piano Co
Baltimore St. Cumberland
Moose Fair
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