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Newspaper
Cumberland Press
Location
Cumberland, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1916
Page
4
The Board of Supervisors of Elections at 229 Virginia Avenue Cumberland Md announces election ward and precinct assignments for the city primary and city election of 1916. Complaints about fitness or qualifications must be in writing and addressed to the board by February 24.
A Cumberland coroner's jury ruled Peter Pennick died from a fractured skull caused by an axe blow struck by Buck Bagnum after a quarrel over whiskey and a card game. Witnesses testified Pennick was struck three times, with Bagnum later arrested and Pennick’s wife and two children in Ohio cited.
Local groups in South Cumberland schedule events at St Marys Hall and Southminster church including a Y M S meeting to recruit 500 members and a debate on Preparedness. Church socials, temperance talk by Charles Leinster, and Ladies Aid activities populate the week along with illness updates and a real estate pitch at 107 Arch Street.
Miss Ann Hart hosted a mask Valentine party at her Highland Street home with music and group singing. A farewell banquet for Mrs. Russell Burkett preceded her Akron departure. attendees included many local residents and the song God Be With You Til We Meet Again. The Allegany Hospital Ladies Aid met. a Valentine party was given for Allegany County High School seniors.
Circuit Court for Allegany County sitting in Equity confirms sale reported by trustees Liam H Cole and F Brooke Whiting unless shown otherwise by March 15 1916. Publication required in Cumberland Mary land newspaper weekly for three weeks before March 8 1916. Reported sale amount is 3500 dollars. Lloyd I Shafer Clerk.
Martin E. Kirk 31 died at 4 this morning at his father's home 48 Maryland avenue after weeks of illness. A former wire walker with Haggenbeck Wallace circus until health failed he toured with major circuses. Survived by father James E. Kirk sister Mrs Elmo C Reed and brother Hugh Kirk touring in vaudeville in Omaha. Funeral arrangements pending brother's arrival. Family asks no flowers.
The Loyal Order of Moose opened its annual fair last evening outside the Moose hall by City Hall. Crowds filled the venue from 8:30 to midnight enjoying dancing and music by Mc Cauley's Band. William McHugh gave the opening address as laurel and pine decorate the hall with a large Moose head over the entrance.
Mr and Mrs A W Blaul of 27 South Allegany announce the engagement of their daughter Miss Mary Tollita Blaul to Matthias A Niland a train dispatcher for the Western Maryland Railway in this city The bride elect is sister of artist Miss Loretta Blaul The marriage is planned for the near future
The notice lists several couples and individuals from Pennsylvania locations including McKeesport Connellsville Smithfield Fairchance Holidaysburg Huntingdon Longfellow and Cumberland. Names include Charles N O Donnell Jennie E Skiffen Dewey Riggar Mary FE Ansel Harry R Thomas Winifred McComas Sherman D Wilt Mildred M Stiffler Clarence T Decker Mary Jane Harshbarger George L Sluss and Mary M Rogan.
Queen City Council No 49 Jr O U A M marks its 24th anniversary with an evening gathering in the Jammer building lodge room followed by a banquet at Maryland Lunch Room. Rev J L Ward Rev F A Killman and Edward Schilling will speak and music is planned. The council will confer the Oriental degree on a large class of novices on February 23.
The Chamber of Commerce will hold its annual business meeting at City Hall on Monday evening to discuss a board reorganization and select officials. The annual C of C dinner is set for February 29 at the Queen City Hotel with speakers Hugh Chalmers of Chal mers Auto Manufacturers and J B Wahl of the Sheldon schools. An elaborate menu is expected.
Twenty five Centre Street business men approved a City Hall plan for a white way on Centre Street. The scheme calls for five times the current lighting with 00 watt incandescent lights on standards similar to the Baltimore street white way. Merchants will pay the lighting poles and fixtures while the city supplies the electricity. Each merchant should pay about ten dollars. Final merchant approvals await Frank Keyser and Louis Stein. City officials Eyerman and Schriver backed the project and offered to extend the plan to other streets if Centre Street succeeds.
Mrs. Thomas D. Campbell and Miss Novella Boal of Barton travel to Annapolis with James Campbell and Baltimore friends for the governor's reception tomorrow. Others visit relatives in Hancock, Baltimore, Annapolis, and Washington.
The Y M C A Glee Club Orchestra and Ladies' Choral Club plan a March 6 concert in Garrell Hall under director Prof A R Serf. A C H 8 basketball plays Keyser High at 7 pm, prep game at 8 for Frostburg in Cumberland Thursday. Spanish class meets Mondays and Fridays 7 30 to 9 pm with eight members this week. Scouts seek Boy Scout patrols and potential scout masters. a room is being prepared at the Y for patrol use. Meeting at Car Shops tomorrow noon with W H Baxley speaking and special music.
Porter Bond, reportedly temporarily demented, shot and killed Harley Cray and Marvin Hubble in Martinsville Indiana. The victims were transporting Bond to a local sanitarium when the slayings occurred.
The Red Men from Cumberland Tonkaway and Kiowa tribes finalize plans for a fair in Roberts Hall Virginia Avenue South Cumberland. A parade precedes the February 19 opening with an address by George L Eppler. Activities include nightly dancing and amusements. Members plan church services near Washingtons Birthday.
A yesterday report stated trunks and scenery were damaged in a transfer wagon skid. The item clarifies that only the wagon itself skidded while carrying trunks and scenery for a musical comedy company, with no damage to the trunks or scenery.
Real Estate Transfer records show T. G. Lowndes, attorney, transferring property to Real Estate & Security Co. on Crawford Street for one dollar. A partial line indicates a transfer involving Rogelinn and wife, but details are incomplete.
Obituary notes death of Itarry L Kurtz aged 45 an linotype operator in Baltimore formerly of Winchester with a sister Mary Kurtz living in Martinsburg and membership in Baltimore Typographical Union No 12. Also reported funeral of former Judge William Witzenbacher at Hagerstown with Rev Dr J Spangler Kieffer officiating active pallbearers from Masons and Elks and honoraries including Judge A Hunter Boyd David J Lewis and others.
Five passenger Overland touring car owned by Dr. F A G Murray of Mt Savage caught fire on North Center Street near Pear when the engine back fired. Central fire department responded with chemicals and extinguished the blaze. The new automobile truck aided in the rapid response, reaching Center Street at about 40 miles per hour.
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