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Newspaper
Cumberland Press
Location
Cumberland, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1915
Page
2
Frostburg hosts a house party for Mamie Timmons at 141 Maple with a large guest list. upcoming events include a Mountaineer Club dance at St Michael’s Hall on January 12 and church services led by Daniel Krapf. Local society items cover illnesses, visits, birthday celebrations, and community reminders amid business notices and theater promotions.
Reads like a parish and community brief listing church services at Lonaconing Methodist and Frostburg Presbyterian churches, Sunday School times, sermons by pastors, choir and league events, plus notices of a local plumbing shop for sale, and several brief personal items about visitors and a bedridden condition.
A delightful card party was held last Thursday evening at the home of Miss Sadie Price on Jackson Street in honor of Miss Nurinette. Guests attended and enjoyed an evening of games and socializing in a genteel setting.
The girl choir under Sister M Germaine shows rapid progress with members listed. Knights of Pythias Anchor Lodge 111 installed officers for the term. Church notices announce masses and services at St Josephs Midland Woodland and Shaft churches. A sleighing party from Frostburg visited Midland with many attendees. Annie Kirby visits Washington. Lloyd Rock visits from Chambersburg. Patrick Cavanaugh shows slight fever improvement.
Mrs. W. E. Bird is undergoing treatment in Johns Hopkins Hospital Baltimore. Those who attended the basketball game in Lonaconing include James Murphy Joe McMahon Sam Steven Paul Russell Henry Wagus James Stakem Thomas Lloyd Charles Stewart and Prof. R. A. Tenant.
The Tri-Towns Bureau of The Cumberland Press urges subscribers to notify their local representative if deliveries are not prompt. Patrons and friends are asked to telephone news items and personal notices to R. A. Hofmeister, local representative.
Potomac Castle Knights of the Golden Eagles elect officers for January to June led by past chief J. B. McKenzie noble chief Thomas Bobo and others. Westernport’s Capt. George L. Mounts is ill from a fall on ice. A silver tea party at St. James Parish House benefits the church. Local visits include Sophie Scethe of Cumberland and S. W. Collins of Martinsburg joining Dr. H. C. Shaw’s practice. William Morgan returns from Russia as mining engineer and plans a stay in the Tri-Towns before moving to Arizona.
Philadelphia pastor Bayto will lecture at the Iberry Theatre this Sunday at 4 p m. The advertisement notes an evening program aimed at parishioners and local residents.
The new county court organized with J. R. Bane as president. H. L. Weese of Alaska named justice of the peace for Frankfort district. Prosecuting attorney salary fixed at 1000 dollars. other salaries set for circuit clerk, county clerk, sheriff, and deputy assessors. Funeral of Mrs. Elizabeth Hoffman held. Mrs. Hoffman age 89. Mrs. W. E. Woolf hosted visitors at Buxton Terrace. Silver wedding celebration for Mr. and Mrs. R. G. Richardson.
An inviting public notice promotes Yor Taxi services and a jazz collection event. The ad encourages all to attend and participate in the advertised offerings.
Advertisement text urges drinking German beer and asks readers to place want ads in The Press for selling renting or disposing of any item or property.
Mrs Mary Fels widow of Joseph Fels arrives in Philadelphia from England and argues land value taxation could end war. She contends landed aristocracies finance militarism, taxes on land are scarce, and single tax reform across 16 nations fuels anti war sentiment. She cites England as example of untaxed estates and rents.
Sidney Scott, a captain of the West Virginia Wonders, is dying in King's Daughters Hospital Martinsburg after being shot by three unknown assailants on West Martin Street Wednesday night. The Wonders played the Cumber's Giants in several games here last season.
Eddie McGoorty of Oshkosh earned a decision over Billy Murray of San Francisco in a ten round middleweight bout in Milwaukee Wisconsin. McGoorty knocked Murray down in the fourth round and had five rounds to Murray two with two even.
The Independent Brewing Company back pin team defeated the Moose on the Moose alley lanes by 95 pins in Moose Bowls last night. This marks Moose’s first loss of the year. A banquet followed the victory for the winners.
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