Frostburg Notes Include Birthdays Funerals And Local Events
Frostboro items detail a 90th birthday celebration for Benjamin Angevin senior in Pratt City Alabama, and a 79 year old Mrs Marigaret Wradley bruised after a fall. Funeral notices from Somerset Pa for Mrs Colburn are listed, plus births at the Dean and Grinsdel households. Community notices cover Juniors entertainment, sauerkraut supper plans, a surprise party for Joseph Cosgrove, church circle gatherings, illnesses and recoveries, a sixty year wedding anniversary for Mrs Crump, and assorted local society meetings and visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marigaret Wradley
Benjamin Angwin, Jr
Pratt City
Alabama
Benjamin Angevin
Augwin
Lonaconing Social News and Local Sports Recap
Lonaconing hosts a five hundred party with Mrs Louise Bell entertaining and prizes awarded. The Bridge Club met with Miss Bessie Somerville winning first and Miss Margaret Bell second. Lonaconing Reserves beat Meyersdale 50 to 19 in a fast basketball game at the Firemen Armory. Keyser High School to play Central High in a league game tonight with a Girls team prelim. Hotel signs receive repainting. local sick list and personal notes conclude the column.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louise Bell
Douglas Avenue
Mesdames
H. W. Dellinger
Lorraine Eisenberg
Elkins Reid
John Hamilton
Mose Bear
A. M. Evans
P. C. Pell
W. F. Dollinger
George Campbell
Fr. C. Miller
Clara Price
Fannie Dixon
Anna Morgan
Anna and
Nettie Ternent
Margaret Bell
Bridge Club
Pat
Mat Shaw
Moscow
Bessie Somerville
T. C. Miller
F. A. Husted
Alex. Sloan
Fannie
Jennie Dixon
Charlotte Skilling
Florence
Emma
Mildred Sloan
Meyersdale
Firemen's Armory
Lonaconing
Broadway Athletic Club
Scott
Stewart
Major
Reich
Pos
Darrah
Spence
Grant
Dursat
Price
Coleman
Keyser High School
Central High School
Armory
Keyser
Keyser High
Miners Return to Work After Strike at Washington No 4
Washington Mine No 4 miners end a several day strike and return to work after an agreement to add a check weighman at their expense and a small pay raise. The funeral of Floyd Taylor, a 21 year old local man, was held from the Taylor residence on Westernport. Westernport is seeing heavy activity with new houses under construction but severe cold halting more work. Notables include Rev Father McGuigan visiting from Washington and Rev Father Horstkamp traveling to Washington for time abroad.
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Washington Mine No. 4
Fiedmont and Potomac Coal Co
Floyd Taylor
Taylor
Westernport
Fiji
Tri- Towns
Tri-Towns
Thomas McGuigan
Washington, D. C
John McGuigan
John FE. Horstkamp
Carrie Ludwig dies at 65 in Keyser West Virginia
Mrs. Carrie Ludwig aged 65 died Monday at the home of A R B Liller. She was born near Headsville and thrice married. The body was taken to Purcusville for services. She was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
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Carrie Ludwig
A. R B. Liller
Sie
Headsville
Purcusville
Militant Is Woman Without a Country
New York January 13 Special Miss Kitty Marion arrives in New York saying she has no country. She wears six Hunger Strike medals from the Pankhurst group for arrests and endurance. She left England because she had nowhere else to go and fears detention if she returns to Germany or England.
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New York
Kitty Marion
England
Pankhurst Organization
Germany
America
Mexican cavalry denied crossing into U S to pursue bandits
The Washington state department refused the de facto Mexican government's request to allow 600 cavalrymen to cross from Naco Arizona to El Paso Texas to chase bandits in Chihuahua. Consul Ives G. Leliver said El Paso residents feared reprisals after recent American killings in Chihuahua and deemed troop movements imprudent.
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Douglas, Ari
State Department
Washington
United States
Naco
Ari
el Paso
Chihuahua
Ives G. Leliver
Landmark Humes Hotel Burns in Freezing Mercer
Mercer Pennsylvania January 18 Humes Hotel a historic landmark housing Washington and Lafayette in colonial days burned this morning along with six other buildings The loss is reported at 96000 dollars Guests fled into zero weather and many suffered exposure from the cold
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Mercer
Humes
Washington and
Lafayette
Pittsburgh Ship Leaves for Belgium Relief Mission
The steam ship Celebes sailed from New York for Rotterdam carrying 165000 sacks of wheat and beans plus clothing for Belgian relief. The cargo, valued at 250000, was donated by Pittsburgh and western Pennsylvania citizens, with 42000 people contributing the clothing. A banner on the vessel read Pittsburgh and Western Pennsylvania Relief Ship.
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New York
Celebes
Rotterdam
Commission For Relief
Belgium
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
Western Pennsylvania
Carranza Forces to Advance on Zapatistas in Morelos
Mexico City January 18 Twenty thousand troops from the northern section including Yaqui Indians are to be massed for a campaign to exterminate the Zapatistas in Morelos. The plan, announced by acting War Minister General Ignacio Pesquiera, aims to strike with two strong columns from different directions.
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Mexico City
Zapatistas
Morelos
Ignacio J L. Pesqueira
Pesqueira
Oregon
Gonzales
Juvenile Court Handles Local Theft and Beer Theft Cases
The Cumberland criminal court disposed several juvenile cases. Messman, Trost, Orehler, Young, Leasure pled guilty to larceny of pigeons and were paroled to report to the juvenile court. Orchler was acquitted. A second group, Leasure, Cowgill, Himmler, Buck, Ellwood Stewart and Kelly, pled guilty to stealing seven cases of beer from Cumberland brewery and remain jailed pending sentence.
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Criminal Court
John
Leo
Robert Messman
Arthur Trost
George Orehhler
Roy Young
Joseph W. Leasure
Orchler
Thomas J. Anderson
Joseph Leasure
Ray Cowgill
William Himmler
Buck
Ellwood Stewart
William Kelly
North Cumberland
Cumberland
Edward
Russell Cruse
Frostburg
Luke
Henry Radcliffe
Swedish King Warns Britain Over Trade and Blockade
King Gustav in a throne speech warns England against disrupting Swedish commerce amid hopes a blockade of the German coast may occur. He cites belligerent violations of neutral laws and says Sweden may intervene to defend its industry and economy. Parliament will consider forming a secret-messages committee with the cabinet.
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Stockholm
Gustav
England
Ilas
Sweden
Germany
Persians Fight Allies War Declared on Britain and Russia
A Reuters summary from Amsterdam cites a Constantinople dispatch stating that Samsan-Ms-Sultaneh, governor general of Luri stan, has assumed command of national forces opposing the British and Russians. He has declared war on Great Britain and Russia and opened hostilities. Luristan lies on Persia’s western frontier.
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London
Reuter
Amsterdam
Constantinople
Persia
Luristan
Samsan-Ms
Whiskey drinking death in McDonald Pa man dies
Joseph Onders twenty five and John Kusius twenty four of McDonald Pa were involved in a contest to see who could drink the most whiskey. Onders drank four quarts and collapsed dying while Kusius was left in critical condition.
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McDonald
Jan
Joseph Onders
John Kusius
Onders
Speicher Proposes Statewide Prohibition Bill in Annapolis
In Annapolis on January 18 Senator Speicher of Garrett County introduced a statewide prohibition measure. He also sought to amend the local option law to include an anti shipping provision barring liquor gifts to minors and restricting bringing liquor into Garrett County as baggage. A separate Speicher bill would repeal Garrett County’s dog tax law.
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Annapolis
Speicher
Garrett County
Landmark house of William Unger burned near Darkesville
A historic Berkeley County home near Darkesville owned by William Unger burned destroying a log house built about 150 years ago by General William Darke. Darke, who settled Darkesville in 1741, served under Braddock and in the Revolutionary War, was captured at Germantown and held on a British prison ship until 1780.
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Potomac Valley
William Unger
Darkesville
Berkeley County
W. Va
William Darke
Darke
Braddock
Monongahela
Germantown
Denial On Von Papen Funding Plots Claim
Berlin reports a semi official denial that Captain Franz von Papen paid money to individuals tied to plots in the United States. The brief note counters British assertions and states no funds were given.
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von Papen
Berlin
Franz von Papen
United States
Governor Harrington Receives 400 Civil Office Applications
Annapolis reports Governor Harrington will not consider new bids for civil magistrate or justice of the peace as over 400 applications pile up. The ongoing battle over Vandiver’s re election as State Treasurer draws attention with banking interests reportedly backing him.
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Annapolis
Harrington
Justice of the Peace
Baltimore City
People’s Court Bench
Vandiver
Canal Winchester chicken fry enters club icebox
A fragment notes Chicken Fry of Canal Winchester Ohio enters the club icebox in a terse, unclear context. Names W J M appear as initials in the scant text.
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Dear Luke
Canal
Winchester
Ohio
Names Is Names Willis Goodenough in Loadlow Kentucky
Willis Goodenough lives in Loadlow Kentucky as referenced in the readable lines of the notice. The fragment highlights a resident with a distinctive name tied to a Kentucky locale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willis Goodenough
Loadlow
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