Seek Funds to Complete Road and Local News Updates
Postal cards promote fundraising to finish a road to St Johns Rocks and Tory. Notes report a private subscription funding half the road, with appeals for major donations to figures W. KE, G Hitchins, Geo Wittig, or G Townesend. Also covered are Moose debate, revival services at Allegany M E Church, funeral of Blanch McIntyre, injuries of Otto Hohing Jr, Stern building remodels, and local civic, social, and medical notices.
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St. John's Rocks
Tory
St. Ne Rock
W. KE. G. Hitchins
Geo. J. Wittig
G. G Townesend
Hats and overcoats sale at O Rourke's and Ottoing & Sons
Advertisements announce half price hats at O Rourke's 27 Bekain street and an overcoats hall price sale to be placed on gale Saturday at 9 a.m. Ottoing & Sons is listed.
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Overcoats Hall’ Price
Ottoing & Sons
O'rourke’s
Bekain Street
Memory Lane Show Packs Opera House In Lonaconing
Joseph Brady produced a successful minstrel show hosted by glassworkers with tickets sold out two hours before opening. The Lonaconing City Band performed at the Opera House and hall, with scenes including glass factory imagery and the Dugan Glass Factory Quartet. A marriage license was issued to Vivian Griffith and Elizabeth Knatz, while a quiet wedding united Benjamin H Newton and Clara Elizabeth Dunlap.
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Joseph Brady
Lonaconing City Band
Opera House
Irene Collins
Meyersdale
Penna
Glass Factory
Dugan Glass Factory
Methodist Episcopal Parsonage
Benjamin Harrison Newton
Clara Elizabeth Dunlap
Miss Dunlap
Westernport
Pekin
Local Socials and a Mount Savage Wedding
Mount Savage hosts two evenings of entertaining with many local couples attending. Mattie M Flannigan wed Stanley Anderson at the bride’s home with Rev. Robert J Nicholson officiating. The groom hails from Mount Union Pennsylvania and works as a carpenter. The bride originated from Broad Top Pa and moved here with her mother years ago. The couple will reside in Mount Savage. Also at Saint Marys Seminary Baltimore, Thomas O Toole and George Larkin return home on a two week vacation.
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Henry Wiebeck
Depot Road
Reyona Henaghan
Mit
Savage
John Henaghan
First Street
Irvin Brent
Cumberland
St. Michael’s Hall
John Reiley
Maple Street
Benjamin I. Scofield
Fred
Virginia
J. T. Lewis
First Avenue
John Pfeiffer
Grant Street
Nel! Jackson
Washington, D. C
Anastasia O'Brien
William Barnes
Midlothian
Albert E. Price
Baltimore
Bedford
James Muncie
Old Shaft
John Griffith
Ormand
Street
Frank Crowe
Borden
Elias Skidmore
George Rephorn
John Bowers
Skidmore
Oscar Pummer
Clark Neff
MacCrowe
Minnie Orr
George Wellings
Water St
Ida Hendricks
Pittsburg
Hendricks
Ida Kellar
Frances Felty
John Kyle
Elsworth Myers
Mechanic Street
Michael Finn
Bowery Stret
Richard Smeltz
Frostburg
Mr. Smeltz
Bowery Street
Mattie M. Flannigan
Stanley Anderson
Robert J. Nicholson
Methodist Episcopal Church
Mount Union
Union Mining Company
Broad Top
Anderson
Mount Savage
Thomas O'Toole
George Larkin
Saint Mary's Seminary
Local nuptials announced for Miss Mary Gately and Thomas J Morgan
Announcement in the community notes confirms the approaching marriage of Miss Mary Gately of Baltimore and Thomas J Morgan, a former Midland boy. Morgan is the son of Charles and Mrs Morgan who moved to Baltimore and now works as a clerk at City Hall.
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Mary Gately
Baltimore
Thomas J. Morgan
Midland
Mr. Morgan
Charles Morgan
Morgan
Typhoid Battle Plan Discussed By Health Officials
Dr. R W Riley of Baltimore and Dr W W Golden of Elkins conferred at the Kenny House in Piedmont with local physicians and town officials on the typhoid fever situation. They urged appealing to the West Virginia Legislature as the state board lacks funds to combat the outbreak and proposed testing and purifying water supplies.
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R. W. Riley
Baltimore
Garrett and
Allegany
State Board of Health
Kenny
Piedmont
W. W. Golden
Elkins
West Virginia Board of Health
Golden
Board of Health of
West Virginia
Typhoid Cases Rise in Tri Towns Amid Impure Water Concerns
Health officials report sixteen typhoid cases across Piedmont West Virginia Westernport and Lake Maryland attributed to impure water. The piece also notes local social activity, injuries on an ice covered board walk, and ongoing typhoid illness in area residents.
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Piedmont
W. Va
Westernport and
Lake, Md
Baltimore Seeks Elks Grand Lodge Convention
Baltimore Lodge of Elks organizes a campaign to land the 1916 Grand Lodge convention. A February 18 delegation to New York will host a banquet for Grand Exalted Ruler Raymond Benjamin and officials, followed by a February 20 banquet when he visits Baltimore. The drive continues through the July Los Angeles meeting.
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Baltimore
Baltimore Lodge of Elks
Grand Lodge
New York
Raymond Benjamin
Benjamin
Baltimore Lodge
Los Angeles
Cal
Annapolis Hotel Raid Leads to Bail for Owner
Leon Shaab of Baltimore was held on 500 bail following an April grand jury action after Annapolis police raided the State House Hotel, where he is proprietor. Four others, two women and two men, were arrested and held on 200 bond as witnesses: Ruth Kean, Gladys Bates, Peter Trexler, and Howard C. Chaney.
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Annapolis
Leon Shaab
Baltimore
State House
Shaab
Ruth Kean
William G. Kean
Naval Academy
Gladys Bates
May Adopt New Methods at Local Tuberculosis Hospital
At Civic Club meeting Mrs. Robert McDonald and Miss Elizabeth Stallings reported that they gained information from a visit to Annapolis Tuberculosis Hospital and would likely implement new treatment methods locally. Mrs. Wm. Thompson noted limited funds while four families receive daily milk aid and two households face hardship from unemployment. Contributions total $28 since the last report, from Mrs. Mary Duke’s Sunday school class, a $5 anonymous gift, and a $5 donor. The club thanked Frederick Music Company for the piano, Mrs. Sisler the pianist, Miss Ilda Turner the soloist, and Ruppert for floral decorations at the meeting where the County Federation was formed.
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Civic Club
Robert McDonald
Elizabeth Stallings
Annapolis Tuberculosis Hospital
Wm. Thompson
Mary Duke
First Presbyterian Church
Frederick Music Company
Sisler
Ilda Turner
Representative Lewis Appeals to White House on Immigration Bill
Congressman Lewis of Maryland's Sixth district met at the White House seeking the President's signature on the Immigration Bill but was told the veto message was on the President's desk awaiting formal transmission to the House. Georges Creek Coal Co officers: President Harry F. Weber, secretary treasurer Robert Stallings, general manager William F. Coale. board members Carl Hetzel and others.
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Lewis
Maryland
White House
Wilson
House of Representatives
Georges Creek Coal Co
George’s Creek Coal Company
Harry F. Weber
Robert Stallings
William F. Coale
Weber
Coale
Carl Hetzel
Altrectors
Senators Take Two Of Three In Savoy Bowling Clash
In the Savoy Bowling League, the Senators swept two of three games against the Yankees. Team scores show Senators 1719 to Yankees 1555, with tallies 557 554 602 and 552 625 478 respectively.
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Senators
Yankees
Savoy
Two Central High Games Set in Lonaconing Armory
Lonaconing on January 29 hosts two Central High matches at the Armory. The girls face Oakland Highs fast squad while Central boys meet Eckhart quint. Lonaconing reserves duel Midland first team at Ward's Opera House as local boys aim to rebound after one loss.
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Lonaconing
Firemen’s
Armory
Central High
Oakland High School
Piedmont
Quint
Eckhart Quint
H. M. Hodgson
Midland
Ward
Opera House
B. and O. December Report Shows Losses
The Baltimore and Ohio reports December gross revenue down by 1,378,898 from 1913 and a net loss of 228,065. Costs were cut by 1,140,833 versus December 1918, offsetting part of the decline. The six month net dropped 1,274,681 compared with the prior year.
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Baltimore and Ohio
Meat Price List At OreEMear Market
Boiling beef 10c per lb beef roast 12c per lb pork chops 11c per lb sage 16c per lb Other cuts at comparable prices. Ask for stamps. OreEMear Market 13 N Center St Near Baltimore St M L Stegmaier, Advertisement.
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Oreemear Market
N. Center St
Baltimore St
M. L. Stegmaier
Fire Causes Minor Clothing Damage at 408 Fayette Street
A small fire damaged clothing in a closet at Wendell Kiefer’s home, 408 Fayette Street, causing $25 in damage after a lighted match started the blaze. West Side Fire Department was summoned but the fire was extinguished before arrival.
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Wendell Kiefer
Fayette Street
West Side
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Rons Oto
Oao-Chchohg
Moose
Mt At the Ass
Rhrough Borlon
M. E. Church
John A. Grose
Mary Porter
Geo. Kyle
Leo Street
Blanch McIntyre
John Washington
D. C
W. T. McIntyre
McIntyre
Otto Hohing
Hohing
Water Street
Mr. Hohing
Stern
Main Street
Hohing’s
Olin Gerlach
A. L. Wills
Campbell
Frostburg Opera House
Bernard Thompson
James Thompson
Clarysville
William Warn
Night Policeman
John D. Keller
Beall’s Lane
Clarebelle Skidmore
N. T. Club
P. Ti
Teachers’ Reading Circle
State Normal School
The
Consolidation Coal Company
Ocean
William Mains
T. B. Ralston
Rachel Peebles
Orleans
Nebraska
William J. Mooney
Pittewurgh
Billy Seish
Mkmam
Jack Hafer Fuierdh
Frostburg, MD
E. Union St
Frosbburg
Bureau of the Cumberland Press
John Folk
Woodland
Vivian Stewart Griffith
Elizabeth Knatz
Cumberland and Westernport Electric Railway
Harry Knatz
Agnes McMillan
Phillipsburg
Montana
Charles Murphy
Samuel Murphy
Jackson Street
Newton-Dunlap
Thomas Miller
Eutire
Charles Miller
Harry Gauhan
H. T. Miller
John D Farrell
Thomas Farrell
Martha Lynch
Catherine Monahban
Katheleen Porter
Mary Mullaney
Gertrude Malloy
Estella Hamilton
Rose Uhl
Anna Lynch
Sarah Miller
Mary Trailer
Edmund Miller
James Mullaney
Patrick A. Fpannon
John Farrell
James Gallagher
Lawrence Miller
Herbert Porter
Daniel Askey
Christopher Lemmert
Charles Goetz
Anderson—Plannigan
Bureau of Cumberland Press
Carl C. Firle
Gately - Morgan
Checker Club
Young Men's Institute
Ancient
Order of Hibernians
Earl
William Jackson
Paradise Street
Michael J. McDermottt
Patrick Cavanaugh, Jr
Thomas Craze
Paradise Borrough
Tri-Towns
Cumberland Press
R. A. Hoffmeister
Benjamin Franklin
Ehe
German Savings Bank
George L. Wellington
Hugh A, McMullen
James A, McHenry
Simon Rosenbaum
Warren
White
Aka
L. Wellingto
GEO. D. Landwhere
Holzshu
Joan Schiller
L. Wellington
G. Holsshu
James A. McHenry
Geo
D. Landwehr Cours
Citizens National Bank
South East Cor
Baltimore and
Centre Sts
Cumberland, Maryland
Patertains Friendship Club
T. C. Dye
Friendship Club
Order of Eastern Star
Mesdames
Lee Porter Oates
Vendi Deffinbaugh
Walter Light
W. J. Right
A. &. Repp
W. C. Johnson
Misston Shatwan
Wm. Davis
Walter Brown
George Cox
J. C. Boor
Margerette Saumers
Haywood
Fannie Newton
W. J. Adams
Luke
P. D
Dr. J. Long
Detroit
Mich
John Morris
George Sliger, Jr
Elks’ Convention
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Cumberland & Westernport Electric Railway Company
Cumberland & Westernport Electric Railway
Cumberland Electric Ra Lwas
Eckhary C. & W
Frostburg C. & W
Borden B
Midland Jame Noel's Confectionery
Lonaconing Lonaconing Savings Bank
J. T. Miller & Sons
P Yaste
Barton
Samuel Ridley
Patterson
Braid Shape’s Drug
Windsor Garage
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