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Newspaper
Cumberland Press
Location
Cumberland, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1915
Page
9
If Republican and Democratic state chairmen fail to agree on a date between September 8 and 15, the primary will default to September 13 a holiday. The law requires a decision by party leaders or else the second Monday in September will stand as the primary date. Old Defenders Day on September 12 marks a state holiday.
No news of C Frank Webster a Cumberland post office clerk who vanished after receiving his pay Tuesday. He was last seen in Westernport Tuesday evening and feared to have fallen into the swollen river. He was reportedly in ill health and his family includes a wife a daughter and three children. Another missing man E J Hamill of Blaine West Virginia cashier and stockholder left Cumberland Saturday night for Clarksburg Indiana and is missing since 11 30 p m near Windsor Hotel with no clear reason for absence.
Piedmont West Virginia June 5 Tri-Towns manager Mullen adds four new players from St Josephs and Johnstown. Morgan Nolan Miskell and Fickes join to strengthen the team. Veteran Nick Maddox will pitch against Frostburg at Potomac Park, with Mullen optimistic about winning today or Sunday.
Classified ad announces wallpaper prices from 2 to 6 cents per roll. Eyers store at 30 N Centre St promotes savings on any grade of paper. Advertisement appears in the April 9 issue.
Dr. E. E. Pratt, head of the commerce bureau, reports Latin America's trade wounded by the war. He notes halved commerce immigration halted unemployment upended public works, and explains ties to Europe deepened the impact. Loans and markets collapsed as Europe’s demand vanished.
B C Hoehle of Parkersburg, longtime soft drink and mineral water operator and prominent Elk, says since West Virginia went dry the business has fallen about 40 percent and continues to decline. He notes a paradox as saloon closures were expected to boost sales and even buttermilk has dropped in six months. Hoehle is staying at Hotel Windsor in Wheeling on business en route to Pittsburgh.
Nearly 3,000 children and adults from 78 Protestant churches will parade in Allegany County Sunday school and Bible class march. The fourth annual Allegany County Sunday School Association convention takes place at St. Luke's Church Bedford Street June 15 and 16 with speakers Robert L. Hopper of Baltimore and Mrs. M. S. Wilson of the State Sunday School Association. A massed choir will provide music at all sessions.
President George B Wise and Vice Presidents Upton Rob Ed wards Frostburg and C D Neff together with secretary Percy Hartzell Cumberland and statistician W M Somerville Cumberland are listed along with departmental superintendents and officials across Cumberland Frostburg Lonaconing Barton Grant and adjacent communities.
New York completed arrangements for a city wide celebration of Honest Weight Week to show tradesmen mostly honest and to campaign against merchants who cheat with false weights. Protestant and Catholic clergymen will start the week tomorrow with sermons on justice in trade.
Announcement from Elkine West Virginia notes the January 8 wedding in Oakland Maryland of Miss Isabel Heatherly of Elkins to John Edward Pritchard of Dunmore. The bride, a Wesleyan College graduate, taught in Elkine schools and finished her term before the announcement. Pritchard is a Dunmore merchant.
The Randolph County annual Sunday school convention will be held at Davis Memorial Presbyterian Church in Bikins on June 16 and 17. Professor J H Rubush of Dayton Virginia will lead the singing.
Saturday evening from seven to eight o clock McMullen Bros advertises men's pure thread silk half hose eight pairs for one dollar be prompt so they sell fast.
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