Frostburg Social News and Local Updates
Newlyweds Mr and Mrs Joseph Crowe hosted a reception at the bride’s home after a June 7 wedding at Zion Evangelical Church. Arion Band to perform for the county Sunday school rally. Jewish Synagogue erects an iron fence. Monahan property sold. 200 children at Normal School picnic. Community notices include decorations for Flag Day and theater and store advertisements.
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Arion
Cumberland
Centre Street
M. E. Church
McMillan Wilkinsons Tie the Knot in Frostburg
James McMillan son of Mrs Margaret McMillan and Miss Bessie Wilkinson daughter of Mr and Mrs Parker Wilkinson were married Wednesday night at 10 in the First Presbyterian Church. The groom, a clerk in the five and ten store, is a plumber at Piedmont. A euchre and dance at St Marys Hall next Tuesday will feature Powers celebrated orchestra on the second floor. Various local guests and visitors are noted, including Dickinson College students and relatives from Pittsburgh and Donora. The Frostburg Chautauqua features the American Grand Opera Quartet on June 26 to 28 with local promotions for clothing at Stewarts.
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Griffith
Thomas Griffith
Miners’ Hospital
John Rankin
Trinidad
Colo
James Howatt
Depot Road
Rankin
J. S. Saylor
Samuel Hoover
N. M. Kritchman
George Folk
Frank Gatesman
Meyersdale
H. C. Staub
Force
Edward Duffy
Lonaconing
Bert Bittner
Hill Street
William Morgan
Centre Street
G, Spier
Frank Hines
Sanitary Meat Market
Cumberland
Thomas Spier
Henry Rose
Frostburg Opera House
Warrens
Virginia
Paramount
Blanche Sweet
House Peters
Maryland
Leslie Carter
St. Mary’s Church
St. Mary's Hall
Powers
John Dash
Harriett Dash
Livermore
Harriet Reese
Hyndman
Margaret Gunning
Ethel
W. Va
Jennie Bowden
Pittsburgh
Margaret Dick
Donora
Thomas Dick
Joseph Dick
Samuel Wilson
Pittsburgh, Pa
Knapp's Meadow
Signs of Oil in George's Creek Valley Spark Confidence
Frostburg Md June 11 reports practical oil men see unmistakable oil signs in George's Creek Valley adjoining West Virginia and Pennsylvania. Observations cite oil springs near Dan's and Big Savage mountains, oil sands at mountain tops, a small tunnel seep and a six gallon daily stream, with Bullock Hickman Oil Co drilling near Lonaconing aiming to reach lower measures.
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Frostburg
Nature
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
George’s Creek
Wirt County
Johnson N. Camden
Burning Springs
Little Kanawha River
Parkersburg
W. Va
Camden
California
Dan’s
Big Savage
Clarysville
Borden Shaft
Consolidation Coal Co
Gondon
Bullock Hickman Oil Co
Lonaconing
Klondike
Midland Busastan delivery notice for Cumberland Press readers
Subscribers are urged to notify their representative immediately if newspaper delivery is not prompt. Carl C. Firle of the Cumberland Press asks readers to report delays to ensure timely delivery.
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Bureau of the Cumberland Press
Busastan
Cumberland Press
Carl C. Firle
Auto Collision Injures Cumberland Woman In Midland
Miss Anna King of Cumberland suffered severe head and facial cuts about 11 PM when her car smashed through a windshield after a collision with a second vehicle owned and driven by Alfred Davis of Midland. Doctor Michael J. McDermott treated her and she was taken home. both cars were badly damaged.
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Anna King
Cumberland
Midland
Alfred Davis
Michael J. McDermott
Heroic act saves life on Westernport trestle
A Cumberland area reader thanks Clarence Mercer of Westernport Md for dragging the writer to safety as a coal train rushed along the Cumberland and Pennsylvania Rail road trestle near Adams livery stable in Westernport. The rescuer pulled the author to the guard rail just before the cars passed, saving a possible fatality.
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Westernport
The
Cumberland Press
Clarence Mercer
Cumberland and Pennsylvania Railroad
Adams
Mr. Mercer
Home Grown Strawberries Advertised at Eyler’s Market
Advertisement notes plentiful home grown strawberries at Eyler's on 63 N Centre Street and urges customers to phone orders early. Includes a proverb about giving a person the benefit of the doubt and a reflection on honesty and failure.
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Eyler’s
Centre Street
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Zion Evangelical Church
P. G. Saffran
Milton Rose
Grant St
Philip Burton
Geo
Knoyer
Sylvester Crowe
Crowe
J. 5. Crowe
Mechanic
Richard Williams
Alfonsos. Nairn
John Kreitzburg
Jack S. Crowe
Regina Crowe
Marion Crowe
James McFarland
Hoskin
Maple Street
Miss Annie Brown
East Main Street
Monahan
Paul Chabot
Congregational Church
L. N. Meadows
Matilda Crawford
Blanch Wilderman
Model Rooms
Normal School
Grace H. Dando
Louisa Purnell
Miss Spitznas
Elva Thomas
Hazel Older
Ernestine Wittig
Federation of Protestant
Cieties
Ann
Old Salem
Ann of
Lyric Theatre
State Normal School
Ellen Thompson
Ruth O'Rourke
Geo. Burbage
James Carroll
John Park
Virginia Neff
Janet Anderson
Louise Harrison
Sophia Kline
May Hill
Nellie Hawkins
Naomi Marquis
Irene Condry
Clara Pyle Ewing
Elocation
E. B. Prichard & Co
E. Union Street
L. N. Meadows & Co
Main Street
H. M. Kline
Broadway
Mountain City
Frostburg City Lodge
Knights of Pythias
Nickel’s Hall
Junior Order Park
A Eb, Barnett
Philadelphia
John B. Reds
Ira Finzel
Kline Brothers
Captain Macklin
West Point
Honduras
J. M. Cessna
Baltimore Streets
Dayton
E. Z
Union St
Jacob Hafer
Palace Theatre
Richard Harding Davis
Lillian Gish
Jack Conway
Big Sandy
Colvins
Daniel Frohman
John Emer- 66Son
Keith Vaudeville
Margaretta Snow the Jolly Entertainer
Citizens National Bank
Benjamin Franklin
Sabbings Bank
Geo. L. Wellington
Hugh A. McMullen
W. L. Morgan
George L. Wellington
James A, McHenry
Aimon Rosenbaum Warren
White
Geo. D. Landwehr
Robert McDonald
Thomas Footer
H. Hetzel
Henry J, Glick ,Charles J. Holeshu
L. Wellingto
D. Landwher
Cc. G. Holzshu
John Schiller
L. Wellington
G. Holashu
James A. McHenry
Geo, D. Landwehr
Conn
South East Cor
Baltimore and
Centre Sts
Cumberland, Maryland
Oscar Eichhorn
Dickinson College
Carlisle
Minnie Wichhorn
A. M. Clapp
Washington, D. C
A. G. Neff
David Weinberg
Joseph Weinberg
Leah F. Lincell
Oakland
Olin F. Durst
Harry B. Somerville
K. P. Somerville
Abraham Lawton
Douglas
John T. Dobbie
ih.Frostburg
George
House of Quality
Chickering Grand
W. F. Frederick Piano Co
Baltimore Street
Cumberland, Md
Mrs. Vernon Castle
Vernon Castle
Rastus
Mrs. Vernon Castle and Rastus
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