Storm Rips Cumberland City With Cyclone Force
A sudden afternoon storm in Cumberland caused widespread damage across Baltimore street and North Centre street. Glass, hail, and wind toppled trees, unroofed buildings, and disrupted utilities with about 500 telephones out of service. The Cumberland Improvement Co warehouse roof and Smith Bakery were among structures unroofed, while Riverside Park and local landmarks suffered heavy impact.
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Cumberland Improvement Co
Rosenbaum Alley
Centre
George Streets
Butler’s Morgue
George Street
North Centre Street
Riverside Park
Western Maryland
Smith Bakery
Edward E. Gunning
Laing Avenue
Virginia Avenue
F. W. Woolworth
McKaig Foundry
South Centre Street
Western Maryland Hospital
Unidentified man found dead near Ridgely West Virginia
The decomposed body of a white man was found behind a hedge on farmland near Charles Berkshire’s ridge in Ridgely. A revolver lay beside him. a bullet hole indicated self-inflicted death. Coroner Dr. J K Cowherd ruled death by own action. body likely over a month old. Burial occurred in Allegany County after transport by Louis Steim. The man’s age could not be determined.
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Charles G. Berkshire
Ridgely
W. Va
J. K. Cowherd
Queen City Council Elects Officers
The Queen City Council No. 49 Junior Order United American Mechanics elected officers for the year. Samuel Welsh became councilor. William Brotmarkle vice councilor. Harry Fisher recording secretary. J Sylvester Dawson assistant recording secretary. Sylvester Schilling financial secretary. Samuel A Gleichman treasurer. Lloyd Buey conductor. Edward W Dawson warden. 8. W. O Neal inside sentinel. Jasper L Huff outside sentinel. R. Lewis Taylor junior past councilor. Justin Barkman George H Mehlberth and E C Huff as trustees. Installations set for July 1 with refreshments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Queen City Council
United American Mechanics
Samuel
Welsh
William Brotemarkle
Harry Fisher
J. Sylvester Dawson
Sylvester Schilling
Samuel A. Gleichman
Lloyd Buey
Edward W. Dawson
W. O'Neal
Sentinel
Jasper L. Huff
Outside Sentinel
R. Lewis Taylor
Justin Barkman
George H. Mehlberth
E. C. Huff
Million Dollar Fire Threatens Salem Leather District
A massive fire in Salem Massachusetts on June 25 endangers the leather district of Boston and Lynn and nearby towns. The blaze has caused a million dollar property loss with dwellings burning as hundreds flee in panic. Reports indicate twenty deaths though confirmation is lacking.
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Boston and
Lynn
Fog Thickens the Hudson as Ferry and Steamer Collide
Fog halts traffic across the North and East rivers and the harbor with a three collision day. The Taurus and Red Bank ferry crashed off Cortlandt Street causing panic among about 2,000 passengers aboard the Red Bank. The Taurus carried only Captain N B Allen and crew.
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New York
North River
Lower Bay
Lusitania
Leavig
Sandy Hook
Trafic
Taurus
Red Bank
Central Railroad of New Jersey
Cortlandt Street
Battery
N. B. Allen
Five Die As Auto Drops 150 Feet At White Point
In Los Angeles area at White Point near the city five people died when a car plunged 150 feet over an embankment at midnight. Victims include Mrs Laura Townsend 55 of Point Firman and Miss Laura Townsend 20 of San Diego, Miss Myrtle Branen of Walbrooke, Harry Baker of Los Angeles, and an unidentified 16 year old boy likely Harry Harms.
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Los Angeles
Cal
White Point
Laura Townsend
Point Firman
San Diego
Myrtle Branen
Walbrooke
Harry Baker
Harry Harms
President Wilson Kisses a Little Girl at White House
In Washington on June 25 President Wilson gave Laura Margaret Reilly a ten year old from Los Angeles a kiss she called the sweetest she ever had. The girl said she would take the kiss back to California and her Princeton graduate father Charles T. Reilly and mother accompanied her. The president consented and the girl left the White House bubbling with joy.
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Washington
Wilson
Los Angeles
Laura Margaret Reilly
Charles T. Reilly
Princeton
Miss Reilly
California
White House
Bridal pair join camping party in Keyser marriage
In Keyser yesterday morning Miss Pauline Wolfe Maxfield of Keyser and Dr Roy B Dawson of Northfork West Virginia were married by Rev H Eugene Richardson United Brethren Church They will camp at Berkeley Springs for a week then reside in Northfork McDowell County The bride a former University Preparatory School teacher. the groom a dentist in Northfolk An nouncements received today by friends of the contracting parties.
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Pauline Wolfe Maxfield
Keyser
Roy B. Dawson
Northfork
W. Va
H. Eugene Richardson
United Brethren Church
Berkeley Springs
McDowell County
Tunnelton
Northfolk
Relief delegates depart for Cincinnati convention
C P Kalbaugh timekeeper A Erdman coal billing agent J A Krausz P W Inspector Cumberland W H Longsdorf foreman Keyser Z T Brantner superintendent of shops Martinsburg and H A Hook engineer Piedmont head to Cincinnati as delegates from this division to attend the Baltimore and Ohio Relief department advisory committee convention. New York June 25 Roosevelt reported unconscious for twenty minutes from a chill at sea. Police seek 14-year-old Jesse Wilhelm for bicycle theft in Bedford Street area.
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C. P. Kalbaugh
A. Erdman
J. A. Krausz
P. W
Cumberland
W. H. Longsdorf
Keyser
Z. T. Brantner
Martinsburg
H. A. Hook
Piedmont
Cincinnati
Baltimore and Ohio Relief Department
New York
Imperator
Hoboken
Theodore Roosevelt
Southampton
Roosevelt
Jesse Wilhelm
Raymond Parker
Bedford Street
Wilhelm
Cook's Mills
Bedford County
Laing Avenue
Investigation of delay to Train No 40 at Hancock
West Virginia Public Service Commission investigates delays of Baltimore and Ohio Train No 40 leaving Hancock West Virginia for Martinsburg at 8 30 a m The lateness causes passengers to miss local connections and business in Martinsburg Commissioner Bronson leads inquiry
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West Virginia Public Service Commission
Hancock
Berkele Springs
W. Va
Baltimore and Ohio
Hancock Station
West Virginia
Martinsburg
Bronson
Henry Miller Illness Highlights Local Personal Notices
Brunswick Hotel proprietor Henry Miller is seriously ill. Bonnie Fox of Keyser visits Elma Beard in Hagerstown. Mina Farr leaves Martinsburg for Keyser to visit the Eastern Star. I B Miller and child of Cumberland visit Elkins. Naomi Long of Baltimore visits C J McKenzie in Narrows Park. Mrs W W Hamil returns from Dobbin with Miss Snyder as guest. State Senator F N Zihlman to speak at a Blooming Rose picnic near Friendsville. James H Cook and son Herman return from visits to Youngstown Pittsburg and New Castle. Thraford Diehl travels to Artemas to visit grandfather A R Elbin. Emma Clark returns from Pittsburg Buffalo and Niagara Falls. Helen M Alice, WVU Summer School attendee, Morgantown. Nellie Thompson vacationing in Buffalo Niagara Falls and Ontario. Mrs William Gornall and John visit Philadelphia and Atlantic City. Catherine Thompson at 220 Bedford street visits E B Thompson in Buffalo. Emily Aloysia Sell graduates from Catholic Girls High School Philadelphia class of 1914, served as class president and historian. Eugene East, hurt at Evitts Creek, improving at Allegany Hospital but not out of danger. Chief Judge A Hunter Boyd in Annapolis for Court of Appeals then Cape May. Mrs A Hunter Boyd visiting in Middleburg VA. Mrs James Clark improves at home on Washington Street. J Graham Pearce leaves canal work for Washington. Mrs Clarence V Derr goes to Amsterdam NY to join son Arthur in Cumberland. G N Nicolson of Washington visits Canal Towage Co. Dr W F Enfield of Bedford spends night in Cumberland.
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Henry Miller
Brunswick
Bonnie Fox
Keyser
Elma Beard
Washington Street
Hagerstown
Mina Farr
Martinsburg
Eastern Star
I’. B. Miller
Child
Cumberland
Elkins
Naomi Long
Baltimore
C. J. McKenzie
Narrows Park
W. W. Hamil
Dobbin
Snyder
F. N. Zihlman
Blooming Rose
Friendsville
Garrett County
James H. Cook
Herman
Green Street
Youngstown
Ohio
Pittsburg
New Castle
Thraford Diehl
Artemas
A. R. Elbin
Emma Clark
Beall Street
Buffalo
Niagara Falls
Helen M. Alice
Virginia Avenue School
West Virginia University
Morgantown
Nellie Thompson
New York
Ontario
Canada
William Gornall
John Gornall
Philadelphia
Atlantic City
Catherine Thompson
Bedford Street
Cin
E. B. Thompson
Buffalo N. Y
Emily Aloysia Sell
Chas. Sell
Hanover Street
Catholic Girls’ High School
Miss Sell
Eugene East
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Evitts Creek
Allegany Hospital
A. Hunter Boyd
Annapolis
Court of Appeals
Boyd
Maryvland Bar Association
Cape May
N. J
Middleburg
James Clark
J. Graham Pearce
Chesapeake & Ohio Canal
Washington
Rebecca's Triumph at Hippodrome
Social notes report Central M. E. church South presenting the play Rebecca's Triumph on Thursday. Miss Una Carleton hosted a Potomac club dance for her cousin Ruth Carleton of St. Louis. St Pal's Lutheran Women plan a Narrows Park meeting. Allegany High Alumni dance at Masonic Temple celebrated graduates with a nine piece orchestra led by Carl Sehmutz.
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Central M. E. Church
South
Rebecca
Hippodrome
Una Carleton
Potomac Club
Ruth Carleton
St. Louis
The
Women's Home and Foreign Missionary Society of
St. Pal's Lutheran Church
W. G. Damm
Narrows Park
Allegany County High School Alumni Association
Masonic Temple
Carl Sehmutz
Ralph M. Rizer
Aluumni Association
Fifty From Here Attend Lecture At Keyser
A well attended meeting at Keyser featured C. G. Baldwin discussing explosives handling. About fifty railroad men from the area attended, with E. J. Lampert presiding. The event was under the auspices of the Baltimore and Ohio Western Maryland Cumberland and Pennsylvania and Twin Mountain railroads, with shippers and professionals present.
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Keyser
C. G. Baldwin
E. J. Lampert
Baltimore and Ohio
Maryland
Cumberland
Pennsylvania
Twin Mountain
Italian worker killed in collision near Magnolia cutoff
Madero Mazza, 20, an Italian laborer for McCabe Construction Company, died yesterday when two cars collided and crushed him. He was buried today in St. Peter and Paul's cemetery after a funeral conducted by Undertaker Louis Stein.
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Madero Mazza
McCabe Construction Company
Magnolia
St. Peter and Paul’s
Louis Stein
Marriage Licenses List From Cumberland and Nearby Areas
Cumberland Maryland couples shown include Elmer J Ricker and Lucy M Fledenstein. Other pairs include Charles W Boetner with Lulu V Lancaster of Eckhart Md and Wheelr Hayes Porter with Sarah Zink of Cumberland. Additional pairs feature Lester J Sibley with Clara A Lintner and John H Sell with Nellie T McConnell, plus more from Cumberland and surrounding towns.
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Elmer Jacob Ricker
Lucy May Fledenstein
Cumberland
Charles William Boetner
Frostburg
Lulu Viola Lancaster
Eckhart
Wheelr Hayes Porter
Sarah Zink
Lester John Sibley
Clara Agnes Lintner
John Henry Sell
Nellie Theresa McConnell
Lonaconing
James Homer Hindman
Worthington
Isabel Taylor
East Brady
Samuel Freeman Albright
McDonaldton
Mary Myrtle Lindeman
Meyersdale
Charles Davis Henry
Martina Shaffer
Robertagale
Ralph Harshbarger
Isenbeandria
Daisy Burns
Bellwood
Frank Leroy Carr Glenalvan Pugh
Botland
Herbert Ambrow
Ethel Phil- Alexardzabeth
Gertrude
Cumber- McClellan
Scottdale
William Francis Bayer
City, Pa
Gertrude Eve Cox
Castle, Pa
Summer club swimming plans set by YMCA officials
Tomorrow the YMCA summer club will meet at the Central building at 2 15 p.m. with Director A A Gould and later gather at Wolves Wharf at 7 30 p.m. The river swimming area has been improved with two new floats for pleasure seekers.
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A. A. Gould
Wo'f’s
Baby show judging at Potomac Club lawn fete
Judging for the baby show linked to the oriental lawn fete at the Potomac Club will proceed at 5 30 p m. The storm did not disrupt plans and the program will run as scheduled. Supper will be served from 6 to 8 p m.
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Potomac Club
Internal Revenue Tax Stamps Ready for 1914 15
Internal revenue tax stamps for 1914 15 are now issued at the internal revenue office on the second floor of the post office building. Deputy collector J G Plum urges taxpayers to obtain stamps as early as convenient.
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Internal Revenue
Internal Revenue Office
Post Office
J. G. Plum
Man Dies From Ptomaine Poisoning After Bologna Sausage
Harvey Powers, 61, of Clearspring Maryland, died of ptomaine poisoning after eating bologna sausage. He had been in critical condition three days. Survived by brother Harry Powers of Hancock Maryland.
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Harvey Powers
Carpenter
Clearspring
Harry Powers
Hancock
The unusual McMullen Bros. bargains advertised
Unclear spellings but the notice advertises two advance ads for Friday and Saturday. The unusual McMullen Brothers are the subject of the short promotional notices.
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McMullen Bros
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