Civic Club Plans Public Playgrounds and New Projects
The Cumberland Civic Club at City Hall voted to open city playgrounds with Allison A. Gould of the Central Y M C A directing gymnastics on selected days. New sections and chairmen were named, and the club endorsed shade-tree planting along the National road, bringing the Liberty Bell to the National Pike for schoolchildren, plus bird conservation. July and August meetings set for 10:30 a m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cumberland Civic Club
Allison A. Gould
Central Young Men's Christian Association
D. Percy Hartzell
Press
Gerrit Smith
Girls’ Home
Robert MacDonald
Eligabeth Lloyd Lowndes
Red Cross
W. W Hanly
Mary McCormick
William ©. Thompson
Marie Rose
James H. Cook
Crede W. Wilson
Civic Club
Flaherty Kearns Visits Clarksburg On Lecture Tour
Pilaherty Kearns recently returned from Europe where he served as a correspondent for Old Braddock Gazette. He describes thrilling front experiences and a notable incident of a soldier wounded by a bullet passing through the skull, later calming his injury with first aid. He will lecture through Braxton and Calhoun counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pilaherty Kearns
Plaherty
Europe
Old Braddock" Gazette
Hhe Neal
Maherty
Flaherty
Grafton
Braxton
Calhoun
Clarkesburg
Suffrage Plea at Lawn Party Delivers Ballot Call
Mrs Samuel Johnson Poe of Baltimore spoke at a lawn party hosted by Mrs Gerrit Smith at 138 Maryland Avenue under the Just Government League of Allegany County. The event featured a suffrage address, audience questions, decorations in suffrage colors, dancing, music, and a palm-reading skit by Miss Gillespie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Johnson Poe
Baltimore
Gerrit Smith
Maryland Avenue
Just Government League
Allegany County
Poe
Dancix
Miss Gillespie
Evangelistic Meetings Planned in Brunswick by Vom Bruch Brothers
The vom Bruch Brothers of Chicago will conduct a series of evangelistic meetings in Brunswick. At a Brunswick ministers meeting the evangelists were invited to open services Sunday evening. A large tent will be erected on the lot near S. W. George and Co. They have held successful meetings in Knoxville and Burkittsville, and Brunswick is expected to draw large crowds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brunswick
Vom Bruch Brothers
Chicago
S. W. George and Co
Vom Bruch’s
Knoxville
Burkittsville
Suffrage Pilgrims Finish 350 Mile Journey Today
The Suffrage Pilgrims completed their 350 mile trek through Southern Maryland. The prairie schooner Just Government League caravan passed Anne Arundel Calvert St Marys Charles and Prince Georges Counties, welcomed at La Plata Waldorf Brantown Upper Marlboro and Washington. A mass meeting on Pennsylvania Ave followed by a reception at Washington College of Law marked the day. Mrs Frank H Snell and Miss Mary OToole helped arrange the reception before the caravan reached Baltimore for an open air mass meeting at St Paul and Baltimore streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maryland
Anne Arundel Calvert
St. Mary’s Charles
Prince George's
Just Government League
la Plata
Waldorf
Brantown
Upper Marlboro
Washington
Susan B
Margaret B
Pennsylvania Ave
Washington College of Law
Frank H. Snell
Mary O'Toole
Baltimore
St. Paul
Cold in Elkins as June 24 records fall
Elkins West Virginia June 25 Frost formed across the region after a frigid morning with the mercury at seven o clock registering 37. The low temperature broke June records and frost prevented major damage only because of fog.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elkins
W. Va
United States Weather Bureau
Personal News Roundup of Visits and Travels Across Towns
Local society items list departures and arrivals of residents and guests. Several figures travel by train to Youngstown for work, while others visit Terra Alta Oakland Cumberland and Baltimore for vacations or family gatherings. Notables include Mrs. James Trembly Mrs. Leonard Bishop and Col William Lavette known as Sage of Tunnelton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Youngstown
Virginia Fraser
W. M. Bishop
Terra Alta
Sarah Wright
Westernport
L. L. Lear
Oakland
Carrie Dorsey
Grantsville
William Hammesfahr
Mountain Lake Park
May
Rose Wright
St. Joseph's College
Emmitsburg
Peter E. Wright
Baltimore Avenue
Ruth Connelly
Boston
Mass
Wright
L. W. DeBerry
Allegany Hospital
Helen Landers
Wheeling
W. Va
J. A. Martin
Bellevue Street
J. E. Finan
Central Station
Harriet Louise Dodd
B. F. Scott
J. C. Epley
D. S. Buzzerd
Cumberland
J. W Hedding
Tyrone
Marion Lamp
Cherry Run
R. K. Snyder
Piedmont
Foutche
Berkeley Springs
A. V. Poland
Clarksburg
J. R. Poland
Burke Street
L. P. Souders
Midland
Lawrence Sauders
Martinsburg
Peter Ennis
Lonaconing
Abram Lawton
James R. Bell
Cumberland Masons entertain Washington County brethren
Cumberland lodges join with Ohr and Fort Cumberland to host about 75 visiting Master Masons from Washington county and beyond. Delegations came from Hagerstown Hancock Keedysville Smithsburg Williamsport and Lonaconing for a 4:30 degree work, 6:00 dinner, and 7:30 further ceremonies with speeches by many leading Masons and a lively banquet with music and song.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cumberland Masons
Washington County
Cumberland- Potomac
Ohr
Fort Cumberland
Friendship Lodge of
Hagerstown
James W. Bowers
Hancock
Keedysville
Smithsburg
Williamsport
Bedford
Washington, D. C
Lonaconing
Westernport
William P. Rizer
Archibald C. Willison
Joseph Dawson
W. C. Montignani
R. H. McCauley
L. H. Keller
George Hughes
Maxwell Richards
Benjamin Mitchell
Tlancock
Ridenour
Thomas Footer
F. N. Zihlman
Cumberland
Peter C. MacFarland
Local Guests and Moves Highlight Oakland Week
In Oakland this past week several residents were noted: Althea Fuller Abigail Schwab and Gol die Lammert from Piedmont Frostburg hosted at the National Hotel Grantsville. Jos E Cunningham moved to Uniontown Pa to open a meat market. Rev Thomas J Stanton of Catonsville visits his brother J M Stanton in Oakland. Cora Compton visits Sir John’s Run W Va with her parents. R W Catlett and family relocate from Berkeley Springs to Oldtown Md.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Althea Fuller
Abigail Schwab
Piedmont
Goldie Lammert
Frostburg
National Hotel
Grantsville
Jos. E. Cunningham
Paw Paw
Uniontown
Thomas J. Stanton
Catonsville
Lonaconing
Work Increases In Kitzmiller Mines
Kitzmiller Maryland June 25 reported activity rising at the mines here and at Blaine West Virginia opposite the town. Output is larger than in months past. Davis Coal and Coke Company plans to reopen the mines near Bloomington. significant unmined coal remains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kitzmiller
Blaine
W. Va
Davis Coal & Coke Company
Bloomington
Davis WV Groom Weds Bedford Nurse at St Thomas Church
Robert P Bridges of Davis West Virginia married Dorothy Donahoe daughter of Mr and Mrs Jonathan Donahoe of Bedford at St Thomas Catholic Church Bedford. Rev W E Downes officiated. Attendants were Grover Bridges and Anna Mee Laughlin. The groom formerly worked for the government at Panama and is now a store manager in Davis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mercy Hospital
Pittsburgh
St. Thomas Catholic Churh
Bedford
W. E. Downes
Grover Bridges
Cumberland
Anna MeeLaughlin
Panama
Davis
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Flaherty Kearns
Edward Harris, Sr
John Menefee
Andrew Rice
Pisie Rice
James Cook
Mary Smith
Evelyn Cole
Donald Smith
Arthur Menefee
Charles O. Roemer
George Smith
Baltimore & Ohio
Niagara Falls
Edison Electric Iil. CO
North Liberty Street
George M. Barker
William A. Huster
Franklin H. Ankeney
Temple Assembly Hall
Leilah Rizer
Donahoe
Robert P. Bridges
Davis, W. Va
Dorothy Donahoe
Mrs
Jonathan Donahoe
N. Media
Olin
Baltimore St
Wiesel
Cumberland, MD
St. Louis
el Paso
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Portland
Seattle
Ables
Peoples Pash Grocery Co
Rth
Centre Street
EAL
Decatur Street
Park Street
Elm Street
North Mechanic Street
Braddock Way
J. H. Holzshu & CO
Freestburg’s
Leslie
Iesbhie
the Jeweler
Pennsylvania
Western Maryland Railway
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