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Newspaper
Cumberland Press
Location
Cumberland, Maryland, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1914
Page
5
Amusements notices announce the Hagenbeck-Wallace Shows bring a bundled program to the city. The shows promise more novel acts and exclusive attractions than peers, with ticket prices equal to standard standards and a downtown box office in every town. Evening attendance is expected to surpass afternoon crowds.
A London trained English cast charms at the Maryland theater in The Blindness of Virtue. Audiences praise its clever dramatic construction and delicate handling of themes. The ensemble work earns consistent applause and signals a strong, refined production with repeat value.
First performance at 7:45 features Gene Gauntier in the lead while Drew Avery and The Cosmopolitan Tour provide vaudeville numbers and tango dances. Admission 10 and 20 cents. Ladies receive a memento.
The Majestic showcases a three reel Warner feature The Eye of the Government with Miss souvenir star. The program includes a five-member ladies orchestra led by Zita the violinist who arrived in the city from Boston.
Attorney Charles H. Ealy of Somerset reports in court that Berkeley as successor assignee received over 38000 from the Meyersdale estate of Ss D Livengood. He credited but did not repay much of that money. auditor dividends unpaid exceed 2100 and bank balance under 300. Berkeley, former Bull Moose congressional candidate, has been missing for nearly a year.
General Jacob S. Coxey and 18 followers entered Uniontown yesterday before noon. Police Chief Frank McCarty escorted them from the borough line. Coxey sought Attorney R. P. Kennedy who had invited him to stay over Sunday but Kennedy was not located. The party, including Coxey, his wife, and 11 year old son David, went to the Hotel Titlow to await renewed invitation.
The local theatre audience numbers were sparse as the season ended at the Maryland Theatre marking the close of an epoch making era for the venue and its patrons.
Newark, May 4. The trial of Raymond E. Smith, secretary treasurer of the wrecked Roseville Trust Co., opened today. Smith pleaded to twenty five indictments involving about seventy thousand dollars of the bank's funds, twenty of which are for misdemeanor embezzlement.
Readers are offered high and low heel shoes in all sizes with regular prices of 2.50 to 3.50. Ladies Goodyear Welt Pumps in bronze champagne grey and vici kid advertised in sizes 3% to 4% with sale prices from 195 to 4% as last stock.
La Salle Institute recognized top students across religious philosophy English mathematics physics and chemistry in the collegiate department. Religion awards went to Barrett McMullen Sell Reinhard. Physics to Reichert Schriver Sell. Philosophy to Barrett Grant McMullen Schriver. Mathematics to Barrett Grant Coniff Reinhard Glick Welsh. English to Barrett McMullen Grant Dougherty Coulehan Fleckenstein. Chemistry to Schriver Grant Getty Reichert. Business winners included May Flynn Moran Schleuss Helmstetter Hauser Rowley Harbaugh Crogan with leaders Flynn Moran Lafey. Academic winners were Ways Malloy Blaut Grant Billing Stegmaier McMullen Hoffman with leaders Ways Billing Stegmaier.
A statewide gathering in Wichita today promotes the international dry farming congress and the international soil products exposition set for October. Attendees include Dr Henry J Waters president of Kansas Agricultural College Governor George Hodges and other noted board members.
A mass meeting will be held at City Hall Plaza next Monday evening May 4 at 8 o clock to back Isaac Lobe Strauss in his bid to succeed Hon John Walter Smith in the U S Senate. The candidacy is endorsed by five railroad organizations the Maryland State Federation of Labor and the Baltimore City Federation of Labor. speakers include Strauss William Pinkney White Hon W J Ogden and John R Neal. All voters in Allegany County are invited.
Notice to stockholders announces the annual meeting of the Pythian Castle Association of Allegany County at Tri-State Business College on Thursday evening May 7 1914. Paid-up shareholders are entitled to vote. President B F Shaffer secretary L C Madore. May 2 5t.
A Dayton Ohio advertising offer promises a free Tango necklace and Evelyn Thaw bracelet with a 60 cent order of Spearmint Chewing Gum. The promotion targets women in New York and other cities, with a limit of two orders per party and dealer restrictions.
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