Funeral Party Disperses After Arrest on Pennsylvania Train
A quarrel on a Pennsylvania Railroad train led to George Alfred Clarke being arrested for assault by warrant from Justice Humbird. Clarke paid a $5 fine and costs, then left with his wife for Eagleville. other mourners continued on the car.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania Railroad
George Alfred Clarke
Fagleville
Clarke
J. E. Hensel
Hensel
Jacob B. Humbird
James Lindsay
Eagleville
Prisoner hauled through secret trap door jailed six months
Rosa Laughlin a former city salesman was sentenced by Magistrate John W Heck to six months in the House of Correction for habitual dis orderly conduct. Mrs Anna Dunn testified and reported Laughlin’s threats at her home as officers found a concealed trap door and Laughlin hiding in a cellar after a window pane was removed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rosa Laughlin
House of Correction
John W. Heck
Anna Dunn
Homus Street
Dunn
Eisenhauer
Laughlin
Meister
Cage
Mahlin
Heck
Clever Boy’s Body Recovered From Potomac
The body of 14 year old Wilson Clever of Mercersburg Pa was found last night in the Potomac after drowning yesterd ay morning. The body was identified and taken to Stein's morgue before being returned to Mercersburg on the Western Maryland train at 1 27 pm. A man named John Rolles grappled and recovered the body near where he disappeared after attempting to reach a boy on the river bank. The drowning followed a dispute with a step mother and a companion boat trip on the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal led by captain Harry Parr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson Clever
John W. Clever
Mercersburg
Potomac River
Yestery
Merccersburg
Maryland
Young Clever
Neer
Stein's
John Rolles
Bey
le Mie
Hem
Harry
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal
Harry Parr
Fireman Charles Nichols Shot in Hamner’s Restaurant
Charles Nichols a fireman for the Western Maryland Railway lies in critical condition at Thomas, W. Va. from a bullet wound fired by an unknown Italian during a quarrel at Hamner's restaurant. The bullet entered above the left eye and exited behind the left ear. friends say they knew nothing of the quarrel beforehand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Nichols
Western Maryland Railway
Thomas
W. Vaz
Hamner
Nichols
Prisoner removed to Western Maryland Hospital for dog bite treatment
W. H. McNeil, arrested yesterday for being drunk and disorderly, was moved from the police station at 5 PM to Western Maryland Hospital to treat a dog bite inflicted in Frostburg about five days earlier. The wound caused him pain and swelling last night. Dr. Edward H. White is the attending physician.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. McNeil
Western Maryland Hospital
Frostburg
McNeil
Edward H. White
Gunshot Fatality in Paw Paw Worker James Gilmore
James Gilmore, a 42 year old Black laborer for Bennett & Talbott on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad project at Paw Paw West Virginia, died at Allegany Hospital from a gunshot wound to the right leg. He was shot at a colored boarding house by a stranger who threatened to “clean out” the place. The body rests at Butler Undertaking pending funeral plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Gilmore
Allegany Hospital
Gilmore
Bennett & Talbott
Baltimore and Ohio
Paw Paw
W. Va
Butler Undertaking Rooms
Drinking Fountain Bazaar Thursday at Central Y M C A
The W C T U will stage an all day bazar Thursday at the Central Y M C A to benefit the public drinking fountain fund. Donors are urged to send contributions in early Thursday.
Concert for School Exhibit Day Fund in Allegany County
Superintendent John Ek Edwards announces a benefit concert Tuesday evening May 19 at Union Street Auditorium. Headliner soprano Franceska Kaspar Lawson of Washington DC will perform a coloratura Solo with proceeds aiding Exhibt Day observance expenses set for May 22.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Ek, Edwards
Allegany County
Union Street
Franceska Kaspar Lawson
Washington, D. C
Wright-Cumberland Produce Company Formed In Frostburg Area
The Wright-Cumberland Produce Company has been incorporated and assumed management of the Cumberland Produce Company located at 24 South Centre Street. Officers include Peter E. Wright as president and G Victor Lammert as vice president with other officers from Frostburg and this city. Capitalization stands at $20,000.
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Wright-Cumberland Produce Company
Cumberland Produce Company
South Centre Street
Peter E. Wright
G. Victor Lammert
John P. Tole
Dyland Rickey
Charles L. Bane
Lammert
Frostburg
Wright
Central Market Company
Cumberland Club Elects Directors At Annual Meeting
At Prospect Square rooms last evening the Fort Cumberland Club elected a new board for the ensuing year. Directors named include Merwin McRaig James A McHenry John G Miller John Keating J L Griffith George R Wheeler Harry Footer W W Hanly George A Pearce and Charles B Jeffries. Few changes were made and the board will meet soon to elect officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Cumberland Club
Prospect Square
Merwin McRaig
James A. McHenry
John G. Miller
John Keating
George R. Wheeler
Harry Footer
W. W. Hanly
George A. Pearce
Charles 8. Jeffries
Local Pairings Listed for Pennsylvania Residents
The record lists several couples from Pennsylvania towns including Dubois Alverton Altoona Pittsburg Kushkwa and McAlvey's Fort. Names include Lewis Mutlie and Ethel Rhoads Dominic Matthew and Christiana Logreco James Dalton and Nellie Meihart Valentine Springer and Anna Flickinger and Frank Henninger and Mary Barr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis Mutlie
Ethel Martha Rhoads
Dubois, Pa
Dominic Matthew
Christiana Logreco
Alverton
James Stewart Dalton
Nellie Florence Meihart
Altoona
Valentine Burns Springer
Pittsburg
Anna M. Flickinger
Kushkwa
Frank McIlvain Henninger
Mary Clara Barr
McAlvey's Fort
Clover Hill Dairy Responds to Milk Quality Claims
The Civic Club warns Cumberland health officers about inferior milk and cream from DEAL EXRS. Clover Hill Dairy owner A. T. Meluckte asserts their dairy is sanitary and will pass the strictest inspection for purity and cleanliness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Civic Club
Cumberland
Boy Scouts in South Cumberland Plan Tenderfeet Tests
A newly organized South Cumberland Boy Scout troop with 28 members will meet today to pass Tenderfeet examinations as part of a local clean-up campaign.
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South Cumberland
South Cumb
Obituary notices for several area residents
The list notes the deaths of Mrs. Katie A. O'Neill of Shriver Ave and August Krause of Linden St with funeral details at St Patrick's and Bedford Street German Lutheran Church. Nellie Kline of New York Clothing House dies after second operation at Allegany Hospital. Mrs Adam Laughlin of Deer Park Md dies of typhoid at Western Maryland Hospital. Each notice lists survivors and close family connections.
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August Krause
Linden Street
Bedford Street
Church
Nellie Kline
Morris Kline
New York Clothing House
Allegany Hospital
Kline
Max Kleinstub
North Centre Street
Creekside
H. Kleinstub Wiill
Pennsylvania
Civil War Vet Murdered by Son in New York Pavilion
General Hiram Duryea, Civil War veteran and Duryea Starch Co. founder, was shot to death in his sleeping pavilion by his son Chester in the early hours. Seven shots fired. the son was arrested as police investigated the fatal ambush. May Day sale ads from McMullen Bros. appear nearby.
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New York
Hiram Duryea
Ciiil
Duryea Starch Company
Chester
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Mark
Clever Boy
Heecits
Seoots
Mr. Fireman
W. Mi. Hospital
NEW Produce Company
Cumberland Club
Clover Hill Dairy
A. T. Meluckte
Prop
Boy Scouts
Clean-up Crusade
W. W
Rockefeller
Wild Joe" O'Carroll
I. W. W. Mass
Mulberry Bend Park
New York City
Colorado
O'Carroll
Marie Ganz
Broadway
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Strke
Katie A. O'Neill
Edward F. O'Neill
Shriver Avenue
St. Patrick’s Catholic Church
James
Robert
Mary O'Neill
Robert Welsh
Edward O'Neill
Mrs. Morris Kline
Phil
Louis
Abe Kleinstub
Anna
Poe Kleinstub
Adam Laughlin
Deer Park
Stein Undertaking Rooms
McMullen Bros
J. George Ziilch
N.centre St
Congress
Alt Weidelburs
Diana
Art
Beacon Light
the Oasis
Venice
Grace
Helen
Erin
Venetian Lagoon
John A. Fulton & Co
Balto. and Liberty Sts
Cumberland, Md
S. & H. Green
F. F. Lockenott
Balto. St
GYD
Sigs Cove
Viavi
L. M. Kenniston
Mer
Centre St
John C Wolford
South Liberty Sf
John A. Bopp
Florist
P. O. Box
Louis Stein
Ifice, Chapel and Morgue
North Centre St
Lars
Cuffs
Cumberland Laundry
N. Mechanic St
the City Taxicab CO
John Paul
Yew Buiding
Habig Brothers
N. Centre St
Habig & Stegmaier
P. Wiesel
Kranich & Bach
Baltimore Street
North
Cowden & Zihlman
Third National Bank Building
THE
Agency For Service
Walsh Building Telephone
I Rosenbaums Cumberland’s Shopping Center
Ladies Coats
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