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Newspaper
Cumberland Press
Location
Cumberland, Maryland, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1915
Page
5
The St Mary’s Parish plans a four day bazaar May 19 to 22 in St Mary’s Hall Old Town Road for church benefit. Dancing amusements and refreshments by the ladies will be offered and a good time is promised.
The Consolidation Coal Company plans seven new mines in the Fairmont field in West Virginia and will operate them six days a week this spring and into fall. Officials say a thousand workers are needed by week’s end, with 500 more to reach full capacity, prioritizing local labor but ready to recruit from New York and other points if needed.
Reports from Dicker son Run say traffic on the Pittsburgh and Lake Erie and Western Maryland rails is booming after a downturn last November. April saw 1,100 to 1,200 more Western Maryland loads than any month since it began operations, with coal, wire, and pipe shipping eastward for Europe amid unusually large trains.
Tens of thousands line streets as the Eastern Star and Antioch Commandery parade and drill through the plaza. Police maintained order while formations formed K and T letters and crosses in an afternoon pageant.
Dr. Geo B Kline of New Martinsville boarded B and O train No 782 to Benwood without a ticket and offered 65 cents the usual fare. Conductor refused the amount demanding the new rate. The train halted at Clairmont after the conductor took several passenger names.
Dr Kline says he will sue the company for damages after ending ties with the Benwood operation claiming the business required his immediate attention and disrupted his practice.
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