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Newspaper
Cumberland Press
Location
Cumberland, Maryland, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1915
Page
7
The Cumberland Press invites readers and friends to call with personal news items. Any item of interest is welcome, and the editor thanks contributors for their responses.
A string of visitors and travelers include Miss Mary Bell of Hill street visiting Altoona, William Frederick of Eddy Press in Pittsburgh, Mrs. Frank H. Eastman of New York visiting her parents, and Mrs. Will H. Towles returning to Washington. Also listed are Col W W Cochrane in the city, attorney Gilmor S. Hamill of Oakland, Henry Wiegand visiting from Irwin, and railroad official C Lee French recovering in Baltimore before improving.
Ton yesterday visited her sister Mrs John Keating. Mrs Isaac Hirsch returned home yesterday from Pittsburgh. Dr P Elwood Stigers of Hancock was a visitor here yesterday. M lh Fesenmier of Baltimore was a visitor here yesterday. Col John Keating and W A Buckholtz returned Saturday evening from business visits to Parkersburg Huntington Parkersburg etc.
Nineteen nurses will complete training at St Agnes Training School for Nurses Baltimore. The graduation exercise and commence ment at St Agnes Hospital is set for 4 30 in the afternoon on May 28 with Sisters of Charity and the class extending invitations. Among the graduates is Mary Anna Kabosky of this city. Mr and Mrs Walter Fraley of 55 Union street hosted a wedding anniversary supper with guests listed.
A profitable hour sale on Tuesday May 18 from 10 to 11 o clock offers 50c four string brooms at 29c each with guaranteed select straw and a two per customer limit. Also 15c ladies hose, 10c white and tan hose, 1 can Dr Lyon's Tooth Powder, 1 cake Cuticura soap for 2c. No phone orders.
The Interstate Commerce Commission opens a hearing in Chicago on May 17 led by Commissioner Daniels. Western railways seek to raise fare basis in the Chicago to Rocky Mountain corridor from 2 to 2 1/2 cents per mile, a comprehensive investigation of railroad passenger charges.
The Central Y M C A will hold its annual meeting next Thursday at 8 p.m. voting members will elect several new board members. The nominating committee has named John T Edwards R W Little M H Sloan J M Streett John Schwarzenbach Henry Shriver Arthur J Weber B T Biser F H Ankeney George Mc Cracker and John W Smith.
The Pittsburgh Gazette Times unveils a refreshed format with easier reading and bolder sections. It highlights the women’s, financial, and editorial pages, with an expanded sporting section and Grantland Rice as a new special writer, promising engaging coverage of world news and market highlights.
May 17 Bethlehem Steel reports a peak of 14 000 workers including 1000 at the Redington fuse plant. The new merchant mill will add hundreds more positions. Current payroll exceeds 1 000 000 dollars monthly and may reach 1 500 000 within six months per C M Schwab.
Progressive citizens led by Senator Hood and leaders such as Thaddeus Hoffman and H H Hoffman organize a committee to launch an annual county fair and horticultural show at Keyser. The event will spotlight fruit orchards, livestock, poultry and farm products and attract exhibitors from the Eastern Panhandle and nearby Maryland counties.
F J Brookman extends sincere thanks to friends and neighbors for expressions of sympathy after the death of his wife. Advertisement.
An extra session of the Diet began in Tokio on May 17 and is expected to run about three weeks.
Fifty members of the Y M C A Glee Club will meet for supper in the Central Y M C A club room at 7 o clock this evening. The group plans a follow up concert for those unable to attend the paid event and a series of open air performances in Riverside Park and South Cumberland during the coming weeks and June.
An advertisement lists paper prices including 2, 3, 4, and 6 cents per roll with a 5 cent gold line. It offers savings on any paper grade at Eylers located at 30 N Centre St and is dated April 9.
Lennard Stegmaier 75 died Saturday night at his Baltimore turn pike home from paralysis. Survived by wife and five children. funeral at SS Peter and Paul Church with burial in its cemetery. Harriet Hite 70 died Sunday of paralysis at Valley Road home. funeral at Bethel M E Church with cemetery burial. Edna Pettet 20, nursing student, died Sunday after a weeklong illness. funeral plans pending arrival of Baltimore and Ohio train No 5. she is survived by parents and sister Leota.
Mary Neville’s long running Chicago case against the city for sidewalk injuries returned for another hearing. The suit, filed in 1908, seeks damages claiming damages from a fall on a public sidewalk.
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