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Newspaper
Cumberland Press
Location
Cumberland, Maryland, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1914
Page
2
Frostburg readers favor Frostburg Press with Cumberland Press advertising and news by Thomas Brown. Circulation figures tag Frostburg ahead of other dailies as agents promote notices and notices solicit advertisements.
Daniel Boone, known as Edward Killander, a glass-blower of Narrows Park Allegany County, Mo, with two dogs Reno and Teddy killed a large catamount Saturday night near H T Malin residence. The catamount fled, dogs pursued it through Braddock Run. an inquest at J Wilson Dodd store exonerated Killander as killer though the dogs were charged with malicious murder in the first degree.
The Epworth League of Grace M E Church South plans an evening program with devotional exercises by Mrs. W C Manley, a ladies quartet, cornet, readings, duets, and solos with Rev W S Nicholson and Miss Anna Elias among performers. Reports also note the State Normal School senior class presenting Rebecca's Triumph at Frostburg Opera House Friday. several local residents travel on business or leisure including 181 trout caught in West Virginia and visits from Miss Susan Colborn to Baltimore.
Typhoid cases in Piedmont prompt attention from Governor Hatfield and health agencies. Memorial Day plans, May Day services at St Peters, and a Piedmont high school graduation address by Dr. O S Woodley are noted along with city book audits and Westernport real estate activity. Obituary for Patrick Turley and local personals are listed. In Harrisburg, Pascal Hall faces electric chair for murder under a new law affecting capital crimes.
The Hippodrome closes for the season with Gilbert and Sullivan’s Pinafore ship-set as a highlight. Laurette Taylor ends her Court Theatre run. Sari continues at New Amsterdam. Mitzi Hajos and Grace George shine in current shows. A White Rats Actors Fund bazaar and Lambs All-Star Gambol at the Metropolitan Opera House feature top stars. Drew and Barrymore in A Scrap of Paper stun at Empire Theatre. Shenandoah revival at Brunswick Theatre with 500 scouts. John Miltern to debut in Drugged under A. H. Woods.
Father Scheer lectured at St. Charles Church on the Catholic rule of faith, arguing Bible alone cannot guide heaven. He said the Bible’s compilation and transmission came through the Catholic Church and apostolic succession, noting the Bible’s historical limits and the church’s role in its preservation. The series covered Eternal Punishment in an address the previous morning.
A series titled Why I Am a Catholic was presented with the subject described as a most interesting one.
The week end contest results from La Salle Institute are announced by department. Shorthand winner Fausten May with Emmett Moran second. typewriting and speech winner Vincent Buchholtz with Carl Schleuss second. muscular movement writing led by Christopher Hauser, Vincent Buchholtz, James Rowley. orthographic firsts include Carl Schleuss Emmett Moran James Laffey Raphael Crogan. Class leaders named across departments.
Wm. E. McHugh, attorney at law, will move from 55 and 56 Third National Bank Building to No. 1 Washington Street on June 1, 1914.
One of the largest orchard deals in West Virginia history was completed Saturday. James M. Rothwell of Martinsburg sold one half of the Rothwell Farm and Orchard Company to Walter W. Moore and Maurice Rothstein of Johnstown Pa for $60,000. The 540 acre Jefferson county property near Kearneysville includes 285 acres of apple trees with an estimated crop this season of 20,000 barrels.
The American Library Association begins its annual conference in Washington on May 25, with librarians from across the country and affiliated groups meeting through May 29. Dr. Charles W. Eliot will announce support for a free public library in Pekin China, as G B Utley reports about four and a half million dollars in cash and 168 655 volumes donated to libraries. The event features a school library exhibit and discussions on parcel post aiding education and reading expansion.
Ottawa notes Victoria Day marked nationwide as a national holiday honoring Queen Victoria's birth. The 24th anniversary fell Sunday, and by statute the following day becomes a holiday.
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