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Newspaper
Cumberland Press
Location
Cumberland, Maryland, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1915
Page
7
Patrons and friends are asked to telephone personals and their news items to this paper. Any matter of interest will be greatly appreciated by The Editor.
A string of local reckonings lists residents visiting relatives and traveling near and far. Bernadette Crowe attends Tri-State Business College and stays with parents in Meyersdale. Mrs J Homer Vansant visits her parents in Hagerstown. Rev Thomas G McGruder of Tampa Idaho visits. Ralph L Schramm spends summer with his uncle in Worth East Pa. Fanny Horn returns from Pittsburgh. Mrs George J Schramm and son Harry visit Pittsburgh. Nellie Cunningham visits Mrs G L Carney in Schrey Street. BH Collins registers at Hotel Willard in Grafton. Belle Datley visits Mrs H B Boyer in Mar TS. Mildred Berman from Baltimore visits Brunswick Md and plans trips to Piedmont W Va Deer Park Md. Mary Early Hale returns from Western Maryland star trip. Arthur H Hawkins returns to Baltimore. Grace Mitchell, a graduate nurse, has tonsillitis. George W Stell and sister Prairbel Cox go to Baltimore for a week. Rev Carl S Bergner attends National Lutheran Brotherhood Convention in Akron Ohio representing the German Evangelical Lutheran Church of the city.
John L. Burke who died May 19 after serving about 15 years for second degree murder left $3000 to Harry B. Wolf, the lawyer who had rendered services years ago. The bequest appears in the will and reflects prior legal work acknowledged by the deceased.
The Allegany County Christian Endeavor Union will hold its second quarterly rally at the First Presbyterian Church Lonaconing on Friday at 8 PM. The event, postponed from last week due to a conflicting meeting, features societies from Lonaconing Barton Cumberland and Frostburg with speakers Rev H J Barnes Miss Anna M Hyde and Rev J L Ward. The Cumberland Endeavors will take the trolley at six from Cumberland and Frostburg at seven.
Miss Nellie Hinebaugh a Fairmont graduate nurse daughter of Mrs. Mary Hinebaugh of Elkins is engaged to Dr. D H Moffatt of Shinneton. The wedding date is not set but likely in June.
Advertising copy notes a sale on Wednesday May 26 from 10 to 11 AM by McMullen Brothers. Items include Life Buoy Bath Soap 39c, reversible galvanized washboard 19c, ladies lisle gauze vests 2 for 25c. No phone orders.
The Rev. Donald Guthrie former pastor of the First Presbyterian Church Baltimore will not appear for trial before the Presbytery of Baltimore but will be represented by his attorney.
A sensational shoe sale at Bricker's Bee Hive in Cumberland follows a major quake stirring a 150 mile radius. The store promises 1000 pairs of pumps and oxfords at 1.00 each Thursday at 8:30, with doors open to clear remaining stock before week’s end.
C Ed ward Gall of Highfield Maryland section foreman on the Western Maryland Railway was run over by a freight train late Sunday night near Guilford north of Waynesboro and instantly killed.
An advertisement for wallpaper goods at Eylers 30 N Centre St. promotes reduced prices with multiple cents per roll options and a line of gold wallpapers highlighted to attract savings.
Miss M L Brown of New York City, a renowned beauty expert, is in Cumberland for one week offering free instruction in skin care nails hair and facial massage. Through Lichtenstein Pharmacy the service is available by phone, visit, or home appointment at 61 Baltimore Street.
Rome May 25 The idea Pope Benedict might seek asylum abroad recalls a lavish state train built for Pope Pius IX but never used in his lifetime. The train, finished as Italy united, was kept as a Vatican symbol, later restored and kept at Castel Sant Angelo for preservation.
A birthday supper was hosted by Mr and Mrs Jerome Burkey for their daughter Anna. Guests included Edna Oss Ellen Bertie Porter Dora Lewis Mary Mattingly Anna Burkey William McKenzie Ned Thomas Ralph McKenzie and William Shannon of Baltimore. The Graduate Nurses Aid Society of Western Maryland Hospital plans a porch chicken and waffle supper Thursday evening.
The Marquette Social Club announces a regular Wednesday night dance scheduled for the 26th. Advertisement notes the event date as Ma.25-11.
The National Association of Manufacturers opens its twentieth annual convention in New York. Taft Harding and James A. Emery are among the speakers as thousands of delegates gather to discuss the year’s political and economic impact on U S industry.
List of names including Mrs. Lilly M. Albright Miss Genette Bailey Mrs. Nellie Davis Miss Nellie Davis C W Beeler C Campbell Mrs John C Brydon G J Campbell Miss Fannie Chase Mrs Nellie Davis L Delp E Dwiggins Dr C A Grinde Mrs Bud Hinkle Mrs Maggie Knipper Joseph Levy Bombard Shoe Co William Myers William Scarpe Edward Shore DL A Spurber Ed Smith Ambrose Vy heeler Mrs Florence Williams for the period ending May 22.
Continental Mills Tailoring Co now with McMullen Bros will occupy 18 North Liberty Street next to the Liberty Theatre on May 29. The firm promotes its $11.40 made to order three piece suits and will be exhibiting materials for manufacture. Until then the business operates at the McMullen store.
Skeleton fragments from an early settler, buried over a century ago, were unearthed on ex-Judge Henry Hutson’s Rawlings farm. A grave headstone-like slate bench piece, skull, jaw fragment, and rusty nails were found six feet deep after plow disruption. No prior grave was recalled at the site.
Cincinnati hosts the annual convention of the International Association of Police Chiefs as nearly all well known chiefs of police from America attend. Sessions open today and run through Friday, highlighting the city’s current safety climate.
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