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Newspaper
Cumberland Press
Location
Cumberland, Maryland, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1915
Page
8
Wheeling May 27 West Virginia once famed as a divorce center has seen a 90 percent drop in applications after a January law change. Divorces now require open court testimony, with hearings in county commissions rather than chambers and depositions. Couples cannot remarry for six years after a divorce.
Augustus D. Bowers, 41, a Bedford store clerk, died yesterday noon from a throat wound with a penknife. He had been in Longmont, Colorado, for health and returned two months ago greatly benefited. Despondent for two weeks, his wife found him in a bathroom pool of blood. he was a Knight of Pythias member.
The P O S of A Cumberland and Allegany county picnic will be held at Narrows Park on Monday May 31. Deer Park attorney Weds in Terra Alta West Virginia Miss Nancy Foreman of Amboy West Virginia to John Doe in a Thursday ceremony.
Patrona and friends of The Cumberland Press are asked to telephone personals and their news items to this paper. Any matter of interest will be greatly appreciated, The Editor.
A. W. Galloway of Davis C. C. Co. visits New York from Cumberland with John S. Brophy of Piedmont & Georges Creel Coal. Brestburg reports calls on New York traders excluding Coal Trade Journal. Ruth Dicken visits Washington. Nellie Brady stays with sister Mrs. Mary Healy in Simpson. Mr and Mrs Lorenzo B. Van Sant of East Franklin St welcome a son born yesterday weighing twelve and a half pounds.
King Victor Emmanuel of Italy plans to spend much time with his armies to boost morale. The scene shows him at a mobilization camp two weeks ago, visiting the front and inspiring the troops.
A social gathering of the W. C. T. U. is set for tomorrow evening at 8 o'clock at the home of Mrs. C. C. Willison on Green Street.
A terse notice prompts readers about nervousness and provides a phone number 4166 for contact. The fragment offers no additional context, dates, or events.
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