Memorial services and community notices in Frostburg area
Memorial services were held at First Church with Rev. Helps Bickford delivering a sermon on God's Call Men. The article lists a local choir with members and notes 400 tickets sold for a masquerade ball. It also mentions library fundraising efforts, a fire incident on Hill Street, and upcoming film showings and local business ads.
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Ige
Jr .A
Helps Bickford
Celine
Earthie
P. G. Saffran
Charles Bondree Kemp
Thomas Bond
Grose
Edward Stokes
Ilatlond
Eula Arnold
Vliams
Sarah Jenkins
Ida Fs
Marie Walters
Inez Devore
Viola Porter
Aspinwall
Hites
Alberta Carroll
Alberta
Glissan T. Porter
Educational Pictures and X Ray Exhibition At Ioffman School
An afternoon program will feature moving pictures and an X ray machine exhibit for all school children. Athletic games and prizes will be awarded to the school with the greatest enrollment, best parade appearance, most educational exhibit, and best agricultural exhibit. Schools within four miles of Keyser participate.
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Ioffman
Keyser
Truth Is Stranger Than Fiction Ad for farming learner worker
Wanted forty years old run to obtain home on good farm with home environments and college education. Anxious to learn farming and will pay $5 per month while learning. Address 4416, Record office Ad in Philadelphia Record.
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Hale
Philadelphia
Washington Belle Navy Man’s Bride
Mrs. John Farnsworth, a recent bride, hails from Washington and is connected to the Navy man. This note mentions the bride and her guardian, with Farnsworth aboard a ship in Michigan, marking a pending mid November wedding date.
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Washington Belle
Navy Man’s Bride
John ‘Semer Farhaworth
Ravensworth
Flore Washington
Farnsworth
Michigan
Lonaconing News Roundup From The Cumberland Press
Local brief from Lonaconing compiled by The Cumberland Press notes community items and calls readers to submit news to the 4‑W newsroom line for publication.
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Lonaconing Bureau
The
Cumberland Press
Masquerade Party and Club Gatherings in Charlestown
Social notes describe Masquerade party hosted by Miss Ethel Gardner at her Charlestown home with B. B. Sewing club friends enjoying Halloween games music and late supper. Also Pythian Sisters surprise party, and several club gatherings hosted by Miss Marrow Bell and Miss Margaret L. Bell. Local deaths and memorial services noted for Gilbert Stevenson and Jr. O U A M service.
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Ethel Gardner
B. B. Sewing Club
Charlestown
George Whitfield
Robert Matthews
Sylvia
Jennie Robertson
Sally Jenkins
Gertrude Weber
Virgie Dye
Annie
Clementine
Pythian Sisters
David Tennant
Florida Way
Mesdames
Margaret Gardner
Jane Park
Maggie Smith
Janet Picken
Mary E. Jones
Mary Love
Annie McKelvie
Jane Turnbull
Maggie Laird
Rachel Marshall
Ellen Russel
Mary Frew
Clemmie Herron
Mary Laird
Annie Fichhorn
Sarah Nicholas
Jennie Stevenson
Lizzie Fisher
Margaret Andrews
Rebekah McMillan
Allie Schaidt
George Albright
Ethel Greenhorn
Edna Durst
Ida May Eichhorn
Helen Bradley
Mildred Sloan
Anna Morgan
Alex Boyd
Presbyterian Church
Thomas Wheeler
Methodist Episcopal Church
Visiting relatives noted in brief society item
Mr and Mrs John Jord are visiting relatives. An instructor in the local school spent time with family. Mrs Riteh ee appears in the fragmentary text of the item.
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Jord
Relaile
Rose Pink Chiffon Dancing Frock Described
Old rose colored chiffon creates a fetching effect in a dancing frock. The skirt is veiled with light pink chiffon and net trimmed with old rose. Panne velvet and skunk fur provide trim. Velvet and skunk trim short sleeves. Waist V features fine silver lace. Three dark roses at the waist and three on the skirt trim. A wreath of roses completes the headpiece.
Funeral of Mrs Martin Held at St Peter’s Church
The funeral of Mrs John A Martin was held this afternoon at 1 30 from St Peter’s Catholic Church Westernport with interment in St Peter’s cemetery. Mrs Martin known in Lonaconing Midland and Barton, lived in the area all her life and was a devout church member.
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Martin
John A. Martin
St. Peter's Catholic Church
Westernport
St. Peter's Cemetery
War developments marked by Allied anger at Turkish apology
One year ago today Turkey issued an apology for bombardment of Russian ports but offered no reparations, drawing scorn from the Allies as war declarations loomed. Allied reports note progress near Dixmude and reduced German pressure, while Germany claimed gains at Ypres Argonne and the San Galicia.
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Turkey
Ypres
Argonnes
Russian Poland
Germany
North Sea
Dixmude
France
East Prussia
Vistula
San
Galicia
Russia
Prohibitionist Coal Dealer Dies After Robbery Attack
Frank P Crissman of Altoona aged 63 died after injuries from a February robbery where two masked assailants held him with revolvers. His nervous system was shattered by the incident and he declined in health. He had run a coal business in Altoona for 20 years and was active in church work.
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Altoona
Frank P. Crissmen
Never Believe Anything a Newspaper Man Tells You
A letter from Mrs. S describes Luke McLuke, noting his name starts with H and his hair is black. It claims he is six feet tall and married, presenting a playful critique of a newspaper man.
Notable Education Rally Plans At County Seatings
University of Morgantown official J Russell Trotter State Superintendent M P Shankey and other education leaders including Joseph Rosier Thomas Miller John Edwards and William Kendricks announced their expected attendance at the upcoming County Educational rally. Grand Marshal V F Alkive named assistants with parade routes set to form at public schools and march through St. Cloud Piedmont Mineral Armstrong Main and Lincoln streets.
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J. Russell Trotter
University of Morgantown
M. P. Shankey
Joseph Rosier
Fairmont Normal School
Thomas C. Miller
Shepherd Normal
Shepherdstown
John E. Edwards
Cumberland
William H. Kendricks
Howard Sutherland
Elkins
William G. Brown
Kinghave
V. F. Alkive
E. E. Hood
G. T. Carskadon
W. &. Crooks
N. Moore
Ed Vandiver
Ruce Nethken
J. Z. Terrell
J. C. Shutz
H. G. Wilson
St. Cloud Street
Piedmont
Mineral
Armstrong
Main
Kencer football game and local notices at Berkeley Springs
The Kencer football team meets Old Dominion College in Berkeley Springs as Mayor Piper issues a decoration proclamation and driver caution. Four thousand pupils and teachers are expected to attend. Also reported is the death of Mrs. Jane Bean in Keeler California and several community notices including entertainments and local arrivals.
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Kencer
Old Dominion College
Berkeley Springs
Piper
Jane Bean
Keeler
California
Bean
Keyser
Petersburg
W. Va
Adam V. Douglas
Thomas ? Douglas
Cumberland
Saloon License Applications Filed in Allegany County
Public notice states that Lombard Cominack filed for a saloon license under Maryland laws with the Allegany Circuit Court for Cumberland. The business is 14 North Front Street, Cumberland, with Henry Ash as owner. remonstrances must be filed within 20 days after October 28, 1916.
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Maryland
Legany County
Circuit Court
Allegany Co
Alle County
Wer
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Keyser Bureau of the Cumberland Press
Keyser, W. Va
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Evelyn Bond
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Mary Lipton
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Mildred Slaughter
Margaret Siller
Gertrude Conrad
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Eleanor Patton
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Edna Bill
Elizabeth McBride
Ida Gray
Nina Slaughter
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J. WH. Rowlenson
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William Stealy
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Episcopal Hospital
Mae Hong
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Fidessa Workman
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