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Newspaper
Cumberland Press
Location
Cumberland, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Nov 11, 1915
Page
5
Phone call 308 F. Local notice lists address 228 Virginia Avenue in South Cumberland area and references an Environ organization. Limited readable data. no clear event or outcome specified.
I P Baker a traveling corn cure salesman was taken to Alleghany hospital after an assault by Files at a Virginia avenue saloon. He left hospital this morning after treatment by Dr Bove. Files was arrested and posted 5 for appearance but reportedly left the city. The item also notes social events and visits in Cumberland, Maryland area.
Mary Jane Blackiston through Col. George A. Pearce filed a bill in equity challenging the will of D. James Blackiston. Defendants include executors Albert A. Doub and Richard S. Bell and numerous beneficiaries. The bill alleges a trust in favor of Mary J. Blackiston for a $50 monthly legacy from Catherine A. Stille, with properties in Texas, Pennsylvania and Washington passing via the decedent who died June 17.
Former Senator William Jackson and guests from Salisbury Md hosted bridge whist last night. A quaint Dutch lunch with miniature windmill favors followed cards. The party dispersed today as guests left for the Eastern Shore in Senator Jackson's car. Also present were Mr and Mrs Lloyd Lowndes Rawlings Md George Wheeler and W W Brown. Mrs Harry Weber hosted a bridge party this afternoon. Mrs J H B Roberts Jr will entertain at bridge this evening. The Loyal Order of Moose will hold an oyster roast dance on the club lawn.
The jury in the third trial of Walter Crowl against Hagerstown's mayor and council awarded $7240 to the plaintiff for eye injury from mortar falling during a building's unsafe condition. A prior trial yielded one cent and another $9000 damages. a new trial was granted earlier as the earlier verdict was deemed excessive.
Wade Hampton Stoddard a known colored man in the city received thirty days in jail from Magistrate Jacob B Humbird for disorderly conduct and resisting an officer on a Baltimore and Ohio train. He rode the Magnolia departure intoxicated and caused disturbance with bones and a tambourine striking a detective and breaking windows at the Virginia Avenue crossing.
The motion for a new trial was overruled in the case of Louis Kline versus the Baltimore and Ohio railroad. The first trial yielded a verdict for the railroad. Kline claimed his spine was injured in a derailment near Philadelphia.
A man named William Bloard was charged after allegedly stealing a suit from a Black man near Ridgy last evening. He was arrested and taken into custody for the clothing theft.
Mrs. Frank R Beard of Hancock visits her niece Mrs Orville Logue in Ellerslie. C K Norris and William Aronholt go hunting in Gorman Maryland. J L Brown of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad undergoes skull pressure surgery at Western Maryland Hospital by Dr E B Clarbrook and Miss Annie M Hitchinson. David A Pile resumes work as train inspector after arm scalding incident. Arthur G Fowler and Mrs Fowler plan to attend the Panama Pacific Exposition. Mr and Mrs John Quinn Mrs W D Gall and Mr and Mrs W H Keplinger arrive from Elkins to visit Cumberland area. Miss Alice McMichael remains ill at home. Mrs Frances H Bready travels to Los Angeles for winter.
William C. Deveemon attorney sold his Washington street residence to George Schwarzenbach of Baltimore avenue. The deal was brokered through J. Emory Perrin and is described as one of the finest homes in Western Maryland.
Funeral services for Isaac Pierson, longtime Bedford hardware dealer, were held at his Betford home with Rev. G W Falls presiding. He died after erysipelas at Western Maryland Hospital, aged about 65, leaving siblings Joshua and W P Pierson, among others. Confederate veteran Abraham J Buckman died at Allegany Hospital at 71 after an operation, with interment at Frankfort West Virginia. Survivors include wife and six children. burial details and relatives listed. John K McMillan, 55, prominent retired businessman, died in Hagerstown from kidney disease, survived by wife and four daughters. brother Dr W J McMillan in Meyersdale and sister Mrs Anna Wolfersberger in Rockwood.
Mrs Helen Lawrish of Frostburg walked with a seven month old baby to Cumberland after her drunken husband drove her out. Two men intervened as the husband drank then assaulted her. Salvation Army Adjutant Woods seeks a home for the woman and child and requests information at two Cumberland numbers.
George Lookabaugh of Pen-Mar arrived from Memphis to retrieve the body of his sister Mrs. Anna Crawford, who burned to death after a gas explosion in her home when she struck a match after awakening to fumes. The blast left only her trunk. Mrs. Crawford was a sister of John W. Lookabaugh of 73 Williams road.
Civil engineer Stanton O Benjamin of this city married Miss Mary J Colbert on October 23 in Washington Indiana. Benjamin is the son of Mr and Mrs J E Wilmer Benjamin of 52 Williams Street.
William Ravenscroft a Garrett county farmer aged 78 died last night at 7 in Miners Hospital Frostburg after stomach cancer. Survived by two sons Harry of Pittsburgh and Charles, a daughter Mrs James Percy of Lonaconing, two brothers Thomas of Garrett county and Stephen of Uniontown. Funeral Friday at 2 from the daughter’s home with Rev Thomas Wheeler officiating. burial in Old Coney Cemetery.
The Y M C A Glee club and the Ladies' Choral club have secured a concert engagement at Frostburg State Normal School on Friday evening December 10. The program includes selections from both groups for the Frostburg audience.
Workers removed blocks in front of The Press building shortly after 2 PM as part of street work following paving completion. The reason for the operation was not ascertained.
Grover Gothard, 28, an escaped convict from Moundsville pen, robbed Oakley and William Bryan near Huntington while en route with produce. He and an accomplice took about $100 and valuables, then fled as locals alerted police. Gothard, missing since September 1914, has a $500 reward on his capture.
Fred C Blue commissioner of prohibition announced deputies will ride all passenger trains entering West Virginia from cities with saloons to monitor liquor brought into the state. Statistics will be kept and anyone transporting more than a reasonable quantity will be deemed a bootlegger and arrested.
Charleston West Virginia report shows 1612 accidents that month with 44 fatalities. Of claims, 1076 were paid in full, 209 paid partially, and 392 disallowed according to the department’s figures.
J W Lee a 30 year old brakeman on the Pittsburgh Virginia and Charleston branch of the Pennsylvania Railroad was killed by a train at the Duquesne Works shortly after 7 am He was coupling with a moving engine when he stepped in front of an approaching train hidden by fog leading to the fatal accident on November 11 in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania.
Readers are invited to weigh in on the who killed Mrs Fisher mystery in this week’s issue. The page presents questions and clues from the gwers column for reader discussion.
At 4 pm yesterday Thomas Tim Troxell attempting to escape while en route to City Hall on a drunk and disorderly charge. Officer Cabbage pursued through Center and Polk streets and struck Troxell with a club. Troxell was recaptured and sentenced to thirty days in jail by Justice Heck.
Dr. B N Gamble, 74, of Moorefield, fell and broke his arm while returning to his Fairmont hotel after attending a Grand Chapter of West Virginia Royal Arch Masons session. He is the oldest grand high priest of Grana Chapter living in West Virginia.
Miss Genevieve Walsh died Tuesday night after a three week illness in Harpers Ferry West Virginia. She was the daughter of Mrs Julia Walsh and is survived by her mother five sisters and three brothers.
Frostburg Maryland November Ore Shaw aged 31 died at 5 o clock this morning at Miners hospital following a dynamite explosion yesterday in the George's Creek Mining company office. He leaves a wife and mother, two brothers, four sisters, and is a member of several fraternal orders. Funeral services will be conducted by Reverend F S Mumford.
Notice lists applicants including Bertha Bulic with a Cumberland address seeking licenses to sell spirituous and fermented liquors. Applications filed November 8 1916 with Joseph H Reinhart owner of premises at 5 Baltimore Street Cumberland. Remonstrances must be filed within 20 days with the undersigned Lloyd L. Shaffner Clerk.
Notice of an application filed November 8 1915 under Maryland laws for license to sell spirituous and fermented liquors at 5 Baltimore Street Cumberland Allegany County. Remonstrances must be filed within 20 days with Lloyd L Shaffer Clerk and owner is Lloyd L Shaffer.
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