Farewell party for Miss Elva Weller at 111 Thomas street
South Cumberland residents gathered at the Hadras home to bid farewell to Miss Elva Weller who heads to Hagerstown this morning. Attendees included Earl Bucy Ralph Rice Charles EK Daniels Earnest Snyder Charles Rinker Wilbert Michaels and Elva Weller with several others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George A. Hadra
Thomas Street
Elva Weller
Llagerstown
Earl Bucy
Ralph Rice
Charles EK
Daniels
Earnest Snyder
Charles Rinker
Wilbert Michaels
Elsie
Rossie Gerby
Elva Ward
Beulah Smeltzer
May Martin
Jennie Linn
Sadie
Anna Kaylor
City orders removal of signs over three feet on Baltimore street
City Engineer James P. Gaffney informs business houses merchants theatres and others along Baltimore street that signs extending more than three feet beyond the building line must be removed before December 1 in line with a recent City Council order. About fifty establishments affected. electric signs over three feet to be removed by December 1915.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore Street
James P. Gaffney
Cumberland
Allegany County
United American Mechanics
Moose Hall
Mountain City Council
No. 11
Frostburg
Fred N. Zihlman
J. Philip Roman
James A. Young
Bible lecture on Nineveh and Jonah at St Pauls Lutheran
Tonight at 7 45 Rev M L Enders discusses the ancient city of Nineveh and Gods dealings with humanity. using the book of Jonah the talk links biblical history to modern times and stresses justice mercy and retribution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nineveh
Assyrian Empire
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
M. L. Enders
Jonah
Tigris Liver
Far East
Near West
Hand Maimed Pressroom Accident at Cumberland Paper
Charles W. L. McDermott assistant manager of the Sagerstown Mail was stabbed by a press knife injuring the right hand while supervising adjustments yesterday afternoon. Dr. Miller treated the clipped fingers. McDermott, formerly with Cumberland presses, is known in Western Maryland West Virginia and Western Pennsylvania through his Eagles involvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles W. L. McDermott
The
Sagerstown Mail
Cumberland Press
Cumberland Evening Times
the Mail
Miller
Cumberland
McDermott
MecKeesport
Maryland
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Order of Eagles
School society plans taffy pull and Eagles dance event
The Sophomore class at Allegany County High School will host a taffy pull in the school building tomorrow evening. Cumberland Aerie No. 245 Fraternal Order of Eagles will hold a dance at the aerie rooms tonight. A J Cromwell is in charge of arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allegany County High School
Cumberland Aerie
Order of Eagles
Aerie Rooms
A. J. Cromwell
Man With Cancer Sent Home for Final Journey
Hans Arens, a factory worker from West Virginia, was granted transport by the Associated Charities with state room for a 2,500 mile trip to Regina Saskatchewan, Canada, to be with his wife and infant child after a Western Maryland Hospital operation revealed cancer in the entire abdominal region. He faces severe outlook and may not survive the journey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Charities
Hans Arens
Regina
Saskatchewan
Canada
Arens
West Virginia
Western Maryland Hospital
Sight Restored for Gilmore Girl Born Blind Returns Home
Edna Moore aged six, born blind, regained sight after five operations at the Presbyterian Eye Ear and Throat Hospital in Baltimore. She returned to Gilmore, Lonaconing, with her mother Mrs. John Moore. The child recognized her mother upon bandage removal and will need glasses going forward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gilmore Girl
Lonaconing
Edna Moore
Presbyterian Eye, Ear and Throat
Baltimore
Gilmore
Here
John Moore
Dr Harrington Reveals South Health Campaign Work
Dr Francis Harrington, former Cumberland health officer, describes U S public health service sanitation efforts in remote Southern areas. He notes house to house campaigns, conversions of crude facilities, and a 76 percent improvement trend aided by diplomacy and community trust. He traveled by horse, renting a district home for months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
States Public Health Service
Francis Harrington
Cumberland
South
Southland
North Carolina
New Orleans
Creel
Boston
Harrington
Body of William Bell to be brought home to Piedmont
William R. Bell, 37, died from a bullet wound near the heart inflicted two weeks ago by Policeman Frank Corbin of Zeising near Clarksburg. An inquest will be held after autopsy. Bell, a former B and O employee, was said to have attacked Corbin during an arrest attempt while intoxicated.Bell’s body lies in Clarksburg at Lynch Osborne. his mother and siblings survive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Piedmont
W. Va
William R. Bell
Emory Bell
Clarksburg
Petitoning
Frank Corbin
Grasselli Chemical Company
Zeising
Kell
Bell
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Keyser
Corbin
8. M. Mason
Lynch-Osborne Undertaking Establishment
Ziesing
Obituary for Sallie Conrad known as Aunt Polly
Miss Sallie Conrad died early today at Allegany hospital after a long illness. Aged 75 she was fondly known as Aunt Polly. Undertaker Louis Stein took charge of the body. Funeral arrangements have not been made.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sallie Conrad
Aunt Polly
Allegany Hospital
Louis Stein
Matrimonial News From City Tie Up Two Marriages
Billmeyer Lumber Company head Herman I. Billmeyer and Miss May F. Bookwalter plan to wed tomorrow in New York then travel to Quebec and Canada before returning to LaVale to a new home. Bookwalter is active in dramatic work. A second engagement, Clarence H. Stein to Agnes Long, will take place in Mechanicsburg on November 28 with plans to reside in Campobello City after the ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billmeyer
Bookwalter
Herman I. Billmeyer
Billmeyer Lumber Company
May F. Bookwalter
Greensburg
Ohio
William K. Bookwalter
New York
Quebec
Canada
Billmeyr
LaVale
Havre de Grace
Clarence H. Stein
Louis Stein
Agnes Long
Robert P. Long
Mechanicsburg
Zack Laney
Schley and
Magruder
Campobello
City
Extraordinary Offers at the Big One Cent Sale
The notice announces a one cent sale at Lichtenstein's Pharmacy starting at 10 o'clock this morning. It markets extraordinary offers and is an advertisement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lichtenstein
Local social notes from Elkins and nearby towns
Ruth Cavanaugh extends visit to Baltimore and Washington. Numerous residents including Mrs Charles Rice and Dr Frederick Avery visit Cumberland by auto. Officials John McGill Jr attends Maryland Horticultural Society meeting in Baltimore. Travelers and locals frequent Cumberland, Frostburg, Towson and New York with family visits and professional trips noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Cavanaugh
Baltimore
Washington
Charles Rice
Keyser
Gaston
Frederick Avery
William Hay
John R. Littlefield
Bedford Street
Cumberland
John McGill, Jr
Itimore
Maryland State Horticultural Society
Fifth Regiment Armory
BD. C. Bageant
J. S. Bageant
Rosemont
Martinsburg
Way
Charles A. Bender
National Hotel
Grantsville
J. C. Spiker
Elkins
John G. Shearer
Wang Construction Company
Busines
Chattanooga
Tenn
John Keating
Lloyd Lowndes
Elizabeth L. Lowndes
Aimee Sheridan
Tasker G. Lowndes
New York
Mary MecCallion
Cessna
Espy Lehman
North Mechanic Street
W. V. McIntire
Western Maryland Railway
W. Va
A. Taylor Smith
Thomas H. Morgan
Frostburg
Towson
Association of
Smith
Cumberland Teachers Reading Circle Plans Year of Reading
The Cumberland Teachers Reading Circle met Tuesday evening to plan professional reading for the school year. Large attendance showed strong professional spirit and zeal to bring advanced methods to city children. Absent teachers may contact secretary Esther Steiner. The next meeting is Union Street School on Tuesday November 20 at 7:30 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cumberland
Esther Steiner
Union Street School
Missionary Talk Marks Close of Maryland District Conference
Miss Agnes Gordon Murdoch of Hwai Yuen China will address the closing meeting of the Maryland District Conference at First Presbyterian Church. Morning sessions discussed Stewardship and Mission Study led by Baltimore speakers. Last night D K Dietenderfer of Baltimore condemned Mohammedanism and Mormon polygamy as a threat to the church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maryland District Conference
Woman's Home and Foreign Missionary Society
Baltimore Presbytery
Agnes Gordon Murdoch
Langdon
D. K. Dietenderfer
Baltimore
Woman's Board of Home Missions
Motion for new trial in Hagerstown City suit
Attorneys for Mayor and City Council of Hagerstown had a motion for a new trial overruled in Circuit Court. The verdict for Walter H. Crowl against the city stands at 7250 dollars plus costs. The case will be appealed to the Court of Appeals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hagerstown
Walter H. Crowl
A. m
Court of Appeals
Hunters Return After Successful Day in County
Stanley Butler and his son Frederick Butler Guy Bradour and Taylor Twigg returned from a hunting trip in the eastern section of the county with twenty four rabbits and several spiritels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanley Butler and Son
Frederick Butler
Guy Bradour
Taylor Twigg
Fire destroys Oriental Dancing club rear residence
A dancing hall and frame structure owned by the Oriental Dancing club at the rear of Nicholas Schade’s residence on Columbia Avenue burned to the ground. Loss estimated at $200. Origin of the fire is unknown. Central and West Side fire departments responded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oriental Dancing Club
Nicholas Schade
Columbia Avenue
Fie
Central
West Side
McCuaig to Speak on The Hanging of John Enble
Dr. McCuaig will depart from his usual topics to lecture at 7 46 tomorrow evening at Centre Street Methodist Episcopal Church. The talk titled The Hanging of John Enble aims to boost Sunday afternoon meetings sponsored by the Central Y M C A for the coming winter. Admission is 26 cents and all interested members and friends are urged to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Centre St
McCuaig
Centre Street Methodist Episcopal Church
McQuaig
John Enble
Free to Citizens Test of Water From Private Sources
Residents within city limits using private water sources may request examination and a report. Requests should be sent to Max Colton city health officer. Examinations will be conducted at the cooperative laboratories at the city hall by State Bacteriologist Gunter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Max Colton
Co-Operative
Gunter
Reverend Richards to Speak in Cumberland at Grace and Centre Street
Missionary Rev. FE Richards from Africa will represent the Laymen's Missionary Movement of America in Cumberland. He will address Grace M. E. Sunday school at 9 08, Centre Street Sunday school at 10 15, Centre Street Church service at 11, and Grace Church at 7 30 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
FE. H. Richards
Africa
Cumberland
Monster beet weighs eighteen pounds in South Carolina tale
John T. Hull of Dixie raises a huge eighteen pound beet that did not feed but smothered eighteen young beet plants. The parent beet weighs about eight pounds and has offspring likely weighing five pounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John T. Hull
Tion
Lower South Coumber
Dixie
Memorial Service Honors Booker T Washington at Mechanic Street
A memorial service for Booker T. Washington drew over 800 attendees at the Colored School on Mechanic Street. Speeches were given by Dr. Spurgeon Sparka Frederick Burgee Sr William Williams Rev C S Briggs and others while the children's choir performed. Separately Joseph T. Casserly through Frank A. Perdew seeks an absolute divorce from Liggie on statutory grounds, citing dissolution of their marriage with four children seeking custody.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Booker T. Washington
Mechanic Street
Spurgeon Sparka
Frederick Burgee
William Wilames
C. S. Briggs
G. W .B. Overton
Jacob C. McEnxddy
Joseph T. Casserly
Frank A. Perdew
Sunday selling charge hits lunch wagon clerk
Carl W tucy, a clerk at the White House Lunch Wagon, was arrested yesterday evening on a charge of selling cigarettes on Sunday. He is to have a hearing before Magistrate Humbred at 7 30 o clock this evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl W Tucy
White House
Humbred
Card of Titanes Thanks for Sympathy in Mrs. Lee’s Death
The Lee family extends sincere thanks to friends who supported them during Mrs. Catherine Elizabeth Lee’s illness and death on November 6. Thomas M. Lee and family express gratitude in an advertisement dated November 16 21.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Catherine Elizabeth Lee
Ife
Thomas M. Lee & Family
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Mrs. Mac
Uitve
Barney
Mimot
Thrgyia
South Cumberland
Bureau OF the Cumberland Press
Virginia Avenue
Savoy
Diamondlleys
Canty’s
Baltimore and Ohio
H. V. Wheeler
Royal Neighbors
Woodmen of America
J. K. Hermon
Grand Avenue
Raymond Simmons
Ancient
W. L. McDermott
Hagerstown Mail
Aids
DR. Harrington
Queen City
George Garner
United
Stein—Long
Walter Dr. Harrington
George Davis
H. A. Thompson
Consolidation Coal Company
Chemical Department
Lillian Macken
William Bailey
Elm Street
Emma R. Wolf
J. H. Wirts
Glenwood
Loudoun County
Virginia
J. S. Grayson
Decatur Street
Henry Reuchlein
G. W. Leasure
B. and
O. Yard
Charlies B. Coughenour
Grace M. Mangus
Hyndman
Harry G. Settle
Loia FE
McGinnis
Daisy D. Sedgewick
Hilliard
Joseph W. Stephens
Edith M. Campbell
Butler, Pa
Archibald Brown
Sadie M. Knepp
Wm. J. Reddecks
Clara M. Martin
Scalp Level
Wm. J. Edwards
Margaret Gavin
Johnstown
Union Mining Co
William Lowrie
Corrigansville
James H. Lilles
Abraham Diehl
Lot
Eme J. Lilles
Cumberland Street
Robert R. Henderson
M. E. Mullen
M. B. Mullen
Prom
China
M’cuaig
Pew and Pulpit
Card OF
Titanes
Loretta Blaus
HOOMN
South Allegany
Noviée
J. H. Griffin
Oldtown Road
Spirella Corseta
Miss Heffron
Walsh
Rebekah H. Otto Peabody
Claseee
N. Lee St
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