German brewery team wrecks wagon on Virginia avenue crossing
John Hager sustained a bruised leg when a frightened German brewery team he drove dashed down Virginia avenue, smashing into poles and wrecking the wagon. The horses were uninjured. Fireman W. A. Hoffman was thrown from his engine near Sir John's Run at Midnight, bruised and shaken. He was taken home after arrival in Cumberland. Irene Caskey and William A. Athey wed in Anderson Indiana on November 17. Rev. C. J. Cox officiated. Mr. Athey, a B. & O. brakeman, will reside in Brunswick. Lucille Wageley and brother Harry of Grand avenue visiting Pittsburgh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia Avenue
Pireman
W. A. Hoffman
Baltimore and Ohio
Sir John's
Anderson
Ind
Irene Caskey
Brunswick
William A. Athey
C. J. Cox
United Brethren Church
Athey
Lucille Wageley
Brother Harry
Grand Avenue
Pittsburgh
Coal Shipments Fall From Somerset District On B and O
Coal shipments on the Baltimore and Ohio from Somerset district Pennsylvania have dropped by at least 300 carloads daily in the last five days. Ocean carriers cannot handle eastern ports tonnage, notably New York, causing loaded coal cars to sit in yards and reducing use for both railroad and operators. Brunswick yard congestion grows with shipments held for trans Atlantic ports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Somerset
Pennsylvania
New York
Baltimore and Ohio
Brunswick
Notable Society Dinner Hosts Honor Vips at South Centre
Evanglist Rev Dr J A McCuaig Division Superintendent M H Cahill and others were entertained at a game dinner hosted by Capt J Philip Roman on South Centre street. Miss Melba Frantz hosted friends on Beall Street. Wedding cards announce Herman D Hillmeyer to Miss St May Bookwalter in New York with home invitation after January 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. McCuaig
M. H. Cahill
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Robert R. Henderson
Thomas Footer
Roberdeau Annan
Tasker G. Lowndes
W. W. Brown
J. Philip Roman
South Centre Street
Melba Frantz
William Frantz
Beall Street
Herman D. Hillmeyer
St. May Bookwalter
New York
Loretta Blaus
Soulh Allegany ST
Negro Accused of Criminal Assault in West Virginia
John Dabney, a Black man, is jailed in Keyser after a grand jury indicted him for attempted criminal assault on Agnes Crowe, 12. Dabney, employed by Dr. Zadock Kalbaugh, allegedly lured the girl and a playmate to a barn, where he attacked Miss Crowe before releasing them with a threat. Bond set at 1500 dollars. Dabney arrested by Chief R. Lt. Love while awaiting a Baltimore and Ohio train.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Piedmont
W. Va
John Dabney
Keyser
Agnes Crowe
Charles Crowe
Crane
Arnold
Dabney
Zadock T. Kalbaugh
Miss Crowe
Crowe
R. Lt. Love
Baltimore and Ohio
New Foreman Appointed at Martinsburg B and O Shops
Martinsburg West Virginia November 20 M I Cunningham of Cumberland arrives and becomes foreman of the motor power department in the Baltimore and Ohio shops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martinsburg
W. Va
M. IL. Cunningham
Cumberland
Motor
Poor Brick Used in City Paving Sparks Vendor Remedial Action
The paving liens for Valley Smith and Furnace streets are due next week and will be filed against property owners if defects aren’t fixed. Residents complain of soft brick and the mayor and council ordered contractor Louis Lawson in Norfolk to replace the poor bricks at once, delaying lien filings for several days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Valley, Smith and Furnace
Louis Lawson
Norfolk
Death of Mrs. Mary Morris from bedroom fire
Mrs. Mary Morris 37 died at Alleghany Hospital after being burned Wednesday night at her Lena Avenue home. A cigarette she smoked in bed set fire to the clothing, burning over half her body. Body sent to Butler's for burial preparations. funeral plans not set.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Morris
Lena Avenue
Allegany Hospital
Butler’s Undertaking Rooms
Midland revival draws 40 converts at Shaft M. E. church
Evangelist Wagner leads a revival at Shaft M P church with Rev. Dr. W E Bird pastor. 40 conversions reported since opening on November 7. India lecturer Rev H J Schutz spoke at Midland M E church, introduced by Bird, Dora Kaefer presided. Local circuit appointments listed. miner John Anthony injured in Ocean Mine No 1 roof fall after brief employment with Cumberland and Pennsylvania.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shaft M. BP
W. E. Bird
Evangelist Wagner
Baltimore
H. J. Schutz
India
the East
Midland M. EF
Dora Kaefer
John Anthony
Ocean Mine No. 1
Cumberland and
Pennsylvania Dland
Bazaar of Nations brings Cumberland a dazzling success
The Bazaar of the Nations in Cumberland drew large crowds with a twelve to two lunch for business leaders, an afternoon children’s dance program, and the centerpiece Flower Garden of Children. Volunteers led diverse nation booths, dances, and festive performances under Mrs. Anna McCleave’s overall leadership, earning strong praise and financial gain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bazaar of the Nations
Pass
Cumberland
Creede Wilson
Roberdeau Annan
Thomas B. McDonald
Alice Swartzwelder
Eleanor Bruce
Carolyn Humbird
Marjorie Muncaster
Ruth
Page Lynn
Nancy Orrick
Nancy MacDonald
Wellington Rhinehart
Mary Weber
Ruth Bowen
Mary
Bess Dickey
Martha Roberts
Ann Doub
Elizabeth Holtzman
Phillipa Jones
Helen Hawkins
Evelyn Claybrook
Elizabeth Edmonston
Margaret Deckens
Betty
Phyllis Fechtig
Jessie Ramsey
Mary Johns
Emily Anderson
Fannie Roberts
Beulah Whetzel
Kathleen Hawkins
Virginia Annan
K. P. Heintz
W. J. Muncaster
W. M. Roberts, Jr
Jessie Lyman
F. F. Powell
Bradley
George Daisy
W. M. Roberts
John L. Wellington
Virginia Roberts
Elizabeth Roberts
Orient
Occident
Guy Spear
Walter J. Muncaster
Elizabeth Oswald
Arthur Dixon
C. H. Holtzman
Roberts
Endeavorers 10 Hold Big Meeting in Frostburg
Frostburg Nov 20 The Allogany County Christian Endeavor Society met at the home of newly elected president EB & Prichard East Main street. Attendees from Frostburg and Cumberland included George J. Fritts Daniel Kraft Ida Thomas Daisy Durst Wilbur M. Snyder and Annie Sturtz. Committees were named for a rally day at the Congregational Church last Friday in January and Snyder was named press agent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frostburg
Allogany County Christian Endeavor Society
EB. &. Prichard
East Main Street
George J. Fritts
Society of First M. P. Church
Cumberland
Daniel Kraft
Presbyterian Church Society
Ida Thomas
Congregational Church
Daisy Durst
St. Paul's Lutheran Church Society
Hev
Wilbur M. Snyder
M. P
Linderville
Karl Stuber
Society of St. Paul's Lutheran Church
C. E. Shaw
Isaac Love
The
Presbyterian Church
Banquet Honors Del Gainer in Elkins West Virginia
Del Gainer Boston Red Sox first baseman, home in Elkins, was honored at a banquet in the Baptist church basement. The event featured a gold hunting case watch and a signed baseball. Speeches praised his rise from Beverly childhood to the national baseball fame and his role in putting Elkins on the map.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gainer
M. L. Gainer
de Gainer
Coal and Coke
John T. Davis
Thad Pritt
Beverly
Grafton Club
Detroit
Boston Red Sox
Elkins
WVU Trims Marietta 28 to 0 In Wet Parkersburg
In a drizzly Parkersburg contest West Virginia University defeated Marietta College 28 to 0 before 2500 spectators. The game featured detailed lineups for WVU and Marietta with officials from Ohio schools, marking WVU’s twenty-second annual gridiron win.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parkersburg
W. Va
West Virginia University
Marietta
West Virginia
Marietta Vo
Kutchinson
Sutton Bailey
Turbow Etortis
Miller Lambert
Wickstrohm Rannon
Artman Webber
Aumond Colebank
MelIntyre Chenoweth
Hayes Curry
Petes
Skinner Rodgers
Whiting
Oyer
Ohio State
Littock
Ohio Wesleyan
Alleman
Western Reserve
Dinner for Emplo yees at T Little Jewelry Company
The T Little Jewelry Company hosted fifteen employees and guests at a dinner last evening at the Pires Presbyterian Church. Attending were Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Little, Mr. and Mrs. Oliver H. Smith, and other couples, plus Mr. Kohler of New York. Also noted is a circuit court dismissal of a partial divorce case filed by Margaret Rawlings against James W. Rawlings, a Western Maryland conductor, after testimony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the & T. Little Jewelry Company
Pires Presbyterian Church
Robert W. Little
Oliver H. Smith
Charles E. Graham
James E. Black
Edw. Westbrook
Charles PF. Edwards
Conrad J. Fisher
Lioyd C. Grayson
John Leonharshenbarger
BP. Hendrickson
J. P. Demmer
Helen Louise Gerrish
Eva Lowery
Hazel Oglebay
Kohler
New York
Margaret Rawlings
James W. Rawlings
Maryland
Henderson
Whiting and
Eppter
Young and
Mullen
Final Cumberland Meeting Draws Record Crowd at Maryland Theatre
Dr McCuaig delivers his last address to men at 3:30 Sunday under Y M C A auspices on conditions in Cumberland. A 9 pm service will include men and women. churches close early to attend. Over 300 praise the Y M C A for bringing such speakers. Also lists local residents and real estate transfers. Union service planned by Chosen Friends Lodge No 34. church sale and bazaar at St Stephen’s Lutheran Church this afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maryland Theatre
McCuaig
Cumberland
Cumberland. Dr. McCuaig
Friends Lodge
O. F
Presbyterian
Presbyterian Church
St. Stephen's Lutheran Church
Juniors to Hold Boys Night at Y M C A
The Y M C A Juniors will host Boys Night in the Central Y M C A auditorium with ages 12 to 15. Old Clothes and Athletic Night will feature talks on athletics, gym activities, and a new cheering section led by Cheer Leader Theodore Damm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
YM. CG. A
George Henderson
Theodore Damm
Personal Notices Lamp of Local Society and Visits
Mrs. W H Wineow of Rose Hill goes to Pittsburgh due to daughter Misa Terrell V Wineow's illness. Col John Keating just returned from Baltimore. Several residents travel for schooling, hunting, or visiting relatives including Feld Day at Mercersburg Academy and Moorefield trips.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Wineow
Rose Hill
Pittsburgh
Misa Terrell V. Wineow
Allegany General Hospital
Benjamin Moser
Mildred
Paw Paw
Cumberland
Earl Thrush
Moorefield
John M. Allen
Berkeley Springs
Memorial Services at St Luke's Tomorrow
Memorial services will be held tomorrow at 11 o clock in St Luke's Evangelical church. Rev. C F Bergner presides as names of deceased members are read at the close of the church year. An additional memorial service is planned for the evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Luke’s Evangelical Church
C. F. Bergner
Fruit Prizes Awarded At Show
Prizes for fruit exhibits at the Maryland Week show were announced with Stayman’s Winesap apple receiving multiple blue ribbons for best plate and display. Maryland growers from Allegany Garrett county and others earned first prizes for plates featuring Wolf River Le Conte Minnesota Alexander and other varieties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Maryland
Allegany
Garrett County
L. G. Shafer
Lines
Wolf River
Warrior Mountain Orchard Company
Oldtown
Smokehouse
T. E. Bischoff
Hayes
P. J. Garrett
Deer Park
Minnesota
Bert Scott
Oakland
Alexander
Henry Morgan & Son
Carlos—Segreee
Stark and Smoke
Ouse
W. F. Mansfield
Westernport
Funeral services for James W Adams
Funeral services for James D4ay Adams 70 a Union veteran who died suddenly yesterday at his Piney Grove home were held this afternoon. Burial is planned in Rose Hill Cemetery tomorrow. He was the son of the late Dr J Adams of Clearspring Washington county and the first blacksmith at the old Baltimore and Ohio Rolling Mill in this city. Survived by his widow Geneva McCune and children Charles Lester Rollin Vernon Frank Courtney Fletcher and Glenn Adams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James
Allegany County
Adams
Geneva McCune
John McCune
Charles Adams
Westernport
Lester Adams
Chaffee
W. Va
Rollin and
Vernon Adams
Hagerstown
Frank Adams
McKeesport
Catching up with Cappid by Julian Hawthorne
A nostalgic feature from EVERY WEEK recounts the melodrama of a bully, a villain, a hero, and a girl in a mining stock setting. The tale blends competition and romance, offering a brisk, absorbing vignette of turn‑of‑the‑century intrigue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cappid
Julian Hawthorne
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mrs. Mac
Barney
Emily
Angelica
Barney Mac
Adel
Aealy
South Cumberland
Bureau OF the Cumberland Press
John Hager
Athey-Caskey
Wess
VM. L. Cunningham
Midland
Shaft
Midland M. E. Circuit
Grace Church
Epworth League
W. J. Bird
H. Wagner
Woodland
Shaft Church
Miner
Ladies OF
Emmanuel Guild
F. Edgerton Powell
A. M. Lichtenstein
Donnell Dunbar Avirett
A. Taylor Smith
B. N. Garstin
John Wellington
W. Milner Roberts, Jr
Stafford
Luman
Elizabeth L. Lowndes
Aimee Sheridan
George G Young
George Wheeler
Anna McCleave
Endeavorers
Prestburg
Christian Indesver
Frictts
Temperance and Good Citizen Committee
Elkins Citizens
T. Little Jewelry Company
Rawlings
Dr. McCruaig’s Parewell
Judge Henderson
Maryland Theatre Meeting
WED
Harry P.frankenberry
Delver
Flora D. West
Vanverhees
Clarence L. Erweigh
Meyersdale
Florence G. Livingood
Elk Lick
Harry B. Ellifritz
Hazel R. Tasker
New Creek
Robert A. Newell
Lena M. Robinson
McCoole
William B. Haines
Higginsville
Laura E. McBride
Levels
Ewing F. Brown
Uniontown
Lyda E. Landenberger
Connellsville
Curtis H. Tasker
Carrie Candie
Garrett, Pa
Leroy P. Evans
Ella Catherine Brown
Williamsburg
J. W. Scott Cochrane
W. Carl Richards
Cochrane Highway
Stewart McNeal
Lot
Willison Addition
Frederick Street
Winmer Bowman
Holzhu Realty Company
Braddock Way
Finley C. Hendrickson
W. C. Caper
Alexander Adams
Narrows Park
Committee On Boys’ Work
John Keating
Hammond Amick
Paul A. Williams Hetzell Pownall
W LL. Sperry
Mercersburg Academy
James HK. Williams, Jr
Sperry
Mr. Pownall
Flaherty Kearns
Clarksburg
Father Brady
Father Burns
Father Quinn
William Brenner
Rebecca
Roger Wall
John Foley
A. Dick
Railroad Teleh
Wright Butler
B. Kilmer Knepper
H. W. Knepper
Berlin
William Henry
ST. Luke’s
Allegany and Garrett Growers
James W. Adams
J. H. Griffin
Oldtown Road
Miss Heffron
Walsh
Rebekah H. Q
Peabody
N. Lee St
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