Frostburg petition for a Bowery railroad station grows
Citizens form a committee to press Mayor and council for a Bowery bridge stop. If approved, traveling salesmen would use a convenient Bowery station, easing access to the heart of Frostburg. Meanwhile Rev Ralph Coursey and Rev Thomas Wheeler preach at the First M E church, with growing attendance.
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Ffort
Bowery Bridge
Bowery Stop
M. E
Ralph Coursey
Thomas Wheeler
Lonaconing
Mr. Wheeler
Obituary and local notices from Lonaconing
Gottlieb Merrbach died at his Rockville home at age 62 from apoplexy after feeling well at work Saturday. Survived by wife, 3 daughters, 5 sons, 4 brothers, 4 sisters, and extended family. funeral Tuesday at 2 pm, Oak Hill Cemetery. Also notes on Central High School entertainment, club events, donations, and a Thanksgiving shooting match at Barton Athletic Park.
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Gottlieb Merrbach
Rockville
Merrbach
Robert Gibson
Wendell
W. Va
William Williams
Mt. Savage
Murphy
Pittsburgh
Robert
Fred
John
James
Arch
Lodge of Odd Fellows
Barton
George’s Creek
Germany
Theopore
Joan. Merrbach
Frostburg
Henry Merbach
Shade’s Mills
William Merrbach
Meyersdale
Charles Brode
Sharon
John Livengood
Salisbury
Charles Vogtman
John Phillips
Frostbury
H. L. Ernest
Presbyterian Church
Oak Hill Cemetery
Winters to join American Locomotive Works in Richmond
Keyser West Virginia reports Fr C Winters storekeeper leaves for Richmond to join the American Locomotive Works. Wm Hinkngy will take his place at Locust Point as the community notes several local movements and visits.
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Fr. C. Winters
Richemond
W. Va
American Locomotive Works
Wm. Hinkngy
Locust Point
One Year Ago in the War Nov 19 1911 Battles in Europe
War recap notes artillery duel in Flanders and swollen floods from westerly gales. Goeben damaged in Black Sea clash with Russians. U S demands Turkey explanation over Tennessee incident. Japan seeks Allied help against Germany. Poland fighting expands with no clear edge. Pacific islands captured by whom remains unclear.
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Flander
Goeben
Black Sea
Turkey
Tennessee
Japan
England
Germany
Poland
Pacific Islands
Harmony birth in Indiana and first New Jersey bishop
A hundred years ago today events include the Harmonists leaving Wurttemberg to found a new Harmony in Indiana and the consecration of Rev. John Croes as Philadelphia’s first Episcopal bishop of New Jersey.
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Harmonists
Wurttemberg
John Croes
Philadelphia
New Jersey
Tri Towns Hosts Surprise Party for Sisters Kenny
A surprise party at Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Howard’s Westernport home honored Mrs. Kenny sisters Leortha and Bessie visiting from California. Guests included Leora Kalbaugh Estella Walsh Flora Henry Eva Myres and others. Reger of Keyser and Miss Walsh led the latest dances. The Kenny sisters plan to return to California in a few days.
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Queen Esther Sewing Cire
M. E. Church
Cordelia Williams
Thomas Phillips
Eckhart
Western Maryland Hospital
Cumberland
R. Y. Fechtig
W. H. Shaffer
Ruth
New Castile
Prank .Nicklas
Welch Street
Shaffer
Annie Wenk
New York Central
Edward McQuay
Baltimore
McQuay
Robert Noel
Robert Walsh
Ronco
William
Bridgeport
Anna Crump
Bowery Street
Reda Blank
Daisy Bean
Frank Bean
Barton
Missouri
Joseph Hitchins
Blanch Reitz
Chicago
E. 3
Hervey
Mt. Pleasant Street
Reitz
Miss Harvey
Humphry Harvey, Baker
Graham Chaney
Joseph Howard
Westernport Hill
Mr. Reger of
Keyser
Hestella Walsh
Kenny
California
Coronation of McKinley Memorial in Niles Cornerstone Laid
The National McKinley Birthplace Memorial trustees advance plans by laying the cornerstone for a unique memorial in Niles. The building will house an auditorium library and a bronze heroic statue of President McKinley, with a sunken Roman style pool and Greek Doric colonnade enclosing a planned park and court of honor.
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Niles
McKinley Memorial
National McKinley Birthplace Memorial Association
Main Street
McKinley
King Coffees Day To Reign At Pana-ma-Pacific Expo
King Coffee was celebrated at the Panama-Pacific exposition in San Francisco on November 22 at the request of Guatemala President Cabrera. The day titled Coffee Day highlighted Guatemala’s vast and high quality breakfast berry coffee, with a marimba band performing at the Guatemalan pavilion and coffee served to visitors.
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San Francisco
Cal
Cabrera
Guatemala
Blair thanks Garrett Republicans for support in nominations
Grist Blair of Montgomery county announces in an open letter to Garrett county Republicans his candidacy for the Republican nomination for Congress. He cites his visit, the pledges of support, and his platform including reasonable preparations for national defense.
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Oakland
Grist Blair
Montgomery County
Congress
Garrett County
Blair
Hilliard marks 52 years as Washington County Register
Hagerstown Md November 22 Thomas J Hilliard Democratic Register of Wills completed his forty second year in the office He has served 52 years in the office 10 years as deputy register and in the last three six year terms Republicans did not nominate against him
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Hagerstown
Thomas J. Hilliard
Washington County
Democratic Register of Wills
Register
Second degree verdict in West Virginia case
W A Griffith was found guilty in the second degree at Ronceverte for the murder of J A Bennett near Frankford. The incident arose from a dispute over a line fence on Griffiths property and Bennett died shortly after from grief following his wifes death.
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Ronceverte
W. Va
W. A. Griffith
J. A. Bennett
Frankford
Bennett
Griffith
Notice of Audit Ratification in Allegany Court
In the Circuit Court for Allegany county Maryland Cumberland on November 18 1915 the audit of funds held by trustee F Brooke Whiting will be ready for ratification on November 29 1915 unless cause to the contrary is shown
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Cumberland, Md
F. Brooke Whiting
Cumberland
Allegany County
Lewis William Saylor
Circuit Court
Lloyd L. Shaffer
Herman R Bartlett Derlan
Jennie Derlan
Philadelphia
Penn
Maryland
Circuit Court For
Equity
Mary Dixon
Frank Troutman
J. W. Scott Cochrane
Nam
Truste es Sale of Store and Dwelling in Westernport
Trustees sale of real estate in Westernport Allegany County Maryland under 1915 circuit court decree. Property id Lot 86 on Southwesternport plat with brick veneer building including store room and dwelling. Sale set for December 1 1915 at 10:00 AM in front of Citizens National Bank high bid to satisfy Mechanics lien.
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Circuit Court
Allegany County
Court of Equity
H. Buchanan, Sons Company
Antonio Dejulio
Citizens National Bank
Westernport
Maryland
State of Maryland
South Westernport
Westernport Real Estate & Improvement Company
Maryland Avenue
Western Maryland Railway Company
Antonio Dejullo
Westernport Steal Estate & Improvement Company
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George Armstrong
Centre Street
Hoffman Mine
Samuel Beeman
Fred James
J. B. Williams CO
Mechanic Street
the Spender
Opera House
Spender
Pathe
Frostburg Opera House
Wlobert
Bagley
Royal Arms
Peter
Famerica
McCabe
Nellie
Jim Walsh
Walsh
Old Bagley
Richard Thomas
Grant Street
Palace
Los Angeles
Jesse L. Lasky Company
Charlotte Walker
Miss Walker
Palace Theatre
Nesco
Granite
E. B. Prichard & CO
Maxim's
The
Lyric Theatre
Maxim’s
Rector’s
Lustanoby
Baroness Irmgard von Rottenthall
Bert Weston
Dorothy Ozuman
Cameron Girls
Ethel Rose
Leo Pirnikoff
William Slingluff
Beall Street
Novil
Cumberland Press
Central High School
Miss Husted
Katharine Husted
J. Club
East Main Street
Ella Klatte
Marion Bell
Bertha Morgan
Ruth Bear
Lorraine Eisenberg
Henrietta Donaldson
Margaret Gladfelty
Katherine Hagley
Mary Lochner
T. Cecil Miller
Helen
Minnie Spears
J. T. Miller
Washington, D. C
Harry Bittner
Barton Athletic Park
James Clark
Warnick
Barton, Md
Bureau of the Cumberland Press
Keyser, W. Va
Joe Davis
of Police
Greon
Gro
Chief
Prderwent
J. J Baker
Hoffman Hospital
Dabney
John Dabney
Piedmont
J. HW. Markwood
Wheeling
George Reese
Washington J
Elizabeth Hoffman
W. E. Woolf
Huntly Hoffman
Parsons
Thomas Stanley
Louise Woolfe
Easton
Diana
Tri-Towns
R. A. Hoffmeister
B. W. MecLure
Beryl
McLure
Davis Coal and Coke Co
Orestes Tibbitts
George Monroe
Walter Shaw
Catherine
Parkersburg
James Riggins
Coppers
Jacob Hafer
Frostburg, MD
Frostburn
Kalem Lubin
Garrett
Patoer
Lemuel F. Spicer
Ernest J. Weaver
Lloyd Bl. Shaffer
Colt
Bricker
Liberty Street
the Cumberland Brewing Co
Too
Cumberland Frostburg
Cumberland and Westernport Electric Ry. Co
Pathe Presents
Ostburg, Maryland
Essanay
Guoresteed
Geof,wiemann CO
Gresta
New York
Whiting and Eppler, Solicitors
Third National Bank Building
F Brooke Whiting
Novi
Urner G. Carl
Anna M. Saylor
Charles L. Saylor
J. Phillip Roman
Herman Bartlett Derlan
Warna Wens
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