Death of South Cumberland B&O baggage master Wachter
Reverdy A Wachter aged 46 died after a brief illness at his home 204 Virginia Avenue. He leaves a wife, two children Larvena and Carl, a sister Mrs George L Broadup, and worked as a baggage master for the Baltimore and Ohio railroad. The body will be taken to Frederick Wednesday morning for interment. Dr McCuag engagements at Grace M E Church on Virginia Avenue include six talks, three for women by day and three for men and women by night, with titles on child sin and care of youth. Evening lectures include Hanging of John Reible, previously charged admission, now free tonight. Meetings at 3:30 pm and 8 pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reverdy A.wachter
Virginia Avenue
Larvena
Carl Wachter
George L. Broadup
Wachter
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Frederick
Cuaig
John Eible
Local Musicians Plan Formal Y M C A Orchestra
The Y M C A orchestra will be officially organized tomorrow at 8 PM with about 50 local musicians meeting at the Association Building. J H Brown joins Morrison Music Company to lead, and rivalry is expected with the Ladies Choral and Men's Glee Club as rehearsals proceed for the sacred concert at the Maryland Theatre next Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associa
City Hall
Maryland Theatre
Salvation Army aids distressed family in need of care
A mother with four children, pale and malnourished, is found in a clean home with no food. The Salvation Army reports the father is working in Cumberland and will be asked to support his children while aid is provided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salvation Army
Cumberland
Adjutant Woods
Local Masonic Lodges to Gather at 7 Tonight
Three local Masonic congregations plan an 7 o'clock evening assembly with a luncheon to follow in the assembly hall served by the Ladies of McKinley Chapter No 12 Order of Eastern Star. MecKees Rocks Masons defer their visit. about one hundred members were to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Assembly Hall
Ladies of McKinley Chapter
MecKees Rocks
Funeral of Mary Morris Elks Victim
The funeral for Mary Morris, a colored resident, who died from burns suffered at her Lena street home, was held at 2 pm today at Butler funeral chapel. Burial followed in Sun Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Morris
Allegany Hospital
Burns
Lena Street
Buttler Rportuary Chapel
Sun Ser Cerciery
Wagon accident damages fire plug on Baltimore Street
Four wagons broke off a fire plug on Baltimore Street opposite Woolash Street. Repairs were completed after the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore Street
Woolash Street
Bond Sale Makes Big Hit for Frostburg Bank
Frank Watts cashier of Citizens National Bank returned from a trip after selling a 150000 dollar issue of municipal bonds to a major eastern banking house. The bank won the bid in a close contest against eight bidders and showcased seed potatoes at the Maryland Week show in Baltimore attracting southern growers. Western Maryland farmers provided strong cooperation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frostburg
Frank Watts
Citizen's National Bank
Citizens National Bank
Mr. Watts
Maryland
Fifth Maryland Regiment
Baltimore
Allegany and
Garrett
Bus driver injured as freight train hits city bus
Lester Barnes, driver for Red Line Bus Co, was severely cut on face and neck by shattered windshield when Baltimore and Ohio freight train No. 27 struck his bus at the Virginia Avenue crossing on Saturday around 3 pm. A lone female passenger Mrs Henry G Sampsell escaped unharmed. The bus stalled just as the impact occurred, likely preventing greater damage. The damaged bus was towed to Windsor garage for repairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lester Barnes
Red Line Bus Company
Baltimore and Ohio
Virginia Avenue
Henry G. Sampsell
Elder Street
Queen City
Windsor
Stein Engagement Heralded For Clarence H Stein In Mechanicsburg
Society notes report Mr. Clarence H Stein will wed Agnes Olivia Long at 10:30 tomorrow in Mechanicsburg. Family guests include Mr. and Mrs. Louis Stein and Misses Fannie and Edith Stein. A Cumberland Civic Club meeting is moved to Friday at 3 due to a holiday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Stein
Clarence l. Stein
Fannie
Edith Stein
Mechanicsburg
Clarence H. Stein
Agnes Olivia Long
Robert P. Long
Street paving debate dominates city council session
Council debates Cumberland street paving with Queen City brick and concrete sections. Protests over workmanship cited by inspectors and contractors. repairs planned under City Engineer Gaffney with Louis Lawson oversight. Several financial and lien adjustments discussed including tax payment, sewer frontage credits, and driveway change allowances for Washington street repaving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beich
Queen City
Gaffney
Lawson
Eyerman
Cumberland Street
Allegany
Franklin
Tightman Street
Newcomer and Matthews Tie The Knot In Queen City Hotel
Lamont Furnace and Miss Mary E Matthews both of Pa along with Glenn Strouse and Miss Mary Sprague of Reynoldsville Pa were wedded this morning in the parlor of the Queen City Hotel by Rev David G Pile. Licenses were delayed till early today when Deputy Clerk Thomas A Leonard issued them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. BE. Newcomer
Lamont Furnace
Mary E. Matthews
Percy
Glenn Strouse
Mary Sprague
Reynoldsville
Queen City
David G. Pile
Kingsley Methodist Episcopal Church
Thomas A. Leonard
Gilpintown men to face hearing for postoffice fight
Thomas Elbin and C. W. Willison of Gilpintown Md will have a hearing next Saturday afternoon before Magistrate J. B. Humbird on a charge of fighting in the Gilpintown postoffice. The warrant was sworn by postmaster McClellan Kifer. Politics is said to have led to the dispute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Elbin
C. W. Willison
Gilpintown
J. B. Humbird
McClellan Kifer
Juniors Hold Athletic Night at Central YMCA
The Cumberland Juniors ages 12 to 14 held their regular Saturday Boys Night in the Central YMCA gym under George Henderson. Events included basketball and tug of war with two sections Whites and Blues plus a new organized cheering section led by Theodore Damm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central
George Henderson
Bert N. Garstin
Theodore Damm
Cumberland
Martinsburg Rifle Plant Bid Sparks Secret Expansion Talk
Three representatives of a large eastern rifle maker, unnamed, visited Martinsburg West Virginia to discuss buying buildings for a major branch. They claimed a contract to supply parts for 9,000,000 rifles for the French government and cited inadequate current facilities. A covert site inquiry pointed to Martinsburg with several suitable factories, while a separate secret operation near town produced an ingredient for high explosives guarded by armed guards and shipped to a large eastern powder firm for Entente allies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Big Eastern Rifle Manufacturing Company
Martinsburg
W. Va
Juvenile Wanderer Found Near Johnson's Will
Three year old John Peter Knieriem, son of John P. Knieriem of 312 Bedford Street, wandered from home Saturday afternoon. He was found some time later near Johnson's Will on Wincow ier Betz after becoming confused and frightened.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Peter Knieriem
John P. Knieriem
Bedford Street
Johnson
Wincow Ier Betz
Iufatu
Maryland clergymen blamed for child marriage bartering
Dr. J Aspinall McCuaig denounces Maryland lax marriage laws enabling sixteen year olds to wed without residency limits. He cites reports of station cabbies and ministers profiting from marriage fees and questions church responsibility in curbing the alleged abuse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Aspinall McCuaig
Maryland
West Virginia
Queen City
Obituary notices include Geary and Wrightson passings
Mrs Mary L Geary 77 dies at home 104 Green street after three weeks illness from paralysis. She came to Cumberland 1899 with husband Joseph W Geary who died six weeks later. Survived by children Elizabeth Pittsburgh Joseph Pottsville Frank Philadelphia Mary Celia Geary and siblings Samuel Towne Philadelphia Cecelia Towne. Funeral 9 am from St Patrick s Catholic church burial Rose Hill beside husband. Also Turner and Wrightson obituaries noted with burial in Hancock and Cumberland areas. Wrightson 49 Baltimore merchant dies at home acute Bright s disease survived by widow Lydia and three sons. Brother of Rev J O Wrightson formerly Kingsley church pastor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary L. Geary
Joseph W. Geary
Green Street
Geary
Cumberland
Elizabeth Geary
Pittsburgh
Pottsville
Frank L. Geary
Philadelphia
St. Patrick's Catholic Church
Rose Hill Cemetery
W. H. Wrightson
William H. Wrightson
Baltimore
Rueckert Avenue
Hamilton
Bright
Broadway Methodist Episcopal Church
Masons
United American Mechanics and
Improved Order of Heptasophs
Lydia S. Wrightson
J. O. Wrightson
Kingsley Methodist Episcopal Church
This City
East Baltimore
Visitors from Mrs Overton to Howard University
Mrs Overton Patience Hall Ethel Trent and Randolph Bromery were visitors at Howard University in Washington yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Overton
Patience Hall
Ethel Trent
Randolph Bromery
Howard University
Washington
Central Y M C A Orchestra Planned for Tomorrow
A Central Y M C A meeting tomorrow evening will organize a new city orchestra directed by James Brown. Signups indicate the largest group ever for the city, with many Cumberland Festival Orchestra musicians joining. Rehearsals are set for the Ladies' Choral Society and the Maryland Theatre next Sunday afternoon, with the Glee Club rehearsing tonight at 8 for a winter concert.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Brown
Old Cumberland Festival Orchestra
Ladies’ Choral Society
Maryland Theatre
Glee Club
Turkey shipments surge as Thanksgiving demand rises
Hundreds of turkeys move daily from nearby sections to eastern markets for Thanksgiving. Express companies add staff to handle volume while local prices hold at 30 cents per pound, up 4 cents from last year with potential further increases as birds seem scarcer.
Cutting Affray at Maryland Restaurant Kitchen
At about 4 am a dispute in the Maryland restaurant kitchen led to a cutting affray between Harry Duglas and Rick Patterson. Patterson suffered multiple cuts to head and neck. both men were taken to police headquarters and held for appearance at 4 o'clock this morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Duglas
Rick Patterson
Maryland
Patterson
American McKenna Plant Plans Delayed at City Site
No progress on moving the Milwaukee based American McKenna Process Company plant from New Jersey to the old rolling mill site. Earlier reports claimed operations would start by January first. A separate note mentions a Thanksgiving shooting match at Barton Athletic Park for 100 dollars between James Clark and John D Warnick starting at 1 30 p m. Cumberland vital statistics cover week ending November 20 with births listing numerous couples and babies and deaths including Mary Alice Riley and Laura Nannie Pratt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American McKenna Process Company
Milwaukee
New Jersey
Barton Athletic Park
James Clark
John D. Warnick
Cumberland
Albert E
Effie Charles
James H
Ella Peacock
Amos
Clara Davis
William and
Sophie Ruehl
Salem
Elizabeth Humbertson
Edward C
Anna Mace
D. C
Nona Mangus
Alba J
Mary RB. Myers
Hute F
Ellie Stickley
Charles
Margaret Adams
Ricker Arrested After Accident Near South Cumberland Stop
Alvin Ricker a South Cumberland Jitney driver was arrested by Officer Wegman at 3 PM for striking Joseph Fromhart as he tried to board a South Cumberland car on Baltimore Street. Fromhart suffered a foot injury described as not serious. Ricker said he sounded his horn. Invitations issued for the marriage of Margaret J Gallway daughter of Charles W Gallway General Manager of B and Co R R and William A Dickey Jr set for Tuesday December 7 at 8 30 PM Brown Memorial Church Baltimore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Koon
A. W Powell
Pennsyvania
Evitts Creek Water Co
Wm. C. Deveeman
Washington Street
City Ledger
Court House
Alvin Ricker
Officer Wegman
Joseph Fromhart
Grand Avenue
Baltimore Street
Fromhart
Ricker
Dickey—Galloway
Margaret J. Galloway
Charlies W. Galloway
B. and Co. R. R
Wiliam A. Dickey, Jr
Brown
Baltimore
Personal notices from Cumberland area residents
Mrs. Charles H Brace travels to Philadelphia to visit sister Mrs W A Darrow with Mr Darrow. Mr and Mrs C M Dow visit Philadelphia after staying with Mrs Dow's sister Mrs Willard Altamont Terrace. J E Miller secretary of Cumberland Cement visiting home on Beall Street. Capt Charles P Crawford, WM Railway conductor, a patient in Davis Memorial Hospital Elkins. Hart Grim family move from Rowlesburg to Cumberland. Dr P S Kelm returns from Philadelphia post graduate course to locate here. Many local residents attend funerals in Baltimore Washington Martinsburg and Cumberland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles H. Brace
Bedfon Street
Philadelphia
W. A. Darrow
Mr. Darrow
Grace Home
C. M. Dow
John Goss
Baltimore
Joseph E. Miller
Cumberhydrate Cement and Turing Company
New York
Ueall Street
Harry R. Donnelly
William C. Donnelly
Frances S
New L O O F Lodge Delegation Heads to Bloomington
The decree team of Chosen Friends Lodge No. 34 IL O O F leaves on the Western Maryland train for Bloomington to confer degrees with Oak Lodge Mt Lake Park. A lodge of fifty members is to be instituted at Bloomington with several grand officers present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chosen ‘Friends Lodge
Also Mentioned on This Page
MR. Mac
Henry Peck
Barney
Rfoom
South Cumberland
Bureau OF the Cumberland Press
Reverdy A. Wachter
Grace M. E. Church
Y. M. C. A. Orchestra
Evenng
Citizens National of
East
Sitney
Va. Ave
Walter J. Muncaster
Harry Dawson
Somerville Dawson
Offutt
Rockville
Miss Stauffer
Reading
W. Milner Rtoberts, Jr
B. N. Garstin
Cumberland Civic Club
William H. Cole
William T. Coulehan
J. ©. White
Louis Lawson
Wincow Street
M. St. Cahill
David A. Robb
Gloninger
South Street
Philip Knopp
Valley Street
Chas Gross
Columbia Avenue
Godfrey Kotschenreuther
Patterson Avenue
J. Dawson
Com. Amick
Alice Swartzwelder
Pennsylvania
Gilpintowners
Monroe Sharer
Lyndon Sharer
Ernest Langham
Jim Johnson
Bill Winterberg
Jas. Martin
Henry Martin
Joe Yeager
Francis Margart
Herman Everstine
Carl Caughnour
Geo. Mays
Lynn Lashley
Norman Fuller
Harvey Cook
David Congleton
Howard Hoffman
E. S. Brink
John Brode
Chas. McElfish
Harold McDaniel
Bill Freeland
Paul Cook
Stanley Burke
Geo
Wanderer
J. A. McCunaig
J. Ss. Turner
Henry Samuel Turner
Hancock
J. S. Webster
Presbyterian Church
Turner
Episcopal Cemetery
Scott Hartsock
Trotel Randolph
Elkins
Cance Express Co
Barton
Huang
Jiyney
William Brenner
Rebecca
Roger Wall
John Foley
Alice Fletcher
Everett
E. Beckman
KF. C. Beckmans
Rose Beckman
Ed. Huston
C. W. Linthicum
Cleveland
Ohio
W. C. Gerke
Harry H. Tilp
Washingston
J. A. Craig
Amite City
Louisiana
William Oswald
Lafayette College
NEW
L. O. O. F. Lodge
Bloomington
Loretta Blaus
South Allegany ST
J. H. Griffin
Oldtown Road
Miss Heffron
Walsh
Doaas
Rebekah H. Otto
Peabody Certi Fesse Paper Trataag
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