Case of Becky to Photodrama with Blanche Sweet at Xostburg
The Cas e of Becky a Lasky photodrama stars Blanche Sweet as Becky and Dorothy showing dual personalities and hypnotism. Carl yle Blackwell and David Belasco staged origins noted with an all star cast including Theodore Roberts and James Noill in supporting roles. The piece promises dramatic suspense as Becky’s contemptuous alter ego causes trouble and Dr John Arnold intervenes.
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Becky
Laskylasco
Blanche Sweet
Carlyle Blackwell
Lasky
David Belasco
Miss Sweet
Dorothy
Hoyden
Dorothey
Charles Blackwell
John Arnold
Theodore Roberts
James Noil
All Star Johnstown Team Beats Lonaconing 75 to 30
Lonaconing hosted the Johnstown All Stars who jumped to an early lead and controlled the game. Final score 75 to 30 with Shamo Blum Selford and Stafford among top scorers. Referee Durst. Union Thanksgiving services held at the new Baptist church with Rev. H L Barnes preaching. Lonaconing Reserves set for Piedmont game tonight. Local notes include Robert T. Orr, Helen Bradley, Margaret Smith, and Henry Norris visiting relatives and friends.
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Johnstown
All Stars
Robert T. Orr
McKeesport
Helen Bradley
Pittsburgh
Margaret Smith
Meyersdale
Thomas Smith
Henry Norris
Eyler's Fruit and Grocery Ad Highlights Fresh Meats and Supplies
Local ad announces fresh country butcher items at Eyler's Fruit and Grocery Co including spare ribs sausage pudding pork and fresh country butter at 50 cents per pound. Also offers fresh oysters canned goods Mazda lamps and other items from Edison Electric Co at 30 N Liberty street with a November 26 31 run date.
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Eyler’s Fruit and Grocery CO
Eyler’s Fruit and Grocery Company
Rainbow Canned Goods
Berry Brinkman Precilla Berry Nelson Brinkman wed in Bloomington
Berry and Brinkman couples from Luke Maryland married on Wednesday evening officiated by Rev. Snedegar in Bloomington. Brinkman works for West Virginia Pulp and Paper Company at Luke and they will reside in Luke. Mrs. Jacob Reid dies at 63. Moorefield, Piedman residents travel after death of Mrs. Reid mother of Mrs. Smith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Precilla Mary Berry
Nelson Thomas Brinkman
Luke, Md
Jacob Reid
E. L. Smith
Piedman
Moorefield
Local Soldiers Photographs Show Villa Carranza Battle
Photographs received from Edward T. Dodd of the Twenty second Infantry at Douglas Arizona depict the Villa Carranza engagement near that city. Images include a pile of dead Mexicans to be burned, Mexicans hanged from trees, and victims on the firing line with Douglas visible in the distance.
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Edward T. Dodd
Twenty-second Infantry
United States Army
Douglas
Arizona
Villa
Carranza
Mr. Dodd
J. W. Dodd
Fairview Avenue
Brewery Team Beats Moose By 158 Pins In Bowling Meet
Hager starred for the German Brewery squad with Franciska in a tight contest. Cowden led the Moose bowlers as the tally of scores followed after last night’s Moose Alleys match.
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Moose
Hager
Franciska
Cowden
Blacksmith Helper Struck by B&O Train at Gorman
Patrick Condon, a blacksmith helper for Gorman Coal Co, was run down by Baltimore and Ohio train No. 3 in Gorman West Virginia on Wednesday. He suffered a broken arm, multiple fractured ribs, and cuts and bruises. He was taken to Clarksburg Hospital, with recovery said to be doubtful. Condon is the son in law of Thomas J Murphy superintendent of the coal company and former Maryland state mining inspector.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gorman
W. Va
Patrick Condon
Gorman Coal Co
Baltimore and Ohio
Clarksburg
Condon
Thomas J. Murphy
Maryland
Midland
Biggest Coat Sale of Season at Rosenbaums
One thousand coats bought this week in New York feature plushes velours and popular weaves. Prices run from 7.98 to 25.00. Don’t miss this coat sale Saturday at Rosenbaums.
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New York
Rosenbaums
City’s Best Talent to Star in Sacred Cumberland Concert
More than 100 voices from the Men's Glee Club Ladies Choral Club and Madrigal Club prepare for a Sunday concert at the Maryland Theatre directed by Frederick Foster Snow. The first of five monthly performances by the Y M C A arts program seeks to raise funds with free admission and an offering. Bertha Gailey Jacobs of Bedford and Miss Rebekah H Otto will feature, Jacobs having performed in Washington and Gideon Conventions.
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Maryland Theatre
Frederick Foster Snow
Central YY. M. C. A
Cumberland
Beall High Defeats Allegany County in Season Finale
Frostburg Md November 26 Beall High School beat Allegany County High School Cumberland 27 to 7 in the season finale. Beall scored twice in the first quarter and added another in the third while Cumberland’s only score came late in the game. Notable for Allegany were tackle Gloss and end Cook on the Cumberland side.
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Frostburg
Beall High
Allegany County High School
Cumberland
Beal High
Allegany County High
Cook
Warnick
Long
Mignot
Miller
Hendry
Jones
Smith
Walker
Spring
Allen
Alnoch
Davis
Glass
Doak
Wilson
Price
Tinker
Milleson
Marital Pairings Across Multiple Counties
A list of named fiancé and spouse pairs from Cass West Virginia Cumberland Frostburg and several Pennsylvania towns including Grahamtown Frostburg Harperton McKeesport and Uniontown with associated pairings and residence details. The notice from the archived section presents numerous couples and their home locations in a single rostered item.
T. H. Davis Dead in Keyser Automobile Firm Leader
Keyser West Virginia November 26 T H Davis dropped dead Thursday afternoon near his home on Main Street He had long been a prominent figure in the local automobile business and was widely known in the region.
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Keyser
W. Va
T. H. Davis
Main Street
West Virginia
German Aviators Clash in Mud Behind British Lines
Two German aviators forced to descend behind British lines fought the mud and plotted each other’s capture before British soldiers separated them. The skirmish highlights the hazards of frontline downed-pilot encounters in Northern France during the war.
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France
Dry batteries reduced at Edison Elec Co
Advertisement notes dry batteries priced at 28 cents each at Edison Electric Company located at 30 North Liberty Street. Revision date November 26.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edison Elec. Co
N. Liberty Street
Sporting Notes and Notions From the Sports World
Rabbit Maranville writes for the paper on Braves shortstop duties. The New York wrestling tournament showcased top heavies while Nebraska fans tout Joe Stecker as ready to toss them all. College players flee pro money, a Salt Lake benefit game nets little per man, and Kid Lewis shows rapid weight changes. Harvard films Yale for clubs and theater use, while Stalings faces a Pennant shake-up after a second-place fall. Jimmie Britt leaves Australia for Europe, Tom Griffith shines for Reds, Nick Gianakopulos is a famed distance man in New York, McCabe costs a scout a county fair fee, Harvard blacklist grows, and Australian boxing faces a rough spell with fighters itinerant.
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Ted
Kid) Lewis
Harvard
Yale
Braves
Princeton
Tigers
Crimson
Jimmie Britt
Australia
Europe
Cincinnati Reds
Tom Griffith
Boston
Tom
Nick Gianakopulos
New York
Nick Gink
McCabe
St. Louis Browns
Barrett
Missouri
Bids Wanted on Coal by Alleghany County Board
The Alleghany County Commissioners will accept bids on Tuesday December 7 1915 until 12 noon for run of mine coal 2240 pounds per ton. Coal to be delivered to the bins at the court house and jail and in carload lots on Payne Spring siding for the Insane Asylum and County Home. Proposals must state the mine of origin. The board reserves the right to reject any or all bids. By order of the Board Angus Ireland Clerk.
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Allegany County
Court House
Payne Spring Siding
Insane Asylum
Wegman Injured In Baltimore Pike Car Crash
Joseph Wegman was cut by flying glass and shaken after the auto owned by Peter E. Wright crashed with another vehicle on the Baltimore Pike Wednesday night. Wegman, returning to Cumberland after dropping two passengers, was hit while taking a sharp curve and the other driver fled, leaving no identifyable license or name. His car sustained severe damage but he drove it into the city.
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Joseph Wegman
Peter E. Wright
Baltimore Pike
Wegman
Cumberland
Wegeman
Edison Electric Co. Advertisement at 30 N Liberty St
Advertisement records a pricing note: items priced at 28 cents each at Edison Electric Company located at 30 North Liberty Street with a date of November 26-21.
Sheriff Picked Deputies Pending McFarland Confirmation
It was reported that Peter C. McFarland of Lonac ing selected deputies including Peter McFarland, Walter W. Clay, and Anthony Harvey of Milothian. McFarland could not be located to confirm or deny.
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Sheri
Peter C. McFarland
Peter McFarland
Lonacing
Little Peter
Walter W.clay
T City
Anthony Harvey
Milothian
M Farland
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Chaps
Johnstown IL. Athletic Club
Hamo
Uss Cbs Os
MacHenry
Iceaeas Ecr
Ewes
Wasies
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Oewre
Geen
Oregom
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Cease Gee
Shamo
Blum
Selford
Eggie Mack
McKenty
Stafford
Spears
Clark
Pell
MacMenry
Durst
Union
New Baptist Church
Aptist
Presbyterian
Methodist
H. L. Barnest
Presbyterian Church
Piedmont
Edison Electric Co
Liberty Street
New Universities Dictionary
Tri-Towns
Bureau of the Cumberland Press
R. A. Hoffmeister
Berry Brinkman
Villa Carranza
Edw. T. Dodd
U. S. Infantry
Douglas, Ariz
Loose Cowden
Murphy
Allegany High
First Jr. O. U. A. M
Moose Hall
George's Creek
I. Tyson Harden
Garrison
E. L. Thomas
Baltimore
T. A. Westler
Cascade
F. N. Zihlman
J. P. Roman
Saul Praeger
Sylvester Dawson
W. C. Brotemarkle
Cumberland Band
Uniform Bank
Whd
Charles M. Simmons
Zettie J. McLoughlin
Cass
Gilbert T. Brant
Mary B. Barney
Owen R. Yates
Grahamtown
Katheryn M. Ort
Frank A. Niland
Mary E
Montgomery
Beryl
Thomas A. Cale
Almeda J. Dodson
Frank T. Crawford
Maude E. Ricker
Thomas H. Fern
Shernfield, Pa
Rosa E. Smith
Summer Hill
Joseph H. Harper
Dairaie M. Bell
Harperton
Charles E. van Kirk
Helen V. Langhurst
Thomas Stafford
Ehernfield
Caroline W. Ball
South Fork
Anthony W. Moats
Uniontown
Maude A. Farr
Helen
Asa H. Dotson
Nellie G. Hart
Central Station
Alton L. Cressman
Osterburg
Mary E. Godnour
Quiler
Max W. K. Nye
Margaret M. Wiley
Elwood City
Milton E. Tucker
James Burton
Stoyer
Angus Ireland
Holtzman’s
Mekland
Columbia Records
Victor Records
Baltimore St
Cumberland, MD
Campobello
Third National Bank Building
Cyril B. Geare
Buccessor
Keaver and
Geare
Waele Petiding
Vel
J. UW. Holzshu & CG
Hulberts
Jesus
Price DL
John A. Fulton & CO
Baltimore and Liberty Sts
Stieff
Mail Order Department
the Stieff CO
Mclane Place
W. German St
Cumberland Launch
North Mechanic S1pkki
C. Edward Saunders
Queen City Garage
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