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Newspaper
Cumberland Press
Location
Cumberland, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Nov 28, 1914
Page
5
A compiled church notices page lists services at numerous congregations including St Stephen's Lutheran Trinity M E and Emmanuel Episcopal with times for Sunday schools sermons and prayer meetings. Other churches such as First Baptist Wesleyan and Grace M E schedule Advent and Thanksgiving programs with catechetical instruction and choir practice.
British naval experts strain to determine the cause of the Bulwark disaster. Reports suggest a detonation from a twelve inch shell bursting in the vessel’s magazine after a fall, with the battle ship shown in the photo, heavily damaged and effectively out of action.
The infant child of Mr and Mrs Ellis Northcraft Cecelia street was seriously burned last night near a tub of melted lard. The burns covered exposed areas but the child is now expected to recover. Dr A Leo Franklin attended and Mr Northcraft works as a bartender at the Arlington Hotel.
In Piedmont West Virginia on November 28 a fire destroyed two corner buildings owned by Mrs. Morgan. Firemen stopped the spread by 2 a.m. after a 12:40 a.m. alarm. One building housed a pool hall in the cellar and the other a store. Loss estimated at 10 000. insured. Fire blocked Baltimore and Ohio Railroad traffic for over an hour.
The notice lists church activities and service times for several congregations. First Presbyterian conducts morning and evening services led by Rev. G E Moffatt with Sunday School and YP events scheduled. St Marys Catholic Church offers masses in multiple slots. Seventh Day Adventist and Zion Reformed provide Sabbath and weekday programs with translation offerings and choir and Bible classes.
A pouch with letters from Washington Baltimore Philadelphia and other eastern points including money orders and checks was stolen from the Baltimore and Ohio station in Rockville Maryland on Thursday morning. It is the fifth such robbery in three months as pouches were dropped from an early express train and vanished before the mail carrier reached the drop spot. County officers and post office authorities were alerted.
The November issue of the Baltimore and Ohio Employes Magazine announces the magazine will stop publication. Readers valued its high class content and its more than 100 pages each month, and its closure is met with regret.
Mrs Hattie W Wilkinson 67 widow of Joseph Wilkinson died last midnight at Allegany Hospital after an operation a week ago. Surviving are nine children and brothers and sisters. Funeral Monday at 8 with services at home conducted by Rev G E Brown. Interment Rose Hill cemetery. Mrs Mary C McCartney 45 wife of Patrick S McCartney died yesterday at her home 70 Park Street after a yearlong illness. Requiem mass Monday at St Patrick church, then burial in Bonnie Bray cemetery Baltimore. Walter Blythe Thompson 47 Penn Railroad division engineer died yesterday in Williamsport after a brief illness. He leaves wife and a 14 year old son. interment at Lock Haven Sunday. Mrs Mary Maxwell 92 died at the County Home. body to Westernport for burial.
Patrons and friends are asked to telephone personals and other news items to The Cumberland Press. Any matter of interest will be greatly appreciated. The Editor invites reader contributions to enrich the paper.
Health Officer Max J. Colton leaves tomorrow for Jacksonville Florida to attend the annual meeting of the American Public Health Association convening the week of November 30. Local residents include Kathleen Johnson visiting Washington and Arthur Young joining Thanksgiving with Cumberland relatives.
Rev. E G Chipps and Mrs Alice Ramsey, who left their families to elope in Wheeling West Virginia, were released after 60 day sentences. Judge Alan Robinson suspended the fine contingent on repentance. The minister’s wife and the husband of his confidante met them at the jail and reconciliation followed. Chipps was to labor on county roads but served as the jail barber.
West Virginia reports a successful first year of prison labor saving over 100000 dollars. State Road Engineer Williams notes less than 100 of 1290 convicts worked on roads yet prisoners have improved morally and physically. Jail populations have fallen since July 1 with the prohibition amendment reducing inmate numbers. Wirt Hardy and Pendleton counties report no prisoners.
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