Changes in Suming Congress
Veterans of many legislative battles will miss the House floor as the Sixty-fourth Congress nears. Notables leaving include Bartholdt McGuire Palmer Reed Bulkley Kerkley Smith Stevens Hanahan Floyd Burke and Martin. Returns include Cannon Swalloway Longworth Hill and Miller among others with new senators Wadsworth Harding Beckham Phelan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Bartholdt
Missouri
McGuire
Oklahoma
Palmer
Pennsylvania
Reed
New Hampshire
Bulkley
Ohio
Kerkley
Indiana
Samuel W. Smith
Michigan
Stevens and Hanahan
Minnesota
Floyd
Arkansas
Burke and Martin
South Dakota
Clayton
Alabama
Covington
Maryland
McCoy
New Jersey
Ansberry
Murray
Massachusetts
Kinkead
Townsend
Newteen
Washington
Root
New York
Burton
Perkins
California
James W. Wadsworth
Bristow
Kansas
Crawford
Camden
Kentucky
Stephenson
Wisconsin
Wadsworth
Warren G. Harding
Buckeye
Taft
Chicago
J. C. W. Beckham
Bey
Blue Grass
Gover
Goebel
Mr. Phelan
Senator Perkins
San Francisco
The Raven Film Portrait of Edgar Allan Poe
A photoplay drama titled The Raven portrays Edgar Allan Poe with Henry B. Walthall as Poe and Warda Howard as his wife Virginia Clemm. The plot follows debts at college, a disputed betrothal, Poe's marriage and poverty, Virginia's death, and Poe's visionary despair as a raven forebodes doom and the couple reunites in the afterlife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edgar Allen Poe
Henry B. Walthall
Warda Howard
Poe
Virginia Clemm
Henry B. Walthall and
Mt Savage Society Notes and Local Visits
Mt Savage residents and visitors share events from New/Youngwood guests to a Cumberland theatre musical. Mrs Samuel Naemelwright and son James visit from Youngwood, two marriages connect Mt Savage to Youngstown, Ohio, and families attend funerals in Lonaconing. The Acme Store announces a new candy arrival at 10 cents per pound.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Savage
Samuel Naemelwright
James
Youngwood
Wm. Hmmelwright
Hlmmelwright
Frances Flenry Carobine
Youngstown
Chas. Goetz
Christopher Lemmert
Anty Graham
Minnie Goetz
Maryland Theatre
Cumberland
Augusta Brailer
Joseph
Cecelia Brailer
Lonaconing
Eli Penderberg
Brailer
Pollycarp Brailer
Tresia
Malvis
Ohio
Michael McAfee
McKeesport
Michael Murray
McKeespot
Acme
Grasty to Lecture on European War Lessons
Charles H. Grasty former Baltimore Sun editor and war correspondent will speak at the Johnstown Chamber of Commerce luncheon on Thursday December 2 at the Ft Stanwix hotel. He will discuss The European War and Its Lesson to Us. Invitations to the luncheon will be issued by chamber secretaries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles H. Grasty
Baltimore Sun
Ways and Means Committee
Johnstown Chamber of Commerce
Grasty
Ft. Stanwix
Chamber
Wallins Creek Coal forms new sales firm in Vineville
The Wallins Creek Coal Company organizes the Wallins Creek Sales Company to market its coal from the Southeastern Kentucky field on the L N. R. R. F D Wood serves as president of both firms. HK R Clayton becomes assistant to the president and sales manager. The operation aims to handle 2500 tons daily of Black Star and Black Crescent coal. Clayton, formerly Harlan Coal manager, is noted in local trade circles and will move his family from Graf ton to Kentucky early next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wallins Creek Sales Company
Wallins Creek Coal Company
Southeastern Kentucky
Vineville
F. D. Wood
HK. R. Clayton
Harlan Coal Company
Louisville
Black Star
Black Crescent
Clayton
Maryland Coal Company
Lonaconing
Wendell
W. Va
Daniel E. Fisher
Columbia Street
Grafton
Kentucky
Towboy Dead at Kerfoot’s Lock on Chesapeake and Ohio Canal
Daniel Hamberger, 16, of Washington, employed on canal boat of Charles R. Renner, Sharpsburg, died from a head wound from a new rifle found at a stable near Kerfoot’s Lock along the Chesapeake and Ohio canal. Coroner Hoffmaster ruled no inquest needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hagerstown
Daniel Hamberger
Washington
Charles R. Renner
Sharpsburg
Kerfoot'’s Lock
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal
Hoffmaster
Five Suffrage Groups to Consolidate in New York
The New York State Woman Suffrage association opens a two day convention to consolidate five allied groups the Woman Suffrage party of New York City the New York State Women's Suffrage association the Equal Franchise league the Collegiate league and the Men's League for Woman Suffrage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
New York State Woman Suffrage Association
Woman Suffrage Party of
New York City
New York State Women’s Suffrage Association
Equal Franchise League
Colegiate League
Men's League For Woman Suffrage
West Virginia Hearing Opens on Railroad Fare Increase
The Western Maryland Railroad petitions the Public Service Commission to raise passenger rates in West Virginia from two to three cents per mile. The first hearing began this afternoon in Charleston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W. Va
Western Maryland Railroad Company
Public Service Commission
West Virginia
Gettysburg College to Meet Keyser Collegians on December 11
Gettysburg College basketball will face Keyser Collegians in Keyser on December 11. Gettysburg, known for a fast-paced game, is led by alum Ken Baughman who played for the college for years. The local squad secured the season's largest guarantee offered to any visiting team.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gettysburg College
Keyser Collegians
Gettysburg
Ken Baughman
Piedmont Merchant Adjudged Bankrupt by Judge Dayton
The Cumberland Press reports Benjamin Snesel of Piedmont has been formally adjudicated bankrupt by Judge Alston G. Dayton. Papers filed in Martinsburg show an involuntary petition received two weeks prior, Snesel admitting insolvency. Debts are listed near 4500 dollars with assets not disclosed. Snesel has long been a Piedmont merchant and the news surprised his friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alston G. Dayton
Benjamin Snesel
Piedmont
Martinsburg
A. C. Nadenbousch
Snesel
Dayton
Sneset
Local Notes From Frostburg Marchillill Health and Travel News
Joseph Klerick leaves Taylor street for Pittsburgh. Miss Alberta Carroll is ill with grip. Chas Sonneberg is ill. Mrs. Michael Rooney improves. Master Coven Kennedy ill with diphtheria. Miss Annie Rizer ill with diphtheria. Mr and Mrs James T Koch and child visit Mrs Koch in East Main street Frostburg. Koch is Bridgeville police chief. Mrs A P Thompson ill. McGuire improving after Miners Hospital operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Klerick
Taylor Street
Pittsburgh, Pa
Alberta Carroll
Chas Sonneberg
Michael Rooney
Coven Kennedy
McCulloch Street
Annie Rizer
James T. Koch
Bridgeville
Me. Koch
W. H. Koch
East Main Street
Mr. Koch
A. P. Thompson
Grace Glenn Wedding Ties Pittsburgh Family to Cumberland
Charles Grace and Miss Grace Glenn were married in Cumberland last Saturday. Grace is from Detmold via Pittsburgh, and the couple plan a brief visit with her parents before returning to Pittsburgh. Lonaconing Aerie No. 778 to elect officers on Tuesday December 7. Girl's Club elected officers Bessie Smith president Edith Mackey first VP Mary Ricker second VP Bessie Ritchie secretary and Elizabeth Fisher treasurer. A box social is planned for next Tuesday in the club hall. James Duckworth of Rowlesburg W Va and his wife are visiting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Grace
Miss Grace Glenn
Cumberland
Grace
Pittsburgh
John Glenn
Detmold
Bessie Smith
Edith Mackey
Mary Ricker
Bessie Ritchie
Elizabeth Fisher
Helfrich divorce suit filed in Westernport
Willa Helfrich of Westernport files for absolute divorce from John Helfrich on desertion after marriage in November 1910 and cohabitation until March 1911. Attorneys R A Loar and D L Sloan represent the plaintiff. George Sluss of Luke Md. appears in the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willa Helfrich
Westernport
John Helfrich
R. A. Loar
D. L. Sloan
George Sluss
Luke, Md
Divorce filed on grounds of desertion and abandonment
The plaintiff sues for an absolute divorce from Mattie Sluss on desertion and abandonment after a marriage begun in May 1909 and ended living together in November 1912. Oliver H. Bruce represents the plaintiff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mattie Sluss
Oliver H. Bruce
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Illinois
Cannon
William PR. McKinley
Republican Congressional Campair Committee
Republican National Committee
George E. Foss
Naval Committee
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John A. Sterling
House
Nicholas Longworth
Roosevelt
Ebenezer J. Hill
Joone FL Sherwood
Lettler
Thomas W. Miller
Delaware
Miller
Heald
Senate
Underwood
Broussard
Louisiana
Charles Curtis
Congress
Murdock
Neeley
Elysian Fields
Superiar
Mount Savage
the Bureau of the Cumberland Press
Wm. F. Farrell
Sns
Towboy
Self
Keyser
Bureau of the Cumberland Press
Keyser, W. Va
Collegians
Daily News
Circuit Court
Bessie Inez Clem
Besse Inez Mans
Mary Luhaney
Terra Alta
Ada Boore
Cum
Berland
Wm. Macdonald
Janett
Baltimore
J. &. Leps
J. . Grimes
Geo. Lineell
Pauline Dawson
Berkeley Springs
Clara Ridgeway
Frank Hutchinson
Hagill
Clarksburg
Juniata Blackburn
Fairmont
John Mohler
W. M. Hinky
Karnest MacCorkle
Stork
J. H. Tettenburn
Chestnut Street
Mr. Tettenburn
Loretta MacDonald
Kathryn Zepp
Tri-Towns
Rk. A. Hoffmeister
Frostburg
Theria
Miners Hospital
The
Cumberland Press
Glenn
Beagles
Lonaconing Aerie No. 778
Order of Eagles
Girl's Club
James Duckworth
Rowlesburg, W. Va
Willa Helfrich and
George Sloss En
Cumberland ‘Brewing Co One
Glisan
Royal Master
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Royal Typewriter Company, Inc
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