On the Stage and Off In Cumberland Theatre Circuits
A round of star announces includes Raymond Hitchcock in The Beauty Shop Edith Thayer in The Firefly and Margaret Illington in a new vehicle after Within The Law Virginia Pearson and Charlotte Walker in The Better Way Peggy O Neil and Elsa Ryan to headline Peg O My Heart in separate companies George Primrose joins Wilson for Maryland engagement Adele Blood aims to found a National American Theatre with 10 000 and plans a My Lady s Boudoir tour she seeks a national institution and critiques the gilded New Theatre while Julia Gifford departs Little Boy Blue and rumored to be Bob Fitzsimmons second wife
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Cumberland Theatre
Raymond Hitchcock
Edith Thayer
Margaret Illington
Mary Turner
Virginia Pearson
Charlotte Walker
Peggy O'Neil
Elsa Ryan
Peg O
My Heart
George Primrose
Wilson
The
Maryland
Adele Blood
National American Theatre
Great Neck
Long Island
J. C. Drum
I. W. Hope
Mr. Hope
Miss Blood
National Theatre Project
National Theatre
America
New Theatre
New York
New York City
Julia Gifford
Art
Bob Fitzsimmons
Miss Gifford
Deshon Opera Company
Academy
Hail Hail Song To Be Cleaned By Local Society
Morgantown residents report the Christian Endeavor Society aims to remove the word hell from the tune What the hell do we care as they seek to ban the line in public performances. Miss Mary Matten and others will ask Mayor Grenningger and Chief Yoke to prohibit its use on streets and in public gatherings. The issue arises from widespread familiarity with the song among all ages as a victory cheer.
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Morgantown
Christian Endeavor Society
Methodist Protestant Church
Cients
Mary Matten
Messrs. Eakin, Johnson and Martin
Grenningger
Laws of Maryland 1914 Volume Vastly Larger Than Before
The 1914 Maryland laws are now available from the State Librarian and privately sold. The volume contains 1887 printed pages including the index, up from 1762 in 1912, marking a steady growth in thickness to 4 1 2 inches. Journals of the two houses will require two volumes each for binding.
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Maryland
Annapolis
Cumberland Press Personal News Request
Patrons and friends are asked to telephone personals and other news items to this paper. Any matter of interest will be greatly appreciated by the Editor.
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The
Cumberland Press
Social notes update from local residents and visitors
Misses Turner depart for Louisville and Nashville while Mrs Mary Campbell heads to Oakland as a County Fair judge. Several others travel for education and visits with friends in Washington, D C Cleveland and Baltimore. notable residents ill or abroad attend schools, church duties, or host guests.
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Mary and
Nell Turner
Louisville
Nashville
Tenn
Mary W. Campbell
Oakland
Clara Aman
Anna Snyder
Marie Condon
A. J. Fazenbaker
Westernport
University of Maryland
Laverne McMullen
Ohio
Margaret Hicks
William C. Hicks
Washington, D. C
Ray Thorne
Connellsville
Robert Benedict
Emmanuel Episcopal Church
Doylestown
Browning
Eva Thompson
M. D. Stroyer
S. J. Walters
Myles W. White
J. H. Stuart
Baltimore
L. St. Clair and Son
G. A. McCrain
Cleveland
A. Minear
Hugh Pritt
Lee Engle
North Carolina
William Cleveland Hicks
Percy Foster Hall
Washington, D
Anna Weaver
Hancock
Joseph E. Weaver
Arlington Hotel
Goldie Price
Forestbore
Lena Wolfe
Otis P. Hawks
Sweden and Germany cable links interrupted by gale
Copenhagen dispatch reports all cable connections between Sweden and Germany cut since yesterday due to a great gale. Germany has had no foreign mail since last week. The Danish government announces a domestic loan of 60,000,000 kroners about 15 million dollars.
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London
A _ Central
Copenhagen
Sweden
Germany
Shreveport Times manager killed by intruder in office
R M Denholme, business manager of the Shreveport Times, was struck and fatally harmed in his office last night by a Black person who is thought to have been demented. A policeman struck and fatally hurt the assailant as he exited the building.
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Shreveport
R. M. Denholme
The
Shreveport Times
Vienna prepares isolation hospitals for cholera threat
The Vienna municipal council voted 1,000,000 crowns about 200,000 dollars for isolation hospitals near the city in anticipation of Asiatic cholera. The Milan correspondent of the Paris Midi says the cholera has been reported in army areas, but no cases are disclosed in Vienna.
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Paris
Vienna
Milan
Paris “Midi
Early U S Mail Routes to Wheeling in 1820s
In 1823 the Wheeling mail stage ran via Frederick Hagerstown Cumberland Grantsville leaving Sundays Tuesdays and Thursdays from Hagerstown near Barnums Hotel and arriving in three and a half days with river boats ready to convey passengers. By 1826 an extra Baltimore line ran Monday Wednesday and Friday at 4 AM reaching Wheeling on the fourth afternoon, with Friday's stage arriving on the fifth day. Fares from Baltimore to Wheeling totaled 18.75 dollars, with 5.50 to Hagerstown 5 to Cumberland 4 to Uniontown and 4.25 from Uniontown to Wheeling.
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United States Mail
Wheeling
Frederick
Hagerstown
Cumberland
Grantsville
Barnum’s
Baltimore
Uniontown
Engineer Crum Saves Train From Wreck At Doe Gulley
Engineer J. W. Crum stopped passenger train No 4 of the Western Maryland Railway after an open switch caused the engine and tender to derail near the Doe Gulley tunnel west of Hancock. The track suffered severe damage and detours were set by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. no injuries were reported.
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J. W. Crum
Western Maryland Railway
Doe Gulley Tunnel
Hancock
Egineer Crum
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Brinkman Suffered Cuts When Caboose Crashed in Yard
Theodore F. Brinkman of Cumberland a B and O brakeman was taken to Allegany Hospital after being thrown through a caboose window during a yard accident. The shifted caboose collided with the engine as it derailed and rolled.
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Theodore F. Brinkman
Cumberland
Allegany Hospital
Butler
Brinkman
Cumberland and Westernport Electric Railway Schedule
First car leaves Frostburg for Cumberland at 6 00 am with stops at Eckhart Clarysville Hed Hill Longs Narrows Park arriving Cumberland 7 00 am. Return trips begin 7 00 am from Cumberland to Frostburg hourly until midnight. All cars east and west connect at Frostburg. d E Taylor Superintendent.
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Frostburg
Cumberland
Eckhart
ClarysVille
Hed Hill
Long
Narrows Park
Baltimore Street
Haltimore Street
Jonaconi
Barton
Franklin
Wes
Western
Lonaconing
Westernport
Reynolds
Moscow
Midland
Blakes
Borden Shaft
Frost
Frostbure
D. E. Taylor
Train Schedule From Cumberland to Major Routes
Schedule effective September 27 1914 lists trains leaving Cumberland daily at 2 10 A M for Hagerstown Gettysburg Baltimore Philadelphia and New York including a sleeper. Another daily service departs 8 17 A M for Pittsburgh and West with a sleeper to Elkins Belington Da points and intermedia. A third train runs 7 15 daily except Sunday to Durbin and Hanagherstown West with notes on Sunday variations.
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Cumberland
Hagerstown
Gettysoni
Burg
Baltimore
Philadelphia
New York
Pittsburg
West
Sleeper
Elkins
Belmngton
Dapointsvis
Intermedia
Durbin
Hanagerstown
Daily Express
Hancock Hagerstown
Waynesboro
Chambersburg
Westminster
Frostburg
Meyers
Pittsburgh
Davis
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King Strong
Edwina Levin
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