Local Social News Highlights From Cumberland Area
Mrs. Ruth Williams of Philadelphia attends the wedding of Carl Wilkin Twigg and Miss Mary O. Kline at First United Brethren Church with Rev. H. Rogers Richardson. The couple will reside with the groom’s parents on Lafayette avenue. Various residents visit the Cumberland fair and surrounding towns, including Richard Ludwig, Clark May, Thomas Marfin, Albert Oates, Wesley Ringer, Enoch Judy, and Mrs. Lillian Courtney, with travels to Magnolia, Hagerstown, Cleveland, and Washington mentioned in home notices and travel chatter.
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Twige-Kline
Carl Wilkin Twigg
Mary O. Kline
First United Brethren Church
H. Rogers Richardson
Ruth Williams
Philadelphia
Lafayette Avenue
Richard Ludwig
Cumberland
Clark May
Terra Alta
Arch Jenkins
Maryland Avenue
Homme
Thomas Marfin
Albert Oates
Homney
W. Va
Wesley Ringer
Parness Spring
Fifth Street
Magnolia
Enoch Judy
Moorefield
A. D. Randall
Grand Avenue
Lillian Courtney
Virginia Avenue
Washington
Eimer Frankhouser
Wilmington
Delaware
Mra Beckman
Boone Street
Jenvey Urges 1000 Members For Cumberland Y M C A
Frank B. Jenvey general chairman announces a big membership drive for 1000 new members at the Central Y M C A. A banquet opens the campaign next Tuesday night with strong support expected from Cumberland men and boys to boost activities and community value.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank K. Jenvey
Central Y. M. C
Central Y. M. C. A
Cumberland
W. H. Baxley
Tam Sill
Frank B. Jenvey
Two British Vessels Sunk Today Amid Mine and Torpedo Attack
London October 1. The Norwegian barkle struck a mine and burned at sea with the crew saved. The British schooner Helen Benyon was torpedoed and sunk today, but her crew were saved.
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London
Helen Benyon
Suits for Ten Thousand Filed by Miss Danahy
Miss Danahy with attorney A Taylor Smith sues the Lonaconing mayor and council for 5000 dollars for her father Mathew Danahy who died after a team owned by George Fernent ran away on Jackson Street on August 19 1915. She also sues Fernent for 5000 dollars alleging careless negligent handling and failure to secure the horses led to the fatal injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Danahy
A. Taylor Smith
Lonaconing
Mathew Danahy
Miss Danahy
George Fernent
Jackson Street
Danahy
Miss Danaby
Sait
George Ternent
Mather Danahy
Three Riggs Bank Officials Indicted by Grand Jury
Washington October 1 three Riggs National Bank officials who sued Secretary McAdoo were indicted by the Federal Grand Jury this afternoon in a case involving bank actions and government disputes.
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Riggs Bank
Washington
Riggs National Bank
McAdoo
Federal Grand Jury
Stiff Punishment for Hazing Cadets at Annapolis
Washington October 1 six cadets dismissed from the Naval Academy at Annapolis four suspended for one year and 15 turned back to next flower class by order of Secretary Daniels. The action was approved by the President.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Naval Academy At
Annapolis
Daniels
Former Officers Sue Cumberland Mayor Over Back Pay
George Flanagan and William K. Evans allege to Cumberland officials that they are owed salaries of $65 and $60 monthly, totaling $500, for work as policemen through A. Taylor Smith, and that the city has refused payment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Flanagan
William K. Evans
A. Taylor Smith
Cumberland
October Court Docket Opens With Big Schedule
The circuit court convenes Monday for the October term. The docket lists twenty appeals from justices of the peace, 239 trials, and 120 originals. The grand jury will meet Monday to examine witnesses and return indictments in criminal cases.
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Circuit Court
Allies Plan Loans to Balkan States
London reports Allies consider military occupation of Serbian Macedonia to protect territory while Serbia and Bulgaria negotiate. To counter German financial influence in the Balkans, loans will be offered to certain states to cover mobilization costs.
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London
Salonika
Serbian Macedonia
Serbia
Bulgaria
Balkans
Cumberland excursion returns with 600 gallons of water
The Cumberland trip ended about 3 45 am Thursday with 187 passengers from Elkins bringing back 600 gallons of water in well packed suitcases. Two ex police were stationed at the depot to prevent a rush of returning visitors property according to the Elkins Inter Mountain.
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Cumberland
Elkins
Elkins Inter Mountain
Committee to Complete Ticket Meets Tonight
The Democratic State central committee convenes to finalize the county ticket after the return of Col. Thomas G. Dillon of Frostburg from the East ends a delay in selections.
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Democratic State Central Committee
Thomas G. Dillon
Frostburg
Personal notices span several Maryland towns with travel and family updates
Vincent Ingram leaves for a two week visit to New York while Mrs. Morris and Miss Emily Morris return from Morgantown. David J. Lewis will speak at the Bedford Federal building dedication next Wednesday. Several residents return from visits to Cumberland, Confluence, Martinsburg, Pittsburgh, and Philadelphia. A birth is announced for Mrs. B. M. Kamens, Cumberland street, and Tina James recovers from surgery at Western Maryland Hospital.
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Vincent Ingram
Western Maryland Railway
New York
Charles R. Morris
Emily Morris
Morgantown
W. Va
Morris
Margaret Morris
West Virginia University
David J. Lewis
Federal
Bedford
James Wharton
Mount Savage
Edward Wharton
Long Ridge
Hancock
Edna Coleman
Moran
Martinaburg
Cumberland
Mary A. Reinhart
Thos. D. Reinhart
St. Peter's
H. G. Mason
Connellaville
G. C. Baker
Charles Newcomer
Agnes
Lois
B. M. Kamens
Cumberland Street
Tina James
Marion Street
Western Maryland Hospital
Nettie Jay
Davis
Mary James
Margaret Gutwall
Gallitzen
Charles Sowers
Bedford Street
Lewis Preston
Ridgeley
W. V
John R. Littlefield
J. Kyle Cowherd
Women Plaintiffs File Divorce Suits in Circuit Court
Lola Edith Geaslan through Arner G. Carl sues Harry Thomas Geaslan for divorce alleging marriage in Cumberland on April 21 1918 and misconduct since October 1913 plus infidelity. Anna M. Saylor through Arner G. Carl sues Charles L. Saylor for desertion from Cumberland marriage on November 13 1910 with husband leaving Vale Summit on September 19 1912 and seeks custody of their four year old son Lewis W. Saylor.
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Lola Edith Geaslan
Arner G. Carl
Circuit Court
Harry Thomas Geaslan
Cumberland
Anna M. Saylor
Charles L. Saylor
Vale Sumit
Lewis W. Saylor
Storm Toll Rises to Nineteen Dead at Gulf Front
New Orleans reports nineteen dead from Wednesday's Gulf storm with millions in property damage. The Great Southern Pacific wharves and offices are nearly destroyed as the storm hit Houma with full force.
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New Orleans
Great Southern Pacific
Houma
State Auditor J Enos Ray Leads Audit Visit
State Auditor J Enos Ray of Chillum Prince Georges County and assistants Booth Murray and Gillespie of Baltimore audit Maryland state institutions. The party left for Frostburg to audit the Miners Hospital books.
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J. Enos Ray
Chillum
Prince Georges County
Maryland
House of Delegates
Messrs. Booth, Murray and Gillespie
Baltimore
Frostburg
Miner's Hospital
Epworth League Meets at Pastor York Home
The Epworth League of Central M E Church South holds its regular monthly meeting this evening at Rev. J. M. York's home at 21 Glenn Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Epworth League of
Central M. FE. Church South
J. M. York
Glenn Street
Civic Club Luncheon Plans Oct 21 With State Leaders
Cumberland Civic Club approved a get-together luncheon for October 21 in city hall. Maryland Federation of Women's Clubs officers Mrs. Sanderson and Miss Alice Tiffany are guests of honor and will address civic work. Committees named for toasts, luncheon, publicity and decorations.
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Cumberland Civic Club
Maryland Federation of Women's Clubs
Sanderson
State Federation
Alice Tiffany
Civic Club
John W. Avirett
Alexander Thompson
Robert R. Henderson
Elizabeth Lowndes
A. M. Litchten
Powell
Baltimore
Mary Farr
Maryland Public Library Commission
Isabel Wheeler
Traveler's Aid Society
Message from the grave attributed to William T. Stead
The Titanic victim William T. Stead is quoted in a psychical report saying he cannot appear in every seance and must work where his presence can aid his life's aims. He recalls drowning mid ocean and a brief, unsettling return to memory before continuing his spiritual work. He instructs Dr. Hyslop to contact him through the medium.
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New York
William T. Stead
Brifigh
Stead el
The
American Society For Psychical Research
Earth
Julia
Dr. Hyslop
Thomas E Poole Birthday Party Given At Avirett Ave Home
Thomas E Poole celebrated his 37th birthday with a stag party at his Avirett avenue home. Benjamin C Poole acted as toastmaster and guests enjoyed cards music and a chicken supper. State Senator F N Zihlman and other friends attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas E. Poole
Avirett Avenue
Benjamin C. Poole
F. N. Zihlman
P. G. Cowden
H. E. Williams
Boyd A. Reinhart
Edward A. Holzen
D. Griminger
William C. Conley
W. L. Martin
L. BE. Williams
A. D. Cowden
Joseph H. Lippold
P. L. Ward
William Meise
F. G. Blaul
John A. Anderson
A. L. McCullough
B. C. Poole
John Brown
Masonic Temple
Virginia Avenue auto accidents noisy during fair crowds
Three automobile accidents occurred along Virginia avenue near the fairgrounds amid heavy traffic. All victims were boys, with Charles Cage the most seriously injured, followed by Elmer Smith and Ester Reed, while two other youths were struck by a separate vehicle that fled.
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Charles Cage
First Street
Virginia Avenue
Frank L. Barkdoll
Elmer Smith
George Smith
Offutt Street
William R. Foard
Ester Reed
I. H. Reed
J. W. Farrell
Elmer Beck
Fair Grounds
Marriage Licenses Granted In Blairsville and Nearby Areas
Wim. Charles Graff and Hilda M Spires of Blairsville Pa. Charles W Secrest Meyersdale Pa and Caroline M Gillard Philadelphia. Addis M Michael and Bessie May Fazenbaker Swanton Pa. Philip Kline and Lena Goldsmith Frostburg.
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Wim
Charles Graff
Hilda M Spires
Blairsville
Charles W. Secrest
Meyersdale
Caroline M. Gillard
Philadelphia
Addis M. Michael
Bessie May Fazenbaker
Swanton, Pa
Philip Kline
Lena Goldsmith
Frostburg
Community banker receivership case shocks Grafton
In Grafton West Virginia on October 1 six cases before receiver B F Hiatt against Jake Fisher and John McGraw were advanced. The total involved is about 175000 dollars with money advanced to the West Virginia Midland Kathasad and other concerns. John T McGraw deposits totaling 60000 dollars were claimed in the bank. The court set aside the office judgment and referred the matter to special commissioner A W Lurdette to take an accounting.
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Grafton
W. Va
B. F. Hiatt
Grafton Bank
Jake Fisher
John McGraw
West Virginia Midland Kathasad
John T. McGraw
A. W. Lurdette
Judge Dayton Sets Moral Tone at West King Talk
Philippi judge Alston G. Dayton, visiting for a Federal court term, spoke at Rev. Charles Beard’s Monday service at the Casino on West King street. He urged that law alone cannot make men good and stressed the need for the religion of Jesus Christ, leaving many curious listeners with a higher respect for the jurist.
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Dayton
Alston G. Dayton
Philippi
Government Building
Charles Beard
Casino
West King Street
Jesus Christ
Marchinsburg Journal
St Ambrose Festival and Grace Church Play Postponed
The Fall Festival at St Ambrose Catholic Church Cresaptown is postponed to Saturday October 16 due to bad weather. The Grace M E Church play A Trip Around The World by Mrs Earnest Yates Sunday School class is postponed to next Friday evening.
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St. Ambrose Catholic Church of Cresaptown
Earnest Yates
Grace M. E. Church
Society notes on Mrs. Luster party and Milliman golden wedding
Mr and Mrs W W Luster hosted a prettily appointed party for their nine year old daughter Cathryn with games and refreshments and gifts. Mr and Mrs Harry Fenner hosted a Wednesday reception honoring Francie Xavier Millman and celebrated their golden wedding last week with many out of town guests noted from Chicago Baltimore Trenton Washington New York and other cities.
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W. W. Luster
Braddock Way
Cathryn
Mineier
C Lashley
Hilda Maxson
Margaret Lee Carl
Virginia Schultz
Lenelda Berkeley Henrietta Lippold
Alice Haya
Evelyn Luzier
Cathryn Luater
Harry Fenner
Water Street
Francie Xavier Millman
Guy Gurney
Chicago
George A Smith
Baltimore
Robert Gt Beall
Mary Beall
Wiington
X. Milliman, Jr
Trenton
N. J
Nettie Sanders
New York
Russell Wilson Marriage License Issued in Baltimore
A marriage license was issued in Baltimore yesterday to Thomas Russell, 22, Cumberland, Maryland, and Viola Wilson, 20, Frostburg, Maryland.
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Baltimore
Russell-Wilson
Thomas Russell
Cumberland, Md
Viola Wilson
Frostburg
Haines Held For Grand Jury On Paternity Charge
Edward Haines was held for the grand jury today by Magistrate Jacob B. Humbird on a paternity charge. Annie Thomas acted as the prosecuting witness. In default of bail, Haines was sent to jail to await trial.
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Edward (. Haines
Jacob B. Humbird
Annie Thomas
Haines
Gold Discovery Reported in West Virginia
Martinsburg West Virginia October 11 J M Ripple received a letter from John Cairns of Rowlesburg describing a gold discovery in the region asserts prospectors are finding gold in that part of West Virginia as of October 11.
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Martinsburg
W. Va
J.M. Ripple
John Cairns
Rowlesburg
West Virginia
Solves Congestion Problem at Allegany County High School
Principal William M. Tinker reports a split-schedule plan easing crowding as students are divided into two sessions from 8 am to 1 pm and 12 noon to 5 pm. The first hour of the second session is study time, allowing more individualized instruction. The plan, in operation for one week, will be reviewed by the school board next meeting.
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Allegany County High School
William M. Tinker
Motion Picture Trust Ordered to Be Dissolved
Philadelphia October 1 Judge Dickinson in the Federal district court ordered the dissolution of the motion picture trust. The government suit under the Sherman law targeted the Motion Picture Patents Company twelve corporations and eleven individuals in the motion picture business. The Melies Manufacturing Company was dismissed for want of proof.
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Philadelphia
Dickinson
Federal District Courts
Motion Picture Trust
Motion Picture Patents Company
Melies Manufacturing Company
315 New Voters Register in Cumberland City
During a Tuesday registration 315 new voters added their names to Cumberland poll books and 54 transfers were recorded. Final registration day is next Tuesday. Districts show varying new voter counts and transfers across 4-1 through 23-2, with 22-2 not yet reported.
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Cumberland
Doub Nominated Attorney General to Appear in Baltimore
Albert A. Doub left yesterday for Baltimore to receive formal notification of his nomination for Attorney General by J. Kemb Bartlett.
Local Couples Wed in Flagerstown
Marriage licenses issued at Hagerstown list Clifton B. Naughton and Rebecca M. Athey both of Cumberland. Itarry J. Biser of Hagerstown and Bertha E. Lancaster of Cumberland.
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Flagerstown
Hagerstown
Clifton B. Naughton
Rebecca M. Athey
Cumberland
Itarry J. Biser
Bertha E. Lancaster
Bulgarian and Serb Patrols Clash At Border
Reports from Italian sources say several clashes occurred between Bulgarian and Serb patrols on the border within the last few days. Troops on both sides are entrenching along the frontier near Paris dated October 1.
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Paris
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H. A. MacGill
South Cumberland
Cumberland Press
Millenson Piano Co
Carroll
Pyie
Emmett Reynolds
South End
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Mira Eva Dyche
Chan. J. McNemar
Cleveland
Thio
Mra. M. S. Tucker
Mary Street
Ohio
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Y.M.C.A
City
Balkan States
State Auditor
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Stead
Williame T. Stead
Jay Stone
Arlington Memorial
Arlington National Cemetery
United States
Secretary of the Navy
Grand Army of the Republic
Lena Miller
Lake
Harriet Taylor
E Garfield Memorial Hospital
Jessie Norris
Seth Ambrose
Bert Springs
Hubert Care
Pittsburgh
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Ethel Dixon Pearl Je Ae Stark
Eva Valentine
Maude Seijer
Ruth Fuller
Russell Wilson
N. Lee St
J. H. Griffin
Oldtown Road
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