Cumberland News Briefs Tell of Local People and Rail Update
South End news lists calls for written submissions at the Cumberland Press Bureau and notes Rev H V Wheeler will assist at a revival in Augusta W Va. The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad installs automatic signal blocks between Cumberland and Evitts Creek. Roland Dayton is ill with tonsillitis. Miss Nina Kooken leaves for Romney to work for Hon John J Cornwell. Miss Roberta Taylor visits at 103 Grand. Frederick Avers returns from Philadelphia and J H Avers returns from Keyser. Mrs Ernest Schaidt ill with tonsillitis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cumberland Press
Millenson Piano Co
Virginia Avenue
Carrol W. Pirie
Emmett Reynolds
South End
H. V. Wheeler
Trinity M. E. Church South
Grand Avenue
Augusta
W. Va
Augusta M. E. Church South
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
Cumberland
Evitts Creek
Roland Dayton
Baltimore and Ohio
Nina Kooken
Luke, Md
Tri-State Business College
Romney
John J. Cornwell
Roberta Taylor
South Branch
A. PD
Randall
Frederick Avers
Philadelphia
J. H. Avers
Keyser
Jacob Avers
Ernest Schaidt
Oak and
Second Streets
Ladies Choral Club Organized in YMCA Circle
Frederick Foster Snow and William Baxley reorganize the Men’s Glee Club and form a Ladies’ Choral Club of fifty voices affiliated with the Y M C A. The new group, directed by Snow, will rehearse daily and plans a joint December concert with the men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick Foster Snow
William J. Baxley
Central Y M. C. A
Mr. Snow
Snow
New Choral Club
H. F. Loomis
E. G. Shirley
Leroy Horton
Gertrude Morgan
Rhea Shaffer
W. C. Goodwin
H. E. Rupenthal
Grace Swanson
Anna Lee White
W. J. Cramer
F. Brooke Whiting
M. H. Keller
Ilda Turner
Albert Reuschlein
H. W. Cady
Elizabeth Hoffman
H. G. Evans
Rank Stein
Gladstone Wilson
Gladys Dawson
Glayds Shuck
E. C. Treiber
Pauline Miller
Margaret Laney
Helen Piper
Helen McLaughlin
Theodore Deatlehauser
H. Paul Mann
McElfish
Zerbaugh
Margaret Dawson
Bertha Lear
Harry Floto
James A McHenry Declines Honor for Attorney General
James A. McHenry of this city declines the honor of delivering the address after being elected at the Democratic State convention to nominate Albert C. Ritchie for attorney general. The notification ceremony was set for Monday but canceled due to the opening of court. Senator William J. Ogden of Baltimore is expected to take his place.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James A. McHenry
Albert C. Ritchie
William J. Ogden
Baltimore
Park Grocery Sunday Dinner Advertisement
Advertisement for Sunday dinner at Park Grocery located at 5 Green Street. The notice is dated October 1 to 2 and promotes meal options available from the store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Park
Green Street
Park Groceup
the Park Grocery
Green Setreet
Miss Beckman Presents Second City Hall Recital
Miss Vera Beckman and her pupils gave a piano recital in City Hall Auditorium with a nicely decorated stage. Attendees included out of town guests Rev and Mrs Bartlett and Miss Ivy Snowden among others from Ellerslie, with the Morrison Music Company lending the piano for the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Hall
Vera Beckman
John Paul
Miss Beckman
Margaret
Agnes Byer
Cleo Woolwine
Virginia Zimmers
Olenda Garland
Verna McFarland
Clara Clark
Mary Apple
Bartlett
Albert Raley
Johnson
Ivy Snowden
Ruth Snowden
Ellerslie
Marriage Licenses Granted In Various Counties
A list of marriage licenses issued includes A. Fike of Oakland and Irene N. Dayton of Westernport. Frank Singer and Pearl M. Winfield, both of Six Mile Run. Rosco L. Hunt and Gertrude Agnes Price, Conemaugh. William Alexander Blaine and Margaret Fleming Hood, Mt. Pleasant. Edward C. Haines Romney West Virginia and Annie V. Thomas Cumberland. William Thomas and Florence Leabhart Broad Top City. Joseph Droll and Julia Kifer Flintstone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Fike
Oakland
Irene N. Dayton
Westernport
Frank Singer
Pearl M. Winfield
Six Mile Run
Rosco L. Hunt
Gertrude Agnes Price
Conemaugh
William Alexander Blaine
Margaret Fleming Hood
Mt. Pleasant
Edward C. Haines
Romney
W. Va
Annie V. Thomas
Cumberland
William Thomas
Florence Leabhart
Broad Top City
Joseph Droll
Julia Kifer
Flintstone
Fireman Sues B and O for 10000 Damages
Elton K. Breedon through Keyser and Baltimore lawyers sues the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Co. for 10000 dollars claiming injury on September 30, 1914. While lighting his torch from a gauge lamp on engine 4240 he stepped into a hole in the foot board and the sprocket wheel mashed his foot and leg. He alleges the shield over the sprocket wheel was removed, leaving the hole concealed in darkness and the railroad negligent in maintaining a dangerous appliance on the engine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elton K. Breedon
William H. Griffith
Keyser
W. Va
Richard S. Bell
William A. Huster
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Co
Breedon
Monongahela River Rises Fast with Damaging Floods
Brownsville Pa October 2 The Monongahela River climbs one foot per hour and has gained 11 feet since midnight. Widespread damage feared as a Diamond Coal Company barge Volcano drifts into a dock and 5000 to 7000 bushels of coal are washed away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brownsville
Monongahela
Diamond Coal Company
Westinghouse Workers Accept Concessions, No Strike
Pittsburgh October 2 employees of the Westinghouse Company vote 3 to 1 to accept the company concessions and refrain from striking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Westinghouse Company
Portrait Painter Jules C Adler Ends Life in Studio
Charleston dispatch reports Jules C Adler, a noted portrait painter based in West Virginia, died by hanging in his studio. The act was attributed to his inability to collect money owed to him, marking a tragic end to his career.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W. Va
Jules C. Adler
Packers Seek U S Protest Over British Detention
Attorneys for Chicago packers filed a formal request with Secretary Lansing to protest the British detention of meat cargoes. The government will decide on possible action at a later date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Chicago Packers
Lansing
Restore Freight Night Shifts at Connellsville Depot
After months the night shift for freight handlers is restored at the Baltimore and Ohio freight house in Connellsville due to rising freight shipments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore and Ohio
Connellsville
Personal notes from Cumberland area update social circle
A lengthy list reports injuries and recoveries from a Baltimore and Ohio accident near Hyndman. It notes E. B. Fleegle improving at home, and lists several local figures ill, traveling, or visiting, including J. C. Turner, W. C. Hooper, C. F. W. Bell, and others with movements to Washington, Chicago, and Ohio.
Real Estate Transfer in Frostburg
Christiana McMillan transfers property in Frostburg to Clara PB McMillan for 279.41 dollars. The transaction lists Frostburg as the location and the deed amount as three hundred dollars minus 20.59 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christiana McMillan
Clara
PB. McMillan
Frostburg
Poultry Awards Announced at Cumberland Fair
Col. Nelson W. Russler announced Cumberland fair poultry winners from Rhode Island Reds to Ducks. First prize pens and pullets awarded to Cumberland residents including A. E. Light, J. B. Smith, and J. J. Clark with multiple breeds represented. Second prizes went to several locals such as Duff Rice, J. W. Detter, and F. Brannan among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelson W. Russler
Cumberland Fair
Rhode Ieland
C. A. Shipe
Cumberland
A. E. Light
J. B. Smith
Joan J. Clark
E. T. Laver
Leonard R. Long
LaValle
Joe Watkins
S. Hammersmith
Mildred Light
Opening of B L M Amusement skating rink draws crowd
A large crowd filled the former Arbutus dancing hall on Union Street for the opening of the B L M Amusement Company's skating rink. Many skaters were new while veterans who last roller skated six years ago at Queen City also attended. Early in the night featured tumbling and high kicking exhibitions as Arbutus Hall, freshly remodeled and painted, offered full rink conveniences and music from an orchestra.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. L. & M. Amusement Company
Arbutus
Union Street
Queen City
Paint-Up Campaign Transforms Cumberland Station Areas
A railroad company launches a paint-up campaign across Cumberland division. Crews repaint station buildings, switch boxes, towers, subways, train sheds, fences, and office spaces. Waiting room redecorated with buff walls and white ceilings planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
Cumberland Division
World Series Game Schedule Announced by National Commission
New York October 2 The first game will be in Philadelphia on October 8 with the rest set as two in Philadelphia, two in Boston on October 11 and 12, fifth in Philadelphia on October 15, sixth in Boston on October 14, and a seventh if needed by coin toss. Umpires Rigler and Klem for NL, Evans and O Loughlin for AL. Official prices five dollars to one dollar in both parks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Philadelphia
National Commission
Boston
Rigler
Klem
Evans
O’loughlin
Ballot Boxes to Reopen in Allegany County Fraud Case
Pittsburgh October 2 petitions for reopening 102 ballot boxes in Allegany county vote frauds were granted by the court today. Several arrests are expected today. Advertising note for Park Group dinners appears in the page text.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Allegany County
New Minister of Marine for Italy
Rome October 2 King Victor Emmanuel signed a decree transferring Vice Admiral Camillo Corsi from Director General of the Ministry of Marine to Minister of Marine. He succeeds Vice Admiral Leone Viale who resigned due to ill health. The front reports note stubborn mountain fighting from Cevedale to Stelvio hindered by weather with Italian artillery proving effective near Lier as Austrians advance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Victor Emmanuel
Camillo Corsi
Ministry of Marine
Marine
Leone Viale
Corsi
Viale
Cevedale
Stelvio
Cordevole
Lier
Prohibition Era Police Crackdown On Gambling Devices
It was reported that several cigar store and pool parlor owners were arrested last week and fined $20 to $40 for allowing lunch board gambling devices to operate in their establishments.
Wealthy Grant County man Gabe Shirk dies near Petersburg
Gabe Shirk aged 56 died near Petersburg at his brother Edward Shirk's home. He was unmarried and regarded as one of Grant county's wealthiest men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gabe Shirk
Petersburg
Edward Shirk
Grant County
Real Estate Transfers Include Cumberland and Green Ridge Deals
Continental Trust Co transfers property in Green Ridge to C L Steerheim for a sum around ten dollars. Cumberland Improvement Co transfers Ann Street property in Cumberland to the Mayor and City Council for about 1200 dollars. Semi Bituminous Georges Creek Coal Co transfers property in Westernport to Francis Kyle for around 30 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Continental Trust Co
C. L. Steerheim
Green Ridge
Cumberland Improv@ent Co
Cumberland
Ann Street
Georges Creek Coal Co
Francis Kyle
Westernport
Iowa Claims Oldest Drummer Des Moines Man
Des Moines reports James Fenlon turning 90 tomorrow, alleged nation’s oldest traveling salesman. Born in Ireland October 3 1826, he began selling at 17 and has served in Mexican and Civil Wars between long stretches on the road. His line includes windmills and pumps with about 60 000 distributed in Iowa. He aims to see nationwide women’s suffrage and prohibition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Des Moines
James Fenlon
Mr. Fenlon
Ireland
America
Fenlon
Markers Unveiled for Generals Kearney and Stevens
A large group of Union veterans at the national encampment traveled to Chantilly to unveil markers honoring Generals Phil Kearney and Isaac I. Stevens who fell at Ox Hill near Pender during the Second Manassas engagement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Chantilly
Phil Kearney
Isaac I. Stevens
Second Manassas
Second Bull Run
Pender
Ox Hill
Massachusetts Republican State Convention Adopts Platform
The Republican State convention met in Tremont Temple Boston and ratified the primary state ticket and adopted a Fall campaign platform. Former Congressman nominee for governor and other party leaders addressed the gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bay State
Boston
Mass
Massachusetts
Tremont Temple
Allegany County High School Junior Class Party
The Allegany County High School junior class hosted a party last night with 35 members, chaperoned by Prof. and Mrs. William M. Tinker. Guests enjoyed dancing, games, and light refreshments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allegany County High School
William M. Tinker
City Grants Building Permits To Firms And Private Owners
City engineer James P. Gaffney issues permits for a boiler house at the Union Tan ying Co between the Baltimore Ohio Viaduct and German Brewing Co with brick walls and tin roof. erection by George Kraft and Zilch Co. Also permits for porch enclosure at 135 Oak St by Ernest F. Schaid. kitchen enclosure and bath at 415 Seymour St by Mrs. Millie A. Zimmerman. frame dwelling and rear shed at Shawnee Ave Lot 11 by George Martin. double brick dwellings for Benjamin R. North on Madison and Valley, and James H. Read on Mary St with contractors Lashley and Rank and Otto Hewitt respectively. Also two-story brick residence for Harry B. Simpson at 38 Bedford St and rebuilding 17 billboards citywide for Cumberland Billposting Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James P. Gaffney
Union Taygning Co
Baltimore and Ohio
German Brewing Co
George Kraft and
Zilch Co
Ernest F. Schaid
Oak Street
Millie A. Zimmerman
Seymour Street
Burch Bros
Charles W. Messman
Shawnee Avenue
George Martin
Benjamin R. North
Madison and
Valley Street
Lashley and
Rank
James H. Read
Mary Street
Otto Hewitt
Harry B. Simpson
Bedford Street
Cumberland Billposting Co
Italy to Send 200000 Troops to the Balkans
Geneva reports Italy plans to deploy 260000 troops to the Balkans to aid Serbia as Teuton forces advance. French and English artillery reinforce Serbian front daily. a detachment of Russian gunners is said to have joined a month ago. London notes Allied offensive in Artois and Champagne with heavy losses and potential Bulgaria entry. Paris confirms advances toward Souchez and Vimy heights. German reconnaissance in Lorraine repelled. French air activity continues.
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Geneva
Italy
Balkans
Serbia
London
Artois
Champagne
Souchez
Bulgaria
Paris
Vimy Heights
Lorraine
Local Motorcyclists Return From Chicago Show
Everett G. Bishop and Arthur My Herpich of Bishop Herpich Motorcycle Guardage toured Chicago for a motorcycle show. They rode 1418 miles round trip via South Bend Toledo Elyria Cleveland Youngstown and Pittsburgh reporting terrible road conditions beyond Maryland and praising Maryland roads as best.
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Everett G. Bishop
Arthur My Herpich
Bishop Herpich Motorcycle Gaurige
Market
North Center Street
Thor
Chicago
Acc
South Bend
Ind
Toledo
Ohio
Elyria
Cleveland
Youngstown
Pittsburgh
Maryland
Knights of Pythias Meet to Plan Winter Events
The get-together committee of Knights of Pythias lodges in Alleghany County Maryland and Mineral County West Virginia will meet at Frostburg next Wednesday October 6 to arrange a winter meeting series. The Select Castle Knights of the Mystic Chain West Virginia at Parkersburg closed its twenty seventh annual session naming officers for the coming year including R C Martin Bayard chaplain James Huff Thomas commander B Shockey Berkeley Springs vice commander Pr A Dixon Bayard recording secretary W E Edmund Thomas treasurer J B Lee Wildell inside guard S C Nozlerod Thomas outside guard and W W Locker Parkersburg supreme representative.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knights of Pythias
Allegany County
Mineral County
W. Va
Frostburg
Knights of the Mystic Chain
West Virginia
Parkersburg
R. C Martin
Bayard
James Huff
Thomas
B. Shockey
Berkeley Springs
Pr. A. Dixon
J. 8. Lee
Wildell
S. C. Nozlerod
W. W. Locker
Carnival Ferris Wheel Fall Leaves Barnhouse Critically Hurt
Harry Barnhouse, described as crippled, fell from a Ferris wheel at a Grafton carnival yesterday. He suffered critical injuries including the loss of one hand and other wounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Barnhouse
Grafton
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Mrs. Mac
Emily
Ares
Stubbs
Colum
Mr.macreememner
Angelica
Wertin
APPA
South Cumberland
Monongahela River
Westinghouse
United States
E. B. Fleegle
Hyndman
William J. Miller
North Mechanic Street
J. C. Turner
C. F. W. Bell
Rank B. Walker
James Clark
The
Narrows
Paston
George ©. Sharrett
Dingle
Manley
George R. Gorsuch
Prohibition
Finley C. Hendrickson
la Vale
Emma F Shipley
Martinsburg
Godfrey Felty
Frederick Street
W. H. Baxley
Robert Paul
Flechheim Bros. Manufacturing Company
Cincinnati
Arthur M. Herpich
Motorcycle Manufacturers’ Association
Alvin F. Getty
Allegany Street
Pacific Coast
Ursa Lee Robertson
Johnstown
Bula
Dale Slane
W. T. Miller
Cold Stream
James Heath
C. W. Heath
Moorefield
W. F. Burch and
Virginia Judy
Lester Kessel
Connie Davis
Juliette Thompson
Halliehurst
Elkins
Isaiah Riley
Oklahoma City
Daily
C. J. McKenzie
Narrows Park
F. Brannan
O. Miller
Plymouth Rocks
J. C. Smith
C. A. Shultz
NEW Minster OF Marine
Susan Colborn
Virginia Roberts
Helen and
Louisa Henderson
Alice McMullen
William Twigg
Hazen, Md
Twigg
Coco Erooool
K. OF P
W. E. Edmund
Thomas, Treas
Urer
Ekah H. Otto Peabody
N. Lee St
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