First Day Run Highlights with 125 Business Leaders
A YMCA workers supper featured John M. Streett’s Hudson bogged by mud, able to run only 114 miles toward 1000 new members, while Packard's car produced a 540 mile day. Seven of twenty vehicles exceeded 100 miles on day one amid a vivid start for the drive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John M. Streett
Hudson
Frank B. Jenney
Captain Streett
Mr. Streett
John
Packard
J. L. Orrick
W. J. Gramer
John W. Smith
George McCracken
Ford
Washington
Baltimore
F. B. Jenney
Robert R. Henderson
Williams
Thom
Judge Ford
Footer
A. Hunter Boyd
Rts
Pec
Crawford
Nerne
Cadillac
Pierce- Arrow
Franklin
Overland
Mercer
Chevrolet
Dodge
Stutz
Hupmobile
Night school to open in Hagerstown for working youths
Hagerstown Maryland reports the city will establish a night public school around November 1. Any child aged 14 or older who cannot attend day school may enroll with free tuition and books. Details on time and location will follow after planning and student numbers are assessed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hagerstown
Bishop Donahue Buys Hospital Site in Huntington
Bishop Patrick J. Donahue of the Wheeling diocese completed a cash deal for a 420 by 200 foot tract on Thirteenth avenue between Eleventh and Twelfth streets Huntington. The site will host a hospital run by a sisterhood with potential future cathedral use. Purchase price is reported between twenty and twenty five thousand dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntington
W. Va
Patrick J. Donahue
Wheeling
C. W. Cammack
Thirteenth Avenue
Eleventh and
Twelfth Streets
Donahue
Bluefield
Bees settle three years' rent with honey gift
In Connellsville Pennsylvania on October 7 a plumber named P Welker reports bees built in a wall and three years ago the bees occupied the dwelling providing a gift of honey as rent. The owner cut through to drive them out and the bees remain active.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Connellsville
P. Welker
Yeser
More Coke Ovens to be Fired at Connellsville Plant
The H. C. Frick Coke company ordered firing thirty more ovens at the Dorothy plant, bringing the number in operation to 160 of 230.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Connellsville, Pa
H. C. Frick Coke Company
Dorothy
Specht to Strike 200000 Tons Coal Deal with France
Johnstown businessman Charles E Specht travels to New York to finalize a deal with the French government for 200000 tons of Pocahontas and New River coal for delivery by November 1 and the sale of 4100 acres of coal lands in Pocahontas County. A French envoy previously conferred in New York to secure approval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnstown
Charles E. Specht
West Virgina
New York City
Pocahontas
New River
Pocahontas County
Specht
New York
Paris
Letters From The People Frostburg Pastor Thanks Local Help
In Frostburg Maryland on October 3 1915 J H Bundy pastor of Dickinson A M E Church writes to Cumberland Press praising the white residents of Frostburg for their aid and kindness. He thanks them for always helping and wishes them success in life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cumberland Press
Frostburg
Julia Ward Howe Memorial Fund Weathers Interest
Forty of the forty eight states express interest in a $100,000 Julia Ward Howe memorial fund. The plan envisions using the money to create a memorial park in the waterfront South Boston area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Mass
Julia Ward Howe
America
Memorial Fund
South
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Bishop Donahue
Frostburg, Md
J. H. Bundy
Dickinson A. M. E. Church
Lazarus
Baltimore Street
Steinway
M “Behr Bros
Kranich & Bach
Ker & Son
Wiesel
Baltimore St. Cumberland, MD
Agency For Panama-Pacific and
Trans-Atlantic Steamship Lines
Pocket Mariner
John A. Fulton & CO
Baltimore and Liberty Sts
Cumberland, Maryland
Dis
Nts
Studio ON Broadway
Victor
Camden
N. J
W. F. Frederick Piano Co
Victrola
Cumberland
Prey
Curtis Candy
The
Curtis Confectionery Co
Cumberland, Md
Western Maryland Railway
Regu
J. Hyholzshu & CO
Cyril B. Geare
Seaver and
Geara
Walsh Building
Cumberland Laundry
Merly Flat St
Edward L
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