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Newspaper
Cumberland Press
Location
Cumberland, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1914
Page
3
The Western Maryland Railway will run a special train to the Hagerstown Fair under Chamber of Commerce auspices. Secretary Philip W. Blake said four reservations remain and if twenty more enroll by tomorrow noon a Pullman coach will be added. Complete trip plans are set and enthusiasm is high.
The Central Y M C A opens its fall season with an 8 15 pm reception featuring artist W H Leavitt and secretary W H Baxley outlining fall plans. Basketball indoors baseball and volleyball games, building improvements, and a Snow studio glee club meet are noted. 34 members joined, 6 more needed, no joining fees.
The case of Boyd Bucy against Dr. William F. Twigg for malpractice in a college fracture proceeds before Judge Robert R. Henderson as jurors hear arguments. This marks the third trial after a previous verdict of 250 dollars was set aside and a new trial granted. Attorneys for Dr. Twigg are George A. Pearce and J. W. S. Cochrane. for Bucy are William E. McHugh and Philip Roman.
In one day eleven carloads of stock were shipped from Peterstown West Virginia. George Miley sent six double deck cars of hogs totaling 750 head. Three cars carried lambs and two carried cattle. From Moorefield on Friday twenty two carloads were shipped representing an investment of fifty thousand dollars. Miley sent hogs and lambs and cattle in several cars. D L Wilson bought stock averaging 150 pounds per car.
John McGill of The Plains Wu the agriculturist expert returns from Europe after a brief trip to London aboard the Lusitania to bring back his wife and four children. He arrived home October 9 after a 15 day absence. Police raid on Gay Street nets over two gallons of liquor and arrests Joshua Lewis and George Wolf on illegal whiskey charges. Stanley Bradley and Luke Drake from Keyser Wa appeared as witnesses. Magistrate Heck orders further grand jury action. Chief Eisenhauer led the raid with Wegman Flannagan and Cubbaye.
Katie Clark files bill of complaint for divorce from husband Bernard A Clark citing desertion and abandonment. Attorney H P Whitworth appears. Married in Baltimore on May 4 1911 and lived in Washington DC until August 6 1911. Seeks custody of Ruth Clark age nearly three.
An advertisement from The Cumbac Press touts a March price of ten cents. The brief note promotes a publication offering value and punctual pricing.
A column argues that a girl's room is not a reliable index of character. It urges girls to self manage clothes and personal items, taught from birth, to avoid reliance on mothers or maids and prepare for a future without help.
Rome via Paris reports the war’s toll among non combatants, noting a pope a king and a cardinal among victims. Crown Prince Ferdinand is set to rule as parliament acts after King Charles’s death and oath is to be administered to the new monarch.
Personal notes show Miss Anna Coalehan of Bedford Street will travel tomorrow to Syracuse to visit her sister Mrs Murray. Genevieve Gonder of Patterson Avenue plans a Milford Pa trip with her niece Angela Carpenter. Mr and Mrs W F Frederick and Robert Miller stayed as automobile guests at the Windsor. Frederick is president of the W F Frederick Piano Company.
Mrs. Mary Spicer, 58, wife of Lemuel F. Spicer, died yesterday at Allegany Hospital after an operation a week ago for an abscess. Funeral services will be held tomorrow at 9 a.m. at St. Marys church on Oldtown road, with burial in St. Peter and Pauls cemetery. She is survived by her husband, Dr. James H. Spicer, Edward B. Spicer, Lawrence A. Spicer, Adelaide L. Spicer, Minnie Spicer, Mrs. C. R. Fisher, brother FE B. Smith, and sister Miss Kate Smith, all of this city.
Raymond Hershberger, about 14, sustained fractures to his arm and leg after tumbling fifty feet from a tree while gathering chestnuts on Knobley mountain. He lives at Ridgeley opposite Cumberland and is the son of George Hershberger of the Western Maryland Railway.
William H. Drenning aged 82 died this morning at his daughter's home 28 Decatur Street from a breakdown due to old age. Survived by wife and two children, he had lived in the same house 52 years and was a prominent property owner. Funeral Wednesday at 10 with services at the home by Rev. Joseph Dawson and burial in Rose Hill Cemetery.
Jacksonville Fla Oct 12 Barge No 1 a large self propelling vessel for the Florida East Coast Canal is due to arrive and be open for inspection. It features oil burners twin screws electric lighting and its own refrigerator plant with cargo kept above water line except beer. The barge is modern with river boat level accommodations and low risk of fire damage.
Washington reports a concerted push to adjourn by Oct 15 with the President agreeing to a plan. Leaders expect a postwar revenue bill passage before adjournment and the possibility of an extraordinary session not before Nov 10 if needed. Many House members wish to return home to campaign for re election.
Fragmentary notice offers a secret sale of a stake valued at $1,500 in a growing enterprise. Mentions address 43 Front Street and an advertisement tag OC-1-101 mm.
Public notice advertises a book about the war, priced at 10 cents, available at The Curland Press office.
Classified item list shows curtain stretchers with stationary pins priced at $1.00 and $1.50, easel back options at $1.69, extra heavy models with easel back at $2.00, and curtain stretchers with movable or stationary pins offered at $2.00.
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