Death notices and town briefs from nearby communities
Mrs. Strause, 31, died of tuberculosis at her sister’s home in Mapleton. Funeral at 2 p.m. Friday with Rev. Bickford officiating. burial in Allegany Cemetery. Survived by husband Ralph F. Strause, four children, and several siblings. Also notes on sick, an accident, new building work, and family moves. Mrs Strother, widow of Gen David Strother, dies at Charlestown aged 81. burial in Martinsburg. funeral details and kin listed. Sunday School rally at Methodist Episcopal Church South with supper and massed choir. Local residents James Taylor and others mentioned in brief notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aarph K. Strause
Thomas HM. Morgan
Maplest
J. HM. Bickford
M. E. Church
Allegany
Jamison Coat Co
Fairmont
Margaret Jeffries
Grace Williams
Thomas H. Morgan
Frostburg
William D. Lewis
W. Va
Andrew Phasen
New Sailford
William Jeffries
Jethro Jeffries
Savage
Strother
Mrn
J. E. Strother
David Strother
Porte Grayon
Charlestown
Jefferson County
John Strother
Consolidation Coal Company
Rebecca Hunter
Martinsburg
Methodist Episcopal Church South
Davis Grove
Local social notes from Cumberland area and beyond
A stream of visits and travel reports from Cumberland and nearby towns. Residents such as Mrs. Wilson Walters, Miss Mary Griffith, Mrs. Kemp, Miss Mary A. McCann, and Emmet McAteer are listed with relatives and destinations including Garrett county Ridgely Kingwood Pittsburgh Amsterdam Lonaconing Lake, Mt. Lake Park Annapolis and Baltimore. Several others travel to Atlantic City Glen Dale and Cleveland while guests visit Cumberland households this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson Walters
Garrett County
Alfred Jeffries
Grant Street
Mary Griffith
McCullough Street
Ridgeley
George Kemp
Maple Street
Kingwood
W. Va
Mary A. McCann
Darby Brady
Pittsburgh
Emmet McAteer
James
Amsterdam
Lynn Nichols
Jane
Thomas Langford
Lonaconing
Edward Lyons
Lake
Beatrice McGreevy
Ocean
George Kreitzburg
Blair Street
Mary Aldridge
Mt. Lake Park
Delores Reaigan
Mt. Savage
Nellie Ryan
Wood Street
John Kear
Ormand Street
Baltimore
Horace Beall
Olive Hill
Kentucky
Goldie Price
Broadway
James N. Price
Centre Street
Cumberland
Earl Lewis
Glendale
John Roch
Clyde Bennett
Flintstone
William Bennett
Rosamont Hopkins
Annapolis
R. F. Carbutt
New York
H. L. Doherty Company
Robert Lowe
D. D. Price
Hazel Oder
Flora Blackwell
Lillian Twigg
Twiggtown
James J. Durst
John Aspinall
Atlantic City
EB. W. Shannon
Loo Street
Flossie Price
Cleveland
Daniel W. Davis
J. Frank Nobel
Washington, D. C
Laura Miller
George Thomas
Edward Thomas
Edward George
Charles Engle
Caldren
Pocahontas, Pa
Lonaconing Store Ad Promotes J Love & Brother’s
Lonaconing Cumberland Press advertises J Love and Brother’s Store on Main Street Lonaconing with contact Isaac DPD Love acting as representative and phone 116 K.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Cumberland Press
J. Love & Brother
Main Street
Lonaconing
K. Isaac Dpd
Love
Knights of Pythias Smoker and Local Notices in Rising Sun
Rising Sun Lodge No 86 Knights of Pythias held a smoker after the business meeting in the Odd Fellows hall on Jackson street with members and visiting councils present. Two local injuries were reported from unrelated incidents: a cable worker crushed by a falling power pole and a child injured near a gas engine. A dance is announced for Isle Armory by the Travis Brothers Mandolin Orchestra, and a list of personals notes visits and movements in Cumberland Welch and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rising Sun Lodge
Knights of Pythias
Odd Fellows’ New Hall
Jackson Street
Pete McFarland
B. J. Shelton
John B. Rease
Frostburg Lodge No
Robert Smith
Adam Muir
Samuel Sloan
J. G. Davis
Wellsburg
Isle Armory
Travis Brothers Mandolin Orchestra
Midland Sunday School Rally and Local Events
The Sunday school rally runs today in Davis Grove Shaft in charge of Shaft M E church ladies with music and speaking. A youth dance is planned tomorrow in Ward's hall with Cavanaughs orchestra. Corn Roast at Koontz orchard by Grace M E church proves a social and financial success with city band music. Yanigans vs Lonaconing Juniors scheduled at the local park Sunday afternoon. A fishing trip departs Monday for a week with a group of young men. Notables include Mrs Bryne and Mrs Hughes at Alleghany Hospital, Cumberland and visits among residents in Meyersdale and Pittsburgh. Prof Tennant returns from Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davis Grove
Shaft
Ladies of Shaft M. E. Church
Koontz Orchard
Ladies of the Grace M. E. Church
New City
James Bryne
Patrick Hughes
Ocean
Allegany Hospital
Cumberland
Margaret Wilson
Meyersdale, Pa
Robert McMurde
Cecelia Burns
Esther
Rose McMahon
Pittsburgh, Pa
R. A. Tennant
Chicago
Hancock Home Coming Celebrates Town Heritage
Hancock hosts a multi day Home Coming with band concerts athletic events and a baseball game opening by Mayor Gilleece. A motor parade fruit exhibit and speeches by Lewis Cahill Hill Warner follow with a grand parade and a Martinsburg Hancock baseball clash and remarks by Zihlman and Straus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hancock
Gilleece
Opera House
David J. Lewis
E. P. Cahill
Maryland State Horticultural Association
Richard L. Hill
Maryland Farmers’ Institute
B. H. Warner
Martinsburg
Zihlman
Isaac Lobe Straus
Cumberland
Last link of Model Road work starts in Maryland
Winston & Co., New York contractors, began the final link of the Model State Road between Hagerstown and Cumberland. The seven and a quarter mile segment runs from Hancock to Icking Creek. Three miles near Parkhead to Milestone will be realigned to remove three grade crossings of the Western Maryland Railway. Top dressing will use sand and cement. O E Weller and F H Zouck of the State Roads Commission oversee right of way purchases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hagerstown
Cumberland
Winston & Co., Contractors
New York
Hancock
Icking Creek
Parkhead
Milestone
Western Maryland Railway
O. E. Weller
F. H. Zouck
State Roads Commission
Accident loss rising for B and O cars in 1910 1914
Records in the Baltimore and Ohio employees magazine show a steady rise in car destruction from 1910 to 1914. In 1910 518 cars valued at 99790 were destroyed, while 1914 saw 1881 cars valued at 350584 destroyed, a 253.47 percent increase in cars and 251.29 percent in value. The notice urges better handling of cars to cut damage, reduce freight delays, and lower operating costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore and Ohio
Marriage Licenses Issued in Cumberland Area
James William Taylor of Cumberland and Anna Leona Johnson of Ridgeley W Va. Lloyd Frederick Winters of Midland and Margaret Leah Lewis of Frostburg. John Charles Duffy and Ethel Edith Hiner, both of Cumberland. Chester Arthur Wolfe and Kate Ce celia Rollins, both of Cumberland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James William Taylor
Cumberland
Anna Leona Johnson
Ridgeley
W. Va
Lloyd Frederick Winters
Midland
Margaret Leah Lewis
Frostburg
John Charles Duffy
Ethel Edith Hiner
Chester Arthur Wolfe
Kate Cecelia Rollins
Property Transfers Include Lonaconing and Cumberland Parcels
Joseph Watkinson and others transfer a parcel to John Lynch in Lonaconing for 300 dollars while Julia Zihman sells land on Beall Street Cumberland for 10 dollars. Helen C. Stark conveys property at Allegany Grove to Mary H. Cook for 10 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Watkinson
John Lynch
Lonaconing
Julia Zihman
Catherine E. Boyle
Beall Street
Cumberland
Helen C. Stark
Mary H. Cook
Allegany Grove
W. M. RY Completes Telephone System
The Western Maryland Railway completes a telephone network replacing telegraph from Thomas West Virginia through Cumberland to Dickerson's Run. The Cumberland Hagertown segment has operated for some time and 175 miles of the line are now equipped. The telephones serve chief and dispatcher offices and the line around Cumberland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cumberland
Western Maryland Railway
Thomas
W. Va
Dickerson
Hagerstown
Wadsworth To Present GOP Senate Debate At County Fair
In Dunkirk on September 3, former Assembly speaker James W. Wadsworth will present the Republican side in the debate at the County Fair as a leading U S Senate nomination candidate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dunkirk
N. Y
James W. Wadsworth
Assembly
Davis Coal employee overcome by sun stroke on Bedford Street
J. W. Williams, a worker for Davis Coal and Coke Company in Pierce West Virginia, collapsed on Bedford Street yesterday from sun stroke. He was taken to Western Maryland Hospital, revived, and returned home last night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Williams
Davis Coal & Coke Company
Pierce
W. Va
Bedford Street
Western Maryland Hospital
Cumberland County leads six Lady solicitors in gang case
A fragmentary report notes Cumberland County authorities mobilizing six women solicitors in connection with a Cumberland gang case. Details are unclear due to damaged OCR.
Vancouver Exhibition Opens With Wool Display At Fair
The Vancouver Exhibition Association opened its annual show featuring an extensive wool display from the Dominion department of agriculture. The display includes representative fleeces from all Canadian grades and uses both American and British classification systems. The Vancouver Kennel Club also conducts its annual show alongside the fair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vancouver
B. C
Vancouver Exhibition Association
British Columbia
Dominion Department of Agriculture
Vancouver Kennel Club
Navy Secretary Daniels Extends Guard in Mexican Waters
Secretary Daniels announces the American fleet will remain in Mexican waters indefinitely, signaling extended posturing amid tensions. The decision keeps U S ships in place beyond prior timelines as diplomatic channels continue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Daniels Today
Ferd
Mexican
Six lady solicitors wanted for Cumberland County
An advertisement calls for six intelligent women to become solicitors in Cumberland and Allegany County. The Cumberland Press invites quick responses addressed to B. care of the Cumberland Press, promising an excellent proposition for capable ladies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mand Albent
Ade
Cumbertf
Cumberlangang
Cumberland
Allegany County
Cumberland Press
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William B. Wilson
Blair St
Tism
Edward Pradley
James Taylor
Wright's Crossing
Wlor
Antonio
Frank
Gus Wills
Sleeman Bros
Joseph Irving
Frank Matfinely
Hafer Undertaking Company
John C. Wotlford
Umberland
Irene Miller
McCullough St
Mary McCluckie
Wood St
B. Prichard
Georges Creek
Purro& Co
Frostburg Opera
Beautiful Keith Williams
Cos
Foundling
Madge Trumnelle
Frees
Hafer
Jaco i
Citizens National Bank
Lars
Man Savings Bank
S. E. Corner
Baltimore and
Centre Streets
Citzens National Bank
HE Cifizens Nat | Bank
Giorce J. Bhancron
Hugh A. McMullen
L. Morgan, Cashier
George L. W
Hugh A . ME
Ngtollen
Enry, Jenbaum C White Charles G
Geo. D. Landwehr
Robert MacDonald
Thomas Footer
G. H. Hetzel
Henry J. Glick
UZSHS
George L. Wellington
C. G. Holzshu
James A. McHenry
Conrad
Holzshu
John Schiller
Cumberland, Maryland
Susman Rosenbaum
J. N. M. Brandler
H. A. Bachman
Amerman
P. Smoker
William W. Campbell
Railroa Street
Home Electric Light Company
Jackso Street
Campbell
H. M. Hodgson
Joel Hazlett
E. Hazlett
Union Street
Fred Miller
Welch
Alice Schofield
Washington D. C
William Mooney
East Main Street
Mary Fields
Pikesville
Nettie Ternent
Pearl Ternent
Camden
N. J
Camden High School
Bert Bauman
Sallie Robinson
Walter Stevenson
Margaret Rehman
William Hohing
Baliff
Baliff August Hohing
National Biscuit
Ward's Hall
Cavanaughs Orchestra
Yanigans
Dick Stakem
Andrew Eisentrout
Dale Baker
James Thomas
John Carr
John Thomas
David Schultz
Robert Russell
Robert Craze
Leonard Eisentrout
Thomas McGuire
Ervin Thomas
Dan Coleman
John Russell
Andrew Laslow
Claude George
Daniel Porter
W. M. RY
Wadsworth
Lady Solicitors
the OL
Third National Bank
Cumberland, Md
Harbaugh
Baltimore Street
Kelso
Liberty Street
Palm Beach
Panama
S. E. Kline, J
Home Furniture CO
North Centre Street
R. E. Valentine
H. L. Wilson
Matos
Garage Au Hobiles
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