Personal notices of visitors and travels across Maryland towns
Miss Bernadette Gunning and Miss Clara Douglas of Gailitzin Virginia visit Mr. and Mrs M F Fahey in Green street. Mrs Lottie McElisn and daughter Leah visit relatives at Marley's Branch. Rev and Mrs M L Enders return from vacation with Hon and Mrs John Hubner in Baltimore Ave. Catonsville Md. various others visiting relatives in Cumberland Frostburg Mt Savage Martinsburg and Elkins. Several residents return from trips to Baltimore New York Philadelphia Atlantic City and other locations. Ralph T Hoy registers at Monongahela House Pittsburgh. A broad list of visits and returns across Md Pa and W Va.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lottie McElisn
Leah
Marley's
M. L. Enders
Baltimore Avenue
Enders
John Hubner
Catonsville
F. L. Larkin
Marie and
Regis
McKeesport
Mt. Savage
Frostburg
Cumberland
Viola Mull
Martinsburg
Thomas Myers
Alice
Edward
Charlestown
W. Va
E. F. Rizer
Raymond Snyder
Frank Snyder
Scottsdale
Jacob Wiltrout
Haley
Rockwood
Mamie O’neal
Jerry O'Neal
Raleigh Street
Lonaconing
Bertha O'Neal
Baltimore
New York
Philadelphia
Elkins
Mary Fahey
Westernport
Elk Garden
M. J. Wilverding
James
Mary Brown
Grafton
Lila Clare
Helen Warnick
Newburg
Ralph T. Hoy
Monongahela House
Pittsburgh
W. B. Menefee
Miss Menefee
Frances Drenner Menefee
Menefee
Towles
Nell Phares
Atlantic City
J. ©. Harper
Seymour Harper
A. Lawrence
Elma
Rose Robesson
H. Crawford Black
Catherine McGuire
Real Estate Transfers Noted in Cumberland Area
Real estate transfers include Lucy Z Dreyer and Fred Dreyer to John T Edwards a lot in Riverview Addition Cumberland for 10 dollars. Kinley Hendrickson and others to Ross L Leasure a lot in Electric Mill Addition for 100 dollars. Georges Creek Coal Company to John A Smith a lot in Lonaconing Md. Continental Trust Company Washington Dc to Fannie Adolph ten acres in Green Ridge for 10 dollars. Rebecca Staup and George Staup to Mary Sluss a lot in Lonaconing foot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucy Z. Dreyer
Fred ©. Dreyer
John T. Edwards
Riverview Addition
Cumberland
Kinley
Hendrickson
Ross L. Leasure
Georges Creek
George W. Staup
Mary FE
Sluss
Lot
Lonacoming
Foot
Wedding In Cumberland Heads Century To Washington Groom
A quiet early morning wedding at 200 Springdale street joined Mr J W Nichol of Washington D C and Mrs Maude Mabel Smith with Rev Frank A Killman officiating. After a fern decor ceremony they left for Atlantic City and New York, planning to reside in Washington after the trip. Guests saw them off with rice at the train.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Nichol
Washington
Maude Mabel Smith
Springdale Street
Frank A. Killman
Grace Methodist Episcopal Church
Atlantic City
New York
Cumberland
Federal Trades Commission
Jury fails to indict for Frank lynching in Cobb county
Cobb county grand jury reported it could not indict anyone over Leo M. Frank’s lynching after a two day evidence review. It credited Governor Harris and state officials but found no identifiable suspects or connections to the crime. The Marietta and Cobb communities were described as quiet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marietta, Ga
Cobb County Grand Jury
Leo. M. Frank
Harris
Herbert Clay
Cobb County
Law
Frey
Marietta
Cobb
Five Murderers Die in Ossining Electric Chair
Ossining New York September 3 five murderers died in the electric chair at dawn marking the prison’s most complete execution. The entire process took less than an hour and each man died gamely. Executed were Thomas Terpey Louis M Rosch William Perry Pasqual Vendetti and Antonio Salemmil.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ossining
N. Y
Thomas Terpey
Louis M. Rosch
Wiliam Perry
Negro
Pasqual Vendetti
Antonio Salemmil
Marriages in Cumberland Area Highlight Multiple Weddings
A Pittsburgh issued license records Joseph Reitmeier and Ida C. McKenzie of Cumberland. Grace Harris and S Ross Gould wed in Greenbrier Tennessee with Gould joining Allegany High as instructor. Oscar Burkett and Blanche Crawford married with Burkett to teach at Western Maryland railway inspector. Floyd Friend wed Ur a Peberly Grose with attendants Harry Ryan and Carolyn Friend. couples to reside with in laws in Cumberland and Elkins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reitmeier-Meckenzie
Pittsburgh
Joseph Reitmeier
Ida C. McKenzie
Cumberland
Giould-Harris
Richard Hutherford Harris
Grace Harris
S. Ross Gould
Allegany County Academy
Greenbrier
Tenn
Gould
Allegany High School
Oscar K. Burkett
Atr
Western Maryland Railway
Blanche Leola Crawford
Hattie FE. Crawford
Park Street
J. L. Ward
First Methodist Protestant
Sue Drenning
John G. Snyder
William Burkett
Goethe Street
Floyd Ellsworth Friend
Missura Peberly Grose
George W. Grose
North Center Street
Joseph Dawson
Center Street Methodist Episcopal Church
Harry Ryan
Elkins
W. Va
Carolyn Friend
Joseph Friend
Swanton
Two More Sunken by Submarines Reported
London reports the Belgian steamer Roumaine and the British steamer Whitefield sunk by submarines. crews rescued. Berlin cites Overseas News Agency listing additional British steamers sunk in recent days including Paroo Shrrkby Glen by Queen Trafalgar and a fishing steamer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Roumaine
Whitefield
Berlin
Tuckerton
N. J
Overseas News Agency
Obituary for Mrs Anna Eschenbacher at 142 Walnut Street
Mrs Anna Margaret Eschenbacher 74 widow of Albert Eschenbacher died last night at her home after a six month illness. Survived by Mrs Geo White Mrs Michael Minke Mrs James May and John Eschenbacher. Funeral at St Luke's Lutheran Church burial in German Lutheran Cemetery. Native of Germany. Husband employed by Baltimore and Ohio Railroad for many years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Eschenbacher
Anna Margaret Eschenbacher
Albert Eschenbacher
Walnut Street
Geo. White
Michael Minke
James May
John Eschenbacher
St. Luke’s Lutheran Church
Eschenbacher
Germany
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Soldiers surround bandits in Mexican frontier clash
In Brownsville Texas on September 3 American troops totaling 400 surround Mexican bandits in brush near Fresno. A battle rages with reports of three American fatalities. The attackers killed two Americans the day before and may be the same group that burned the San Benito bridge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brownsville
Tex
Fresno
Ben
San Benito
City School Boundary Changes Announced at Institute
Allegany County teachers convened at Union Street School for a week long institute noted as the county’s most successful yet. Boundary changes will shift students among Center Union and Columbia street schools to reduce overcrowding and better fit grade levels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Institute
Allegany County
Union Street
Nso
Edwards
Allegany County Teachers Association
Center
Union
Columbia Street
Center Street
Wil's Creek
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Bedford Street
New Colony Via Street
Bedford Road
Spigot Floods Magistrate and Laney Offices
Water from a left running spigot in J. E. Wetzel’s tailor shop flooded the second floor offices of Magistrate Jacob B. fiumbird and Zack Laney on South Liberty street Thursday night. Patrolman Goss found the offices nearly six inches deep with most ceiling plaster fallen and valuable papers damaged. a boy was hoisted over a transom to shut off the water as doors were locked.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacob B. Fiumbird
Zack Laney
Liberty Street
J. E. Wetzel
Goss
Humbird
Laney
Discard Racial Theory In Kayser Murder
Chicago detectives probing the murder of Rev. Edmund A. H. Kayser of Toileston say they cannot prove a motive tied to pro German activity. They favor a theory the fatal event arose from foreclosure on property, with the killer entering the home to seize papers and restrain the pastor before the shooting occurred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Edmund A. H. Kayser
Tolieston
Kayser
Society Notes of a Johnson Lawn Party and Winchester Bridge Roast
Master William Johnson hostedJuvenile guests yesterday on the Johnson lawn. A corn roast at Winchester Bridge drew Mary Beck Bertha Porter Anna Berkey Dora Lewis Clara Grabenstein Elizabeth Grabenstein Nellie Grabenstein Katherine Lines Mary Lines Jane Walker Eva Lewis Rose Nealey James Joe Peter Herman Grabstein Marshall Porter Elsie True Gormer Lewis Bernard Purkey Ambrose Purkey William McKenzie Lenoria Mattingly Roy Everstein Francis Leasure Herman Barton John Bock and Bernard Bock were present. They were chaperoned by Mr and Mrs Grabenstein Mr and Mrs Porter and Mr and Mrs Voeke. The Central Epworth League will meet at Miss Ruth Maaitlicks home 78 Goe Street this evening to elect officers for the year ahead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Johnson
James T Johnson
Johnson Home
Winchester Bridge
Mary Beck
Bertha Porter
Anna Berkey
Dora Lewis
Clara
Elizabeth
Nellie Grabenstein
Katherine
Mary Lines
Jane Walker
Eva Lewis
Rose Nealey
James
Joe
Peter
Herman Grabenstein
Marshall Porter
Elsie True
Gormer Lewis
Bernard
Ambrose Purkey
William McKenzie
British Transport Sunk by Mine Near Dardanelles
Berlin reports a British transport struck a mine at the entrance to the Dardanelles and sank with 320 officers, 1250 men and 300 crew. Six hundred bodies recovered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Sofia
Dardanelles
Geyser Bursts on Baltimore Street Injures Sidewalks
A water main break near The Press building on Baltimore Street sent a 100 foot fountain skyward at 2:30 pm. The spray drenched both sidewalks while pipes were exposed for gas work. Water was restored about 15 minutes later as stones weighing several pounds were hurled up to fifty feet. This marks a third recent break on the same street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City
Baltimore Street
Press Building
America Open to Hague Settlement for Lusitania Arabic Claims
Washington reports the United States would settle damages for Lusitania and Arabic victims via the Hague tribunal. The approach targets claims settlement rather than arbitration of principle, according to senior officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
America
Bulgaria Holds Aloof From War
Paris reports diplomats say Bulgaria will not enter the war soon. The note comes as expectations of an early Bulgarian decision fade and hopes for mediation wane.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Bulgaria
Mrs Eva Estep Arrest Ties New England Club to Prohibition
Fairmont West Virginia September 3 1930 Eva Estep a 70 year old grandmother is jailed as alleged head of the New England Club accused of devising a method to evade the prohibition law The case is said to solve a local rise in intoxications and stems from a home confrontation that led to her arrest A three day auto trip follows with J N M Brandler Ida Brandler and others to Baltimore Washington and the Eastern Shore of Maryland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairmont
W. Va
Eva Estep
New England Club
New England
J. N. M. Brandler
Ida Brandler
Charles H. Brandler
Walter W. Brandler
Baltimore
Washington
Maryland
Ex-physician held on drug law charge
Uniontown Pa. Sept 3 Dr F J Boyer a restaurant proprietor and former physician was committed to jail in default of $2000 bail by Justice John Kessinger on a charge of furnishing drugs in violation of the law. A search found several bottles of drugs with him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uniontown
F. J. Boyer
Justice of the Peace
John Kessinger
Hoyer
Mrs Mohr attends husband’s funeral amid murder charge
In Providence Mrs C Franklin Mohr attends the funeral of her husband Dr C Franklin Mohr, whom she is accused of aiding in his murder. She defends herself calling the allegations lies and says she feared divorce. In Wheeling officials report Wheeling Mould and Foundry turns out 1000 shrapnel shells daily for allied use. shells measure 3 1/2 inches by 13 inches with a $4 to $5 million contract.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Providence. R. L
Wheeling
W. Va
Wheeling Mould and Foundry Company
East Wheeling
Japan Arms Allies at Dardanelles with Japanese rifles
London dispatch says Japan supplies the Allies at the Dardanelles with arms and equipment. The entire British expeditionary force against the Turks is equipped with Japanese rifles. Japan is also shipping ammunition to Russia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Japan
Dardanelles
Russia
Competitive three year scholarship exam held at Union Street School
A competitive examination for a three year scholarship covering board and tuition at Charlotte Hall School for boys will be conducted at Union Street School at 9 o clock on Saturday September 11.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlotte Hall School
Union Street School
Also Mentioned on This Page
Barney
Mac
William
MA Macs
Mrs Mac
Skrh
Bernadette Gunning
Clara Douglas
Gailitzin, Va
Mrs. M. F. Fahey
Green Street
South Cumberland
Cumberland Press
Truitt Drug Co
Virginia Avenue
South End
Preas
It- Vice
Nichol Smith
Frankfort
Marian Black
Louise Kerns
Irene Mouse
Grace Mouse
Ilda Heiner
Mary Heiner
Hazel Groves
Almeda Hurtell
Mesers
William Bowers
Edward Price
Wilbur Hudson
Shafter Castle
Wilbur Brant
Carl Wolford
Henry Schade
Edward Schade
Thomas Randall
Elizabeth Hartell
South
Ira Haines
Lexington Avenue
Joseph Mellett
Brady Mason
Hyndman
Charles H. Wilhelm
Laing Avenue
Frank
Ganely
Cleriend Grose
Central Epworth League
Ruth Maaitlick
British Transport
Hague
Mrs. Mohr
Green Goods
Bacir
H. Griffin
Oldtown Road
Delive
MR. Pao
O’ Conor
Journa
Deutsche Export Revue
Sinn Fein
Dublin
Ireland
Iriai World
Clan Na Gael
GOD Save
Cumberland Frost
Car Every
Cyberlaser
Ostburg
Cumber
Cumberland and Westernport Electric Ry, Co
Edison Electric Illuminating Co
North Lipfty Street
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