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Newspaper
Cumberland Press
Location
Cumberland, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1915
Page
2
Mrs. George Kerns of Frostburg dies at Miners Hospital after five weeks with typhoid fever. Funeral at St. Pauls Lutheran Church with burial in Percy Cemetery. Also reports of a corn roast in Allegany, a birthday surprise, aids meeting, fishing trip, accidents, and a long list of local personals and visits across Frostburg area.
Joseph Meager acts as representative for the Lonaconing bureau of the Cumberland Press with phone contact 134 K.
A birthday party was held for Alex Anderson at his Watercliffe residence. Guests included Misses Eana Elrick Marguerite Nelson Naomi Moody Annie Young Agnes Ray Clara Miller Jen nie Anderson Ruth Miller and Messrs Charles Walters Floyd Walters John Walters Grover Miller John Miller and Alex Anderson. Also notes on nearby church meetings and local visitors appear.
The Cumberland Press bureau operates from the Acme Store with representative William F Farrell listed and contact by phone 9 R. The item notes bureau presence and local representation.
Mohwissa Council No 2 of Pocahontas hosted Frostburg guests with a fire ceremony, prize draw for cut glass won by Mrs B Warnick, and musical numbers by Miss Maud Kirby Miss Alice Crow Mrs John Hawkes. Other attendees included Mrs R Warnick and many locals. Refreshments followed as Martha Mont served at Western Maryland Hospital Cumberland tomorrow plans noted and several Cumberland and Mount Savage visitors were mentioned.
Rev P Ne vick led Piedmont and Keyser Jewish women to form the Piedmont Keyser Ladies Hebrew Aid Society at Mrs M Shapiro residence. Mrs Wm Rosenbloom is president and Miss Irene Shapiro secretary. The group aims to raise funds for Jewish war sufferers in Russia and will forward donations to the American relief fund.
The Beryl schools delay openings to September 27 due to construction. Piedmont reports 3650 pupils on Monday, High School first day enrollment 65 with more to come, senior class 12. Teachers listed for each school, including W H S White, Robert Clark, Nan Hepburn, Stella Berrett and others. Mrs H C Shaw of Piedmont dies at 48, survived by husband and Dr Theo Cross. funeral plans pending. Natal note records a daughter born to Mr and Mrs John Lyons in Westernport on Saturday.
A Frankfort letter from the front describes a captain over 60 who after his son fell in Russia is reassigned to the eastern army. The elder soldier, long respected, becomes driven and resolved to seek revenge, telling comrades he could not do otherwise after his son’s death.
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