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Newspaper

Cumberland Press

Location

Cumberland, Maryland, United States of America

Date

Sep 18, 1915

Page

5

Marshmallow roast brightens South Cumberland social evening

A chaperoned gathering of South Cumberland youths hosted a marshmallow roast at the reservoir with Miss Hazel Hollar and others in attendance. Local residents Earl Murray and Edna Earl visit Hancock relatives.

South Cumberland L. G. Wilson E. O. Burch Hazel Hollar Nina Robison Bernice Willard Lola Henry Jessie Gank Marjorie McDonald Stella Wilson Edith Bartlett Delmar Workman Leroy Davis Clyde Lashley Clifford Spiker Louis Wilson Charles Wilson Walter Welton Raymond Smith

Society Notes Highlight Picnics and Celebrations

Social items report a Riverside Park picnic in honor of Miss Edith Reilly of Cumberland with guests from Meyersdale Salisbury and nearby towns. Also noted are a corn roast on the old National pike, a Golden Wedding anniversary invitation for Mr. and Mrs. F. X. Millman, and a music evening at Frederic Foster Snow’s studio featuring Clarence Albert Jones.

Edith Reilly Cumberland Florence Just Meyersdale Riverside Park Florde Effie Lichliter Merl Baldwin Salisbury Grace Hoover Messrs Chas. Griffith Park Weimer Leslie Stotler Old National Pike Allegany Grove Charles O. Roemer C. L. Owens Maxie Pile Helen Wertheimer Mildred Hart Edith Wertheimer Mary Pile Bertha Hart Pauline Miller Mildred Twigg Nannie Hereford Dorothy Roemer Ruth Wertheimer Eloise McDermott John McBeth Fred Wertheimer Percy Miller Dr. Staley Marshall de Shields Somerville Nicholson Marion Pire Stanley Brooks William Vogle F. X. Millman Green Street Frederic Foster Snow Clarence Albert Jones Boston Mass Mr. Jones MacDowell Debussy Roensky Liszt Mr. Snow

War News From One Year Ago Today

Paris reports German armies in France cannot advance. Berlin notes concerns about French and British forces. St. Petersburg cites 350000 Austrian losses in Galicia. Roads blocked by abandoned commissariat trains. Austrian government sends more troops to the Italian border amid nationalist demonstrations in Italy.

Paris France Berlin St. Petersburg Galicia Italy

Personal notices scattered across Cumberland area

Miss Edith Kine of Baltimore tests today for home. Maxewell Sloan leaves for Port Deposit to resume studies. J R Shurretts and O H Porter travel to Hagerstown with railway union. Rev E G Switzer to Salem Va for marriage next Tuesday. J W Logue visits Cumberland after 25 years. Several relatives visit or travel between Berlin Pa Elkins W Va Cumberland and Martinsburg area.

Maxewell Sloan Port Deposit Jacob Tome Institute O. H. Porter Ridgeley W. Va J. Robert Shurretts Hegerstown Brotherhood of Railway E. Glenn Switzer Presbyterian Church Berkeley Springs Salem J. W. Logue Council Grove Kansas Justice J. W. Heck Knox Street Mr. Logue Cumberland B. Kilmer Knepper Berlin Myra Knepper H. W. Knepper Ra Patterson Virginia Francis Anna Wallace Solomons Island J. J. Wallace Elkins George Hi. Carpenter Winchester West Virginia M. J. Fleming Margaret Welsh Terra Alta Elizabeth Howler Harper's Erry

Carranza Agent Requests U S Probe of Brownsville Attack

A Carranza agent arrived in Washington to demand a formal State Department investigation into charges that American soldiers carried out an unprovoked attack on Carranzista troops near Brownsville.

Washington Brownsville State Department

Real Estate Transfers In Mount Savage Area

Real estate transfer notes show Minor Mining Company transferring a lot in Mt. Savage to Mrs R B Smith for ten dollars and related details noted in the Transactions section.

Minor Mining Company R B. Smith Lot Mt. Savage

Building Permits Granted for 0000 House and Additions

City Engineer Gaffney approves multiple building permits including a two story brick residence for Harry Footer on Washington street valued at 7000 dollars, and additions or structures for several other property owners across Johnsons Heights, Green Street, Virginia Avenue, and Beall Street with contractors named Bowman Lashley Rank Campbell. Also notes Garfield death anniversary and assassination details.

Gaffney Harry Footer Washington Street H. W. Campbell Millman D. J. Biddle Frederick Street George A. Bowman J. J. Boost Virginia Avenue Lashley and Rank Bruce Wilson Princeton Street J. Lawrence Mathews Hilltop Drive Johnson's Heights John S. Vandergrift Mollie Kean Green Charles McAvoy Green Street Thomas M. Lee Beall Street Perry J. Shipley Pennsylvania Avenue A. Taylor Smith Walnut Alley Fayette Street T. G. William L. Webster Harrison Street

Youthful elopers wed at courthouse

William Harold Dent and Florence Edith Snyder aged 19 and 18 from Altoona were issued a marriage license and wed on the courthouse steps. Rev J H Wise of Hyndman Pa Evangelical Church performed the ceremony with witnesses not recorded. Dent works as a draughtsman at the Pennsylvania railroad shops.

William Harold Dent Florence Edith Snyder Altoona J. H. Wise Hyndman Evangelical Pennsylvania Railroad

Matrimonial Nuptials Involving Noted Local Figures

Dr Frank C Maxson longtime Allegany county register of wills wed Miss Florine Dowden in New Cumberland W Va The Dowden family moved from Cumberland to Chicago and back The bride is cousin of Albert D Dowden of this city Earl Shartzer son of ex sheriff Andrew Shartzer wed Miss Ethel Naylor daughter of Mr and Mrs F G Naylor of Oakland after a Wednesday ceremony officiated by Rev Martin Luther Enders at St Pauls Lutheran Cumberland local ties and railway town links noted.

Earl Murray Edna Earl Seymour Street Mr. Murray Hancock W. C. Montignant Brunswick E. \. Smith Brunswick Y. M. C. A H. Hauger Kingwood W. Va Cumberland Mr. Hauger Co. G. Hauger Grand Avenue Frank A. Tole Baltimore and Ohio Keyser Mary of Deer Park J. F. Grayson Bert Stears Hedgesville L. C. Harper Moorefield Lillian Webb R. A. Lamont D. H. Kuhn Frank Taylor Chas. W. Donnelly Pittsburgh Johnstown F. S. Deekens Henry T. Grebe Catonsville C. F. W. Bove R. J. Fink Hagerstown Pen Mar Gertrude Price Atlanta, Ga Samuel Wertheimer James B. Williams Fayette Street Mercersburg College J. J. Morehead Edith Olive Lawrence Neb Charles Tyler Houck John L. McLaughlin Maryland Avenue Frank C. Maxson Florine Dowden Matilda Dowden Albert H. Dowden Register of Wills of Allegany County New Cumberland Dowden Chicago Albert D. Dowden Shartzer-Naylor Earl Shartzer Andrew Shartzer Ethel Naylor F. G. Naylor Oakland Martin Luther Enders St. Paul's Lutheran Church

Cassidy arraigned in bribery case over mail contract

James J. Cassidy, vice president and general manager of the Postal Transfer Service, Inc., was arraigned for alleged bribery of government employees in a conspiracy to defraud the United States. The firm handles a mail transport contract in New York worth about $473,000 annually with a five year term. Cassidy allegedly bribed a clerk to destroy around 4000 complaints, preventing about $20,000 in fines from being collected.

New York James J. Cassidy Postal Transfer Service, Inc United States Cassidy

Obituary and Funeral Notices for Sizer and Moore

Robert Miller Sizer aged two years son of Robert and Gertrude Sizer of 26 Water Street died suddenly after a 24 hour illness from acute indigestion. The funeral of Alice Moore, the eight year old accidentally shot by her cousin, will be from 408 Grand Avenue tomorrow afternoon with burial at St Patrick's Cemetery.

Robert Miller Sizer Robert Gertrude Sizer Water Street Alice Moore Grand Avenue St. Patrick's Cemistery

Wedding Unites Two Noted Families in East Hampton

A society gathering from six cities attended the East Hampton church ceremony of Miss Olga Wiborg and Mr. Sidney Webster Fish. The reception followed at The Dunes, uniting two prominent lineages led by Stuyvesant Fish and Mrs. Fish.

New York Easthampton L. L Olga Wiborg Sidney Webster Fish St. Luke’s Church Wiborg the Dunes Frank B. Wilborg Cincinnati Washington Winborg Adeline Moulton Sherman Major Hoyt Sherman Shermans Ohio John Sherman William Tecumseh Sherman

Police Target Boys Jumping on Automobiles

Police arrest youths seen jumping on cars while drivers honk and flash lights. All suspects are sent to Juvenile Court for disposition.

Utos

Veteran Boston Poet John Trowbridge Celebrates 88th Birthday

Boston notes John Trowbridge, renowned author and poet, marks his eighty eighth birthday quietly at his Arlington home. He remains in excellent health and vigorous for his years, regrets wartime restrictions on a European trip, and hopes to travel again once the war ends after having crossed the Atlantic a dozen times.

Boston Mass John T. Trowbridge Arlington

Chicago Amusement Parks Lose Half Million in Cold Summer

Chicago records show outdoor amusements losing about 500000 dollars due to cold weather and rainy evenings. Summer garden owners report 250000 less in credit than 1914, with picnic parks and beaches contributing the rest. Midway Gardens fared better but closed August 15 as White City manager Morris Biefeld cites the season’s losses. The era’s biggest gardens will shut down this Sunday, earlier than in prior years.

Chicago Midway Gardens Midway Morris Biefeld White City

Railroad unions meet in Birmingham for three day policy conference

Delegates from the four large railroad brotherhoods in the region convene in Birmingham, Alabama for a three day conference on policy and mutual interests. A barbecue at the Fair Grounds entertained delegates and families this afternoon. Business sessions start tomorrow and continue Monday.

Birmingham Ala Fair Grounds

Pairs Listed With City Matches Across Several States

Walter R Hosterman and Mary C Gerhart both of State College Center Pa Ray Steel Miller and Elizabeth G Grim both of Frostburg George McGarry and Mabel Michaels both of Youngstown Ohio George M Stoll and Lena M Krauss both of Bradford Pa John F Chamberlain and Bertha M Mallow both of Stresby W Va Antonio Fanti and Nunziato Valenti both of Westernport Henry W Funk Hagerstown and Mary B Kifer Kifer Md George S Taylor Westenport and Bessie E Clark Elk Garden W Va Frank McCormick and Chrystal A Smith both of Akron Ohio

Ray Steel Miller Eizabeth G. Grim Frostburg George McGarry Mabel Michaels Youngstown Ohio George M. Stoll Lena M. Krauss Bradford John F. Chamberlain Bertha M. Mallow Stresby W. Va Antonio Fanti Nunziato Valenti Westernport Henry W. Funk Hagerstown Mary Westenport Bessie E. Clark Elk Garden Frank McCormick Chrystal A. Smith Akron

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Barney Malmac Mrs. Chubb Mrs Mac ST. Wife Angelica Emma Mr.mac Cooke Emily Ereies Cumberland Press, Truitt Drug Co South End J. Wesley Porter Winchester Bridge Joseph Rupert Elizabeth Virginia Roberts Edith Kine Baltimore W. W. Hanly Albert Kline South Mulberry Street Joseph Langley Baltimore and Olto Railroad Tollgate Martinsburg Pike Garfield D. C James A. Ganfield National Capitol Charles Guiteau Williams College James G. Blaine Long Branch N. J Court House Dallas Tex Oak Cliff Rhode Island Stuyvesant Fish Astor Hamilton Fish President Grant Walter R. Hosterman and Mary C. Gerhart State College Center, Pa J. H. Griffin Oldtown Road Octavus Roy Cohen Will Levington Comfort England Russia Germany Burton J. Hendrick the Cumberland Press Cumberland Press Vame Special Directions
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