Elopement Ties Knot in Hagerstown Parish Ceremony
Earl L. Hammond of Baltimore and Bettie L. Grove of Martinsburg eloped to Hagerstown and were married by Rev Jacob Simon. The couple, once planning a formal wedding, notified the bride's parents and began a Boston honeymoon. The groom works as a traveling salesman for a proprietary medicine house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl L. Hammond
Baltimore
Linwood Hammond
Waynesboro
Trinity Methodist Pepiscopal Church
Bettie L. Grove
Carson L. Grove
Martinsburg
W. Va
Hagerstown
Jacob Simon
Trinity Lutheran Church
Mrs. Hammond
Boston
Local Social Notes Highlight Cross-State Visits and Travel
Mrs. George Johnson and son Charles from Clarksburg and Mrs. Norris from this city called on Mrs. Annie Sinclair at Pruntytown. Several residents travel for visits, teaching duties, and family events. a birth occurs at Western Maryland Hospital and auto tourists frequent Cumberland and surrounding towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Johnson
Charles
Clarksburg
Norrie
Annie Sinclair
Pruntytown
W. V
N. Zihleman
Annapolis
Hewitt Renolds
South Carolina
JF. S Deekens
Allegany Hospital
Joseph Grabenstein
Henry Laing
Cumberland
Julius Grabenstein
Hierman
Annie
Cresaptown
Meyersdale
John Stacer
J. J. Brady
Father Quinn
Midland
Charlies A. Lewellyn
Boottdale
W. Harley Vandegrift and
Fulton Street
Greenspring Valley
Connélisville
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
J. ©. Wolverton
Maryland Avenue
Western Maryland Hospital
G. M. Peet
H. Stuart
Chesaning
Mich
Queen City Hotel
J. M. Flint
Misses Flint
Washington, D. C
Washington
Clifford G. Stokes
Baltimore
Theodosius
Eastland Disaster Indicts Eight Officials
Chicago reports indictments for conspiracy and criminal carelessness in the Eastland disaster. A federal grand jury charges six steamship company officials and two government steamboat inspectors with misconduct.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Federal Grand Jury
Steamship Company
Y M C A Directors to Meet for Membership Campaigns
The board of directors of the Y M C A will meet Thursday between 12 and 1 PM to discuss plans for a membership drive.
McMullen Brothers Open Fall and Winter Apparel Display
McMullen Brothers announces its fall opening with a broad selection of ladies wear including suits coats sport coats dresses and waists in new fabrics colors and trims. The Children’s department is unusually complete with outfits for infants to older kids and shoppers are invited to view the full display in the store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McMullen Brothers
McMulen Brothers
Milady
Ady
Mutiny Prevented On Athenia By Tuscania
New York dispatch reports the Tuscania arrived with the Athenia’s passengers and crew after the Athenia was set afire at sea. A riot seemed imminent, but the mutiny was suppressed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athenia
Tuscania
New York
Lfe
Local Bank Answers Suit Over Funds Belonging to Johnson & Johnson
The Third National Bank of Cumberland filed an answer in the United States district court in Baltimore to a suit by Johnson & Johnson of New Jersey seeking $29,849.97. The bank says Van Dorn’s deposits drew no suspicion, denies prior knowledge of a defraud scheme, and requires proof that Johnson & Johnson is the rightful owner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Third National Bank of Cumberland
United States District Court
Baltimore
Equity
Johnson & Johnson
New Jersey
van Dorn
Cumberland Bank
Duke Memorial Bible Class Elects New President
The Duke Memorial Bible class at the Central Y M C A elected W F Schrag as president after the resignation of Dr F H Weidmann. The group addressed James S Grant’s death with a drafting committee for resolutions and planned a winter revival of activities. The class is the largest Bible class in the state’s region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duke Memorial Bible Class
Central Y. M. C. A
F. H. Weidmann
W. F. Schrag
James S. Grant
Duke Memorial
Local Rebekahs Welcome Sisters From Pennsylvania
Thirty members of Faithful Rebekah Lodge No. 471 Cumberland Valley Pa visited Colfax Rebekah Lodge No. 1 to witness the team degree work in Odd Fellows Hall. Officers accompanying the visitors included N. G. Mrs. Ethel Deremer and Vv. G. Arvilla Boor, with Dr. A. Z. Stoner and others driving from Cumberland Valley. Addresses were given by Mollie Malarkey and D. L. Clayton among others, and nearly 100 people attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rebekah Lodge
Cumberland Valley
Colfax Rebekah Lodge
Colfax Lodge
Odd Fellows Hall
N. G
Ethel Deremer
Vv. G
Arvilla Boor
Carrie Nave
Elsie Rose
A. Z. Stoner
A. D. Deremer
Walter Nave
Calhoun Nave
Charles Deremer
Walter Elliott
Reginald Sligh
Christian Elder
Cumberland Valley Lodge
I. O
Wiliam Hite
C. V. Lodge
Mollie Malarkey
Lonaconing
Rebekah Assembly
State of
Glee Club to Start Rehearsals for New Season
The Central Y M C A announces the Glee Club will continue as an organization with Prof Frederick Foster Snow directing. First rehearsal is Monday October 4 at 8 o clock in the Central building. Any singer may join regardless of YMCA membership. Last year the club had over sixty members and a strong record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Baxley
Glee Club
Frederick Foster Snow
Y. M
Secy. Baxley
Hearings for Three More Cumberland Merchants
Three Cumberland merchants faced hearings before Justice of the Peace J KB Humbird on warrants by Mary Caplan State Female Labor Inspector alleging violations of the female labor law. Humbird held the cases under advisement and will issue decisions later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cumberland
Justice of the Peace J
Horsemen Busy Telegrams Signal Cumberland Fair Entries
With the Cumberland Fair opening days away, horsemen from the East and West are telegramming F W Kalmbach the secretary to enter their horses in various events. Carpenters repair the fairgrounds as the track is readied, while Miss Mollie Graves coordinates exhibits, receiving entries at Hopkins Furniture Store, Co operative Store, and the fairgrounds. The event promises the best livestock exhibition yet in the county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. W. Kalmbach
Association
Mollie Graves
Hopkins Furniture
Baltimore Street
Co-operative
Virginia Avenue
South
Cumberland
Delegation Heads to State Republican Convention by Auto
A large Allegany county contingent leaves by auto at 12 30 p m for Baltimore to attend the Republican State convention. They will tour towns en route with Weller for Governor banners and present Albert A Doub for attorney general. The assembly convenes at Ford s Opera House with a platform stressing efficiency retrenchment and candidate fitness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allegany County
State Central Committee
Baltimore
Weller
Emerson Hotel
Ford
Opera House
Albert A. Doub
Horace P. Whitworth
Westernport
John T. Dobbie
Lonaconing
John B. Gunning
Cresaptown
James Hanson
Frostburg
F. Brooke Whiting
George G. Young
Harry L. Smith
Cumberland
J. Grant Hayden
James B. McAlpine
Claude Robertson
Ocean
George W. Taylor
Hilary
Lancaster
Eckhart
George E. Jordan
Nelson W. Russler
E. Lee Shaw
DPD
Lindley Sloan
David A. Robb
J. Philip Roman
William A. Huster
Richard&. Bell
Charles H. Holtzman
Angus Ireland
James M. Sloan
R. L. Frantz
W. L. Sperry
Russell Bortz
Harry A. Manly
William Walters
Harry Irvine
F. N. Zihlman
City Won’t Replace 15 Inch Sewer Pipes on Baltimore Street
City Engineer James P. Gaffney denied rumors of removing the fifteen-inch pipes recently laid on Baltimore street. He said the street grade prevents larger pipes, that bigger pipes are unnecessary, and that replacement would raise paving costs beyond the city ordinance limits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James P. Gaffney
Baltimore Street
Gaffney
Carranza Takes Chihuahua The Villa Capital
Carranza forces capture Chihuahua the Villa capital indicating collapse of Villa military strength. The state department anticipates the final battle between Villa and Carranza forces will likely occur in northern Sonora near the U S border.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Chihuahua
State Department
Villa
Carranza
Sonora
United States
SMU Opens Dallas Campus With Six Hundred Students
Southern Methodist University debuted in Dallas on September 22 with about 600 students enrolled. A fundraising campaign seeks one million dollars as a permanent regional endowment for the institution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Methodist University
Dallas
Tex
Obituary notices for Hiteshew Engleka Grant Schaefer deaths
Funeral details for Mrs. Hiteshew James M. Hite shew and Mrs. Caroline Schaefer accompany the death notices. Leroy Engleka, 20, dies after peritonitis surgery at Allegany Hospital. burial in Rose Hill. James 8. Grant funeral linked to John F. Grant of Vancouver. Pallbearers include local church officials. Services set at Emmanuel Episcopal Church and St Luke's Lutheran Church with private family rites and German Lutheran Cemetery burial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hiteshew
James M. Hiteshew
Emmanuel Episcopal Church
Rose Hill Cemetery
Leroy Engleka
W. H. Engleka
Berlin
Allegany Hospital
Butler Undertaking Rooms
James 8. Grant
John F. Grant
Vancouver
B. C
A. Hunter Boyd
D. F. Kuykendall
David J. Clayton
Frank H. McKay
Robert MacDonald
F. C. Welton
First Presbyterian Church
Puneral
Schaefer
Caroline Schaefer
St. Luke's Lutheran Church
Illinois Republicans stage State fair field day with presidential race heats
Springfield notes a Republican State fair field day dominated by presidential contest heat. James R. Mann and Lawrence Sherman scheduled to pace the proceedings alongside Theodore Roosevelt’s shadow and hints of a possible Roosevelt entry. Chicago figures like William Hale Thompson and Roy West split party factions as four gubernatorial hopefuls speak. Uncle Joe Cannon also appears on the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Illinois
James R. Mann
House
United States
Lawrence Y. Sherman
Jack
Theodore Roosevelt
T. R
Sherman
Mann
Wilson
Ilinois
William Hale Thompson
Chicago
Roy O. West
West
Deneen
Andrew Russel
Jacksonville
Frank
Silver Run Chosen For Next Knights of the Mystic Chain Meet
The annual convention of the Select Castle of Maryland Ancient Order Knights of the Mystic Chain adjourned in Silver Run Carroll county selecting the town for the 196 meeting. A post convention reception followed with remarks by B. F. Shaffer chairman and speakers Mathew Ongridge Barton William Larne J. T. Moore and H Ji Boetiner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silver Run
Select Castle of
Petrograd reports German reverses and morale dips
Petrograd reports the German advance halted with German reverses near Dvinyk. Officials claim Russians have escaped traps at several locations, boosting troop morale amid ongoing conflict. Separate note from New York mentions September 22 reports and Columbia University ball practice kicking off as students return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Petrograd
Bott Rive
Dvinyk
Frtieh
Waresaw
New York
Columbia University
Columbia Ueaaie
Wear
Dartmouth
Reckless Driving Charge for Richard Miller
Richard Miller of Bedford Read was arrested by Patrolman Goss on a careless driving charge. He posted a forfeiture of 35 for appearance at 4 PM for trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Miller
Bedford Read
Goss
Miller
Crusaders Bible Class Banquet At Cumberland Dairy Luncheon
The Crusaders Bible class of St Luke's Evangelical Lutheran Church held a banquet at Cumberland Dairy Lunch Room with attendees including Mrs. Anna M. Knieriem and Miss Katherine Knieriem, among many others. A separate Friday event featured a local corn roast on Reservoir Hill with participants from the city and nearby areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crusaders Bible
St Luke's Evangelical Lutheran Church
Cumberland Dairy
Anna M. Knieriem
Katherine Knieriem
Scott Atkinson
Perry Twigg
Chas Wiebel
Raymond Taylor
Ralph Keller
Charles Zimmerman
Luther Kolb
Albert Schade
Hermatt Reuttig
James Webster
George Websster
Harold Richards
Clement Miller
Carl Hinkel
Roy Pitzer
Charles Shertzer
Henry Miller
Earl Hammond
Luther Martin
Millard Hughes
Reservoir Hill
Misses Barnes
Harriet Taylor
Ruth Fuller
Maud Siler
Ethel Dixon
Isabel Broderick
Lena Fuller
Olivia Jenkins
Frostburg
Letha Ambrose
Berkeley Springs
Harley Nees
Oscar Jones
Thomas Cumiskey
Percy Engle
Walter Taylor
R Critchfield
Bernard Holten
Leofey
Walter Cochrane
Jackson
Mr. Walton
Matrimonial ceremonies in Frostburg and Columbiana
At 9 o'clock yesterday morning SS Peter and Paul Catholic church united Francis J. McGann of Frostburg and Elizabeth C Ruppert of this city in marriage. The groom was aided by his brother Joseph McGann. the bride's sister Miss Marie Ruppert was bridesmaid. William Lake Hooper of this city and Miss Hazel J Wining of Youngstown were married today in Columbiana Ohio. Hooper formerly lived in Cambridge Maryland. After their honeymoon they will reside on Harrison Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paw Paw
John Bernard Lightfoot
Marie Lightfoot
Richmond
E. B. Claybrook
Oakland
Laura Willice
Meyersdale
W. H. Habe
Clarence Rowe
Frostburg
Baltimore
Ivron Lantz
Clarksburg
Elkins
Cumberland
Okey Ryan
Bessie Stevens
Michael Carey
Francis de Moss
Brown
Polk Street
Margaret Reid
Pittsburgh
Letha Ambrose
Berkeley Springs
Harriet Taylor
Waverly Terrace
Ihfetze Pownall
Pacific Coast
Fred Pfeiffer
Fayette Street
Washington
Pfeiffer
United States Marine Band
John B
George F. Johnson
Ralph E. Smouse
Weston
Ray Wells
Keyser
William Merryman
Winchester
William Montgomery
Newbury
W. Va
Catherine Jenkins
SS. Peter and Paul's Catholic Church
Francis J. McGann
Elizabeth C. Ruppert
Father Philip
Joseph Mc«Gann
Marie Ruppert
William Lake Hooper
Davis Coal & Coke Company
This City
Hazel J. Wining
Youngstown
Ohio
Columbiana
Mr. Hooper
Cambridge
Harrison Street
Allied Aviators Bomb German Rail Junctions
Allied airmen bombed German railway junctions and troop trains with marked success at Middje Kirke and Conflans near Taris on September 22. The raids targeted critical lines and military movements, disrupting supply and transport operations behind enemy lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taris
Middje- Kirke
Conflans
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Barney
MR. Mac
Social Welfare Club
Ladies and Gentlemen — the
Minerva
South Cumberland
Cumberland Press
Truitt Drug Co
South End
Hammond Grove
W. C. Montignani
Scotland
Mr. Montignani
Cunard
East End
Health Department
Alva Davis
Buffao
N. Y
Allenburg
Can
Edith Wishmyer
Marie Magher
West Forest Park
Albright
B. Frank Walters
Walters
Los Angeles
Typographical Union
Charles W. Fuller
Philadelphia
Hartsock
Johnstown
William Cook
McMullen Bros
Waters
Georgette
Marie Louise
Pennsylvania
Carranza Taks
Columbia
Hooper-Wining
J. H. Griffin
Oldtown Road
Misa,Ilildegarde Wiesel
N. Smallwood St
Peabody Conservatory
Methada
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