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Newspaper
Cumberland Press
Location
Cumberland, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1914
Page
7
Patrons and friends of The Cumberland Press are urged to telephone personals and other news items to the paper. Any matter of interest will be greatly appreciated by The Editor.
A compilation of social notices lists A McKay and others visiting relatives in Cumberland and elsewhere. Names include Elizabeth White, Jane Martin, Ellis Van Haven, Frank J. Kienhoefer, Walter L. Weaver, Edward Waltern, H. J. Wells, Dr. and Mrs. J. K. Ford, Walter Schermesser, Anna Schauwecker, Katherine Millman, Lydia Millman, David a Sloan, Sadie and Ada Taylor, Eugene Williamson, Edna Tepelar, Louise Bennett, H. W. Clark, Bishop Weekly D. P., Rev H. Eugene Richardson, Rev. A J. Sechist, and Miss Anna Fleming, with travels to New York, Baltimore, Hagerstown, and various towns.
Frostburg colored baseball team defeated Meyersdale 10 to 8 at Frostburg yesterday afternoon. Key plays included a running one hander by Brown with six on base and a notable catch by Meyersdale’s William s. The game featured diverse coaching and offensive bursts as Brown pitched for Frostburg against Cap and Simms for Frostburg and Meyersdale.
A man named W. H. Flanagan was jailed after damaging windows at the Y M C A and faced a $5 fine. Ettie Collier was held on resisting an officer as disorder occurred earlier, while another individual was fined for being drunk and orderly and committed to the lockup. Virginia votes to go dry with a statewide prohibition win by about 35,000 in most counties.
Republican candidate Job E. Hedges accuses former New York Governor Benjamin Odell Jr. of trying to seize state politics via support for Harvey D. Hinnman. He frames the battle as a fight between Odell supporters and rivals Lemuel E. Quigg and Herbert Parsons backing Charles S. Whitman.
During vacation periods The Cumberland Press can follow readers on their trips. The service mails the newspaper at no extra cost beyond the regular price and requires a telephone call to the office. Journal kept updated on Cumberland events while readers are away.
Odd fragment advertises dental services with a price claim of four dollars for gold crowns. The text includes stray words implying a national reach and stainless or timore marks, but details are unclear.
Six lady solicitors sought at once for Cumberland and Alleghany counties. Excellent proposition for intelligent ladies. Address quickly care of Cumberland.
The Virginia conference of the United brethren church opens at 2 30 PM at the U B Church Westernport with Bishop W M Weekly presiding. About fifty ministers are present and more may arrive. Committees and announcements are on the agenda for today followed by an opening sermon by Lisheep Weekly and a communion service. A post-service ministers’ get together banquet is planned with short addresses.
Sir Thomas Lipton, English yachtsman, pleads for 1915 international races to proceed after wartime postponement. In a letter to a New York yachtsman he expresses disappointment at delays and hopes peace is restored before next summer to avoid further postponement.
The Ancient Order of Hibernians at their annual Midland convention elected officers: President T P Kenny Cumberland, vice-president Wm Martin Yale Summit, secretary Martin L Geary Lonaconing, treasurer J F Miller Mr Savage, recording secretary John McGuire Frostburg. The Ladies Auxiliary elected President Miss Mary Martin Yale Summit, vice-president Mrs Jas McGuire Midland, recording secretary Miss Bollen Brady Lonaconing, financial secretary Miss Schute Cumberland.
An advertisement from NATPON Painless Dentists promotes guarantees for gold crowns and plate-free dental work, listing the address 300 Baltimore St for consultations and services.
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