Be a leader and spur Frostburg to progress
Editor C B Ryan urges Frostburg to shed rust and cobwebs, boost hustle, and welcome aggressive action. He laments quiet town stagnation, coal-digging nostalgia, and youth leaving for wider opportunities, insisting progress requires more energy and vision from locals.
1912 Thirty Years Ago Echoes From Cumberland
A Cumberland report notes the Bar split over carpet choice for their room, while B Ll Turner seeks repeal of the dog tax. Governor Hamilton urges mortgage taxation. The piece surveys 1882 events: mine injuries, weddings, political appointments, road supervisors, and illiteracy figures from the State Board of Education. Harriet Taylor dies at 31 with four children.
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Cumberland
B. Ll. Turner
House of Delegates
Hamilton
Harriet Taylor
John Taylor
Man Behind the Pick Praised by St A Edgerton
A tribute that highlights the labor of miners. The speaker notes the unseen toil of workers who labor in darkness, facing danger daily, far from public applause. The piece elevates the miner as the true backbone behind industry and society.
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Johnny
Rich mill owner stages race to marriage farce
Silas Peddington settles a clash of suitors for his daughter Arline by proposing a race to Belle Point between Frank Avery and Joe Hicks. The winner gains consent to wed, while Arline secretly marries Russell Osgood, the architect, in a swift private ceremony. Peddington blesses the match and departs with a four figure honeymoon check.
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Silas Peddington
Mr. Avery
Frank Avery
Mr. Peddington
Frank
Arline
Avery
Hicks
Joe Hicks
Belle Point
Bel’s Point
Hic
Fern Park
Goodby
Peddington
Russell Osgood
Belle Point Place
Russell
New Brunswick
Jove
Coal supply notice from Borden Mine founder Kemp
John H Kemp announces operations at the Borden Mine are complete and ready to supply good rough coal for all purposes in any amount at reasonable prices. He lists West Union Street as contact and notes establishment in 1895.
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John H. Kemp
West Union Street
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