Tragedy in Pittsburgh Wife Shot by Husband After Family Attempt
Mrs Cora Ernst 21 native of Frostburg was killed at her husband William Ernst 844 Estella St Pittsburgh Pa by five gunshots. Ernst blamed Roger Sweeney 23 who lived with his sister Mrs Frank Bush at 4826 Second Ave for causing the separation. Family members had traveled from Frostburg to reconcile the couple.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cora M. Ernst
William H. Ernst
Estella Street
Pittsburgh
Frostburg
Borden Mines
Ernst
Amelia Walsh
Hannah Whetzel
Roger Sweeney
Frank Bush
Second Avenue
Sweeney
Mrs. Ernst
Freight conductor Ernst admits killing wife in Pittsburgh
Ernst, 24, a Pennsylvania Railroad freight conductor, told police he fatally shot his wife after failed pleas for reconciliation. He conferred with her mother and relatives in Frostburg before the Pittsburgh shooting near their home. The wife’s body was identified in the morgue as her husband prepared for an inquest while Ernst awaited detention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernst
Pennsylvania Railroad
Frostburg
Amelia Walsh
Gilbert Walsh
Hannah Whetzel
Pittsburgh
Walsh
Mrs. William R. Percy Dies at West Union Street Home
Anna Elizabeth Bishop Percy died Friday at 8:30 AM at her son in law W E G Hitchins home on West Union Street. Born April 23 1867 in Indiana Pa she was 78 years old. Survived by sister Mrs William A Warner daughters Mrs W E G Hitchins and Mrs U B EF Edwards son George Percy and seven grandchildren. Funeral planned for Sunday afternoon at St Pauls Lutheran Church with Rev Harry Hursh Beidleman officiating. Interment Allegany Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William R. Percy
W. E. G. Hitchins
West Union Street
Percy
Anna Elizabeth (Bishop) Percy
Henry Bishop
Bishop
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Consol coal safety effort prompts bold pay envelope warning
Consolidation Coal Company adopts strict safety first policy with bold red warnings on pay envelopes reading Read the Outside Before Spending What is Inside. Neglect means Loss of Life. Superintendent H V Hesse forms a safety group of foremen clerks and miners to promote welfare. Mrs Walter Schilling and two children visit Bowery Street in Youngstown Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Consolidation Coal Company
H. V. Hesse
Annual Normal Cuhuol Concert Review
A report notes the annual Normal Cuhuol Concert held last week with emphasis on performances and audience turnout. The article highlights local musicians and the event’s community impact.
Fourth Annual Concert and Review at State Normal
The Fourth Annual Concert and Review of the Passing Songs at the State Normal School ran last Thursday and Friday in Assembly Hall under Miss Gertrude T. Morgan with Beall High School Orchestra. Soloists Messrs Abramson Zutayern and Miss Kean received encores. a novel Review of the Passing Songs followed with varied numbers and colorful costuming. The event featured a summer hotel veranda stage set in white and yellow, an art exhibit of about 250 paintings, and a postconcert dance by the Glee Club and friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Normal School
Gertrude T. Morgan
Beall High School
Sol and
Myer Abramson
Mattie Thelma Zutayern
Old Ford
Nick Metzger
Adair
Jennie Russell
Esther Byrnes
Chinatown
John Park
Ezekiel Lewis
You
Helen Kean
Marie Wallman
Kentucky
Isabel Kennison
Inez Devore
Hileen
Margaret Graham
Katherine McGuire
Holland
Andrew Speir
Sherrys
Nicholas Metzger
Boston
Jessie Ayres
Eleanor Smyth
Frisco
Ayres
Chapman
Downton
Howat
Joyce
Ritchie
Sloan
Duncan
Nee
H. Llewellyn
Ryan
McAteer
Ruth Engle
Brady Broadwater
Hanna
Williams
Wallman
Stevenson
Close
Burns
Boucher
Smyth
Adams
Glorius
Dilley
Walters
L. Llewellyn
Longridge
W. Engle
Ort
Powers
Smith
Andrews
Durst
A. Engle
Morgan
Myers
K. Joyce
Miller
Reilly
Riggleman
Genevieve Winters
Elizabeth Bets
Fay Tuvin
Messrs
Howard Skidmore
Lawrence H. Rank
Edward Duffy
Earl James
Sol Abramson
Speir
Glee Club and Friends
Assembly Hall
Frostburg Hygiene Crusade Planned by Dr. Riley and Officials
Dr. Robert H. Riley, Deputy State Health Officer, announces a sanitation drive in Frostburg with Mayor, Council, Civic League, and Board of Health. Citizens must abate unsanitary nuisances immediately to protect public health. The effort includes continued school safety and a cooperative lab program benefiting Frostburg and surrounding counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert H. Riley
Frostburg
Civic League and Board of Health
Dr. Riley
Cumberland
Gratifying Averages By Local Mail Clerks
Local mail clerks led by James D. Aldridge James A. Aspinall and C S Wade excelled in a divisional exam. Their average 99.01 percent and pace twenty three cards per minute exceeded the required 95 percent. A banquet at Keller's Cafe followed with remarks by Postmaster P T McGann and staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James D. Aldridge
James A. Aspinall
C. S. Wade
Mr. Watt
Keller’s Cafe
P. T. McGann
William Hanna
McGann
New Directors for Miners Hospital
The Miners Hospital appoints new directors Dr J M Price and H V Hesse and fills vacancies with Roberdeau Annan John H Dunstan and Dr A R Walker The officers named are President H V Hesse Vice President Dr J M Price Secretary Walter W Wittig Treasurer Roberdeau Annan Auditor Charles S Jeffries Superintendent Miss A B Montana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miners Hospital
J. M. Price
H. V. Hesse
W. R. Gunter
Walter W. Wittig
Roberdeau Annan
John H. Dunstan
A. R. Walker
Charles S. Jeffries
A. B. Montana
George Reidler Sr Appointed New Forest Warden
In a letter from Maryland State Forester F W Besley Governor Har tington appointed George Reidler Sr as Forest Warden for the local district. He qualified before the Circuit Court Clerk and began duties. He will be paid ten cents per mile one way via the most direct route.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. W. Besley
Maryland State Board of Forestry
George Reidler, Sr
Hartington
Reidler
Inter-society debate at Beall High School draws large crowd
Beall High School hosts the sixth annual inter-society debate between the Belles Lettres and Athenian Literary Societies in the Assembly Hall. The program features piano, vocal, and violin performances, followed by a debate on whether the United States should grant the Philippine Islands independence. Howard Fuller wins the gold medal after the judges decide in the affirmative.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beall High School
Belles Lettres
Elizabeth Betz
Helen Davis
Saul
Myer Abramson
United States
Philippine Islands
Mary Close
Howard Fuller
Anna Nicht
Eleanor Smith
Belles Lettres Society
Fay Tuvin
Mabel Fine
Olive Lewis
Miss Stern Organizes Frostburg Junior Civic League
The Frostburg Junior League organized Saturday with 109 charter members aged boys and girls. Initiation five cents includes a membership card four packs of flower seeds and a chance at prizes. The group aims to beautify yards and streets and promote responsible youth involvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frostburg
Stern
Martha Stern
Mesdames Ada Dillon
Frank Watts
George E. Pearce
J. C. Cobey
Civic Club
League
Sanitary Postage Stamp Machines Installed in Local Stores
J. W. Shea druggist installs a sanitary postage stamp machine in his shop containing 500 two cent and 500 one cent stamps. A similar device was set up by the L. N. Meadows Co., also a druggist, for customer convenience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Shea
L. N. Meadows Co
Print Offers View of Fort Cumberland for Normal School
Judge J Benson Oder presented a blue print of old Fort Cumberland to the Normal school. The print, by S Graff Haverstick, reproduces details from a map by the late T L Pattison C K and is described as a true reproduction of the fort’s details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Benson Oder
Old Fort Cumberland
Normal School
S. Graff Haverstick
T. Ll. Pattison
C.K
Old Fort
Mrs Rephorn Discharged From Miners Hospital
Mrs. Rephorn of Eckhart was discharged from Miners Hospital on Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Rephorn
Eckhart
Miners Hospital
Also Mentioned on This Page
Atives
Husband
Migeim
South Thirteenth
Gazette Times
Consol
Walter Schilling
Youngston
Ohio
William H. Harvey
Bowery Street
Frogtburg
State Health Department
Crusade
Riley
B. G. Watt
Grafton
W. Va
Geo. Reidler, Sr
New Forest
Elisabeth Hitchins
J. H. Bickford
M. E. Church
Staples
Miss Hyde
Frostburg State Normal School
Proverbs—Society
Mathilde DeNaouley
Sara McDonald
Joe Evans
Rudolph Mendelsohn
Wayne Reed
May Connor
Martha Odgers
Verna Hill
Lulu Roland
Raymond Lancaster
Rose Huntsman
Ora Mae Crowe
Minnie Timmons
Bernard Grahame
Elizabeth Pressman
Harry Miller
Shakespeare
Miss Stern
Junior Civic League
Sanitary Postage Stamp Machine
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