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Mining fUBSi Journal.
J. BENSON ODER, Editor.
FORTY-FIRST YEAR. NO. 43
‘‘God, Our Country and Our Order”
WASHINGTON CAMP, No. 41
Patriotic Order Sons of America
MEETS EVERY MONDAY EVENING
IN WITTIG’S HALL
Visiting Members Always Welcome
John W. DeVore Jack S. Crow
President Secretary
“HELLO, BILL!”
Frostbupg LodgE, Ho. 470
B. P. O. a.
Meets every Tuesday evening at 8 o’clock
ELEANOR BUILDING
Visiting Brothers Invited Rooms Always Open
H. G. EVANS & CO.
THE UP-TO-DATE
Livery, Feed and Sale Stable
GOOD TEAMS
Hauling of All Kinds Open Day and Night
Special Attention Given to Funerals and
Weddings. Phone 304
HUNTER & SON
FIRST-CLASS LIVERY
All kinds of FEED for sale
General Hauling a Specialty
Corner Mechanic and Water Street
FROSTBURG, MD.
MILTON W. RACE
Livery and Sales Stables
Horses for sale at all times at all prices and
guaranteed as represented
Mechanic and Maple Streets
C. & P. Telephone FROSTBURG, MD.
RANKIN BROTHERS
TRANSFER
“We Deliver the Goods”
WATER STREET
A. P. HQEY
The Tonsorial Artist
131 £. UNION ST.
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FT It ST-CL AS S WORK G UAll AN TEFL)
GO TO
Vogtman’s Barber Shop
FOll YOUK
Hair Cuts, Shaves, Massage, Sham
pooing, Hair Singeing and Tonic
Rubs. He will do them right.
5 Chairs 5 Barbers
PALMER BROTHERS
Tonsorial Parlor
A Specialty of Massage and Hair Cutting
159 East Union Street
B. J. PALMER, Manager
WILLIAM HARVEY
Civil and Mining Engineer
COUNTY SURVEYOR
FROSTBURG MARYLAND
J. C. WILSON & SON
FANCY AND ST \PLE GROCERIES
Fruits. Vegetables and Country
l J rod ucc
Fresh Fish and Oysters in Season
Fine Cigars and Tobacco
111) E. Union St. Frostburg, Md.
EDWARD DAVIS & GO.
DEALERS IN
Staple and Fancy Groceries
Country Produce, Queensware, etc.
Union Street
FROSTBURG, MD.
A. SPITZN AS
Fancy and Staple Groceries
it BROADWAY
Just a few steps from Union Street,
but it will pay you to come.
GRIFFITH BROTHERS
dealers in
Groceries, Provisions, Flour
Feed, Etc.
Corner Union and Water Streets
FROSTBURG, MD.
“GOOD THINGS TO EAT”
C. F. BETZ
GROCER
FROSTBURG MARYLAND
THE CORNER GROCERY
Buy SLEEPY EYE FLOUR
And get a Set of Silver Spoons
Special Grocery offer on cash orders of $5.00 or
more. “See us first.”
nORGAN BROS., 72 Broadway
KIGHT BROTHERS
*±s BRORDWAY
GROCERIES PROVISIONS
HAY AND EEED.
MINERS’ SUPPLIES
PHONE 2^4-*7~2
P. F. CARROLL
THE BOWERY GROCER
General Merchandise
Fancy Groceries, Country Produce
Corner Bowery and Loo Streets
FROSTBURG, MD.
W. H. ANGWIN
Staple and Fancy Groceries
10 East Loo Street
FROSTBURG, MD.
Phone 145-F
Telephone Orders Promptly Delivered.
MRS. MARY JOHNS
Restaurant and Ice-Cream Parlor
1 68 E. UNION STREET
Ice-Cream scut, out in all designs
Meals and Lunches at all hours
Parties Pails and Lodges furnished
JOE McGRAW
Soft Drinks and Lunches
Cigars, Tobacco and
Confectionery
155 E. Union St. Frostburg, Md.
Phone 20-1 Room 1
BERNADETTE RAFFERTY
Leading Public Stenographer
Wittig Building
FROSTBURG MARYLAND
W. G. HILLER
The Reliable Tailor
10 W. UNION ST.
Order your Suit for Summer now and
avoid the rush.
GEO. R. GUNTER
Clothing and Furnishings
For Men and Boys
Hotel Gladstone Building
!) W. Union St. Frostburg, Md.
A. CHAS. STEWART
“Home of Good Clothing”
Citizens Bank Building
KYLUS & GROSS
MODERN TAILORS
WILL, FIT YOU
SSJ£ East Union Street
ALL MEN’S CLOTHING
MADE TO ORDER
AND
Guaranteed to Fit or No Sale!
Other work in Tailoring done on same satis
factory conditions. Whether you come early
or late in the season we will try to please you.
GEORGE D. HAMILL, Sr.
Phone 20-1 Wittig Building
W. C. NOEL & CO.
Fire, Health and Accident Insurance
Bonds, Business Brokers
IS E. Union St. Frostburg, Md.
J . S. METZGER & SON
General Fire Insurance
1!) East Union Street
FROSTBURD, MARYLAND
Reliable Fire
Insurance Companies
ItEBBE SENTE D BY
ULYSSES HANNA
General Insurance
Bonding
Fire
Offices—Citizens National Rank and
Opposite Postolliee.
D. A. BENSON, Agent.
HOCKING & HOMING
Fire Insurance Agents
Frostburg, Md.
Before buying Uife Insurance
consult
Arthur T. Johnson
Manager of
The Metropolitan Life Ins. Co.
Room 7 Shea Building
JAS. D. WILLIAMS
THE OLD RELIABLE
Boot and Shoe Maker
East Union Street
Invites a call from all friends--
old and new
FIFTY YEARS IN BUSINESS
HENRY N. SCHNEIDER
Shoe and Hat Emporium
97 East Union Street
M. & W. RODDA
Shoes Rubbers Slippers
REPAIRING NEATLY
DONE
93 Bowery Street
GILBERT STUDIO
79% E. Union St.
Moderate-Price Photos
Post Cards Picture Framing
Picture F'iriisliing
Jeweler
and
Scientific Optician
FROSTBURG, MD.
FROSTBUEGr, MD., SATURDAY, JULY 20, 1912.
OFFICE OF-
State and County Tax Collector
TtT
HENRY J. BOETTNER’S STORE
7it 7 Fast Union Street
FROSTBURG, 7WARYLAND
fiUQfl SPEIK
FRESH AND SMOKED
MEATS
13 IS ROA. ID WAY
HARTIGBROS.
ALL KINDS OF
Fresh and Smoked Meats
ON HAND DAILY
30 Broadway Frostburg, Md.
William Engle James Engle
ENGLE MEAT MARKET
Dealers in
Live and Dressed Meats
Butter and Eggs Poultry in Season
66 E. Union St. 19 W. Union St.
CHAS. G. WATSON
ATTORNEY AT LAW
Pearce Building
Frostburg Maryland
CLAYTON PURNELL
Attorney at Law
Shea Building
FROSTBURG, MARYLAND
J. W. SHEA
THE OLDEST DRUGGIST IN FROSTBURG
Eastman Kodaks Huyler’s Candies
Paints Glass Wall-Paper
WALTER T. LAYMAN
28 W. Union St. Opp. Postoffice
FROSTBURO, MD.
Roofing and Spouting
All kinds of Hand-Made Tinware
Stove Pipe and Elbows
Phone 25-4
Dr. C. Elwood Rrrnacost
Dentist
'mnTf
C. & P. Phone
17 Yz West Union Street
FROSTBURG MARYLAND
1593 ESTRBLISH6D 1912
Dr. I. L. RITTER,
DENTIST,
19 Broadway, fJ7] Frostburg, Md.
Dr. J. C. Pfeiffer
THE DENTIST
7 E. Union St. Frostburg, Md
J. Alex. DAVIS BR QS. Jas - S '
S7vvoKe House
Domestic and Key West Cigars
Egyptian and Turkish Cigarettes
Meerschaum and Briar Pipes
Post Cards Pure-Food Chocolates
Smokers’ Articles a Specialty
20 W. Union St. End of Street Car Line
J. JOHNSON & SON
Contractors and Builders
AGENCY FOR
CAREY ROOFING
WILLISON BROS.
MANUFACTURERS AND DEALERS IN
Rough and Dressed Lumber
Sashes Doors Laths Shingles Slate
Rubber Roofing Wall Plaster Etc.
FROSTBURG, MD.
JAMES SKEADOS
Manufacturer of and dealer in
Confectioner}} and Ice-Creatn
Dealer in
Foreign and Domestic Fruits, Nuts, Etc.
FROSTBURG, MD.
G. DUD HOCKING
Notary Public
OFFICE
Fidelity Savings Bank
Model Lice Spray,
Quart Can, 35 cents.
FOR SALE BY
T. L. POPP,
Dealer in Poultry Supplies,
FROSTBURG, MD.
CAMPBELL’S
FINE MILLINERY
73 East Union Street
A New Line of—
HATS
For Ladies, Misses and
Children at
MRS. P. O’ROURKE’S
AIST INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER.
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ifc Invited home ! How much these words mean to us, young and old ! /p
jjj The sweetest music in the world—this one word, home, doth hold ! jjj
t< How often thro’ the years the thought of home our minds did fill 1 11
* Now our hearts thrill with the knowledge—“they’re thinking of us still!” ijj
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ili To me there is no sweeter spot in all the earth’s domain 11
Than this fair “city on the hill,” where love and kindness reign !
jjj Here we began our wedded life 1 Just yesterday it seems— jjj
[ ifc In a cozy home made for me by the lover of my dreams ! ii
jjj Dear halcyon days—how bright they were ! ’Twas here one summer J
iii morn, il
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. £ While Nature smiled and flowers bloomed, our baby-girl was born ! $
jjj And here, one winter morn, our boys first saw the light of day 1 jjj
ili These memories would bring us back tho’ we were miles away ! 11
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. jjj My husband will meet all the friends he knew those years ago— jjj
Old comrades who were tried and true, whom he was proud to know ! H
<li He’ll take a walk down “Depot Hill” familiar sights to see — ip
; ijj There by the old brown desk he worked in days that used to be. JJJ
ili There’s another chain draws us back. My mem’ry lingers ’round ip
ijj A spot to me most precious ! ’tis a bit of holy ground— jjj
ili Out in peaceful Allegany, where lies beneath the sod 11
ifc All that was mortal of our sons who have gone home to God ! ip
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i!< “Invited to come home !” The words take on a sweeter sound \ 11
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ili Some of us may be miles away—we’ll soon be “homeward bound !” /ji
Jjj Thro’ a mist of happy tears we soon shall see you face to face ! JJJ
ili You yearn to clasp us in your arms—we long for the embrace ! 11
ili Sara Roberta Gettv. i|i
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1882 1912 S
f THIRTY YEARS AGO. j
J The Items Below Were Current During Y
h Week Ending July 29, 1882. A
Congress reported as about exempt
ing bank-checks from the stamp tax,
and the Journal announced that
. “very poor people with very large de
posits in bank will be delighted.”
Water famine feared in Frostburg
i—“unless rain comes soon.” Both
reservoirs reported “nearly dry.”
Bailiff busy “impounding hogs.”
The Cumberland Mail asked—“ Can
a curl over the forehead be called ‘A
. Lock on the Understanding ?’” “Not
infallibly,” responded the Journal;
“but it should surely entwine at least
one foot.”
Lewis Kreiling reported ill.
The county road from Borden Shaft
to Bowery Furnace substantially re
paired.
The Journal urged brick-burning
as an industry upon the people of
Frostburg and vicinity. It cited the
works at Borden Shaft, owned and
operated by James H. Ward and Albert
Holle, and capable of producing S,(XX)
bricks a day. There were still traces,
too, of the old brick-yard owned and
operated bj 7 James Fuller “years ago,”
which furnished the bricks of which
Owen Hitchins’ residence and the
■ English Lutheran Church were built.
The first order given the Ward-Holle
firm came from John Ravenscraft for
his new building on Broadway. John
Mills was superintendent of the Works.
1 By Act of the Legislature of 1882
the weight of a barrel of corn was
■ fixed at 325 pounds.
Isaac Gonser, of this place, bought
an interest in the hardware store of
H. Dean & Co., Meyersdale, Pa.
A bush-meeting at Loartown an
nounced for Sunday, August 6th.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank C. Beall went
to Somerset, Pa., on a visit, and Mr.
. and Mrs. George A. Wingert left for
Boston and other Nevv-England cities.
Roderic Clary, of Cumberland, came
up to see old friends Tuesday.
j Rev. P. L. Harrison, pastor of the
English Lutheran Church, and a vocal
proficient, was training a choir.
Not tiood For Us.
A special dispatch to the Baltimore
American from Cumberland on the
11th inst. would lead the outside world
\ to believe that people of “Mt. Savage,
Frostburg and other towns” had nev
er been anywhere much, especially
anywhere not far from home 1
They “have not been used to seeing
long double-header freight trains, with
their powerful engines, and through
passenger trains of from eight to thir
teen coaches and Pullmans, drawn by
the high-wheeled Pacific-type engines.
“In the places named many people
have remained up until late in the
night during the past 48 hours to see
these (to them) new monster trains go
- through, and others have left calls so
that they might get up early enough
I to see the big engines and trains.”
The stranger would conclude from
all this that the Frostburger, for in
stance, had never been at Corrigans
ville, Kreigbaums, Narrows, nor at
Rawlings, Piedmont, nor even in
Cumberland !
. 1 The people of the eastern portion of
the State think little enough of us
already as “back-woods” denizens,
and very many are not sure that even
Cumberland is “out of the brush.”
Anyway, nobody up here ought to
help them believe what they want to
believe.
The Duty of Art.
Every gay, every bright word, or pic
ture, like every pleasant air of mu
sic, is a piece of pleasure set afloat;
the reader catches it, and If he bo
| healthy, goes on his way rejoicing, and
it is the business of art so to send
him as often as possible.—R. L. Ste
venson.
In the play,“Kathleen Mavourneen,”
J. Semmes DeVecmon enacted the
part of “Assistant Ruffian,” and the
Cumberland News described his make
up as "intensely grotesque.”
Caspar Trapp died at Midlothian
Sunda} 7 , July 23, 1882, aged 75 years.
Mrs. Margaret Skidmore, wife of
Noah Skidmore, jr., of this place, died
Monday, July 24, 1882, aged 38 years.
Dr. and Mrs. J. W. J. Englar, of this
place, lost an infant son—James 8.,
Wednesday, July 26, 1882.
Charles Cowan, formerly of this
place, died in Wheeling, West Va.,
Thursday, July 27, 1882, aged 40 years.
James Taylor, of this place, died
Wednesday, July 26, 1882, in the 48th
year of his age. He was a native of
Varteg Hill, Monmouthshire, South
Wales, but had lived in this country
24 years. He was a member of the
Third Maryland Regiment, and served
the Union cause three years actively
during the war. He was a member of
several fraternal institutions, the M.
E. Church, and for one term of the
Town Council. The Journal termed
him “a frank, outspoken, highly hon
orable gentleman and humble Chris
tian.” The widow—a daughter of
George Jeffries, of this place, and
eight children were bereaved-
For building a school-house in Gra
hamton A. J. Willison was awarded
the contract on his bid of $670.
“Forty Hours Devotion” began in
St. Michael’s Church Sunday, July 23d.
Rev. V. F. Schmitt, pastor, was as
sisted by Rev. Fathers Brennan, of
Westernport, and Manning, of Barton.
Borden Shaft was described as a
town of 350 —the only place of its size
in the State that had no store of any
kind, and only one public building—
the M. E. Church. Besides the Shaft
there was a large grist-mill, owned
and operated by James H. Ward.
There were six thoroughfares in the
place, the one leading to the church
being known as “Quality street.”
Many pretty, bright houses, with neat
yards in the place.
Real Estate Transfers.
Jacob H. Stump and wife to John
Nulter, propertv in Luke, SI,OOO.
Lizzie Shaw and husband—Robert
L. Shaw, to George Stern, lot on Main
street, Lonaconing, known as “The
Maryland Hotel Property,” $lO and
other considerations.
J. W. Scott Cochrane and Helen
Beall Cochrane, his wife, and Catha
rine F. Laing, to Charles G. Watson,
lot in Tusculum Addition to Cumber
land, SI,OOO.
Michael Rooney to Ellen E. Rooney,
lot 47, in G. W. McCulloh’s Addition
; to Frostburg, $5 and other considera
, tions.
i Webster B. Long and wife to Julius
Gravenstein, lots 15 and 16, Long Lots,
5 miles west of Cumberland, SI,OOO.
Webster B. Long and wife to George
H. Bock, lot on south side of National
Pike, $lO and other considerations.
Killed By Lightning.
| Six little girls playing on Washing
' ton Hill, Eckhart, Sunday afternoon,
14th inst., were driven to shelter under
a large tree about 2 o’clock by an ap
proaching shower.
The rain came heavily and with it a
blinding flash of lightning, accompa
nied bj 7 a deafening crash of thunder.
Five of the girls were shocked ; the
sixth*—Miss Fairy Eisentrout, 9 years
old, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John
Eisentrout, of Eckhart, was instantly
killed.
The lightning had struck the tree,
ripped off some of the bark, burned
little Fairy’s hair and otherwise im
paired her comeliness.
The event was a distressing blow to
all interested in the little girl.
WOMAN IN COURT FOR
SPANKING A HUSBAND
Pygmian Head of the House
Knocked Out by His Juno
Wife.
Georgetown, Conn. —-Mrs. Gustave
Frederlckson of this place is under
|SOO bonds to keep the peace and not
maltreat her husband. This sounds
funny, but so are the circumstances.
Mrs. Frederlckson, who is a regu
lar Juno in build, is known as the
female Samson of the place, and she
does not belle her title, weighing 25(1
pounds and with biceps like a knotted
boa constrictor. Her other half is not
Spanks Pygmian Husband.
ft half at all, but a mere decimal
point, being pygmian in size. It has
been her custom to take Freddie
across her knee and apply her hand
or hair brush when hubby was
naughty, or came home with too much
hard cider. When the missus saw fit
to do these same stunts and hubby
expostulated it was the same thing,
varied frequently by an enforced in
carceration in the hencoop for a day
or two. The other evening Mrs. Fred
erickson varied the monotony of the
proceedings by first bouncing a milk
bottle off Freddie’s head and then lay
ing a poker on it with incisional re
sults.
This was the frost that made the
worm turn, for, egged on by his
friends and braced by some medicinal
cider, he sought out the local justice
and lodged complaint. His bigger half
was accordingly haled into court and
put under bonds to keep the peace.
SHOOTS DEER ON THE STREET
Third One This Season Which Lucky
Hunters Have Brought Down
In Duluth.
Duluth, Minn. —The deer season
opened in this city with a 200-pound
buck running wild on Commonwealth
avenue in New Duluth with a crowd of
hunters in close pursuit. Two boys,
Harry Olson and Enlth Collins, were
the lucky hunters, and brought down
the deer.
This is the third deer shot this sea
son within the city limits and the sight
Hunt Deer In a City.
of a deer hunt in the streets of a city
is losing its novelty here. The ani
mals frequently are driven in the direc
tion of the city, and, in fact, into the
streets by dogs and hunters who may
have started the animals several miles
away.
Dancer Breaks His Nose.
Wichita, Kan. Herbert Porter,
salesman for a Wichita drug com
pany, will be very careful what sort
of floors he dances on in the fu
ture. He has put slippery floors on
the taboo list. A broken nose, a badly
bruised face and a sprained wrist are
his arguments against highly polish
ed dancing floors.
Drinks Quart Whisky; Dies.
Pittsburg, Pa. —Drinking a quart of
whisky on a bet, "Con” Lucas won,
but died an hour later. Lucas had
placed the bet with John Brunas. A
few minutes after he finished the
' quart he reeled and fell.
HENRY P. COOK, Manager.
WHOLE NUMBER 2,128
To Anastasia Oh Her Birthday.
Again I sing in joyful lay,
My daughter fair, to thee—
This eighth return of your birthday
Brings increas’d joy to me.
I would not change a word or line
Of any praiseful lay
I’ve sung to you, fair daughter mine,
From birth until this day.
Your “increasing charms” I sang of
when
Occasion called my muse
Are greater now than they were then,
And to fonder praise enthuse.
Gentleness grows with thy years,
And modesty and grace ;
A winsome manner now appears
To crown a comely face.
But past are now your baby days,
(I fain would have them stay ;)
Immutable are Nature’s ways—
Her laws we must obey.
Through life you’ll find it wise to
choose
Your associates and friends
From those who never do abuse
What confidence commends.
To have your friends in friendship
pure
You must considerate always be ;
To hold their respect and favor sure
You must ne’er be angry.
Let patience, truth and modesty
Be your trinity to guide
Your every act, and cheerfully
The praise you’ll win divide.
M. A. Chambers.
St. Andrew, Fla., July 15, 1912.
More Proof That The War Is Over.
Captain Thomas F. McCardell, ex-
Confederate soldier, good printer and
renowned editor, has accepted the in
vitation of M. G. Lowry Post, No. 214,
Grand Army of the Republic, of Mey
ersdale, Pa., to deliver the address at
the Post’s annual picnic at that place
next Thursday, July 25th.
The invitation stated, it is said, that
“the Grand Army of the Republic of
Meyersdale wants to prove that the
animosities of the war are over, and
the ‘blue’ and ‘gray’ can meet togeth
er as friends.”
It goes without saying that the Mey
ersdale Post will get a good speech,
for the Captain is still full of the ardor
if not the sentiment, which animat
ed him during the war.
Ex-Confederate Soldier Dead.
Roberdeau Annan, of Baltimore,
died last Sunday at his home in that
city, aged 69 years.
He was a native of Cumberland;
entered the Confederate army early
during the war; was in the first battle
of Manassas ; severely wounded in the
battle of Kernstown and captured by
the Federals, and later rescued by the
Confederates.
Long as he lived he suffered from
the Kernstown wound—a Minie-rille
shot through the jaw.
Wife, three daughters and two sous
are bereaved.
Daniel Annan, president of the Sec
ond National Bank of Cumberland, is
a brother, and Roberdeau Annan, pres
ident of the First National Bank of
this place, is a nephew.
WOULD TAKE CIGAR INSTEAD.
Rev. Dryasdust—Young man, do you
drink?
Freshly—Not in business hours, old
cbap, but I’ll take a cigar with you.
Real Estate Movements.
The Kreiling property, advertised
by Clayton Purnell, trustee, was sold
at public auction last Monday, for
$1,300 to James A. Skidmore, of this
place.
Reminder.
Don’t forget, boosters, to merge the
town’s three bands in one of 80 stal
wart musicians for the welcome to the
Western Maryland’s first train, on the
Ist day of August—or whenever it
comes !
Proud Of Their Home.
Mrs. C. B. Gatewood, writing from
Portland, Maine, says she is “a wan
derer on the face of the earth ; have
no settled habitation, and so have not
been able to send an address.
“All my usual mail, therefore, has
been missed—none more than the
Mining Journal.”
Mrs. Gatewood sends two post-card
views of Portland scenery—one em
bellished with a descriptive verse by
Longfellow, “whose home and monu
ment,” she writes, “are two principal
objects of popular pride, which is a
good deal to say, as the people here
seem to be proud of about everything
they have —from their climate and
harbor to their 365 islands—one for
each day in the year.”
The Proposed Post-Office Building
An advertisement, elsewhere print
ed, gives an outline of dimensions and
qualities of the proposed post-office
building.
It will occupy 3,100 square feet of
ground —say 50 by 62 feet— a good size
and proportion.
Nothing is stated of the 2-story —1-
story height, 1-story depth, but, with
granite and brick, stone trimmings,
and cornice, roof of tin and gutter of
copper—with all these fire-proof equip
ments, it is to be “?z<?M-fireproof !”