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MINING^pyOURNAL
,T. BEN SOX' ODE It, Editor.
FROSTBURG, MD. - - JULY 20, 1912
THE LONG AND SHORT OF IT.
There was a meeting Monday even
ing of Mayor, Council, Directors and
Sovereigns, long-drawn-out and ani
mated, but no conclusion reached.
In the interest of future hospital
patients— the only private interest that
should be considered , the Miners Hos
pital should be located where there
are least noise and dust, most air and
sunshine, and, if possible, overlooking
the most impressive of Frostburg’s
environing landscapes !
Enthusiastic Reception.
Wednesday evening at 6 o’clock
quite a large party got off an electric
car ; moved out Water street to Orman;
thence to Broadway and Steyer, stop
ping at the parsonage of Grace M. E.
Church, South.
The Journal followed and gathered
these names—Mr. and Mrs. Lucas, of
Lanesville, W. Va.; Misses Dawson,
Reese, Kuykendall, Hamill and Hoff
man, and Messrs. A. A. Fleek, Jesse
Taylor, E. S. Sites, Wallace Anderson
and Ernest Dawson, of Reese’s Mills,
West Va.
At the parsonage the visitors were
received by a large party of young
people, who were evidently “expect
ing company.” Anyway, under a
heavy rain of rice the visitors were
ushered into the parsonage, and later
piloted to the dining-room, where a
sumptuous supper was served.
A joyous reception followed, visitors
vieing with hosts in exchanging the
endearments of an actual, happy
wedding occasion.
Because all fully understood that
Miss Louise Trask, of Reese’s Mills,
West Va., had on that (Wednesday)
morning become the wife of Rev. F.
E. Allison, pastor of Grace M. E.
Church, South, this place, in Cente
nary M. E. Church, South, Reese’s
Mills, Rev. Mr. Oliver, of Springfield,
West Va., conducting the ceremony
before a large concourse of relatives
and friends, a fraction of whom, as
indicated, came on with the happy
pair to see them inaugurated into the
ancient, honorable and Christian office
of house-keeping.
The groom, a gentleman of com
manding physique and pleasing pres
ence, and the bride, petite and pretty,
both appear to have done well.
Installation Hospitality.
Officers, recently elected, of Wash
ington Camp, No. 41, Patriotic Order
Sons of America, of this place—names
published last week, were installed
Monday evening by District Deputy
M. L- Crabtree, and J. W. Miller, of
Washington Camp, No. 62, of Cumber
land.
After the ceremony guests and hosts
indulged refreshments and patriotic
fraternity, each alike enjoyed by all.
Indeed, it was one of the “best even
ings” in the town history of the Order.
Those who delivered addresses were
Messrs. J. W. Wolf, J. R. Portmess,
Charles H. Sturtz, M. L. Crabtree,
Harry S. Beall and B. Frank Walters,
of the Cumberland Camp, and Thomas
H. Morgan, Richard F. Chaney, J. A.
Whitfield, E. E. Kerns, M. M. Ward,
Henry F. Cook and Thomas G. Jeff
ries, of the Frostburg Camp.
The local Camp, with a hustling
membership, is prospering. At a re
cent meeting 13 applicants for initia
tion were reported.
Keep At It.
“The war against the fly has had
great effect in Frostburg.”
So ran a comment of a citizen the
other day.
Others have observed the same
improvement.
It is a good fight.
Keep it up.
Married.
At the parsonage of St, Paul’s Lu
theran Church Sunday, July 14, 1912,
by Rev. F. H. Crissman, Miss Ruth
Arnold to Mr. John Graham, both of
Woodland, where they will make their
future home.
Licenses To Wed.
James H. Bennett, of Mt. Savage,
and Ruth Helen Deitz, of Everett, Pa.
Austiu J. Thompson, of Barton, and
Anna S. Shuck, of Reynolds.
Edward E. Tillasel, of Westernport,
and Florence C. Raines, of Luke.
Earl B. Purbaugh and Teresa-Eliza
beth Collens, both of Mt. Savage.
Charles Mich;el and Clara Hoover,
both of Frostburg.
Oscar Donald Metz and Bertha
Irene Lintz, both of Lonaconing.
Get Ready.
Under the auspices of the Mining
Journal a history of Frostburg, con
taining views and sketches of points
of local concern and biographies of
its prominent people, together with a
great deal of other interesting matter,
is being compiled and printed as a
souvenir for the Home-Coming Cele
bration.
Among other things contained will
be a list of the names of all the per
sons invited to the Celebration which
have been published in the Journal.
In order to have the complete list
ready for printing soon as possible,
the last instalment of names which
can be put in the book will be printed
in the next issue of the Journal-
July 27th.
All persons, therefore, who know of
any former residents of Frostburg
who, overlooked, have not been invit
ed, will kindly leave the names in the
Journal office not later than Wednes
day noon, July 24th ; otherwise, they
cannot be published in the book.
The book, as at present contemplat
ed, will be the best of its kind ever
attempted in this section, and will be
worthy as a souvenir to be kept for
future generations.
It is also desired that all persons
who have engaged space in the histo
ry will have their matter ready for the
solicitor when he comes for it, as he is
now on the road.
All matter must be in hand, ready
for the type-setter, Thursday, August
Ist.
Journalistic.
Harry E. Reichenbach, a native of
Frostburg, is the hero of an unsuc
cessful attempt to publish a comedy
and-tragedy newspaper, Cumberland
cult, in Uruguay, South America.
He estimated his circulation state
ments and lines in red ink seemed to
out-run the census and underdo the
cannibal’s respect for all blood colors.
He got away, however; reached
New York, where he will remain until
it is safe to go back and attempt to
collect over-due subscriptions.
Their Narrow
Escapes
“It was like this,” explained the man
after the others had told him that he
was looking pale. “I was to meet my
wife’s cousin downtown to buy a pres
ent for my wife, and, of course, she
was late. I got tired standing in the
store entrance, where we were to find
each other, so I started down the
street to meet her. In the crowd I saw
her coming and she was at her old
tricks —carrying her handbag tucked
carelessly under one arm, ready to
tumble out or he grabbed.
“Keeping my eye on the bag, I re
solved to give Emma the jolt of her
life and scare her into a fit of com
mon sense. Just as I got in front of
her I reached out and took the hand
bag. Then I looked at her triumphant
ly, condescendingly, accusingly. At
least, I started out with the intention
of crushing her with that sort of a
gaze, but I never completed it, because
—well, you see, it wasn’t Emma!
“It was, however, a perfectly good
imitation of her and she was both
scared to death, hopping mad and
ready for hysterics. There was one
awful second when she opened her
lips to scream and at that instant the
crossing policeman looked ten feet
high to me and fierce in proportion.
In the last panic of desperation I
grabbed her arm so hard that it hurt
her so she couldn’t yell and pleaded
for my life. I gasped out that it was
a mistake and she indignantly as
sured me it certainly was, the biggest
mistake of my life, but that that was
what they all said when they got
caught.
“I assured her that I thought she
was my Cousin Emma and she looked
at me scornfully. She was beginning
to get back her breath and her cour
age. She said no doubt Cousin Emma
was a most estimable person, but she
didn’t thank me for taking her for the
cousin of a pickpocket and opened her
mouth again to scream. I think I
shook her then —at any rate, her
scream was lost. I never before talk
ed so fast in my life or so much. It
was like having three seconds before
the drop was sprung to say all I
wanted to say. I told her all about my
great-grandfather who was in the Rev
olutionary war and the new house I
was building and how respectable the
club were to which I belonged and
how I had credit at all the stores.
“Either I led her to think I was in
sane and dangerous pr else my piteous
gaze roused a spark of humanity in
her, because by the time the crowd
had drawn the policeman to us she
quite snapped at him and told him
nothing was the trouble and to go
back to waving his hand at automo
biles and let her manage her own af
fairs. Anyhow, she let me slink
away without raising any row. I’m
still shaking!”
“I expect she didn’t mind so much,
because she’d spent all her money for
Christmas, and there wasn’t anything
in the pocket book,” said one of the
other men. “I’m not precisely breath
less over your very narrow escape,
because I had one that -was so
much worse a short time ago. Say,
couldn’t a blind man with his head
in a sack tell from one brief glance
at me that I am a respectable, strait
laced family man? Could any one ever
mistake me for a gay and roistering
blade, or does any one exist who would
dream of accusing me of flirting?
“Well, the other night I was taking
my wife and Jones’ wife downtown to
dinner. Jones was to join us at the
cafe. I stopped to buy a paper and the
women walked on ahead. It was ter
ribly crowded on the streets that time
of the evening, and my wife is so used
to being looked after that I was
afraid she would walk under an auto
■ mobile or sit down and rest on the
car tracks or something, so I tore after
them. I caught up just as my wife
stepped off the sidewalk to the cross
ing. Slipping my hand under her el
bow, I leaned over close and said dis
tinctly—oh, most distinctly—‘Be care
ful, dearie, about crossing the
street!’ ”
“Wasn’t it your wife?”
“Of course not!” shouted the man
who was telling the story. "It's never
your wife in a situation like that!
"Say, the things that woman said
to me then and there! The memory of
them wakes me up in the night and
they make frescoes all over any wall
I look at! What did I do? What can
a man do when a woman possessing
a fine and fluent command of English
and plenty of time starts in to relate
her opinion of him to his face? I
gasped like a goldfish on land and
turned pea green anfi maybe I got
down on my knees to her and prayed
—l’m not sure.
“My wife and Mrs. Jones were a
block ahead and I was glad they were,
because my wife is—er —excitable. I
didn’t want to have to explain to her,
too.
"Nothing on this earth would have
saved me from being handed over to
the policeman by that woman if a
passing truck horse hadn’t chewed her
hat under the impression that the
green leaves on it were real. In the
excitement I took to my heels. I ran
as though I had robbed the bank and
had five minutes too few to catch the
train.
“Then my wife made me take a bit
ter tonic three times a day for a week
because I had no appetite for dinner
that night!”
Fans In Manholes.
During the warm summer weather
in Muskogee, Okla., electric fans were
operated in the hot manholes of the
telephone and telegraph company
while employes were busy splicing ca
ble and making other repairs.
Sew Coffee Bags.
An electric machine has been made
to sew up the mouths of coffee bags.
As fast as the bags are filled the
electric stitcher sews up the end and
fastens the thread with a knot.
8.-B.
A Secret Out
Col. Thomas G. Dillon There is too
little ginger in base-ball this year to
make the game interesting.
Journal— How did the amount of
ginger below the adequate for strenu
ous sportive competition become elim
inated from the National game of
Midland ?
Col. Thomas G. Dillon —Too much
management of the manager by those
who need a manager who will not
consent to be managed.
Coming Events
The next scheduled game at the
Frostburg Base-Ball Park will be
played this (Saturday) afternoon, be
ginning at 3 o’clock.
Midland will come up, each man
with theoretical “blood in his eye,”
but ’Squire Jeffries, of the Supreme
Court of Base-Ball, has anticipated
the result by rendering a decision, in
effect, that “the goose-egg will be
dumped so that Midland can carry it
home.”
In order to see which is correct— [
the Midland optimist, or the genial j
’Squire, better go and umpire the |
game for yourself.
Real Estate Transfers.
Webster B. Long and wife to R. T.
Swadley and wife, lot on National
Pike 5 miles west of Cumberland, $lO
and other considerations.
James E. Williams and wife to John
Harvey, lot on Grant street, Frostburg,
$lO and other considerations.
James Corfield to George L. Meyers,
lots on south side of Main street, Lo
naconing, $350.
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WORLD IB
ORGAN BLOWER IS NOISELESS
One of Interesting Applications of
Electric Motors Is Fan for Use
in Church and House.
One of the interesting applications
of electric motors is the use of this
po, er for church, concert and house
organ blowing. It has long been recog
nized by organists and builders that
for organ blowing a centrifugal fan is
far superior to feeders operated by
any other method, because of the ab
solutely steady pressure developed,
which greatly enhances the quality
and purity of tone of old and modern
organs.
Until recent years th ’• —e of ma
chine could not be used ise of the
An Improved Organ Blower.
excessive noise of the ordinary trade j
fan blower, which formerly was the
only machine of this character on t.ie
market.
The Kinetic blower has been de
signed expressly for organ blowing,
and has effectually overcome this dif
ficulty, says the Popular Electricity.
The machine consists of several fans
mounted on one shaft, by the rotation
of which the required air pressure is
generated, each fan adding the pres
sure developed by itself to that of the
preceding fan. These fans are en
closed in a case and the whole mount
ed on the I-beam base and direct con
nected or belted to an electric motor;
motors in all cases being unenclosed.
It can be run equally well by either
direct or alternating current motors.
No care is required by either blower
or motor other than filling the oil cups
every few weeks.
Rally Day.
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church will
hold a “Rally-Day” service Sunday
morning and evening, July 28th, when
all the members, congregation and
friends are expected to answer “pres
ent.” Those in charge say—“don’t
forget the date, and don’t let anyone
or anything keep you away. Don’t
neglect to ask someone to come with
you. Don’tsay—‘it is too hot!’ Come,
smile, and say—‘it is good to be here !’ ”
Removal.
William Brown sold his home on
Mt. Pleasant street and removed to a
point somewhere below Cumberland.
This Is Important.
Persons wishing to entertain Visi
tors during Home-Coming Week
should let the Public Comfort and
Safety Committee know immediately
the number of guests they will be able
to accommodate; also the prices. See
or ’phone at once W. H. DeNEEN,
Secretary.
Fire.
Considerable excitement was occa
sioned on Bowery' street about 3j4
o’clock yesterday (Frida}') morning
by an alarm occasioned by a fire in a
double-block house occupied by
Charles Hansel and Charles Smith,
and owned by Mrs. Elizabeth Rowe,
of Fairmont, W. Va. The department
from Bowery hose-house quickly re
sponded and soon had the fire under
control. The interior of the house
was badly damaged on the side occu-.
pied by Mr. Hansel, where it originated.
BUSINESS.
"Perpetual devotion to what a
man calls his business,” says Ste
venson, “is only to be sustained by
perpetual neglect of many other
things, and it is not by any means
certain that a man’s business is the
most important thing he has to do.’’
The man who makes business a I
continual excuse for not being pub
lic spirited, neighborly and godly
is merely a shirker.
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The Sick.
Frank Durst is suffering from an
attack of quinsy.
John W. DeVore, of Bowery street,
is ill with typhoid fever at the home
of his father—John DeVore, sr., Cen
tre street.
William Angwin, East Loo street
grocer, on the way to visit his sister —
Mrs. Charles A. Saurbaugh, Graham
ton, last Sunday afternoon, was sud
denly prostrated by a severe attack of
indigestion. A physician was hurried
ly summoned, and Mr. Angwin was
sufficiently relieved to be removed to
his home during the evening, where
he has been confined the greater part
| of the week.
Religious.
The St. Louis (Mo.) Globe-Democrat
\ of last Tuesday says “Rev. Dr. J. N.
Beall, pastor of the First Presbyterian
Church, Frostburg, Md., for nearly
ten years pastor of the McCausland
Avenue Presbyterian Church of St.
Louis, occupied the pulpit of Rock
Hill Church Sunday, and also will
preach in that Church next Sunday.
He is passing his vacation in St. Louis
visiting friends.”
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Public-School Movements.
At a meeting' Monday of the School
Commissioners, Thomas H. Morgan,
of this place, presiding in the absence
of J. W. Thomas, president, Prof.
George M. Perdew, of Cumberland,
was elected Assistant Superintendent,
and his promotion is well received.
Mr. Perdew began his school career
in Frostburg many years ago. With
out much opportunity to rise, he has
been an effective, successful, pro
gressive teacher, and none is probably
better acquainted with school needs
in the county.
Mt. Savage people, represented by
a delegation, asked for SSOO for im
provements. In addition to S2OO do
nated by Andrew Ramsay for erection
of two drinking fountains the people
willadds2so. Therequest wasgranted.
Thursdaj T the Commissioners began
a tour of the county for inspection of
school property.
Busiuess Movements.
G. W. McElfish, photographer, will
go to Philadelphia, Pa., next week to
, attend the National Convention of
Photographers.
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JUST RECEIVED
All kinds and varieties of materials for
Curtains and Draperies
A BIG LOT OF
SUMMER DRESS GOODS
Trimmings, Etc.
FANGY GOODS
Stamped Goods a specialty. Just now everything new in
“Punch Work” designs. We carry all the materials
for this work, including the needles
THE H. B. SHAFFER COMPANY
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