ELIGHT- | Rk > BED AT. HAVE A SED. 1 IR EE SUCH CAN BE U SLEEP H ONE oF ND, LE PRETTY. GHT AND OMPLETE 'OR ANY 0K OUR ) Both Phones. oes rea ————, SF RS ENR i BR i a ¥ % ceries , sell you in- f you are not | to you. K. Zen. I'm | rsdale, Pa, E———— CS NNN mp | our- ors — isses’ yr? € our NS I et tt relal i ts. - VOLUME XXXVI. MEYERSDALE. PA.. THURSDAY. JUNE 19. 1913 A QUARTETTE OF JUNE WEDDINGS A Matrimonial Wave Hits Meyersdale--Many Notable Weddings and Still There Are More to Follow. Monday morning at 8:00 o’clock a and ‘have many friends who join in very pretty double wedding was | wishing them a long and happy life. solemnized in S88. Philip, and James | The groom is employed by the B. Catholic church, when two of Mey-| & O. railroad company and at pres- ' ersdale’s popular young ladies be-|ent is the accommodating night agent came the wives of two brothers. | at the Meyersdal station. The ceremony was performed by the a E brides pastor, Rev. Father J. J. Bra- | Yesterday afternoon at 4:00 o’clock dy, after which Solemn High Nuptial | 0 ¢ t10 most charming and delight- Mass was said with Father Brady as | fully happy and auspicious weddings celebrant; Rev. J. J. Graney of | was solemnized when Adam Perry Leisenring, deacon; Rev. George genhart son of Bishop O. J. Kephart, Quinn of West Salisbury, sub deacon, | go. City, Mo., came and claim- and Rev. William Merz of Connells-| 4 0 ¢ Meyersdale’s young women ville, maser of ceretnonies: Rov. Mr. Kephart is the president of the Father Curtin of Pittsburg was also Sugar Grove Seminary at Sugar in the sanctusfy, : ided at | Grove, Pa. The charming and popu- Miss Mary Altmiller preside tv | 1ar bride is one of the best known the organ and while the bridal Da y and richest products of Meyersdale. entered the church Wagner's Bria Margaret Livengood Dill, daughter Chorus was played and Guring the gy, “and Mro. W. H. Dill of Boson. vetemonys Mis. C. 4. Bolle can€lier street, of the South Side. Mr. +'0 Promise Me. Ab the O =~ N: Kephart graduated in the Meyersdale Rosewig’s ‘“‘Ave Maria Stella was High School in the class of 1907, and sung by Mrs, Bolden and: Miss Ale from the Woman’s College of Fred- miller, with violin and Bute yoo erick, Md,, in the class of 1911. Denimont Ly Mx Mckinney Immediately after she graduated The contracting parties were Miss | from the Woman's college she ac- Mary Catharine Schardt, who be-| cepted the position as teacher in the came the wife of James Joseph Judge. | Sugar Grove Seminary, where he Miss Schardt is the second daughter | WOTk was eminently successful, of Mr. and Mrs. John B, Schardt of | The ceremony of uniting this well the American House, and was becom- | fitted and popular young people in ingly dressed in a dark blue tailored the bonds of holy marriage was sol- suit with hat to match, and carried |emnized by the Rey. Dr. Truxal, American beauty roses. Miss Eliza- | pastor of the bride, and pastor of the beth Schardt acted as her sisters | Amity Reformed church. maid and she was attired in a light| The ceremony was performed jn blue charmeuse draped in pink mar- [the large parlor on the south side of quisette, trimmed in pink rosebuds |the Dill residence in the bay window, blue forget-me-nots and wore a hat | beautifully decorated with ferns as a to match; her flowers were Killinary back ground, bordered with laurel roses. | blossoms forming an artistic arch, Immediately after the ceremony and the contracting parties standing the wedding breakfast was served at between rge vases clustered, with the bride’s home, to which only a few | blushing red peonies. Sn 1 | of the most intimate friends were in-| Miss Ethel Kephart of Kansas City, #4 vited. The bride and groom left on | Mo., sister of the groom, sang most train No. 6 for a trip to the eastern | beautifully ‘‘O Promise Me,” before cities including Scranton, Pa., where the ceremony. The wedding march they will be the guests of the groom’s from Lohengrin was played by Mrs. parents. | George Livengood of Salisbury. The other contracting parties were| The bride was unattended. The Miss Rosalind Margaret Altmiller, beautiful ring ceremony of the Re: third daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John formed church was used. The bride H. Altmiller of Hotel Altmiller, and | appeared without veil and was hand- Thomas J. Judge who were made somely gowned in white chiffon, man and wife. The bride looked | trimmed with Irish lace. W. H. Dill, charming in a coat suit of Nélle Rose father of the bride, gave her away. and a large picture hat to match, and | Immediately after the ceremony, carried American beauty roses. Her | dinner was served. sister, Miss Genevieve, was brides| The young couple left on train N6. maid, and her gown was of Alice 5 on an extensive western trip and blue messeline draped with blue | Will be ‘‘at home’’ at Sugar Grove, meteor crepe with hat to match and | Pa., about July 15th, where Mr. Kep- carried Killinary roses. The brothers | hart continues his educational work acted as groomsmen for each other.| Their many friends wish them a Mrs, J. H. Altmiller, mother of the | long, prosperous and happy life. bride wore a black brocaded char- | The following persons were present meuse, trimmed in jet and lavender to witness the ceremony. chiffon. After the ceremony the wedding | Den Ne aoaved 86 Hotel ale | Miss Ethel Kephart, of Kansas City, friends were present. The festivities | 807 nd vist Jenn 2 Stone. of lasted throughout the day as the hap- | “ono sVille, ra., who ha een : . .. | guests of the bride for several days, py conple aid. ob leave on their trip | Miss Marie Weller, a classmate of the until the 9:13 train that evening. | bride, of Gebharts, Pa,, Mrs. Frank They will take in the same places as | Bar ? f Ke ! Oi or ] al 2 if | Burrow, o ansas City, Mo., Miss the former couple, and on their re- | Mattie Kendal { Homosto: I. Mrs : s | Mattie Kendal, o lomestead, Mrs. turn will go to Mdgnolia, W. Va., | Otte Petre ? : > : ! i 0 Petry, Mrs. L. C. Boyer and J. J where both young men are employed Ene Ifo Mrs. lors ise : = «ss . Engle and wife, Mrs, George Liven- . with the H. 8. Kerbaugh Construction | Zod Miss Lottie Wagner. aid Mis. sompany. | Fred Petry, of Salisbury. TOWN GUESTS. Dr. and Mrs. Bruce Lichty, Mr. and R94 » ¢ OUT OF TOWN GUESTS. Miss Anna Reuton, of Jeanett e,Pa., On Wednesday morning June 18th, | at 8:00 o’clock, Miss Estella E. Crowe | and Charles E. Sanders were mar- | Mrs. W. S, Livengood, Miss Louise ried at a nuptial high mass at SS. | Eisfeller, Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Phil- Philip and James Qatholic church, | son, Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Moore, which was beautifully decorated for | Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Hoblitzell, Mrs. the occasion with cut flowers and | J. T. Shipley, Miss Fannie Shipley, forns. Rev Father Brady performed | Mr. and Mrs. S. B. Philson, Dr. and the ceremony. Mrs. F.B. Thomas, Mrs. A. E. Trux- The bride wore a dark blue tailored | al, Miss Rebekah Truxal Miss Rebe- suit with hat to match and carried |kah Truxal, Mr. and Mrs. S. C. red roses. Miss Bernadette Crowe, | Hartley, Mrs. J. J. Hoblitzell, Mr. sister of the bride, was attired in a 82d Mrs. B. E. Shipley, Mr. and Mrs. white charmeuse and wore a large | George W. Collins, Prof. and Mrs. “picture hat and her bouquet was of | W. H. Kretchman, Mr. and Mrs. D. pink roses. Mr. B. J. Lynch acted |J. Fike, Miss Lucille Lint, Mr. and as best man. | Mrs. F. B. Black, Mrs. Hugh Ross, Miss Marie Crowe, sister of the | Mrs. Kennedy Price, Mr. and Mrs. bride, presided at the organ. | Clarence Rowe, Mr. and Mrs. J. H, After the ceremony a wedding | Black, Mrs. Eugene Hostetler, breakfast was served at the home of | BE. J. Weld, Mr. J. R. Hoblitzell. the bride on Meyers avenue, only the | immediate friends of the family, at- | tending. | The honeymoon trip will include | Washington, D. C., where they will » Mrs. The Meyersdale base ball team | crossed bats with the county seat visit a sister of the groom; from there | boys on Tuesday afternoon and won they go to Philadelphia and Harris- | the game by the score of 8-4. ) burg. On their return they will be | year they had an exciting game in at home with the bride’s parents, Mr. | more ways than one. This year the and C. E. Crowe. | game passed off without his honor,the Hoth young people are yery popular | justice acting as umpire, i THE GRIM == === REAPER On Sunday afternoon at one o’clock one of life’s weary pilgrims laid down the heavy burden, after tabernacling here on earth for nearly four-score years, and entered the promised land, foot sore and weary, to enjoy the felicity and blessedness promised to those who are faithful to the end of life’s journey. ~- Mary A. Ravenscraft after endur- ing sickness and suffering for a period of about three years, died on Sunday, aged abouts 78 years. She was the widow of John Raven- scraft who died twenty years ago last April. *Mrs. Ravenscrafts maiden name was Deal, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Deal. The family had lived at Frosthurg, Md., but about twenty-five years ago moved in the vicinity of Sand Patch, where Mr. Ravenscraf owned over 500 acres of timber land, and where he engaged extensively in Jumbering and operated a saw mill. Mrs. Ravenscraft is survived by two sisters and two brothers viz: Mrs. Elias Lee of Vim, -and Miss Nancy Deal, who is making her home with the family of Geo.Eichnor, near Vim; Jeremiah Deal of Greenville town- ship and Ambrose Deal of Elk Lick township. She is also survived by eight, children as follows: —Lloyd of Sand Patch, John of Lonaconing, Md., Theodore and Howard of Sand Patch; Mrs. Sarah A. Lindeman, wife of John Lindeman, and Mrs. Elizabeth Caroline Livengood, wife of M J. Livengood of Meyersdale; Mrs. Alice Ravenscraft, wife of J. R. Raven- scraft of Sand Patch, at the east end of the tunnel, and Mrs. Ella Kerrigan, wife of M. J. Kerrigan of Connells- ville. Twenty-five grand children also survive her. She was a member of the Lutheran church of Frostburg. The funeral services were held yesterday after- noon at 2:00 o’clock. Interment was ~made in the Johmson’ cemetery. on the national pike, four miles east of Frostburg. The pastor of the Luthe- ran church of Frostburg officiated at the funeral. ANNA MARY WASMUTH. ; On Saturday evening, June 14, Mrs. Anna Mary Waimuth, widow of the late John Wasmuth, of Meyersdale, died at the home of Benjamin Housel, of Glade City, her son-in-law, aged 76 years, one month and 21 days. = Mrs. Wasmuth’s maiden name was Graber. When she was nine years old her father, George Gruber,of Wittemburg Germany, emigratad with his family to this country and located in the city of Cumberland in 1846. Besides this daughter two sons belonged to the family, John,located in Iowa, whither | his father also went after the death of | his wife in Cumberland, Jacob went | farther west and made his home in Los Angeles, Cal. Father and sons are dead. In 1854 John Wasmuth,a young man came to Cumberland from Kur Hesen, | Germany, he was a tailor by trade. About two years later he married Anna Mary Gruber.- They lived dur- ing their married life in Cumberland, | Frostburg, Pine Hill, Hay’s Mill and | Meyersdale, where Mr. Wasmuth died |in 1893. Ten children were born to | them, but the majority of them died | before reaching manhood and woman- | hood. In the seventies of the last century, when diptheria raged freely in Meyersdale and community, four | of their children died in .one season, {and a year and a half later two others were carried off by the same disease. John, who with his family resided at Turtle Creek, died a few years ago. Of the children only three remain, Mrs. Benjamin Housel, the oldest, Jacob Wasmuth of our town and Han- nah living in another section of the country. Mrs- Wasmuth leaves also |15 grandchildren and 20 great-grand- children; four grandchildren and two great-grandchildren having died. Mrs. Wasmuth was an excellent woman, a faithful member of Amity | Reformed church. Funeral services | were conducted on Monday afternoon by her pastor and her earthly remains laid to restinthe Reformed cemetery. | Members of the Men’s Bible class, of | which har son Jacob is a member,act- | ed as pallbearers. | NEW THEATRE OPENING. {| The management of the Bijou The- M. C. LOWRY POST RE- TURNS THANKS. MEYERSDALE, PA., June 12, 1913. The following expression was made by M. C. Lowry Post No. 214, Dept of Pennsylvania, at its first meeting after Memorial Day. - We deplore the fact that there is no organization of Daughters of Vet- erans, Sons of Veterans, Ladies of the G. A. R., Womans Relief Corps or other auxiliary to this Post. Bat we view with pleasure the in- creasing interest of the general pub- lic in the G. A. R. service of Memo- rial Day. We decorate 192 graves in twenty-two cemeteries this year. Ten ministers of the Gospel took active part in the services in these cemeteries; Sunday school children turned out as never before and the citizens generally aided in making this the most memorable Memorial Day in the history of this Post. It would be asking too much of the newspapers to give space for a de- tailed report, but we ask their in- dulgence for space to thank all who gave assistance. We mention Reys. Yount, Wagner, Berkey, Schaffner, Johnson, Hassler, Carney, Brady, Neeld and Monn and thank them for their inspiringZand NUMBER 1693 W. M R. R. IGNORES — LOCAL PASSENGER TRAFFIC A Local Freight Train, With Passenger Coach Attached, for Local Travel—Nine- Connellsville and Cumberland. Much has been said of the through service on the Western Maryland and Lake Erie railroad between Baltimore and Chicago. The new schedule was inaugurated on Sunday. A great im- provement has been made on through servicef but unfortunately the local service of the road has been greatly crippled and indeed almost ruined. The conditions seem to be such that here. is a splendid field for a heavy passenger traffic,but the railroad enm- pany appears to be unmindful of the needs of the people and at the same time turns down very many dollars that the public is willing to throw into the coffers of the W. M. Railroad. There is practically nothing here along the line to take care of the local trav- eling public. The W. M, Railroad is comforting addressed. We thank the children for their presence and their flowers. We thank the newspapers for notices given. We thank the Salisbury orchestra and the Boynton band for their help at Salisbury and at St. Paul, (Wil helm.) We thank the Berkley band for music at Fritz’s. We thank the Northampton band for music at Mt. Lebanon, and the Meyersdale band at home. We thank any and all wio aided in making this day more nearly what it shauld be. We will be excused however for special mention of L. R. Collins who gave boxes of ca nations and cut roses beautiful and fragrant, and of Mr. W. W. Kunkle, who with his four-ii -hand Tally-ho took a large de- tail 66 the Union cemetery to deco- rate when it was impossible for the an almost ideally constructed road, running through a prosperous commu- nity, thickly populated and ready to patronize the new enterprise, but a community whose needs are almost entirely ignored. Tne famous daylight train No 2, going east, leaves Pittsburgh at 9:00 a. m. Connellsville 10:35 a.m Meyers- dale 12:10 p- m. Cumberland 1:12 and Baltimore 7:00 p. m. and no other stops. Another train, No. 8, leaves Pittsburgh 9:50 p. m. Connellsville 11: 30 p. m Meyersdale 1:20 a.m. Cumber- laud 2:23 a.m. and Baltimore 8:10 a.m. Now here comes the local service east bound, for places like Garrett, Rockwood and other points west, and Deal, Mt. Savage and other eastern points. This is train No. 122, a local freight carrying a passenger coach, leaving Connellsville at 6:57 a: m. due antos'to go on aeeount of the rain and who when asked for his bill said, ‘There is no charge; this may be the last time I can have the opportunity and pleasure of this kind; there is no charge.” Space forbids and words fail to express our thanks. Please accept what we offer. : J. H LEPLEY, Adjt. H. C. McKINLEY, ; Commander. HOME TALENT PLAY. “The talk ol the town’’, a’ home talent play, in two parts will te given on Thursday nignt, June 26th, for the benefit of the Citizens Band. Part I ‘“An Hour at the Junction’’ a roaring one act company. Part II ‘Over the Garden Wall, which will consist of pretty choruses from the latest musical comedies. Miss Telleta Roberts, of St Louis; is instructing the talent. FLAG DAY. Flag day last Saturday was not gen- erally observed, but then the nation Just finished observing Memorial Day and is now looking forward to the | glorious fourth to celebrate that event, so that with the many special days, one is apt to forget once in a while, yet the flag holds a place in the hearts of the people that is stronger than any statute written by our law makers. The country loves the stars and stripes forever, even though it forgets that Betsy Ross is credited with put- ting into shape the stars and stripe which Congress adopted June 14,1777 BALL GAME SATURDAY. Our team will tackle the strong team from Midland, Md., on Saturday in Slicer’s park. This promises to be a sharp and excellent game. The Mid- land team is counted the strongest team along George’s Creek and our boys are getting in better shape right along. Of course all the home fans count on our team to win, but win or lose there is going to be a game worth seeing; and after 7:000 o’clock we can find out whether or not the Pittsburgh Pirates have started to win the National League pennant, but | first let the public attend this game. | By so doing the boys wili be much encouraged. S. S. CONVENTION. The Sunday School Convention of | atre promises to open the new picture | Lass | show on Saturday evening when he | Classis will meet at Stoyestown ti} place filled | | will be pleased to see the | and the people delighted. Every of- | | fort has been made to make the Bijou | | deserving of public support. ! the Reformed Church of Somerset at Meyersdale 12:10 p, m. requiring nearly six hours to come from Con- nellsville to Meyersdale and due at Hour Schedule Between Cumberland 3:20 p. m., requiring over three hours from Meyersdale to Cum- berland. This appears a good train on which to kill time but for a busy man it may not be so desirable. West bound trains are about the same for non-patronage and inconven- | ience as east bound trains are, only | the famous all through train is praec- tically an all night train as follows: No. 7, Baltimore 9:00 Pp. m. Camber- land 3:00 a. m. Meyersdale 4:08 a. m. | Connellsville 5:55 Pittsburgh 7:35. A | splendid train on which not to see the | beautiful scenery. Another train, No. 3 leavesZBalti- more at 9:00 a. m., Cumberland 3:20 p. m., Meyersdale, 4:19 p. m., Con- nellsville, 5:50 p. m., and Pittsburg 7:30 p. m. There are no intermediate stops for these two trains. For the accommodation of the®local traveling public going west this is the schedule: Local freight and passenger coach No. 123 leaves Cumberland at 7:00 a. m., Meyersdale, 9:57 a. m., nearly three hours; Connellsville, |8:33 p. m. In summer this makes a {daylight trip from Cumberland to Connellsville. : The railroad from they very fact that it is granted by law the right of eminent domain, is meant to be for the public convenience and public good. The through train service is a creditable ‘work and worthy of all commendation but the local service is in line with the movement of the little reptile, the crab, backwards, and yet forward is the tendency of all business, bigger business is the effort of all capital. Let the W. M. railroad move forward and she will do a bigger busineSs?betweon Cum- berland and Connellsville. FIRST BANQUET. The Dorcas Class held their first Room of the Lutheran church cn banquet which was partly prepared and altogether served by the men of the Brotherhood was pronounced by the women as first-class and thorough- ly palatable, which all goes to show that men can cook if they have to as well as women. Seventy-five persons were served. Mrs. E. E. Conrad acted as toast- mistress. Mr. H. J. Ebbecka, the new teacher of the class, made the invocation. Greeg and Eunice Dar- row sang in their usual pleasing man- ner. Rev. J. A. Yount presided at the organ in the absence of Miss Ethel Collins, who was detained by sickness in ‘her home. Mrs. Dalton Cook, president of the class, made a short address in which she told of some of the notable ac- complishments of the class. The Misses Donecker rendered beautifully two duets. Mrs. J. A. Yount gave a reading entitled “The Birds Christmas Carol” by Kate Douglas Wiggin. This humorous selection was very dramatically pre- sented and created much laughter. After a few closing words by Mrs. ing ‘‘God Be With You Till We Meet Again.” Everybody enjoyed the evening and all were more than con- vinced that the banquet ought to be repeated every year without fail. Sat EN JOHNSTOWNERS TO RESIDE HERE. Mr. 8. J. McClune, who recently came here from Johnstown, to ac- cept the position as superintendent of the Savage Fire Brick works at Keystone Junction, was joined by his wife and daughter last Friday, who are at present stopping at the Colonial Hotel. Their household goods have arrived and in a few days they will be at home in the John N. Cover house on the South Side, which have leased. LORD’S SUPPER. t hey is evening, and will hold three sessions tomorrow. The full program of the Convention appeared in The Commer- cial last week. Sunday, | evening. June 22nd, New members | be held Friday evening at 7:30 0’¢ | Other services as usual. annual banquet in the Brotherhood | Thursday evening, June 12th. The | Conrad the exercises closed by sing- | The Lord’s Supper will be adminis- | tered in the Lutheran church next | of the lodge were decorated. morning and | services will be re-|Grand Wm. | ceived. The Preparatory Service will | Austin D. lock, SURPRISED ON NINTH ANNIVERSARY. | Rev. Father Brady, pastor of SS. | Philip and James Catholic church, on Tuesday, June 17th, celebrated ‘the ninth anniversary of his ordina- | tion to the priesthéod and inJhonor |of the occasion he was tendered a {surprise by a number of his¥parish- | loners calling at the parsonage con | High street, Tuesday evening, When | the guests arrivediFather Brady was | absent but he soon returned and | found that his friends had taken pos- | session of his home. He gave them | all a hearty welcome and a few hours | were pleasantly spent in social con- | versation and music. At 10:30 o’clock | the guests were invited to the dining {room where an elaborate lunch was (served which had been prepared by | the ladies. The gentlemen made up a purse containing a neat sum of | money which was presented to Fath« | er Brady by Burgess J. F. Reich. ‘TRUSTEE OF COLLEGE. Attorney F. W. Biesecker was re- cently notified that he had beenjelect- ed one of the trustees of Franklin & | Marshall College, at Lancaster, Pa. | He was graduated from the institution in 1880. Geo. F. Baer, president of | the Philadelphia & Reading Railway Company, a ‘native of Somerset, is president of the board of trustees of F. & M. Mr. Biesecker’s selection came as a great surprise to him. On Saturday Charles Barchfield, a student at the college arrived home for the summer vacation and told the well-known bar- rister that he had heard that he was to bea trustee. Mr. Biesecker thought it was a mere rumor, but his official notification on Monday in a letter | from the secretary of the institution confirmed the earlier report. I. O. O. F. SERVICES AT | SOMERSET. The obseryance of I. O. 0. F. Me- morial Day on Sunday afternoon wes featured by an address on ‘‘Individual Responsibility,’”’ by the Rev. Dr. | B. Hetrick, of South Fork. The graves of the deceased members = Co The were in charge of Noble Coleman and Chaplain Shaffer. four oldest Odd Fellows in the ity participated in the odservance, m1, 10