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VOL. XXXVI.
MEYERSDALE,
PA., THURSDAY. MARCH 25. 1915.
B.&0. STATION
IS ROBBED
Burglars, several of them, blew up
with nitro-glycerine the safe at the
B. & O. station on last Thursday night
and obtained $23.10, as reported by
the Agent, Mr. J. M. Schlicht. The
office is closed each night at 9:15 and
re-opened the following morning zt
4:30 and i twas in this interim that
the work was pulled off. From a report
heard by some of the residents in that
locality ,the culmination of the job
must have occurred about threz 0” |
clock, those who heard the report
supposing the noise was due to the
explosion of a track torpedo.
The safe-crackers first broke into
the tool house from which they secur- |
ed picks, axes, steel bars, wrenches,
chisels and hammers. They then chop-
ped out a window in the’ waiting
room of the passenger depot and
knogked off two locks on the door to
to the ticket office.
_ The knob of the safe was pounded
off and nitro-glycerine poured into the
cracks. The safe, which is about four
feet square was badly wrecked. :
A bunch of mileage books was left
untouched because the robbers real-
ized that to them they'd be worthless |
because of not having the stamp of
the agent upon them, and besides,
if used with some other stamp, the
books could be located.
Railroad detectives went to work
on the case the same morning that
the burglary was committed.
YOUNG MAN’S ARM
‘ GROUND OFF.
Eugene A. Zinn, aged 25 years, a |
son of Geo. Zinn, .of this place, a!
brakeman on the B. & O. railroad,
suffered the loss of his right arm
while in the performance of his work
at Sand Patch last Friday. Mr. Zinn
was in the act of applying a stick to
the brake wheel when he slipped,
falling. to the track where the wheels
passed over the arm and so crushed
_ it that amputation of that member
just above the elbow which was per-
formed at the Aljegany hospital, in
Cumberland was necessary.
RESOLUTIONS ON DEATH :
OF MISS NELLE DOM.
The following Resolutions were a-
dopted by the Sunday School Teach-
ers of Zion Evangelical Lutheran,
of Meyersdale, Pa.
Whereas it has pleased Almighty
God, our Heavenly Father, to remove
one of our faithful co-workers, com-
panion and teacher in the Sunday
School of Zion’s Lutheran Church
and whose estimable qualities won
the hearts of her pupils,
Resolved, That in the death of Miss
Dom our school has lost a competent
and faithful teacher and that we will
ever cherish her memory and the
pleasant associations which we en-
joyed.
Resolved, That we deeply sympa-
thize with the bereaved family and
that they may have that comfort
which passeth all understanding,
Resolved, That a copy of these res-
olutions be sent to the bereaved fam-
ily and that a copy be sent to the pa-
pers of our town for publication. .
Signed—The Teachers of the Pri-
mary Dept. of Lutheran Church.
COUNTY-SEAT PRINTER
AMONG THE MISSING
William J. Baer, a well-known prin-
ter in Somerset, has been missing
since last Thursday. He was employ-
ed on The Somerset Standard. He is
a nephew of the late Geo. F. Baer,
Pres. of fhe Reading railroad and of
the late Judge Wm. J. Baer, of
Somerset. The last seen of Baer he
was walking in the direction of the
railroad yards in Somerset on Thurs-
day morning A thorough search has
been made of Somerset and vicinity
but no tace of him could be found.
Among the recent deaths in this
county were: Bessie Pearl Launadue,
the 17 year-old daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Banks Lanadue, died Saturday at
the home in Windber of pneumonia.
The funeral was held Tuesday morn-
ing; Mrs. Victoria Legal, aged 71 yrs.
died at the residence of her son, Mr.
Cook, in Windber. Mass was celebra-
~ted- Wednesday morning in St. John's
Catholic church, Windber; Mrs. Rosa
Meyers, aged 38 years died at her
home in Somerset. Sunday. Her hus-
ban and four children survive,
Another car of Hammond Dairy
Feed in: selling like hot cakes. Are
you using it? Habel & Phillips. |
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| each mode:
| walking about on the stage showing
: Little Misses Klingensmith and Bitt-
‘attend.
FIRST STYLE
SHOW HERE
The American Fashion Show held
at Miller & Collins’ big department
store, Saturday afternoon, was the
first “style show” ever held here and
certainly in every way was a great
success and those present were de-
lighted with the showing of beautiful
spring garments. .
The large upper story was hand-
somely decorated with American
flags and the music was furnished by
Livengood’s orchestra. As each visi-
tor entered a tiny flag was handed
her. It is estimated that about nine
hundred persons visited the store
between the hours of 2 and 4 p.m.
The promenade commenced at 2
o’clock when Columbia and her attend
ants entered to the strains of “Coium-
bia, the Gem of the Ocean” and took
seats under a large canopy decorated
with American flags and ferns. As
entered she—or he—
ascended the stage to have Colum-
bia’s approval of American costumes.
Each, after .gracefully turning, and
well the costume, descended to the
floor and paraded the long path of
white covered floor in true city style.
Each model made five changes of cos-
tume during the two hours.
At four o’clock the promenade ended
with Columbia, her attendants and the
models standing and with the aud-
ience singing ‘“America.”
Those who took the parts so well
were: Columbia, Miss Mary Wiland ;
page, Master Paul Miller; attendants,
ner; models, Misses
Mary Spence, Florence Just, Irene
and Lenore Collins. Messrs. John
Hocking and Adrian Cahill. Children,
Evelene Collins, Kathryn Logue and
Lynn Goughnour.
The costumes shown were as fol-
lows: :
Nell Cover,
Suits.
Nobby sand colored Poplin suit with
belt—large sand colored “straw hat
Peacock bluetrimming.
Navy blue military suit—Ilarge
black sailor hat with blatk and white
band and fancy.
Blackand white Shepherd’s check
suit, Norfolk coat—black and white
striped tailored with velvet stream-
ers. ,
Green Satin cloth suit—Sand col-
ored Tipperary hat.
Contiued on 4th page
YOUNG MAN DIES OF
BLOOD POISONING.
Blood poison resulting from an in-
jury to one of his arms, and pneu-
monia, resu‘ted in the death of Jos.
Jones, aged 18, son of Mr. and Mrs.
‘Wm. Jones, of Jerome on Sunday
morning. \
The youth was employed in the Je
rome mine of the Jenner-Quemahon-
ing Coa Company, where his father
is assistant mine foreman. Besides
his parents he is survived by four
brother and one sister. He was em-
ployed as a driver. Funeral services
were held on Wednesday and inter-
ment was made in the Maple Springs
Church cemetery.
ORCHARD DEMONSTRATION
BY STATE DEPARTMENT.
Orchard demonstrations by repre-
sentatives of the department of ag-
riculture will visit this county as fol-
lows: Somerset, R. P. Allaman, dem-
onstrator—Monday, Mar. 29 J. P.
Rhoads, Friedens; Tuesday, Mar. 30,
W. H. Barmett, Boswell; Thursday,
April 1, J. M. Whipkey, Rockwood;
Friday, April 2, D. W. Will, Glade.
MEETING OF THE CIVIC LEAGUE.
Next Thursday, April ist. the reg-
ular monthly meeting of the Civic
League will be held in the Council
Chamber at 2:30 p. m. to which all
the ladies of the town are invited to
The officers of the league are very
much pleased with the interest that
many people are manifesting in re-
gard to the announcement made in
the papers last week concerning the
planting of flowers and already many
orders for seeds and plants have been |
given the ladies who are soliciting.
Brethren Church—The women’s
casses of the Sunday School will meet
in special session in connection with
the Sunday School service at 9:30 a.
m. The sermon in the morning at 10-
30 will be of especial interest to wo-
men, though men are also invited to
be present. The subject of the evening
sermon at 7:30 will be “The Calf
Path.” All are invited to be present.
H. L. Goughnour, Pastor.
COMMERCIAL CLUB ANNUAL
BANQUET GREAT SUCCESS
Good Attendance and Brilliant Addresses.
Occasion Will Give Impetus to Work of
Local Business Men.
Geo. W. Collins, Presided at
The Commercial Club, Meyersdale's
industrial organization, or Board of
Trade, held its annual banquet on Fri-
day evening last in the social room of
the Methodist church and there were
100 men present, representing all of
the varied callings of life carried on
in the lecture room of the church to
numbered on the list.
Preceding the assembling in the
banquet room, a reception was held
in ‘the lecture rom of the church to |
meet the guests of honor of the occa-
sion, representatives of our two
trunk railroad lines, the B. &. O. and
the W. M., namely: W. W. Wood, the
industrial agent of the B. &. O., Bal-
timore; Austin Gallagher, Gen. In-
dustrial agent of the Western railway,
of Baltimore; J. P. Taggart, Asst. Gen.
Pass. Agt. of the B. & O. at Pittsburg;
O. L. Eaton, Supt. of the Connells-
ville Div. of the B. & 0. at Connells-
ville; J. M. Turner, Special agent of
the. Western Maryland, Baltimore; J.
T. Walters, Div. Frt. Agt. of the B. & |
O. at Pittsburg and Philip W. Blake,
Sec. of the Chamber of Commerce, of
Cumberland. :
The Woman's Bible class
church furnished a dollar a
menu for fifty cents. The repast was
of the
served in excellent form and was very
Philip Blake, Sec. of Bd. of T rade, Cumberland, Maryland.
ERE
plate
Commercial Banquet, Friday.
heartily partaken of. During the pro-
fracted eating Baldwin & Livengood’s
orchestra rendered some very catchy
airs, The repressed music of all broke
forth in deep vvolume when“It’s a long
way to Tipperary” was reached. Mey-
ersdale’s orchestra is all right any-
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Paul D. Clutton, Pres. of The
Commercial Club.
MANY DEATHS
IN COUNTY
MRS. I. W. FRYE.
Mrs. Annie Frye, wife of I. W. Frye
died at her home in Salisbury on Sat-
urday, March 20 from the effect of
severe burns she received several
weeks ago. She suffered untold tor-
ture until death finally relieved her
of her misery. Deceased was aged 67
years, 2 morxths and 6 days. Mrs.
Frye’s maiden name was Annie John-
son. She was married four times, her
first husband being a Mr. Patterson
of Philadelphia who died several
years after their marriage. She was
next wedded to George Speicher, then
to George Brown and last to Mr. Frye
who survives her. Funeral services
were held at the house on Monday
afternoon, Rev. George Yoder, her
pastor officiating. Interment took
place beside that of dead first hus-
band at Grantsville, Md., this being
her request. The following children
live to mourn the departure of a most]
noble mother: Joseph Patterson, Mrs.
Frank Knecht and Mrs. Wm. Frye. A
sister, Mrs. Folk and four brothers,
also survive her—John and Baker
Johnson, of Grantsville and Joseph
Edward Durst, heing half-brothers.
MRS. MARY ANN DUECKER,
After a brief illness died at the
home of her daughter, Mrs. Samuel
J. Ringler, Salisbury, March 20, ‘at
10 a.m. Funeral services wer held in
the Reformed church at St Paul Mon-
iday t 3 p. m. and interment made in
St. Pul’'s cemetery. The funeral ser-
mon was preached by the Rev. L. P.
Young, her pastor, who was assisted
by Rev. I. 8S. Monn, pastor of the Re-
formed church, Salisbury, and Rev.
Corney, of the Garrett Lutheran
church. Deceased was aged 78 yrs.
6 months and 26 days. She was a
faithful member of the Lutheran
church since she was 14 yrs. of age,
a period of nearly 65 years. Her hus-
band, Daniel Duecker, preceded her
her to the spirit world about nine yrs.
ago. The following children survive:
Mrs. S. J. Ringler, Elk Lick, Mrs Lew-
is Maustand Mrs. Mrs. Frank Broad-
water, of Berlin, Willis Duecker, Gar-
rett, and Harvey, Pine Hill. Two sis-
ters and one brother are also living:
Mrs. Franklin Enos, Mrs. Silas Wal-
ker and Madison Walker. She had 19
grand children and 11 great grand
children.
MRS. REBECCA MILLER
Died at the home of her grandson,
William Miller on North street, this
place on Wednesday night. She was
aged about 85, was a devoted member
of the Lutheran church. The deceas-
ed had been living alone at Berkley
Mills up to about two months ago, un-
til she suffered a paralytic stroke.
Mrs. Miller had some money hidden
away but she was very reluctant to
tell where even to those who would
have used it for her comfort; it is re-
ported that she, a few days ago,
revealed its hiding place. Three grand
children survive—Mrs. Frank Tice,
Mrs. Wm. Baker and Wm. Miller.
CORNELIUS BUECHLEY,
86 years old, died at his home in
Stoyestown, recently, following an ill-
ness of a year. He was a civil war vet-
eran, and is survived by his wife and
a son and two daughters: Isaiah D.
Mrs. Mary Barnett and Mrs. Ida
Ringler, all of , whom live at home.
MRS. SARAH MILLER
Died at her home in Coal Run after
an illness of about five weeks. She
was aged 72 years, 5 mos. and 14 da.
She made her home with her son,
Frank in Coal Run. Her husband, Phil-
ip Miler, and one daughter,, Amelia
Nolte preceded her to the grave. She
leaves to mourn her loss—2 step-
sons, 3 son, 3 daughters—Geo., of Ac-
cident, Md.; Philip, of Missouri; Mel-
choir, Frank and Mrs. Mary Nolte, of
Coal Run; Lewis and Mrs. Elizabeth
Menhorn of Salisbury, and Mrs. So-
phia Ringler, of Berkley’s Mill; one
sister, rs. Chas. Ramhoff, Frostburg;
two brothers,Chauncy andJonas Bit-
tinger, of Bittinger, Md; also abroth-
er,Macias, inColorado; there are 22
grand children and 8 great grand
children.
MISS ELIZABETH BITTNER.
Miss Elizabeth Bittner died at the
home of her brother, Samuel, in Mil-
ford township, March 16, aged 171.
from a complication of ailments. De- |
ceased was a daughter of John Bitt- |
ner. She was a devoted member of
the New Centreville church.
MRS. MARGARET HERSH
Died at her home near Sand Path
on March 18 of tuberculosis, aged 52
ears. She was buried on the following
TRADE BOOM-
ERS COMING
About 100 Pittsburg men, all proms
inent in business life of that city, wii]
visit Meyersdale on May 20. They
will arrive in a special Pullman train,
They will visit the business men to
discuss pertinent topics with local
trade organizations.
Meyersdale has been selected as
one of the 20 towns to be visited by
the Pittsburg Chamber of Commerce
committees. Their publicity represen-
tative, Edward D. Sykes, states that
they are not coming to solicit orders,
as this is strictly prohibited, but to
meet business men in a social way—
for a hearty handshake and business
fellowship.
The .Pittsburgers state that they
want to be of service to this commu-
nity by helping to obtain better trans-
portation facilities and by unraveling
any trade difficulties requiring atten-
tion.
CHANCES GOOD TO WIN
HARTLEY-CLUTTON RACE
Another month of the Hartley-Clut-
ton Co. Trade Extension Campaign
gone, and the contest one month near
er its close.
The next month will run for five
weeks and will close on April 21st.
The gold watch for last month was
won by a member of Club No. 62,
and last week’s silver ware award
was to a member of Club No. 161;
Contestants should see to it that ‘all
Special Service Checks are in each
week, as they will count in the win-
ning of silverware only for the week
in which they are handed in. There
are still two more monthly awards
of gold watches to be given out; who
wil get them?
The Special sale next week Wed-
nesday, will be held on lace curtains
special service checks and ten for
one votes wil be given.
An old-adage says that procrastis
nation is the thief of time. Procras-
tination is going to be the thief of a
Player-Piano to someone. Several of
the contestants are, waiting until the
last week or so to put forth their
best efforts while the most industri-
ous ones are working hard each week
getting every vote that they can each
day, and when the.last few weeks of
the contest come they will be so far
ahead as to be safe from any contest-
ant that works by fits and starts.
There are ten other grand prizes
in addition to the piano, any one of
which will be worth the effort that is
put forth to win the piano. Are you
going to share in the distribution of
the prizes?
The following is the standing of the
contestants at the close of the week
ending, March 24.—
4 365410
22 1358481
33 173420
40 908795
40 908795
73 1160235
151 144365
157 3307811
161 6571963
163 208980
10
28
38
62
62
93
153
159
162
164
816946
460770
4717276
1160236
6537609
142516
135326
191860
414436
321220
LEGHORN EGGS FOR SALE—S. C.
White Leghorn Eggs for hatching at
$1.00 per dozen . Alfred Broadwater,
Glencoe, Pa.
MRS. BENFORD SURPRISED.
Mrs. Matilda Benford was agreeably
surprised on Tuesday evening at her
home on North street, when a number
of her lady friends tendered a sur-
prise party. The guests all brought
well-filled baskets and at 10 o’clock
just before leaving a delicious lunch
was served. The evening was very
pleasantly passed.
Those present were the following—
Mesdames W. H. Habel, J. C. Hostet-
ler, Chas. Shultz, H. C. Knieriem,
Clarence Rowe, Frank Layton, Nettie
Anthony, W C. Irwin, Harvey Saylor,
A. T. Floto, H. J. Ebbecka, Melvin
Mervine, H. J. Countryman, Chaun-
cey Bauman, J. W. Wiland, Edgar
Kyle, W. H. Holshu, and her guest,
Mrs. Blume, of Chicago, Ill, and Miss-
es Maud Saylor, Marion and Pauline
Knieriem and Master Paul Knieriem.
Sunday at the
Rev. Hostetler
Price, undertaker.
Hostetler cemetery,
officiating; W. C.
MRS. LUCY BAKER,
| Widow of Adam Baker died on
{ March 18 near Salisbury from pnen-
| monia, aged 61 years, 1 mo. and 7
| days. Interment was made in the
| 0dd Fellows cemetery at Salisbury,
| Rev. Monn preached the funeral ser
{| mon.
Ei Bradman ————