The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-08-08
Miss Katharine Kingsley, of Hagers-
town, is here visiting Miss Legge.

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Mr.. Harry Buxton, of Keyser, w.
Va, spent part of last and this week
at the Oakland Hotel.
The Board of County Commission
ers will meet in regular session here
on Monday, September 9th.
Mrs. T. Pickenpaugh and Mrs. J.
T. Wagner, of Morgantown, are here
as guests of Col. and Mrs. A. g.
Sturgiss.
Rev George l. Uhler left this morn
ing for Easton, Pa, his former home,
where he will spend vacation of two
weeks visiting relatives and friends.
DR.. J. W. Laughlin, of Deer Park,
and Mr.. U. g. Palmer, of Hutton, at
tended the Republican State Con-
vention at Baltimore Tuesday.
Jones Bros show was in Oakland
yesterday and gave two performances
one in the afternoon and one at night
both being well patronized.
Miss Marian Gordon, of Washing
ton street, left for Oakland yesterday
afternoon to enjoy a brief respite
from the heated term.-Cumberland
News.
The dry weather which prevailed
for some time was broken on Tuesday
morning. A rain from the east ac-
companied by a cold wind made
things extremely disagreeable.
Some fine strings of fish have been
caught recently in the river The
fishermen are out in force and they
expect to let no hungry nibble escape
if they can help it.
Prof. J. q. Robinson, of Baltimore,
an expert musician, will devote por-
ton of his time while in Oakland to
repairing and tuning organs and
pianos. All work entrusted to him
will have prompt attention.
What most people want is some
thing mild and gentle when in need
of physic. Chamberlain's Stomach
and Liver Tablets fill the bill to
dot. They are easy to take and pleas
ant in effect. For sale by all drug
gists.
Peaches are expected to yield the
largest crop this year that has ever
been known. 1t is estimated that the
crop for the whole country will be
uniformly large and fine. The stories
OF the destruction of the peach crop
have not been circulated yet this
year and they are not going to be ac-
cording to the reports made by those
who are engaged in raising this fruit.
President Loree and General Man
ager Potter, of the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad Company, and the
party which accompanied these two
officials on their trip over this section
of the road, stopped in Oakland
few minutes on last Saturday after
noon to examine the property of the
company here, after which they went
on to Deer Park where Sunday was
spent by the party.
The religious services to he CON
Quoted in the opera house here on
Sunday, the 18th inst, by Rev. G. T.
Russell, of Pittsburg, promises to be
well attended. A great many OF the
members of Mr.. RusselPs congrega-
ton at Pittsburg and Allegany City
will accompany him to Oakland and
while here will be entertained at the
handsome and commodious residence
of Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Weber ad
joining Oakland.
Most all advertising nowadays tells
the truth. Most all business men
have learned the lesson that even
slight Misrepresentation in their ad-
vertisements causes a loss of conf
dence, which more than offsets any
transient gain that may be made by
eXaggeration. In the past there has
been more or less over statement in
advertising. 1t has made great
many people doubt everything that
they see in an advertisement which
is in anyway out of the ordinary.
This feeling is not right. Probably
ninety nine out of every hundred ad-
vertisements OF reputable business
men are absolutely true.
B. W Wright, OF Clarksburg, is in
Oakland, having come down he re
yesterday for the purpose of superin-
tending the moving of some of his
household goods to the former place
which he left stored here in the Ed
wards house when he moved to Clarks
burg, but during the time interven
ing the goods have very mysteriously
disappeared from the room in which
they were stored Mr.. Wright is
making a search for his property.
The goods consisted of many articles
of value, among them being set of
dishes given him many years ago by
his mother, since dead, which he
prizes very highly. He has no idea
what has become of his property, but
declares that he will recover posses