The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-10-02
LOCAL AND OTHERWISE
Incidents and Events at Home and Nearby
Personal Mention. Etc.


day at Cumberland.
Mr.. d. E. Offutt, Jr., was in Pied
mont Monday on business.
A. d. Naylor just received car load
Turnbull wagons; all sizes; best made
For RENT-Storeroom in Michaels
building in Oakland. Apply to THE
REPUBLICAN Office. 30 At
The paving of Liberty street has
been completed and work on Second
street has begun.
Wood StOVes.-From zero to So de.
grees in minutes is the record with
our wood stoves. j. NJ. Davis & Son.
Deputy Sheriff Frank Calls made
an official visit to Accident and other
points in the Northern end of the
county last week.
County Commissioner Jacob Stump
OF Bloomington, came up to Oakland
from his home Tuesday morning and
spent the day here on public business.
Helping Hands the name of our
Sl2 sewing machine. Guaranteed for
five years. Call and examine machine
for yourself. J. NJ. Davis & Son.
Mrs. Fred. A. Thayer and little son
and Mrs. George 0. Miller, who visit
ed relatives in Howard county for
two weeks, returned to Oakland Tues
day afternoon.
Mrs. Charles Earl Jaseph, nee Miss
Bessie Nelson, who spent several
weeks in Oakland on visit to her
mother, left for her home at Evans
vile, Ind, Monday morning.
Norman r. Sanner, who will be-
come manager of the Friendsville
Drug Co., has been in Oakland sew
eral days preparing his household
goods for shipment to Friendsville
where he will become a resident.
S5.00.-We are Offering single
barrel breech-loading up-to-date 70
gauge shotgun for 50, and have in
stock full line of loaded shells, car
tridges, gun implement sets, revol-
vers, etc, suited to the trade. j. NJ.
Davis u Son. 30 3
All classes OF business require adj
vertising A few days ago some bust
ness houses did not think they ever
would. The keen competition and
the pressure of the times has made it
necessary to use printers ink very
vigorously to keep from being crowd
ed out.
Attention is directed to the adver-
tisement of the Keystone Barber
Shop, of which Mr.. Clyde c. Liller is
the proprietor. The furniture is all
new and of modern pattern. The
tonsorialist has been in business in
Oakland for a number of years, has
always given satisfaction to his Gus
toners and solicits portion of the
public patronage. Give him a call.
Coles Hot Blast Stoves.-To burn
81 a ton soft coal without the escape
of gas was unheard of before the in
Yention of Coles Original Hot Blast
CbOhS' hOhdCIllll SUON6
the GAS HALF of soft coal wasted with
other stoves and gives the same clean
illness and even heat day and night
80 hard coal. 1t requires attention
only three times in twenty-four hours.
Fire is never out. J. M. Davis q Son.
A preacher administered a rebuke
recently to a member of his flock who
has the reputation of taking his little
booze when he felt like it. The preach
er meeting the brother and getting on
the windward side of his breath said:
My brother, you may look like a
christian, and you may act like a
christian, but your breath smells like
hell"
Grantsville was represented in Oak
land Monday by number of her sub
stantial and progressive citizens, they
being Messrs. Jacob S. Miller, Solo
mon d. Yoder, Gilead Broadwater,
Sylvester H. Ryland and S. G. Loe-
chel, they having been summoned
here to testify before the Court Audi
tor in an Equity case now pending in
the Circuit Court.
The editor made a business trip to
Cameron, w. Va, on Friday last and
while there enjoyed the hospitality of
Rev. and Mrs. R. B. Ward. Cameron
is thriving town of about 1900 souls
and is at present in the midst of an
oil and gas boom of somewhat extern
siye proportions. Rev. Ward and
members of his family are held in
high esteem by the people of Cameron
and have recently been the recipients
of many handsome and costly pres
ents. Since Mr.. Wards pastorate at
Cameron he has added material i'm
provements to the church property
and put it in good repair throughout.
bessie E. Boyer, Esq, a native
Garrett countian, who has for several
years been in San Francisco, Cal, and
Nome, Alaska, was in Oakland Tues
day as the guest of Mr.. William Hine-
baugh, having arrived here Monday
from Accident where he spent two