The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-07-02


Personal Mention, Etc.
S-z-z-z-z, Bang!
July 4th Saturday.
Mrs. Morgan w. Orr visited rel
atives at Kingwood last Friday and
Saturday.
Samuel r. Savage, OF Sang Run,
was in Oakland last Saturday on bust
ness.
Henry Wilburn, formerly of this
county but now residing in Pennsyl-
vania visited Oakland Friday last.
Attorney John T. Mitchell went
down to Cumberland Tuesday and
spent the day there on business.
Mrs. H. Wheeler Combs, of Troy,
Ohio, was the guest of Mr.. and Mrs.
D. E. Offutt in Oakland a day or two
this week.
Haye your arnica bottles ready Sat
urdaY when the young hopeful limps
in with lacerated flesh as the result
of too much fireworks.
Harvey J. Speicher, of Accident,
was in Oakland yesterday EN- route to
Newburg, West Va, where he went
on business connected with the sale
of some farm machinery.
Camp meeting begins at the Park
tomorrow. Many speakers of nation
al reputation will be upon the plat
form during the next ten days. Large
crowds are expected.
Mr.. Charles H. Shaffer, of Wash
ington, where he is one of the Assist
ant Examiners in the Patent Office,
visited his parents south of town few
days recently, returning to his duties
in Washington on Monday.
Will Malette, Esq, former res
ident of Oakland but now Lying in
Pittsburg, Pa, where he is engaged in
the manufacture and sale of fiavoring
extracts upon large scale, was in
Oakland yesterday on business con-
nected with his enterprise.
Rev. Henry B. Schroeder, pastor of
the Lutheran congregation at Acct
dent, was the guest of Rev. Manages
and family in Oakland one eve ming
last week. Mr.. Schroeder was on
his way to visit friends in Ohio for a
short time.
Prof. Rowland, H. O. Blaker and
W. M. Fitzwater, of Elkins, West Va,
and pianoist from Washington arri-
we'd here Tuesday evening and will
constitute the orchestra at the Oak
land Hotel for the season. Later on
in the summer the orchestra will be
somewhat augmented by the addition
of other players.
The Deer Park Village improvement
Society will hold a fair and fete in
the grove behind the the Deer Park
Hotel on Saturday afternoon, August
Sth. All are welcome. Places can be
booked for the round trip from Oak
land to the fair grounds at so cents
per passenger in Martins buses af-
ter July Goth.
Services in st. Marks Lutheran
church next Sabbath as follows:
Sabbath school at $50 a. M; Chris
tian Endeavor 700 p. M; Catechise
on Saturday at 2. 80 p. M; Prayer
service Wednesday 7.45 p. M; Ser
vices at Deer Park, Catechise on Sat
urday p. m; Preaching on Sabbath
1890 a. m.
Mr.. Charles Whitmore, superintend-
ent of the Yough Manor Lumber Com
pany at Krug, this county, came up
to Oakland Saturday morning and
spent the day shaking hands with his
many friends. He came as far as Swal-
low Falls in Judge Kendall's private
car, which was run to that point to meet
a party of young ladies, namely, Miss
Endley and Miss Ross, of Addison, Pa,
and Miss Virginia johnson, of Oak
land, who will be the guest of tie
Judge and his family for several days.
Plans have been made for new
knights of Pythias hall which will
be erected at Gormania shortly. The
building will be three stories high,
35x60 feet. The lower story will be
used as a store and ware room; the
second story will be fitted for an opera
house while the third floor will be
used as lodge room by the Knights.
The estimated cost of the structure
will be about three thousand dollars,
a considerable portion of which has
already been subscribed. The plans
Sere drawn by Mr.. John Ault, Oak
land.