The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-02-05
LOCAL AND OTHERWISE
Incidents and Events at Home and Nearby
Personal Mention, Etc.

land one day last week on business.
MONEY TO LOAN. C. Rennin-
ger, Attorney. st
Messrs. Patrick Moran and Charles
Faust, of Grafton, spent Sunday in
Oakland.
Bruce Collins, who is employed at
the pulp mill at Luke as bricklayer,
spent Sunday in Oakland.
Miss May Wonn, who has been the
guest of the Misses Robinson for sew
eral weeks, left for Paw Paw, w. Va.
Willie Porter, of Cumberland, is
visiting his uncle, Blr. J. n. Robin
son.
Mrs. Leah F. Sincell and daughter
Gertrude left yesterday morning for
st. Petersburg, Florida, where they
will spend the winter with relatives.
DR.. H. W. McComas left Oakland
last night for Hot Springs, Arkansas,
for stay of two or three weeks with
patient from Fairmont who has
been under his treatment for two or
three years.
Miss Ollie Lowenstine departed for
Johnstown, Pa, Saturday morning
last. After visiting relatives there for
a short time she will go to Baltimore
where she will be the guest of friends
fer few weeks.
Capt. Chas. Welch, of train No. 46,
has been transferred to the position
OF trainmaster for the third division
of the Baltimore and Ohio. Mr.. Ed.
Cassel takes his place as conductor
on No. 46.
The Cumberland Narrows Electric
Railway Company has been charter
ed with $4,000 capital. The road
viii run between the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroads depot at Cumberland
and Narrows Park, two miles out,
and will be part of the system being
built by Pennsylvania capitalists
through the Cumberland mining re-
gion.
While other towns all about us re
suffering with an epidemic of typhoid
fever, diphtheria, measles, mumps,
chicken pox and other forms of dis
eases, Oakland is and has been entire
ly free of any of the diseases above
enumerated. This fact led a gentle.
man to remark last night Oakland is
the healthiest spot in the United
States to-day"
The Board of County Commission.
ers has been in session since Tuesday
hearing and determining appeals
from assessments and making trans
fers upon the real estate assessment
books. During the sessions a great
many tax payers who are dissatisfied
with their assessments appeared be-
fore the Board and entered appeals
The full Board consisting of Messrs
Stephens, Stump and Friend are
present
On this page will be found the an
nouncement of the First National
Bank of Oakland of the Inauguration
of savings department III that bank
The feature has been in contempla.
ton by the officials for some months
but the demand by the patrons as an
nounced, has become so urgent that
we have determined to inaugurate
the same at once The savings fea
ture in connection with banks all over
the country has become almost uni
versal and Oakland has determined
not to be behind in the procession
Save your money now even though
but few pennies at time. Pennie.
grow into dollars and few dollar.
saved now will be a blessing in the
future.
A comfortable house with moderr
convenienees can be erected for from
$1,000 to 81 800, while house will
some of the Injuries lacking can b.
built for under $1,000. The man wht
has been able to save a little money
can easily secure the balance on mort
gage, either from the building anC
4 loan associations or from capitalists
who are always willing to place loan
on real estate. With rents at roof
garden figures it is much easier to pay
money on house of ones own thar
to pay for the building of house fol
some other fellow in couple of year.
rent. There are many instance,
where the rent of houses for two YEAR
will pay for the cost of building. TIL,
knowledge of this condition of affair
has driven dozens of men not to drinl
though if anything would justify
man in getting good and drunk it il
these rent advances-but to the ar
chitects and contractors.