The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1910-09-01
MIDDLE OVER PRINCIPAL,
SHIP To Be SETTLED TODAY
By the State Board of Education When
1t Meets In Baltimore.

which has gained so much notoriety in
this and other sections of the county
and State, will be settled today at the
meeting of the State Board of Educa-
ton.
The decision of the State Board is
looked for with much interest by near
ly everyone in the county.
Mr.. Lloyd burst. of Johnstown, Pa.
who visited his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
David burst, for a week, returned to
Johnstown Tuesday morning.
Mrs. Zena Matheny and children re-
turned Saturday from a very pleasant
visit to Sunny Glade Farm, the home of
the lady's cousin, Archibald Chisholm,
near Oakland Grafton Sentinel.
Mrs. William Paxton, of Piedmont,
West Va, who is visiting her sister,
Mrs. Wallace, adjoining Oakland, was
stricken with paralysis Tuesday morn
ing and is in quite critical condition.
Cards have been received by friends
in Oakland announcing the birth of
Charles Lee Kimmell, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Daniel o. Kimmell, of Shinnston,
W. Va, which event occurred August
25th.
Make me an offer on all or part of the
tract of land known as Factories, con-
tanning 1917 acres, located near Swan
ton. Reasonable terms given. Apply
to E. S. West, Oakland, Md.
Mrs. Mollie Briggs, of Montgomery
county, returned home this morning af-
ter spending two or three weeks in Oak
land as the guest of her father, Mr..
Thomas J. Peddicord, and other rela-
tives.
Rev. and Mrs. Jos. Vansickle and
little daughter, Ruth, of Bemis, w. Va,
are guests of Mrs. Vansickle's sister.
Mrs. E. G. Hill. en- route to their old
home in Friendsville, Nd. Cumberland
News.
MIR. Ralph Thayer has been appointed
a member of the Baltimore and Ohio
engineering corps, with headquarters
at Belington, w. Va, for which point
he left yesterday morning to assume
his position.
DR.. Hattie B. Jones, of Wheeling, on
her way home from tour of parts of
Europe, stopped off in Oakland last
Saturday and remained here until Mon
day as the guest of her brother, Mr..
Scott 7. Jones.
Rev. Lewis Manages and little son, of
Harrisburg, Pa. arrived in Oakland
Thursday evening for brief visit to
Mr.. Manages parents, Rev. and Mrs.
(. Manages at the Lutheran parsonage.
They returned to their home Monday.
Jacob Doll & Sons build Is. 600 pianos
per year. Every instrument fully guar
anteed with an unlimited warranty.
Factory located in New York city. For
terms and prices call on or address L.
+. King, Mt. Lake Park, Nd. l3
Mr.. Jacob Naylor father of Messrs.
A. D. and E. G. Naylor, who was here
on visit of two weeks to his sons, re-
turned home last Friday morning, ac-
companied by his granddaughter, Miss
Virginia Bell, who was also the guest
of the Messrs. Naylor.
The rain Yesterday and today was
very welcome after the drouth and the
farmers of the county will profit by it.
Vegetation is at a stage where rain was
needed, and the harvesting has been
completed, so that the rain will not in
terfere in that respect.
Mrs. Herman Creutzburg had as her
guests Tuesday and Wednesday Mrs.
Reed and sister, of Wheeling, w. Va.
Mrs. DR.. huffman, of Washington, D.
c.; Mrs. John Someryille, Sr., of Iona
coming; Mrs. John Hotchis, of Pied
mont, and Mrs. E. S. Creutzhurg, of
Barton.
Mr.. A. W. Killius, who left Oakland
last fall and went to Kansas, where he
resided until recently, returned here
last Thursday night, accompanied by
his cousin, Mrs. Ona Lish, OF Silver
dale, Kansas, who will visit relatives
and friends here for several weeks be-
fore returning home.
The fifth annual students recital, by
some of Miss Daisy Grants pupils, will
be given on Tuesday evening, Septem-
Der 9th. at the public school building.
They will be assisted by DR.. John G.
Robinson and Mr.. Herman Runten.
Their friends and the public are cor
daily invited to attend
"Governor" John Wesley Lee, who
was so badly injured last Wednesday by
being struck by a train at Mountain
Lake Park and who was taken to the
Home Sanitorium where he is a patient,
is very much improved and was able
yesterday to sit up the greater part of
the day. His injuries were of such
nature that at first it was thought he
could not recover.
This afternoon at two O'Clock the
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