The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1912-03-01
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n Dinst Grocery Company has taken
tout automobile license 621 for it, com
mercial car.
Rev. DIR. ID. t.. Greenfield has been
confined to the house several days
this week on account of illness.
M The Merchants & Manufacturers -
) sociation will hold an important
meeting to night at 7.30 o'clock.
MIR. Harry Rosenstock has sold hi
property at the railroad to the West
ern Maryland Railway Company for
$4,000
Miss Rosa Geiman while visiting
friends in New Windsor, slipped On a
step and sprained her ankle. tit has
caused her much suffering.
The College boys gave an informal
dance i'm the Armory Wednesday night.
The girls wore middle blouses and the
boys wore soft shirts and collars
MIR. John H Cunningham has pur-
chased a Cadillac touring car; and
Mr. Joseph T.. Matthias has closed a
deal with q. wv. Lockard e. Son for
a Buick
II VIM. a. Shaeffer, OF near Pleasant
Valley, has purchased two lots from
the Reifsnider estate on Pennsylvania
avenue He will erect house on one
Of the lots
Westminster High School has ar
ranged to play two games Of base
ball with the Boys High School OF
Frederick. The dates are April 13 at
Westminster and May AS, at Frederick
The sale Of the farm in Woolery's
district which has been advertised in
4 The Advocate by the executors, Elias
N. Davis and William T.. Davis to
take place on March g. has been post
poned to Wednesday, March ~.
a silver mesh bag containing $500
was taken from the ribbon showcase
4 on the second floor OF Mather's de-
partment store on Saturday night. The
party who took the mesh bag is known
and will be prosecuted if it j. not re-
turned.
Monday afternoon about two O.
clock the first clap of thunder, herald
ing the approach of the thunderstorm
season was heard. 1t was immediate
ly followed by a heavy downpour Of
rain which continued the rest of the
afternoon.
DIR. and Mrs. O. f. Tiffany, of the
Western Maryland College Faculty, are
making up a party to go abroad in
June, and have planned delightful
| itinerancy Among those who will
probably join the party are DIR. ID. l..
Greenfield and Mr.. Frank Mather
we call attention to the fact that
The Advocate has secured new cor
respondents from Sykesville, Man
chester, Union Bridge, and Taneytown,
who send US all the important items
of news from those enterprisjng
towns. Beginning with next week
there will also be letter from Hamp-
stead.
Mr.. George u. Morelock, principal
OF the Westminster High School, the
other teachers in the High School and
Mrs Ida II. Stabler are attending the
series Of lectures for the High School
Teachers Association in Mccoy Hall,
Johns Hopkins University, Dr. Buch
ner and Dr. Nanny, Of Baltimore and
number of high-school teachers will
discuss existing problems Of the time.
The first call OF the Comptroller for
reports from National banks for 1912
was made on February GOTH There
are five statements called for each
year. The statement from The Sykes
vile National Bank shows a most
prosperous condition The deposits
have reached the highest in it's his
tory, having increased eighty thou
sand dollars during the last twelve
months.
A oo1orad bob1, uac found load w
ing between the rails of the railroad
track Of the w. M. Ry., opposite MINI
rod Benefits fertilizer factory at
New Windsor, on Wednesday morning
Monroe Englar was the first to dis
cover the dead infant and notified
States Attorney Weant, who ordered
coroner's jury to be summoned.
After the jury viewed the remains,
with Edward West al foreman, Dr.
Ira Whitehill made the examination
and found that the infant was born
alive. The mother of the child il
unknown. Three passenger trains
and one freight train passed over the
baby but did not injure it,
On Tuesday, February 27, the mem
bers of the Methodist Episcopal choir
OF this city, we're handsomely enter
tanned at the home of MIR. and Mrs.
George B. Jackson, Green street, by
MIR. Chas. c. Gorsuch. Delicious refresh
ments were served at small tables,
songs were sung and most delight
4 full evening was enjoyed by all.
Those present were: Messrs. and
Mesdames-George B. Jackson Harry
KINNEY, Claude KINNEY, U. G. Hitter
bride; Mesdames-E. O. Diffendal, :.
x. Herr; Misses-Addie Manaham,
Marguerite Stem, Grace Yingling, Azelea
Shipley, Mae Little, Lucille German,
Elsie German, Katherine Gorsuch
Jackson; Messrs. j. Albert Mitten and
Guy Fringer.
Born, February 20, 1924, John w.
Murray, father of five children, grand
father of p and great-grandfather Of
six, celebrated his twenty-frst birth
day yesterday at his home in Hamp-
stead. Though the law of Maryland
provides for the leap-year day, max
ing February 29, the same as February
I2S,Mr. Murray was not aware Of the
fact and in his opinion he has miss
ed 81 birthdays. In letter from him
to a relative in this city, few days
ago, he announced the celebration of
his twenty-first birthday. Mr.. Murray
is a farmer in Hampstead, having
spent all his life on the same farm,
and in the same house. He takee
pride in telling of his loyalty to the
Democratic party.
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