The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1913-07-10
BLOOMINGTON.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 900

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Mr. Charles Mullen left for Baltimore
on last Monday morning to accept a
clerical position and assist his son-in-
law, Mr.. John Mullen, of that city in
general work connected with an extern
sive street paving contract recently
awarded to the firm of which the latter
is general manager.
The remains of Chester Wilson, aged
fifteen years, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Jas
Wilson, of Franklin. who died at the
Hoffman hospital following an opera
tion for appendicitis, were brought to
his home on the evening of the 4th and
buried on last Sunday afternoon in the
graveyard at this place. Chester was
born and spent his entire life in this
community and was regarded as model
young fellow in every particular. He
was an honor pupil of the Bervl public
school and at its last commencement
received gold medal for excellence and
the best all round student in the school.
For nine years his attendance had been
perfect, never missed day nor tardy
during the entire time His funeral
was one of the largest that has occurred
at this place for long time. The ser
vices were conducted at the home of the
deceased under the direction of the
Presbyterian minister of Piedmont.
Many beautiful floral offerings from
members of the Beryl public school, rel
atives and friends attested the high
esteem in which he was held by those
who knew HIM.
Mrs John Cramer, Rosemont, VIVA,
is visiting relatives on Luke Hill and
this place. She was accompanied by
her little daughter
Mr.. and Mrs. Ross Raley spent the
Attn and weekend at Blaine, w. Va.
Mr.. Charles Brendlin, Jr. of Pitts
burg, Pa, was in town visiting his par
ents Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Grant of Elk
Garden, were IN town Friday attending
the funeral services of Mrs. Grants
cousin, Mr. Ernest Beard.
Mr.. Amos Davis, of this place, was
an Oakland visitor Saturday.
Not single drunk in town on the
4th; lots of sociabilitv, however, and
plenty of fireworks in the evening.
Mrs. Lolita Bonner and Miss Katha-
rine Martin, of Parkersburg, guests of
the Kemp family, spent Monday and
Tuesday in Frostburg and Cumberland
calling on friends.
Mr.. William Brown of Beryl. who has
been under treatment for the past five
or six weeks IN the State tuberculosis
hospital near Terra Alta, spent the
weekend with members of his family.
A Richmond paper reports that Mr..
John Raley, the clever first baseman on
the Richmond team, has been sold to a
western league and will play next sea-
son IN San Francisco, Cal.
Quite delegation of ladies from
Bloomington Council, Daughters of
America. attended the funeral of Mr..
Howard Jones at Westernport Monday
afternoon.
Mr.. Gilead Miller, civil war veteran
of this place, and by the way the only
veteran the town can claim, returned
home from Gettysburg Sunday.
Miss Maggie Cleary, accompanied her
cousin, Miss Cochran of Elkins, on her
return home from visit to relatives IN
town.
The funeral of Mr.. Ernest Beard, who
died at the Hoffman hospital, Keyser,
Wednesday morning, from injuries sus-
tanned from falling over the B. & o.
bridge at this place last Monday, occur
red on the morning of the 4th, at 10
O'Clock. The arrangements were under
the. direction of the Junior Order, of
which he was a member, and quite a
large delegation of members attended
IN body, dressed in regalia. The whole
town seemed depressed over the I'M
timely death of the young man who had
grown up in our midst, quiet, indus
trious and respected by the whole COM
munity. The funeral sermon was
preached in the NJ. E. church by the
pastor Rev. Halpenny. after which the
remains were inferred in the Blooming
ton graveyard.