The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1914-10-15
OUT OF TOWN HAPPENINGS
A Variety of Interesting Paragraphs
for Republican Readers

meeting house near Accident. Let
everybody in that neighborhood turn
out and hear this discourse.
Several Garrett counties farmers
have entered the corn contest at the
Frostburg fair this week.
Mr.. Gill Broadwater says: MY corn
will absolutely take the blue ribbon"
Columbus Broadwater of New Ger
many, knows and knows that he knows
that his corn is the best ever raised in
Garrett county. County Commissioner
Ohio Fike says his corn will make them
all hustle for the prize.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred HICKMAN and
family of the Cove, were recent guests
of Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Ringer at
Grantsville.
Rev. Abraham Metzler of Martins
burg, Pa, held series of meetings at
the Oak Grove church near Grantsville,
Nd The meetings closed with four
teen accessions to the church.
W. E. G, Hitchins and DR.. l. L. Rit-
ter of Frostburg, have spent several
days in Grantsville selecting a site and
planning bungalo to be built along
the Casse!man river where they will
spend part of the summer months.
Mr. and Mrs. William McKillen, of
Marshaltown. Iowa, and Mr.. and Mrs.
Perry Broadwater of Bittinger, Md,
were the guests of Mr.. and Mrs. William
H. Jacobs at Oak Springs, this county.
Any traveller between Philadelphia
and Pittsburgh cannot fail to be struck
by the spectacle of long lines of empty
cars. Such sight has not been wit
messed since the industrial depression
of Cleveland's second term. The in
dustrial conditions are getting worse
and worse. Raising freight rates on
western railroads cannot fill empty
freight cars.
Dewey Wolf, of Bloomington, is
visiting friends at Elk Garden, w. Va.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Loechel have
moved into their beautiful new home,
at Grantsvilie, which is as comfortable
as modern convenience can make it, and
is a delightfully."- convenient farm house,
having hot and cold water, prettily
equipped kitchen, a bathroom, four
bedrooms and four rooms on the first
floor, besides capacious cellar. Later
Mr.. Loechel means to introduce electric
lights also in his home. The house is
credit to PetrY Brothers. the builders,
and to the owners, and everyone is
happy in their possession of it. Mr.
and Mrs. Loechel are young. hardworh-
ing people and have the warm esteem
of their neighbors.
Mr.. and Mrs Z. Fl. Reppert left
Grantsville for Frostburg after a most
delightfulvisit with their parents. They
will reside at Frostburg.
10. Getty, of Grantsville, is hav-
ing his house remodeled and .
Kitchen added and the rear part of the
old building is being torn down, also
several partitions in the front of the
house. Petry Bros. from Elk Lick, are
the carpenters and the work will be
completed early this fall, making a
decided Improvement.
Miss Pearl Otto the popular clerk in
Gilead Broadwater's stone at Grants
vile, has resigned her position there
and gone to Akron, Ohio for the winter
Contractor Francis has about com
pleted the State road to Flat Woods
crossing and the State expects inside
the next three weeks to complete the
road to Accident, weather permitting.
The completion of this work will be
greatly appreciated by the general
public.
William Ravenscraft was picked up
on one of the streets of Frostburg, Sat
urday and taken to DR.. Griffith's office
by Policeman Bone. Owing to the
seriousness of his condition he was later
taken to the hospital and his condition
is thought to be very serious. Mr..
Ravenscraft is about 70 years of age.
He is uncle to John Ravenscraft, a
former resident of Frostburg, and
boards in Garrett county. Mr.. Raven
scroft was on his way to the doctor s
office when he collapsed from fatigue.
The Boys and Girls Corn and Farmers
Agricultural Show for Grant District,
Preston county, W. Va, will be held at
Bruceton Mills on Friday, October %.
1t has been learned that the lew en-
acted at the recent session of the Mary
land Legislation exempting persons
who own less than $500 worth of house
hold effects from paying taxes will be
applicable throughout the entire State
next year.
A number of folks of Eglon gathered
together one night last week and husk-
ed quite lot of corn for p S. Fike.
Mr.. Fike was very much pleased when
he arose the next morning and saw
what had been done in his corn field,
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