The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1914-07-31
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Miss Agnes Fink, East Main street,
is visiting in Richmond, Va.
Wheat il quoted at 81 cents per
bushel today by our markets.
Forty-fve tickets were sold to Blue
Ridge College Reunion at Pen-Mar on
Tuesday from this station.
The commissary on the Manchester
road changed hands yesterday. Trou-
bic arose over the high prices OF pro
visions sold to the laborers.
Mr. Paul Case and MIR. Herman
Marsh and sister, this city, are at
Niagara Falls. Making the trip over
tine Western Maryland Railway.
Mr. John ID. Saylor, West Main
street, is representing our local Moose
lodge, at the annual convention of
Moose which il being held at Mil
waukee, Wis, this week.
Mrs. George Beck and three child
ren, of Richmond, va, will arrive in
this city this evening for an extended
visit to the formers parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Thomas Sinnott, John street.
Mrs. Susan Bitzel and John Nc
Carly, residing at Harrisonville, were
arrested for disorderly conduct this
week and had a hearing before Justice
Brown on Wednesday evening. For
lack of evidence the accused were
turned loose.
The Opera bill for tonight will be
"Stirrup Brothers," Universal Ike in
Battle Royal" and Getting Reuben
Back" On Saturday night three
reel Rex feature will be shown, title
Sweet Larson" The Electric Girl"
and good vaudeville act
The last OF the four large church
reunions this summer ON South Noun
tain took place yesterday when be
tween 5000 and 5000 persons attend
ed the annual reunion at Pen-Mar
Park of the Presbyterians of Mary
land, ernSylvania, District OF Col
umbia. Virginia and West Virginia
Mrs Mary Englar, % years old, who
swallowed several tablets of bichlor-
ide OF mercury while suffering from
melancholy at her home, 400 North
Green street, Baltimore, July Fl, died
at the University Hospital, Wednesday
midnight Mrs. Englar is survived by
her husband, 4. Blain Englar.
Wheat advanced . cents a bushel
this morning, it being the greatest
gain in a single day since the furry
commenced owing to the European
troubles. The rise followed an ex-
cited market in Chicago, where the
advance was. again 8 cents a bushel,
with the situation excited and the
speculative element fairly wild.
The liquor dealers of this county
met yesterday afternoon at the Main
Court Hotel and held a business ses-
sion These gentlemen propose to
make a canvass of every district OF
the county, it is said, for the purpose
of obtaining signers to a petition OPP
posed to local option and to hold
several meetings with prominent
speakers to discuss their side of the
cause.
Those who spent Sunday with Mr.
and Mrs. Jonas Burner were: Mr..
and Mrs. Frank Nusbaum and two
daughters, Marie and Marguerite, and
son, Wilbur, Of Wakefield; Mr.. and
Mrs. Russell lille and son, Roland, of
UniOntown; Mr.. Harry Carr, of Balti-
more; MIR. Samuel Diehl, or Medford;
Mr.. Stanley Myers, of near Mt. Pleas
ant; Mr.. and Mrs. Homer Burner, of |
Va, and MIR. Heski |
Raglin and wife.
A number Of Westminster firemen |
left yesterday morning for Chambers
burg, Pa, attended the firemen's !
parade and take part in the races.
On Thursday, August 9Th, the Young |
Peoples Society OF the Reformed
Church, at Baust, will have its an
nual picnic in Jacob Rodkey's park, |
near Tyrone "a splendid program il |
being arranged, with prominent speak |
ers and music by the Union Bridge /
Band, both afternoon and night.
Two OF the buildings OF the McDon-
OCH School, at McDonogh, Baltimore !
county, were destroyed by fire yester-
day morning. The damage Is esti-
mated at $4,000, only partly covered |
by insurance. Forty-five boys, who |
were asleep on the top floor OF the
building, where the fire started, es-
capped unhurt The buildings burned
are the original school building known
a. the 'Old School," which was used
as a shop for the printing and wood
work trades.
The S-year-old son of Mr.. Charles
Kopp, merchant, OF Gist, about $50 p.
M, yesterday was riding on the
tongue Of separator which was Be
ing pulled by traction engine, fell
off in front of the separator and the
front wheel grazed the child's right
L., decorating from the knee to
the ankle, exposing three bones OF the
limb. BY the engine stopping quickly
probably saved the child from instant
death. Dr. Nj. II. Bot, assisted by Dr.
C. r. Foutz, were summoned and
placed IA stitches in the wound IL
blood poison does not set in the doc
tors anticipate good results. Owing
to the laceration facia and quantity
of gravel and dirt there may DE- some
cantra tra,,hIn