The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1915-10-14

| Miss Walker, of PHILADELPHIA. who
has been in Oakland all summer as p
guest of Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Bush. re-
turned to her home this morning. being
accompanied by Mrs. Bush who will
spend few days in the city before re-
turning home.
Mr.. and Mrs. DIN F. burst. of Iona
coming, and Miss Colleen Edwards, also
OF Homecoming, motored to Oakland
Sunday and spent the day here with
relatives, returningshome Sunday after.
noon, Mrs. B. H. Sincell ACCOMMODATING
them.
Mr. James W. Walter, of Deer Park
spent yesterday in the city arranging
to advertise and conduct sale of farm
implements, live stock, etc, at his
warehouse in Deer Park on the 9th
inst. For particulars notice his adyer-
tisement on page 8 of this paper.
Tuesday night the store room of the
Westernport, Mercantile Co, at Swan
ton, was broken into and a number of
pair OF shoes and other articles taken
There is at this time no clue to the
robbers. The staple and clasp on the
outside of the front door were pried
apart and entrance secured.
Under the terms of the will of Mrs.
Walter Beall, who recently died at
Carlisle, Pa, Miss Tekla Fundenburg
of Oakland, will inherit sum of money
amounting to probably $4,000. Mrs.
Beall was cousin of Miss Fundenburg
and her estate was divided among
number of relatives residing in Marv-
land, West Virginia and Virginia.
DR.. Web Ravenscroft of near town.
has been suffering for a week or more
as result of becoming poisoned bv
contact with wild ivy while in the
woods last week. For day or two he
suffered intensely as a result Of his
experience, his face becoming so that
his eyes were swollen shut.
A freeze of severe proportions visit
ed all parts of Garrett county Saturday
night, the mercury reaching as low as
% degrees in some sections, especially
in low places and the glade land.
While some of the apples still on the
trees were damaged to some extent. as
whole the crop suffered slight loss.
Mr.. Scott 7. Jones, whose illness has
extended over several months. was
brought down town Tuesday in an auto
mobile and spent few minutes at the
Garrett National Bank where he was
met by number of friends, all of
whom expressed their pleasure at see
ing him
EITourists from points both east and
west pass through Oakland daily in
their automobiles. Tuesday a heavily
laden car bearing a Tennessee tag.
passed through town, followed a short
time afterward by car bearing a New
York tag. West Virginia and Penn
sylvania cars are seemingly more
numerous than the Maryland cars.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. d. Navlor. who
spent month in the west visiting the
Panama Pacific exposition, the Yellow
stone Park and the Grand CANYON of
the Colorado, returned to their home in
Oakland last Friday night. The trip
was highly enjoyed by Mr.. and Mrs.
Naylor, but the former declared that
the west is not to be compared with
Garrett county in any respect. Mr.. and
Mrs. D. M. Dixon, who went west
with Mr.. and Mrs. Naylor, stopped off
on the return journey in New Mexico,
where they visited Mrs. Dixon's
brother, Mr.. Arthur Kelso, for a week,
and arrived home Monday evening.
Concerning the country through which
the party passed Mr. Dixon is of the
same opinion as Mr.. Naylor that Gar
rett county is the best of all.