The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1915-01-07

Keyser. w. Va, spent last Friday in
Oakland where they were the guests
of relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. David burst, who visit
ed their son Lloyd in Wheeling, W. Va,
several days last week, returning to
Oakland Sunday afternoon.
In Cumberland on Saturday a mar
rage license was issued to Edward
Spire Butler, of Grantsvllle, and Mary
May Wilt, of Jennings, this county.
Col. N. U. Bond returned to East
Bernstadt. Kentucky, last Thursday
afternoon. after spending a week with
his many friends in and about Oakland.
Miss May Madden. who spent some
time in this city the guest of her uncle
Mr.. S. A. Nalley, left Oakland Thurs
day for her home in Trenton, N. ].
DR.. N. l. Broadwater. who went to
Baltimore to spend a short vacation,
returned to Oakland Yesterday morn
ing. He also visited in Cumberland be-
fore returning home.
Mrs. George Yelling, OF Oakland,
was taken to Cumberland Monday
evening by DR.. Darby and placed in a
hospital there for treatment prior to an
operation to be.performed later.
Assistant Postmaster George Rode
HEAVIER, who has been confined to his
bed for number of weeks past, is
slightly improved and is now able to be
up for an hour or two each day.
DR.. John E. Legge left yesterday
evening for Steubenville. Ohio, on
professional visit, having been called in
consultation by one of Steubenville's
leading practitioners. -Cumb. News
Mr. Harry Weimer, one of the young
men OF Oakland who has entered upon
the profession of teaching, left Oakland
Monday morning for Kempton, this
county, where he has become princlapl
of the school in that town.
The Republican is happy to state that
DR.. E. E. Sollars and Merchant S. P.
Specht, who have been very seriously
i'll for some weeks, are improved at
this time and hopes are now entertain
ed for their complete and speedy re-
covery.
Mr. George E. Rinehart. of Smiths
burg, Washington county, an army
comrade of Mr.. Norman R. Sanner, of
Oakland, visited the latter Monday
Mr.. Rinehart was attached to the hos
pltal corps of the First Maryland Regi-
ment and while IN service contracted
sciatic rheumatism andis now endeavor-
ing to secure a pension.
The record of Christmas business at
the local postoffice for 1914 surpassed
any previous year. The receipts were
larger than ever before and more than
fifty sacks of mail matter were hand
led each of the first four days of Christ
mas week. Reports of a similar re-
cord breaking business at the leading
postofices throughout the country are
being published daily.
Mrs. Henry Lauer went to Baltimore
on Monday afternoon, taking with her
the little daughter who has been atflct-
ed since birth, for the purpose of under
going another operation at the hands of
a specialist who has been treating the
little one for more than year, during
all of which time her hip has been in a
plaster cast.
Messrs. Edward Smouse of Deer
Park, and Henry Smouse and George
Dewitt, of Oakland, Were at Fairmont
Sunday where they attended the fun
eral of Carroll Eckles, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Howard Eckles. former residents
of Oakland and Mountain Lake Park.
The young man was aged twenty two
years and had been i'll some time.
The Methodist Episcopal church re-
ports a gain in membership for the
year 1914. The final tabulation of
membership, as made by Rev. o. S. Ba-
ketel, editor of the Methodist Year
Book, gives net increase of 1877, 376,
which is an advance on the increases of
year ago of %, 6O1-the total member
ship now being 1866, 658.
Hon. George l.. Michael, of the Firm
Rock settlement, was in Oakland Mon
day when he called at The Republican
office and expressed his approval of
The Republican, saying Il want to
congratulate you on the splendid paper
you are publishing. 1t is just right and
think it the best county paper | have
had the pleasure of reading" Mr..
Michaels has our thanks for his COM
mendation.
Among the students who have re-
turned to their studies after spending
the holidays at their homes in and about
Oakland ARE Miss Anna McComas,
Baltimore; Mr.. Joseph McComas, ST.
John College, Annapolis; Lawrence
Dixon, Mountain State Business Col
lege, Parkersburg; Louis Littman,
Charlotte Hall, Md; Morris Sincell
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