The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1916-01-20

One of Baltimores big department
stores advertised bargain sale, an item
was, 10 cakes Lenox soap 80 cents:
another, Prichard's baking powder 10
cents per pound. Dixon & Co. in The
Republican last week advertised Lenox
soap cents bar or 10 for 80 cents,
Pritchard's baking powder cents for
half pound or 10 cents per pound, a
saving of cents over the Baltimore
store. Buy at home and save money.
DR.. R. F. Bartlett, who has been re-
/ celving treatment for tuberculosis at
the State sanatorium located at Sa-
| billasvllle, near Pen Mar, returned
home Monday afternoon after an absence
of five months. He is very much mprov-
ed in health and speaks highly of the
institution and its methods of treat
ment. During his stay at the sanatori-
um he gained about thirty-tive pounds
In flesh and is seemingly as strong as
| he was before the disease developed.
His friends here were delighted to see
him again.
Mr.. F. W. Chase, of near Oakland,
accompanied by his brother, returned
to his home this morning after an alb.
sgnce of three weeks which he spent at
Radnor. Pa, to which city he was call
ed on account of the illness of his aged
mother, Mrs. William Minot Chase.
whose death occurred on Monday at the
advanced age of Sc years. Mr.. Chase
expects to leave Garrett county as
soon as he is able to arrange his busl-
ness affairs, expecting to make his
future home at Radnor.
The Wheeling Intelligence of yester-
day tells of nameless man in Idaho.
He has lost all knowledge of his identity
or past life. He thinks he knows of a
one armed negro character, Jay Bird"
at Oakland. Md, who has been at more
weddings, as he puts it, than any man
in the United States. ut may be
fancy" he says, land may only have
heard of him, if he is real person in
stead OF having known him." The of.
ficlals of American Falls, Idaho, want
any information that may lead to his
identity.
Friday night, January %, the Champs
of Homecoming leave for a little week
end trip. The Oakland crowd will be
taken on for game Friday night. The
result of this game will be watched
with eager interest by basketball fans
all over the region. Several weeks ago
the Champs yanquished the Oakland
team on the Oakland floor by a large
score. A week later the Oakland bunch
came to Homecoming and turned the
trick against the Champs, who suffered
their first defeat in three years on the
home floor. Advocate Homecoming.
DR.. J. C. Ely returned home on Fri
day evening from Parkersburg, w.
Va, to which city he had been sum-
moned early in the week to appear be-
fore the United States grand jury to
testify in matter in which it is alleged
that some unknown party had forged
the local minister's name to marriage
certificate. The fake marriage cere-
mony according to the testimony of the
girl victim, occurred during the month
of June and was performed just outside
the waiting room at the B. & o. station
in Oakland. The man in the case was
arrested several weeks ago and is be-
ing held in the jail at Huntington, W.
Va. De. Ely was accompanied to and
from Parkersburg by Mr.. A. G. Ross.
who acted as the deputy clerk of the
Court here and produced the records be-
fore the grand jury.
Francis C. Wilhelm and Miss Margar-
ct Mckenzie, of Avilton. went to Cum
berland day or two ago and a mar
riage license was issued them.