The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1916-01-07

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! TRY hsndnnne calendar vas re-
NzIxea from William G. DevilbIss.
az.IeE i sonte lurnishinss Ue1i
IAN 1freel.
Izlnser'a school wishes to thank The
ueaEla NIIo ID any way helped It the
eIlterIninmsnt Snd also those Who
eve theifs I'D bit could not be pres
enI.
1 number Of correspondents let
teri and other news was received too
IHIe Tor last weeks Issue on account
q solnE to press on Thursday,a day
earlier.
Samuel Elsenbaum, who conducted
, gents flIrnlahing store on Vest
Main street. appointed q deed of trust
for the benefit OF his creditors on
Friday. Attorney e. o. Weant was
made trustee. Mr. Nusenbaum came to
this city two years ago from Balti-
more.
N alarm OF fire was sounded Ne.
Years afternoon about o'clock for
: slight fire in the residence OF Mr..
j. Ezra Stem. East Main street. The
damage consisted OF pair of burned
lace curtains and a part of a piece Of
carpet. 4 bucket OF water extinguish-
ed the blaze.
On Saturday last the new child
labor Law for Pennsylvania went into
effect and selling OF papers and per-
Iodieais by boys or girls under IL
vii be prohibited In accordance with
It. Instructions have been sent to
principals OF all public and parochial
schools explaining the situation:
similar instructions will reach the
parents In short time.
4 real estate syndicate. said to con-
aist Of Washington people, has pur-
chased q tract OF about l3 acres of
lind from the farm OF Henry Ciary.
located near Wildwood Park. The
property has been divided off into
lots. With streets and avenues, while
hundreds Of shade trees have been
planted. Report has II that the real
estate people paid In the neighbor-
hood OF $1,000 for the land.
The State Workmens Compensation
board exempted IS frms and corpor-
ations IN Pennsylvania from the
necessity of taking out insurance To
cover the risks TO which their en-
nloses are subjected. Among the
nnn1her Il the lands Machine COM
pany, Waynesboro. Corporations are
exempt from insnring compensation
liability when Il is shown 70 the board
that their resources are sufficient To
enable them 10 carry their own insur-
anee. Nth full protection TO their
employees
Isaac n Younkers. % years old.
unmarried. committed suicide early
friday morning at his boarding house
N HagerHtown by turning on the gas
n his bedroom. He was a freight
brakeman of the w. M. r.. and came
IN from his run AZ 3 O'Clock. At
o.eIoek he answered when called to
breakfast. but did not come To the
table. The landlady and her daughter.
smelling gas. made an investigation.
They found the room filled with gas
and Yonnkers. dressed only In hls
night clothes. was lying unconscious
IN the bed.
One Of the most interesting hap-
nsnIngs in the local automobile world
THIS week WIS the announcement that
:. II. Reeves. 1r.. OF Baltimore takes
ofer The managership OF the local
branch Of the Foss-Hughes Company.
exclusive Pleree-Arrow distributors
n Baltimore. Washington. phlladel-
nhIa. Wilmington. Providence and
Newport. II. l. All OF Maryland.
York and Hanover. Pa, come under
tie inrisdictinn OF the Baltimore
hraneh Of The Foss-IIughes Company.
Mf. Reeves was one time road
foreman Of engines OF the Western
Maryland Railway.
The first active constructive steps
fosard the switching of the Western
Maryland Railway traffic 10 the Green
Surfing Valley Branch OF the North.
ern Central. pending the improve
mems In the Wilson street tunnel OF
the ?. p. & ". Il. r.. have begun.
gengthening of sidings 10 care for The
Increased traffic. the installation Of \
telephone block system. regarding
md strengthening. etc. are under
say noR on the Valley branch. and
n al probability the traffic OF the
Western Maryland Will In a month or
I~a be switched from It's lines at
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