The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1917-12-20
Make it a Red Cross Christmas.


Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Wiley, of Bit
finger, spent Monday in Oakland
shopping.
A dollar to the Red Cross is Christ
mas present that will last throughout
the year.
Mrs. Michael Canty ard Miss Florence
Carney spent Monday in Cumberland
shopping.
Hon. Horace Rose, Of Johnstown, Pa,
is here for the holidays as the guest of
his daughter. Mrs. Stuart F. Hamill.
Mrs. Joseph T. Polk, of Baltimore, ar
rived in Oakland Tuesday to spend the
holidays with her mother, Mrs. D. E.
Offutt.
Rel Cross has the first call today.
Embrace it. 1t costs dollar and what
is dollar? A man-made symbol of
barter and trade.
During the first two days campaign
at the Grammar School, sixty-fve
members were en-, oiled in the Junior
Red Cross League.
Special line Christmas Cigars, Cigar
cites, Tobacco for boys at Camp at w.
A. Gonder's S. Advertisement.
"Overthere" used to be sung in the
Sunday schools of the nation and meant
something quite different from what
"overthere" means today.
Mr. Frank Smouse went to Clarks-
burg, West Va, Tuesday to be engaged
until after the holidays in the Loar &
White department store in that city.
Prof. t. A. Zel will leave Oakland
Friday Ter his home in Pittsburgh, Pa,
where he will spend the Holidays with
his home-folks. The Grammar School
will close Friday for the holiday vaca-
ton of ten days or more.
Mr. MERIT Wilson. of Elkins, spent
Tuesday and yesterday in Oakland on
business. He and his son recently
returned from hunting trip to Maine,
but, MIR. Wilson, stated to The RepubIi-
can, game was evidently scarce, as
they failed to make kill of any kind
On Wednesday afternoon the child
sen from the seventh grade of the Oak
land Grammar school went to Deer
Park to hold a spelling contest with the
children of that school. The Deer
Park children were Yictors after an in
teresting and exciting match. MIR
Elbows children showed the reward Of
good, careful training.
Rev. w. NJ. Shultz returned home
Tuesday night from visit to Richmond,
Va, and Washington, D. C. In the
former city his eldest son is a student
Of medicine and enlisted in the Medical
Corps of the Army, but will not enter
the service until after his graduation
in the spring when he will be placed in
the reserves but subject to call at any
time thereafter.
You half-soie your shoes, why
not your tires with Gates one
half sole tires? Made as good
as new at one-half cost of new
tires. Guaranteedpu nctureproof.
Booklet free. Address Davis
Repair Shop. Advertisement
Many homes In tae county will not
enjoy that degree Of gladness which
was fondly looked forward to when it
was thought the soldiers now in camp
would be privileged to return to theic
respective homes to spend the day or
several of them during holiday week,
but by orders issued a few days ago
every man in camp will be compelled to
remain therein Christmas day.
Forty-three cents for special pound
box Of Christmas Chocolates at W. A.
Gonder's will surprise and more than
/ please you. Also a nice line of Christ
mas goods of all kinds. including Toys,
dandy Gift Books, Tobaccos and Cigars
in great variety. Come to our store
and select your gifts at reasonable
prices. Adv. II
Yesterday and again today Oakland
was crowded with Christmas shoppers,
the great majority of whom came to
town in sieighs and sleds and brought
with them many hundreds Of pounds Of
poultry, pork and pork products, for
which higher prices were paid than in
any former year in the history of the
town. Country lard brought 80 cents;
sausage as high as 30 cents, while
turkeys, city dressed, were priced ct 4C
cents per pound,
Nothing more acceptable FOR a Christ.
mas present than a nice Fountain pen
Big line now on sale at Hsmill's Boob
/ Store. Adv. Alb
Unless & Shetland pony, purchased a:
Christmas present for, his little son bl
MIR. j. l.. Echard, of the Park, anC
which disappeared from Mr. Echard'
barn at the Park on Monday night /:
recovered before the day upon which
Santa Claus arrives, there will be {
sad little soul in Garrett county upon {
dav When'all Should be glad. Here;