The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1917-04-13

This iE Friday and tine 18TH Of fhi
month, a hoo-dOo.
The regular meeting of the Civil
League win be held Thursday, Apri
10, at p. m, at the home OF Mrs
Emily Herr.
MIR. Paul Reese, East Main street
has beer confined to the house for thu
past two weeks suffering from bron
chitiS and grip He hopes to be Ou
next week.
The Western Maryland Railroad
Company had its troubles again OI
Wednesday morning when one OF 1t.
900 engines was off the track OF tho
Gas House siding.
A telegram stating that Messrs
William and Edward Brown, sons Ol
William and George Brown, this city
who were employed at the Eddystone
Munition Plant, Chester, Pa, are safe
was received by their parents.
Mrs. e. d. WhitmOre, Pennsylvania
avenue, while going into the cellar
Monday noon fell over III box, striking
her left wrist against the wall and
breaking it. She is resting a. com
Portable as possible at this time
One Of the largest horse sales ever
held by Charles W. King, this city
took place Tuesday at hig stables Arr
the rear or the Montour House
Horses for all purposes were sold
and also mules. The prices realized
we're very good
Religious services i'm the Medford
Hall, Sunday afternoon, April 15, at
2.30 d. M, Rev. William III. Hetrick
of the Lutheran church in Westmins-
ter will preach. la quartette from tine
same church under the direction 81
Charles J. Peltz will sing.
John Matthias, 27 years old, or near
Mont Airy, swallowed his false teeth
Friday morning nearly strangling to
death He was removed to the Fred
Ierick City Hospital after IA Local
physician had managed to work the
obstruction down tO 4hiS stomach. Ai
the hospital an incisiOn wound Waa
made and the false teeth were re-
moved. He will recover
The B. F. Shriver Company which
operates extensive canneries at New
Windsor, Sykesville, Westminster and
LittleStOWn, Pa., has purchased the
Williamsport Canning Company's can.
merry, at Williamsport, Md. The plant
will be enlarged W. H. Babylon win
continue az manager. The Williams
port Canning Company will continue
VIZ operate its cannery mt Smiths
burg.
John Matthias, aged about 27, OF Mt
Airy, at one time had 1n hlH mouth
A. este Nm%<
IL happened that he went TO aleeI
without removing these same teeth ant
they found their way down his throa
into the aesophhagus. To get then
out an operation was necessary AK
Matthias was taken To the Frederick
City Hospital. He ia now getting along
nicely
The ladies or the Woman's Christian
Temperance Union, will hold theil
Spring executive, May 3rd, at temper
ance headquarters, Times Building
this city. At the same time Their,
will To- held "a county institute, Mrs
Mary R. Haslup, the state president
and Mrs. Emma Deitrick, of New
York, will BE- at the meetings ant
give valuable instruction. The fun
program will be in a later issue o
this paper.
Through the promptness or tht
Westminster Fire Company ariS
friends the fire i'm the wash house o
Mrs Frank Bish, near Noun
Pleasant was extinguished after being
damaged considerably ON "Wednesday
morning Is soon ~ the fire was dis
covered Mrs. Bish called for assist
ance, by 50 doing she not only saved
her wash house from total destruction
but her fine home which was only 2C
feet away. The firemen were rushed
tO the fire in automobiles at record
clip, the distance being three miles.
Crashing down the mountainsidt
and falling OH the Western MarylanC
Railway tracks near Pen Mar Thurs
day, huge boulder, weighing 33 tons
tied IT'D traffic on the road for about
two and half hours. "a wreckinf
crew and derrick we're sent to thu
scene from Deerfeld and the tracks
cleared a. rapidly 81 possible. The
new electric signals of the Western
Maryland flashed warning to al
trains and prevented "a possible acci
dent.
| a large delegation Of patrons of tho
Hampstead school appeared before tht
School Commissioners Wednesday il
the interest of better school building
aS the present one il entirely made
Quate to meet their present needs. The
attic is now in use with light only from
either end, the rooms are very much
overcrowded, and II Is said that haC
the Compulsory Attendance Law beer
enforced, at least fifty more pupils
would have been crowded into thu
building.
\ You say Mr. Merchant, that Vol
have been in business so long tina
everybody knows you Well, there /.
certain mail order concern ir
y Chicago that has probably been il
business as long as you have, and W,
will BIT nickel to "a ginger cake tina
every person that reads these lines
can tell the name of that firm. And
W. will bet, further, that over half o.
your customers have catalogues d
this firm in their homes right now
They see the value of advertising
Can't you?
James Myers, the well-knowr
florist, OF Union Bridge, created con
siderable excitement on the morning
of March 81, when he attempted t.
drown himself i'm the stream neal
Union Bridge. The alarm was giver
and persons rushed to the spot
thinking perhaps it was a. child Whe1
found ne had drifted To q shallow
point, a physician was sent for ant
he was resuscitated and later IT,
moved To the buildings. He was sen
to a hospital Monday morning. TIL,