The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1919-11-20

ID. Slncell at her home on Second
street, returned to Baltimore Sunday
morning.
Rev. Worthington Slutz of the Park,
preached an interesting sermon at the
local Methodist church Sunday morn
ing. DR.. Slutz is the representative
of the Foreign Missionary Society and
is located at the Park for the present
being in charge of the Society's in
terests there.
All outside work, so far as buildings
now in course of construction is con-
cerned, was brought to a sudden stop
yesterday morning when the men en-
gagged in such labor awoke to find
the thermometer several degrees be-
low the freezing point and the earth
mantled with snow.
Mr. Roy Nordeck, who has been in
New York City for several years past.
has returned to his home Just west of
Hutton and has been made store man.
ager of the Freeport Supply Company
located at the mines of the Freeport
Coal Company, which is owned and op-
Grated by number of local peoDle.
Mr.. Ralph 7. Thayer is the superinten-
dent of the coal company.
The Overland Motor Car Company
which is the second largest manufac-
turing concern Of automobiles in the
United States, has made Mr.. A. r.
Martin, the local garage man, its local
representative in this county. Next
Thursday the Overland Company will
use full page advertisement in The
Republican in telling of the wonder
full qualities of this premier medium
priced pleasure car.
Mrs. NJ. NJ. Ashby left Oakland on
last Wednesday for Portland. Ore
gon, where she will be the guest dur
ing the winter months of her son and
daughter, Mr.. and Mrs Ernest Ashby
Mrs. Ashby was accompanied as far
as Chicago by Rev. S. E. Wicker, who
returned to his home in Oakland Fri
day morning.
Mr.. Frank o. Glotfelty, accompan-
led by his son Harry and by Mr.. and
Mrs. Asa Glotfelty, of near McHenry,
returned home Sunday afternoon
from motor trip of about ten days
through Pennsylvania and portions of
New Jersey and Maryland The run
to Oakland from a point near Phil
adelphia was made in just twelve
hours.
The Republican will be issued one
day earlier than usual next week so
that the proper observance of Thanks
giving day may be made by the office
force. Advertisers will please note
the above and get their copy in early.
Our correspondents in various parts
of the county will kindly send their
communications a day earlier than
usual also.
DR.. and Mrs. ]. C. Ely were called
" " et-olA4-l = SOIlJ cty NIllS DIV a
telegram announcing the death of the
formers sister. Mrs. w. R. Thomp-
son, whose funeral will take place
tomorrow. In the absence of DIR. Ely
from Oakland on Sunday morning DR..
I. Davies Richards, of the Park. will
preach in the Presbyterian church at
II o'clock, and to this service all are
most cordially invited
Within the past three or four
months several hundred small weekly
papers located in all parts of the coun-
try have been forced to suspend publ
cation on account of the shortage of
newsprint and the eXorbitant price
demanded by the manufacturers. This
grade of paper has risen from a little
more than $50 per ton two years ago
to mere than $160 per ton at present.
Yesterday morning the people of
this section awoke to find that during
the night preceding old Mr.. Winter
time had arrived, the earth being COW
cred pretty generously with a coat
ing of snow. The arrival of the visi-
tor came unheralded and without
warning for on Tuesday evening when
the folks hereabouts retired to their
slumbers the stars were shining very
brightly and nothing presaging the
weather yesterday morning was in ev-
idence.
Tuesday morning Mrs Donald Simp-
son, of this county, was operated upon
at one Of the Cumberland hospitals
for the removal of large goitre of
the neck. The patient had been quite
i'll for several months as a result Of
the growth, which had assumed large
proportions. Her sister, Miss Bertha
Warwick, of Oakland, accompanied her
to the hospital, as also did Mr. Simp-
son, who returned here yesterday af-
ternoon stating that Mrs. Simpsons
condition was satisfactory and an ear
~ recovery was anticipated by the
hospital authorities.
! Miss Carleton. of Baltimore. reDre