The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1919-09-04

Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Dawson, of
Chicago, ILL.,, were the guests for some
days Of the formers parents in Oak
land, MY and Mrs. C. F. Dawson
Yesterday evening the younger Mrs
Dawson left Oakland for New York
City from which port she will sail on
Sunday forScotland, her former home,
expecting to return to the States dur
ing the present year.
Mrs. E. Fundenberg and daughter
Miss Tecla Fundenberg, who spent the
summer at their home in Oakland, will
leave on Tuesday of next week for
Portland, Oregon, to remain during
the winter months where they will be
the guests of Mr. Robert Fundenberg.
Tuesday was registration day in all
the districts of the county and from
reports received from several of the
officials in various districts indica-
lions point to a large influx of new vo-
tiers, especially in the two Oakland
districts where upwards of a hun
dred new voters were registered.
Mr.. Ralph Davis, who has been at
point in New York state for several
months past where he has been en-
ployed in clerical capacity, arrived
this home in Oakland a few days
ago and will remain here until he has
fully recovered from an attack of
illness as result of.<which he was a
patient in hospital for two weeks in
the town in which he worked.
The Right Reverend John G. Muir
ray, D. D., Bishop of Maryland, will
make his annual visitation to Oakland
on Monday next, September 9Th, when
he will administer confirmation in St.
Matthew'S Episcopal church. The SER
vice will be at eight o'clock p. m. A
special musical program will be rem
dered by the choir of the church. The
people of the community are most cor
daily invited to attend.
With the arrival home the latter
days of last week of several soldiers
from overseas almost all of the Gar
rett county lads who went out to fight
for the freedom of the peoples of the
world, have returned to their homes.
Those who have come in since last
Thursday are Edward Chance, Alex
Hesen, Percy Thayer, Percy Frantz
and Hopwood Kildow, all of them with
possibly one exception having been
with the Army of Occupation in Ger
many since shortly after the signing
of the armistice.
On pages two and seven of this
issue of The Republican will be found
! the premium list of the Garrett
County Fair, which will be held in
Oakland on September Both and Octo-
Der l, 2 and 8 of this year The pre-
MUM list as published on the pages
/ above referred to is full and in detail,
and is in fact printed from the same
type used in the publication of the
prepium book which has been pretty
generally distributed throughout this
county and the adjoining counties of
West Virginia and Pennsylvania. The
manuscript and editing of the book
was ably handled by Mr.. J. A. fowler.
County Agent, who recently came to
Garrett county where he has made a
large number of friends. In the ad-
vertising pages of the Fair book the
leading business men of the county
were liberal patrons and many pages
are devoted to placing before the gen.
eral public THAR announcements con-
corning almost every line of business
Grantsville, Friendsville, Deer Park,
Mountain Lake Park and Oakland
merchants all literally patronized the
Fair book.