The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1920-10-07
Oakland Hardware & Furniture &C.

Mr.. ]. w .Whorton, of Oakland, re-
Gently closed a contract with the EN-
mons Coal Company at Bayard, for
plastering a large number of houses
which the coal company has now I'M
der course of construction. Several
men in the employ of Mr.. Whofton
are now at work on the buildings COM
pleted so as to allow the plastering
to be undertaken
Mr.. Edgar Helbig and Mr.. John Lis
ton, of Pittsburgh, arrived here Sat
urday evening and remained until
Monday afternoon as guests of rela-
tives and friends, when they returned
to Pittsburgh. They were accompan-
led on their return by Miss Evelyn
Helbig, who will visit friends in that
city for a week or two.
Mrs. E. Miner Dodson and daughter
Margaret, of Bethlehem, Pa, spent
the weekend in Oakland with Mr.. and
Mrs. Weston Dodson, leaving here on
Monday for point near Charlestown,
W. Va, to visit other relatives. Mrs.
Dodson expects to sail for London,
Eng, shortly where she will visit an
elder son who is engaged in business
in that city.
The attention of The Republican
readers is directed this week to the
advertisements of Mr.. George Helbig,
who offers his nicely located farm near
Oakland for sale; that of Mr.. Franklin
H. Harvey, who will sell lot of per-
sonal property at his farm near Will
onion the goth inst, and the notice of
the reduction sale price of automobile
tires at Martins Tire Shop, Oakland.
FOR SALE-A real Ford AutOmo-
bile with red racing body; Hopk wire
acceleratOr; extra wheel and tire; fully
quick buyer. A. ID. NAYLOR & CO.,
Oakland, Md.-Advertisement.
Last week in addition to getting out
the regular edition of The Republican,
the office wes taxed with the addition
al work of composing mass of mat
ter for the Preston County Journal
on account of the absence from King
wood of the linotype operator from
the publicatio offince of The Journal.
The work on the Journal was COM
pleted Friday afternoon and the paper
was printed in Kingwood that night.
The Ladies Aid Society of st. Paul's
! M. E. church, worked quite a surprise
upon Rev.. and Mrs. w. M. Shultz
on Monday evening at the home of
District Superintendent and Mrs. A.
Moore at whose residence the ladies
gathered and invited the "parson" and
Mrs. Shultz over from the parsonage.
Here Mr.. Shultz was presented with a
Ncheck of SAG and Mrs. Shultz was the
recipient of check calling for $25.
Oakland Junk Company will pay SO
cents cash for eggs, and % to rs cents
fper pound for chicken.-Advertise
By reason of the continued misera-
BILE weather which prevailed in this
section nearly every day last week,
winding up with slight furry of
snow on Friday afternoon, and the in
abality of the carnival company which
arrived for the fair as late as Wednes-
day night, the Fair officials decided at
meeting held on Friday afternoon to
allow the carnival to complete the
erection of their attractions upon the
fair grounds and remain throughout
the present week. AS result of this
arrangement quite a number of peo-
pie from all parts of the county have
been attracted to Oakland every day
during the week and they are being
afforded entertainment at the carni-
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