The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1920-12-09

MISS MdleIld DTOWHllS lelC OdkldHu
Tuesday for Brownsville, Pa, where
she has secured position.
Mrs. Harper, of Grafton, is spend
ing today in Oakland where she is the
guest of Mr.. and Mrs. w. r. Falken-
stein.
Mrs. F. S. Irwin, of near Oakland,
left this morning for points in West
Virginia and Ohio, expecting to be alb
sent during the winter months.
L. Kline, Cumberland's bargain mer-
chant, uses four pages of The Repub-
lican today to advertise a special sale
of his large stock of merchandise.
Anyone wanting Christmas trees for
home or church, any size, apply to R.
E. ALEXANDER, Accident.-Adver-
tisemeirt 4O-3t.
FOR RENT-Six room house one
and quarter miles from Oakland; also
stable. On new concrete road. Apply
to JOS. T. GLOTFELTY, Oakland
Advertisement 41-2t*
County Superintendent of Schools F.
E. Ratbun is in Baltimore this week
attending meeting of the educators
of the State, called by State Superin-
tendent Cook
Mr.. Stephen Ashby, who is engaged
in numbering near Elkins, West Va,
was in Oakland Monday en- route to
Crellin to visit his home folks for a
few days.
Mr.. Ray Browning, who has been
employed at Akron, Ohio, for some
months past, has returned to his home
near Oakland where he will probably
remain until spring.
Mr.. James P. Treacy, proprietor of
the Treacy Garage, near The Republi-
can building, is having a runway from
the alley built up to the second floor
of his building, which will add to the
convenience and value of his property.
Mr.. Henry Hanst accompanied his
son, Mr.. Kenneth Hanst, and family,
to kingwood on Tuesday morning at
which place Mrs. Hanst and children
will remain indefinitely, Mr.. Hanst
having been commissioned First Lieu
tenant in the Army and will probably
be stationed at Camp Dix, N. ].
The Ladies' Aid Society of St.
Marks Lutheran church will hold the
annual Christmas sale in Shaffer &
| Bush's store on Second street on Sat-
urday, December 18th, beginning at
ten O'Clock in the morning, at which
time there will be on sale fancy arti-
cles, aprons, pies, cakes, candy, rolls,
| bread and many other things. Your
| patronage is solicited.
Mr.. Charles U. Edwards, of Crellin.
was in town yesterday and came in to
see the operation of the machine of all
machines-The Linotype-which pro-
duces the type used in tn printing of
The Republican. Mr.. Edwards, him
self we'll acquainted with machinery
of many kinds, expressed his surprise
at the performance of the linotype.
| Mrs. B. Frank Browning, of Terra
| Alta, spent Sunday in Oakland with
her sister, Mrs. Abraham Lawton. A
few minutes after her arrival in Oak
land Mrs. Browning was apprized of
the fact that her home at Terra Alta
was on fire, the cause of the confag-
ration being traced to an overheated
| furnace pipe. The flames were ex-
tiDguished after they had damaged
two rooms on the first floor of the
house.
Mr.. c. Bowie Johnson, who has been
located in Washington, D. c., for the
past two years where he was en-
ployed in the Bureau of War Risk In
surance, arrived in Oakland last Sat-
urday night and on Monday went to
Freeport where he will be engaged in
the future, or until his health i'm
proves to such an extent as to enable
him to resume his position with the
Government.
The second of a series of sales of
"goody goodies" and eatables will be
held Saturday afternoon, December
18th, by the ladies of St. Matthew's
parish at Gonder's pharmacy. The
committee in charge of this sale is
composed of Mrs. G. Semmes Hamill,
Jr., Mrs. Charles w. Grey and Mrs.
B. B. Nethkin.
Improvements to the interior of the
Oakland Hardware and Furniture
Co.'S store on Second street, are now
about complete after several weeks
work on the part of number of me-
chanics. The appearance and convent
ence of the store have been greatly
enhanced, affording much better OPP
portunity of displaying and handling
goods than was possible before the i'm
provements were made.
Residents of the county will be in
terested to learn that Mr.. George
W. Woolson, of Kitzmiller, has invent
! aH notyal 4ron m 1.,h;oL L. L.