The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1920-01-08

Hiss Anna McComas, who spent
part Of the holidays in Oakland with
Ter parents, Dr.. and 1Irs. 4. ". Nc
Comas. returned to tie city on Friday
to continue her studies as nurse in
training in one of tie hospitals of
that city.
Miss, Elsie Hanst returned to her
home in Philadelphia Sunday evening
from visit Of a few days to friends
in Oakland and Kingwood. She was
accompanied to Philadelphia by Miss
Mary Sincell who will visit her for q
short time.
Mr.. Harold H. Harmed returned to
Baltimore On Thursday last after hav-
ing spent the holidays here with his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs Joseph E.
Harmed. Mr.. Harmed has a splendid
position with a manufacturing con-
Germ in Baltimore.
Mr., Robert Sliger, resident agent
for several life and fire insurance COM
panies, uses the columns of The Re-
publican today as a publicity medium
to draw the attention Of the people
Of the county to his line of business.
IL you desire insurance in any line it
would probably be to your advantage
to see Agent Sliger.
Beginning on the first of the new
year the merchants of town inaugu-
rated the early closing of their places
OF business every night except Satur-
Gay evening during the winter months
instead of every other night as was in
vogue prior to the 1st inst. Stores now
close at six o'clock every evening ex-
cept Saturday, hence it would do well
to do your shopping early.
Mr.. c. Howard Bishoff, of Barnum,
came to Oakland Friday evening and
spent the night here with his brother,
Mr.. Thomas E. Bishoff, leaving on
Saturday morning for Grafton and
Morgantown in which latter city he
is attending farmers convention be-
ing held this week under the auspices
of the Agricultural Department of
West Virginia.
Mr.. Charles S. Davis left Oakland
Saturday night for Akron, Ohio, to
visit his daughter, Mrs. Calvin Ech-
ard, for day or two and then will go
to other parts of Ohio on business.
expecting to make contracts for a
large number of heating furnaces and
for the manufacture upon a larger and
more extensive scale of the Davis pat
ent steel range.
Considerable suffering was exper-
fenced Friday night and Saturday &C.
casioned by the extreme cold weather
which was accompanied by the high
est and most penetrating wind that it
has been the misfortune of Oakland
and the people of the county generally
to face during the past year or two.
AT $50 o'clock Saturday morning the
mercury registered from eight to elev-
en- degrees below zero.
Miss BERTHE Turney and Mr.. Frank
lin o. Glotfelty, who have formed a
partnership and purchased the Davis
Cash Grocery, opened their store for
business on last Saturday morning.
The new proprietors will carry on the
store under the name of the Oakland
Cash Grocery Company and will have
at all times large and comprehensive
stock of all kinds of groceries. fruits.
candies, meats and other goods usually
to be had in grocery store of the
better kind.
Harvey S. Yoder and Superinten-
dent Brenneman of the Amish Or
phans' Home at Grantsville, Md, were
in Meyersdale on Wednesday to pur-
chase a shoe-sewing machine for the
institution. There are at present 81
children in the home.-Mr. and Mrs.
John L. Yommer, of Grantsville, Wis
tied Mr.. Yommer's brother George
and family at Greensburg over Sun
day, and returned home via Meyers
dale, spending Monday night with his
brother Henry at Trans Meyersdale.-
Meyersdale Republican.