The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1922-12-07

pedFlHS III Inc RepuDllcan today. In
/ them will be found announcements
of Importance to the shopping public
Don't miss the opportunity of get
ting Coat at Sincell's at a greatly
reduced ce.-Advertisement.
Mr.. E. S. Evans, of Terra Alta, w.
Va, was in Oakland on last Saturday
when he closed the deal whereby the
William Casteel farm, located about
a mile and a-half from town on the
State road and containing little over
one hundred acres becomes his prop
erty, the consideration being $1,000
cash. The former owner of the prop
erty will remain in charge during the
present winter at least. Mr.. Evans
will use the property as a stock farm.
WANTED-Girl for general house
work in family of three; good wages.
Address P. o. Box 231, Mountain
Lake Observation-Disclosures.
In the advertising columns of this
paper today will be found a notice of
sale authorized by Mr.. Gilmor S.
Hamill, assignee, of three valuable
unimproved lots located between
Third and Fourth streets and border
ing on Center street in Oakland, the
property being known as the old Fair
Grounds. The sale will be at public
auction and will take place in front
of the Court House in Oakland on
Saturday, December 30th, at 2 o'clock
in the afternoon.
FOR SALE-One gallon tin buck
cts, with lids, 10 cents each, for 25
cents.-Guy Hinebaugh, Oakland
Advertisement 40-2t.
Last Thursday, Thanksgiving day,
was generally observed by the bust
ness and professional men of Oak
land who closed their places of bust
ness at ten o'clock. The union Thanks
giving service was held in the Epis-
copal church where Rev. Bayle, the
rector, had charge of the service. The
lessons of the morning were read by
the Rev. Henry A. Grubbs, pastor of
the Presbyterian church, and Rev. ].
c. Buckley, pastor of st. Paul's NJ. E.
church, delivered a sermon appropri-
ate to the occasion. The church was
comfortably filed with worshiDpers.
STRAYED-Two yearling heifers,
without brands, about September 18th.
One was deep rich red Durham, and
the other a black Jersey with sun
burned appearance along back Please
notify Mrs. ]. R. Browning, Deer
Park, NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. 39-3t.
All owners of filled, or partly filled,
1918 War Savings ($5 stamp Certif-
Gates should take them to the post
office at once and exchange them for
Treasury Savings Certificates and the
difference in cash, or arrange to send
them to the Federal Reserve Bank for
redemption on January LIST. Post
master Deffinbaugh states that some
have already done so, but there are
| still hundreds of outstanding War
Stamp Certificates which should be
brought to the post office and ar
rangements made for their retire
ment.
Extensive line of games and novel
ties; just the thing for Christmas
presents, at Hamill's.-Advertise
40-4t##
Mr.. j. Ed. Kildow, of Elkins, who
was a newspaper man many years ago
and now an employe of the Western
Maryland Railroad, was called to Oak
land on Tuesday to attend the funeral
today of his nephew, the late Stanley
Kildow. Mr.. Kildow was engaged in
newspaper work, the mechanical end
when a Washington hand press and
foot-power job presses were the only
equipment, in the youthful days of
Garrett county when the Garrett
County Herald, edited by the late H.
P. Tasker, and the Glade Star, a mon.
strous publication put out every once
in a while by a Mr.. Zeverly, were the
only papers published west of Cum
berland, and that has been some time
ago. He later engaged in newspaper
work at Kingwood and at Elkins, but
the life was too strenuous.
Beautiful line of Gibson's Christmas
Cards, Folders, Booklets and Coin
Holders now on sale at Hamill's Sta
tionery observation-disclosures 40-4%
himself on his own land and wished
land drove out in his automobile to
the home of well known farmer, liv-
ing four miles from Cumberland and
obtained permission to hunt. The
farmer told him he had been sick for
sometime and had not enjoyed a hunt
himself on hi sown Ian dand wished