The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1923-08-16


Mrs. Tina Taylor, of Pittsburgh is
here for a brief visit to her sister,
Miss Ellen Cornell.
Mr. and Mrs. Bowman, of Charles
, ton, West Va, are here as guests of
Mr.. Bowman's sister,, Mrs. E. Ray
Jones.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. L. Falkenstein and
Mr.. and Mrs. c. F. Cuppett,of Cranes
vile, were guests of relatives in Oak
land on Sunday.
Mr.. Silas F. Burgess and his broth
er, Mr.. John Burgess, both of near
Selbysport, visited The Republican
office on Tuesday.
Mr.. William Bishop and Mr.. Page
Wotring, both of Terra Alta, were
business visitors to Oakland on Tues
day of this week.
Mrs. S. H. jackson and daughter
Betty, of Buckhannon, West Va, are
on an extended visit to Mrs. Jack
sons sister, Mrs. John Sellers.
Misses Florence Davis and Berna-
dette and Rose Mary Slabaugh, of
Clarksburg, West Va, are guests of
Miss Bertha Wolfe at her home on
Oak street.
Miss Bessie Smith, a student in the
! Mountain State Business College of
Parkersburg, West Va, spent the
weekend in Oakland with Mr.. and
Mrs J. w. Butt.
Mr.. NJ. c. Clayton is at his home in
the Park after having been in Johns
opkins Hospital, Baltimore, for nine
weeks recovering from a very severe
surgical operation.
Mrs. Ella Roberts, Of Sistersville,
West Va, who visited at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Lawton, motored
to Washington on Monday and will
return here Saturday.
Mr.. Henry B. Harvey, formerly of
Mountain Lake Park, but for the past
two years residing in Miami, Florida,
spent several days last week in the
vicinity of his old home.
Mr.. and Mrs. McGregor Davidson,
of New York, who spent several days
with Mrs. Davidson's parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. A. D. Naylor in Oakland recent
ly, have returned to their home.
twenty-five years ago potatoes
were selling at 80 cents a bushel,
eggs 10 cents a dozen and butter 10
cents a pound in Westminster, this
State. As the little kids say, Them
days are gone forever"
Rev. D. NJ. Funk, who spent the
past two weeks with relatives in Penn
sylvania, returned to Oakland yes
terday afternoon and will conduct the
regular services in St. Marks Luth-
eran church Sunday morning.
E Mr.. John w. Hutzei, who was re-
: Gently appointed administrator of the
estate of his father, the late William
: NJ. Hutzel, came to Oakland from his
home near Elk Lick, Pa, on Tuesday
and qualified as administrator before
the Orphans Court.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph D. Ashby, of
f Washington, D. c., came up to Oak
, land on last Friday and on Saturday
| afternoon attended the annual family
= reunion of the Ashbys held near the
old homestead at Crellin. Mr.. Ashby
returned to Washington on Monday.
Forty years ago this week General
U. s. Grant was in Deer Park as the
guest of Senator S. B. Elkins who at
; that time maintained a summer home
in Deer Park and which is still stand
:, ing on the main driveway leading
from the hotel grounds to the town
of Deer Park.
"a passing SuIOlllODIS Oll OeCOIlu
street last Friday afternoon struck
loose stone lying on the roadway and
5 hurled with sufficient force against a
large plate glass window in the Shat
fer & Bush store as to smash the
glass. The damage to the property
is placed at $3.50.
Mrs. Charles F. Dawson, who is Wis
iting her daughter Mrs. Robert White
at Uniontown, Pa, had the misfor-
= tune Of having her collarbone broken
when chain of porch swing in
which she was sitting parted, causing
her to fall to the porch floor in such
!, manner that she struck upon her
shoulder and producing the fracture.
Mrs. Dawson will likely remain at her
daughters home until she RECEIVERS
2 More lovely articles have been adj
2 ded to the contents of the hope chest
= until it now contains over fifty useful
= and handsome hand worked things