Turkiye and Allied Seas Battle Reports Spill Through Dispatches
Reports from Petrograd Amsterdam and Washington describe Turkish and Russian naval actions in the Black Sea and Caucasus theater. Turkish forces, Enver Pasha’s movement, and Arab and Syrian volunteers flood conflict briefs while French advances near Ypres and Hollebeke are noted.
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Turkey
Eay
Frome
Hamildieh
Brestay
Black Sea
Ree
Hamidieth
Enver Pasha
Armenia
Caucausus
Petrograd
Transthorodk
Amsterdam
Mohamed Ali Bey
City contract sought to keep local brick plant operating
Cumberland Maryland December 26 1914 The Queen City Brick and Tile Co appeals to the mayor and city commissioners for a city paving brick contract The firm argues its plant employs 60 men paid semi monthly and that bricks have been used 12 to 14 years on Bedford and South Mechanic streets They warn a loss of city orders could close the plant by April 1 1915 and request timely award to continue full time operations in 1915 The letter was ordered filed.
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Cumberland
Cumberland Md
City of
Bedford Street
Mechanic Street
W. CC. White
Miss Lambert Weds Uniontown Business Man Tonight
Miss Claudine Lambert will marry Isaac Rosenbaum of Rosenbaum's department store at her parents' Decatur Street home at 7 30 this evening. Rabbi Morris Baron will perform the ceremony with relatives as witnesses. The couple plans a western tour after, then residence in Uniontown.
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Isaac Rosenbaum
Rosenbaum
Uniontown
Claudine Lambert
Charlies Lambert
Decatur Street
Morris Baron
Sylvia Rosenbaum
Morris Rosenbaum
Schmutz
Sol. Rosenbaum
Joseph Rosenbaum
William Baum
Simon Baum
Leona Baum Lawrence Hirsch
Yvan Rosenbaum
Charles Fries
Louisville
Charles M. Mansbach
S. Margolius
Norfolk
Nanette Levy
Cincinnati
Sidney Schiff
Baltimore
Milton Goldstein
New York
Arthur Price
Myron
Beatrice Price
Miss Sadie Price
Lonaconing
J A C Quintet Beats Allegany County Academy In Basketball
The Junior Athletic Club of the Y M C A defeats Allegany County Academy 34 to 14 on Saturday evening. Lineup includes Cook Macfarlane Streett Steiner Zimmerman Dyche Landis with substitutes Wn Dyche for J A C. Scorers list Young Giles Macfarlane Cook Streett Zimmerman Landis and others with field and four-goal tallies.
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Allegany County Academy
Cook Macfarlane
Streett Steiner
Zimmerman
Landis
Young
Giles
Macfarlane
Cook
Streett
Fire damages home at 19 Baker Street
Fire of unknown origin damaged the kitchen of the residence occupied by A V Tasker at 19 Baker Street about 10:30 this morning. Only the kitchen area was harmed and the South Cumberland Fire Department extinguished the flames.
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A. V. Tasker
Baker Street
South Cumberland Fire Department
Cambridge City Home Fire Claims Elderly Women
A Cambridge City Home fire in North Cambridge early today killed two elderly women and injured several others while three policemen were overcome by smoke. Firefighters saved many residents with rapid action in handling the blaze.
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Cambridge
Mass
Miners Ordered From Company Homes by Jan 15
The Pursch Love Mather Coal company, operating mines at Maynard Stewartsville Neff and Glencoe in Eastern Ohio, sent notice to United Mine Workers officials that striking miners must vacate company housing before January 15 or face eviction.
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Cleveland
Bec
Pursch Love, Mather Coal Company
Maynard
Stewartsville
Neff
Glencoe
Ohio
United Mine Workers
World renowned singer urges women to end war
New York dispatch quotes Mme Schumann-Heink urging a global female alliance to halt the war. She recalls witnessing German life and the shock of declarations, calling slaughter, not war, and urging suffragists and women everywhere to unite to stop the bloodshed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schumann Heink
New York
Mme
Schumann- Heink
Austria
Mmne
Schumann-Heink
Germany
Empire
Pleasant Surprise for Thos S Kean
Friends and neighbors gathered at the home of Thomas S. Kean to honor his birthday on Saturday. About twenty five guests arrived after supper, with Mrs. Kean arranging refreshments as the surprised contractor and host ensured everyone was well entertained until late.
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Thomas
Kean
Personal notices from the Potomac area and nearby towns
Reports from a local personals column include Paul Wright 15 breaking an arm skating on the Potomac then taken to Allegany hospital. Congressman David J. Lewis returns to Washington with Mrs. Lewis after four months with her mother. Mrs. Mina Mitchell leaves for Catonsville. Former Congressman Joseph E. Thropp and Douglas S. Thropp visit the Queen City hotel. Miss Mabel Rice visits her sister Mrs. W. W. Hanly. Theo Sb. Petty returns home from McKeesport after visiting his sister Mrs. Co. W. I. McDermott. John M. Roth returns from Maryland visit. Leo Connell resumes duties at Somerset Coal Co. in Tunnelton after Christmas with his mother. Catherine McGuire visits Baltimore friends.
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Paul Wright
Walnut Street
Potomac River
Wright
Allegany Hospital
David J. Lewis
Washington
Lewis
Mary Bohn
Bedford
Mina Mitchell
Maartin L. Enders
Baltimore Avenue
Catonsville
Joseph E. Thropp
Douglas S. Thropp
Earlston
Queen City Hotel
Mabel Rice
W. W. Hanly
Theo, Sb. Petty
McKeesport
Co. W. I. McDermott
John M. Roth
Virginia Avenue
Oakland
Leo Connell
Somerset Coal Co
Tunnelston
W. Va
Maryland Avenue
Catherine McGuire
Green St
Baltimore
Snyder Still Battles Wound After Hotel Shooting
Fred Snyder, former city policeman, remained in critical condition four days after being shot in the abdomen by George Brown at the Eagle Hotel Thursday evening. Despite the grave wound, observers note his strong vitality offers a glimmer of hope for recovery.
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Fred Snyder
George Brown
Eagle Hotel
American casualties in border patrol shooting near Fort Erie
Canadian soldiers patrolling the border frontier near Fort Erie fired on boats with American duck hunters. Walter Smith of Buffalo was killed instantly and Charles Dorsch was fatally wounded.
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Buffalo
Fort Erie
United States
Walter Smith
Charles Dorsch
Hobson to push new constitutional amendment in bid for nationwide prohibition
Rep Hobson of Alabama says he will introduce another dry constitutional amendment to empower Congress and states to ban whiskey and intoxicants for sale. The move aims to sustain prohibition agitation through the current session, though unlikely to pass, and follows his earlier defeat. Hobson plans to stay a Democrat from Alabama and retires from Congress next March. He previously challenged Bankhead for the Senate and began by defeating him in the House race.
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Washington
Hobson
Alabama
House
Congress
Senator Bankhead
Senate
Bankhead
Speaker's Daughter Engaged to Editor James M Thomson
Washington reports the engagement of Genevieve Clark to James M Thomson publisher of the New Orleans Item. The wedding is planned at Bowling Green Missouri in spring or early summer. The couple began their romance during the Baltimore convention where his reporting connected with her father Speaker Champ Clark.
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Washington
House of Representatives
Champ Clark
Genevieve
James M. Thomson
New Orleans
Baltimore
Clark
Thomson
Annual Meeting Of Bar Association Allegany County
The annual meeting of the Bar Association of Allegany County will be held at the Court House on Thursday morning December 31 at 10 o'clock.
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The
Bar Association of
Allegany County
Court House
Cumberland Press Delivery Notice and Reader Instructions
Cumberland Press reminds subscribers to read the office promptly if an issue is missed and asks city patrons on carrier routes to notify the office by telephone. It requests reporting carrier issues to ensure prompt, uninterrupted delivery.
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Cumberland Press
Read the book that tells you about the war ad
An advertisement from The Cumberland Press office promotes a book about the war, priced at 10 cents and offered through the newspaper’s office.
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Cumberland Press
Prisoners Paroled by Chief Return to Bastile on Christmas
Christmas pardons in the city bastile proved short-lived as paroled prisoners were back by midnight with new charges. Joseph Moreland, involved in the festival, was arrested three times Christmas night and claimed homesickness. Guy Maloney faced magistrate J W Heck for disorderly conduct in Egypt, with the case held sub curia.
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Bastile
Joseph Moreland
Guy Maloney
J. W. Heck
Egypt
Seek Precedent in Frank Gale
Briefs in the case of Harry B. Murphy freed on a Mann Act charge have been sent to Washington to Leo Frank's attorneys as a precedent for a new trial. Murphy was released by Judge J K Elliott because he was absent when the verdict was announced.
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Sions City
Harry B. Murphy
Washington
Leo Frank
Atlanta
Frank
Murphy
Supreme Court
Marriage Licenses Recorded Across Several States
A list of couples from multiple states including Clover Top Pennsylvania and Meyersdale Pennsylvania, with partners from Cumberland Maryland and Wheeling West Virginia, among others, is documented. The notices enumerate names and hometowns such as Danfair Pennsylvania and Circleville West Virginia, reflecting a regional compilation of marriage filings.
Stockholders Meeting Notice for Cumberland Hydraulic Cement Co
The Cumberland Hydraulic Cement and Manufacturing Company calls its stockholders to meet at the Third National Bank Building Cumberland Maryland on the fourth Tuesday in January 1915 at 12:00 noon for director elections and other business. Jos F Miller secretary. Advertisement de 28 Ja 4-11-18.
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Cumberland
Cumberland Hydraulic Cement and Manufacturing Company
Third National Bank
Maryland
Jos. F. Miller
Want Ad Column Prompt in The Press
A brief note urges readers to try an advertisement in The Press want columns for promising results. The fragment hints at effective reach and response potential for classified ads.
Comeback Recipe Turns Pitcher From Minors To Big Leagues
Cy Falkenburg recounts his path from the Naps to Toledo in 1911 and back to major league prominence this season. He credits two winters of curling hair in cushions, heavy bowling in winter, and strict physical care as his method for recovering pitching form and rejoining top competition.
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Fred P
Cy) Falkenburg
Cleveland Naps
Toledo
American Association
Fast Company
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Black Crap
Bagdad
Paris
Ypres
Holiebreke
Senset
Tripoli
Asie Miner
Decker
Tennessee
Daniels
Jaffa
Asia Minor
Alexander
Meypt
C. Hetzel
Queen City Brick and Tile Co
Miss Lambert
J. A. C. Quintet
A.C. A
Cambridge City
Stephen Smith
New York City
Hale and Hearty
Bayreuth
Thos. S. Kean
Snyder
Rep. Hobson
OF Bar Association
Business Personals
Hiram Ib. Woolfe
Liberty St
Automobile Por Hire
Glisan
C. C. Bender
Deli Lm
Presh Meats
City Meat Market
North Centre Street
M. I
Stegmater
Baltimore Street
C. Hobert
Frederick Street
Imo
O'hara’s
Arleington Hotel
Fayette Street
Miller's
Jbly
J. W. Snyder
Pennsylvania
N. Mechanic St
Cumberland, Md
Oneton
Lee Kesner
Water St
Keyser
New Creek
Frank Gale
David Vansickle
Mary Anna Martin
Clover Top
Harry Clyde Snyder
Mary McDonald
Mr. Morris, Pa
James Roy Ringler
Sadie Malinda Lenhart
Meyersdale
Carl Waldemer Steinberg
Hazel Lucy Greenhorn
Pittspurg
Glenn Harper
Lismas
Mont
Effie Kate Lambert
Circleville
Nelson Ellsworth Irvin
Edna Riley
Danfair
Edgar Atlee Whitmore
Broadway
Alberta Isabelle Michael
Beverly
Herman K. Miller
Frostburg
Fannie May Frantz
John Corbin
Gleason
Percy Miller
Dodson
Elvin Blake Reighard
Della May
Stockholders’ Meeting
Cy Falkenburg
German Building Association
Jacob Trammersmith
Awegany
Cumberrland
Wilson
Lloyd L. Shafprer
Lloyd L. Shaffer
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