Frostburg Misses Blue Ridge. peach growers form Potomac Valley union
Frostburg will not obtain a Blue Ridge league berth and will vote against the Cumberland invitation at a special meeting. Piedmont Baltimore area leaders push, with Frostburg, Martinsburg and Piedmont backing a eight club league. Meanwhile Maryland Pennsylvania West Virginia peach growers meet at Cumberland city hall to form the Potomac Valley Fruit Growers Association seeking cooperative marketing and rail freight relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hagerstown
Frostburg
Cumberland
Blue Ridge
Iseburg
Piedmont
Pennsylvania
Gettysburg
Ambershurg
Hanover
Derick
Sedmont
Roger
E. Lee Coombs
Piedmont Independent
Coombs
Tri-Town
Max von Schlegel
Thertinsburg Journal
Martinsburg Ball Club
Maryland
West Virginia
City Hall
Potomac Valley
B. M. Wertz
Waynesboro
A. L. Towson
Smitheburg
S. H. Fulton
Sleepy Creek
W. Va
C. W. Bassett
Office of Markets and Rural Organizations
United States Dept. of Agriculture
Bassett
Michigan
S. B. Shaw
Extension Service
Maryland Agriculture College
College Park
Shaw
H. Fulton
A. F. Mason
Pennsylvania State College
C. C. Pierce
West Virginia State Agricultural Department
Pierce
West Virginia Department
Baltimore
Ohio
W. H. Alderman
West Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station
Morgantown
C. E. Temple
Maryland Agricultural College
T. B. Symons
Eastern Fruit Growers Association
Potomac Valley Fruit Growers Association
Out of Cumberland
W. C. Tyson
Floridale
S. N. Loose
Edgmont
Bower & Miller
Big Pool
Herndon
Charles Ailes
Okonoko
Prescott & Huddleston
Romney
Millstone Orchard Co
Milstone
Buckeye Orchard Co
Potomac Highlands Orchard Co
Petersburg Orchard Co
Petersburg
Moorefield
Romney Mountain Orchard Co
Levels Orchard Co
Glenville
Little Capon Orchard Co
Kingwood
Sleep Creek Orchard Co
Ritchie Orchard Co
Keyser
D. F. Copeland
Levels
Fulton Orchard Co
Cherry Run
Park Orchard Co
H. H. Hoffman
Potomac Valley Orchard Co
Pearre
D. A. Arnold
Knobley Mountain Orchard Co
Cert Mountain Orchard Keyser
Cherry Run Orchard Co
Knobley Mt. Co
Point Orchard Co
Point Orchard Ard Co
All of Points
Mother Song Moves Cumberland Recruit at Baltimore Marine Station
In Baltimore on February 1 a Cumberland recruit broke into tears upon hearing the song Mother played on a street piano near the Marine Corps recruiting station in the Custom House. The officers allowed him to leave, noting the moment as touching but not urging enlistment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Cumberland
United States Marine Corps
Sea Soldiers
Custom House
Lansing Waits On Lusitania Talks Continued
German embassy officials hold hope for a settlement in Lusitania negotiations while noting communication delays between Berlin and Washington. They stress no danger, but cite repeated single proposals and legal questions as hindrances to a final accord. A separate ad promotes a Jitney Bicycle selling at special $25 with weekly payments starting today at United Forties Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lusitania
Germany
United Forties Co
Court Finds NCR Violated Anti-Trust Law
Cincinnati February 1 The Federal District Court with consent of National Cash Register Company ruled that NCR and its officers had violated the anti trust act by combining to restrain trade and attempting to monopolize the cash register commerce The criminal proceedings will be dropped
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Federal District Court
National Cash Register Company
Cash Register
Fierce Battles Across Fronts Amid Ongoing WWI Conflicts
Reports detail French efforts to reclaim captured positions in France as German resistance stiffens. The Argonne tunnel explosion by French sappers is noted alongside approaching Baltic naval movements and a potential first naval clash in months. Italy reportedly lands 20,000 troops at Avlona to push in Albania, while Romania’s alliance position appears unsettled. Czars forces advance toward Frzerum in the Caucasus as Turkish fortifications report pressure from two sides.
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Argonne
Baltic
Norway
Skagerack
Italy
Avlona
Albania
Romania
Rumania
Frzerum
Cacasus
Kut-el-Amara
Divorce filings mix amid Northampton area notices
Billa Welfrich seeks divorce from John Helfrich after a 1910 Oakland marriage and 1911 desertion in Westernport. Margaret C Freeman sues Walter Freeman, alleging cruelty and desertion at Luke. Attorneys Whiting and Eppler represent the plaintiff Howard Lambert has filed suit for.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billa Welfrich
John Helfrich
Oakland
Westernport
Margaret C. Freeman
Walter Freeman
Luke
Whiting and Eppler
Howard Lambert
Guardsmen Not to Be Made Outcasts
Indianapolis February 1 National Mine Workers of America leaders won a victory by defeating a resolution to exclude national guardsmen and state constabularies from the union. A new resolution urged passage of laws to keep military forces from acting as strikebreakers and was adopted without opposition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Ind
United Mine Workers of America
American Federation of Labor
National Guard
Divorce Decree Sought in Allege Void Marriage Case
Harvey E. Devore sues Anna M. Devore via W F Wilson and Frank A. Perdew asking the court to declare their marriage void after alleging Anna Arnold was already married to Clark Arnold on July 3, 1909 and that she was using the name Anna Civilbliss before allegedly marrying Devore in April 1913 while claiming to be single. The filing notes prior marriage to Edna Bell Lambert in 1895 and five children from that union.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl G. Mullin
Edna Bell Lambert
Harvey E. Devore
Anna M. Devore
W. F. Wilson
Frank A. Perdew
Clark Arnold
Hyndman
Anna Arnold
Anna Civilbliss
Devore
Automobie Club of Maryland Calling for Applications
The Automobie Club of Maryland invites applications from interested individuals. Applications are available at the press office for pickup and submission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Automobie Club of Maryland
Explosion at Berkeley Springs church shocks town
A mysterious blast damaged the Methodist Episcopal Church in Berkeley Springs West Virginia on Saturday night tearing large windows and creating a big ground hole. A window also broke at George Cunningham’s nearby house. Townsfolk fear careless handling of dynamite caused the incident, with no harm intended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berkeley Springs
W. Va
Methodist Episcopal Church
George Cunningham
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City Squad
Gladstone Annex
Wilbur Roach
Winder
New York Americans
Brooklyn Federals
Charles S. Jeffries
Roach
Kellogg
Keener
McGuire
Consolidation Coal Co
H. V. Hesse
Park Association
Mother
Lansing
Washington
Sions
Enna
White
W. F. Frederick
Baltimore St. Cumberland, Md
Holtzman’s
Victor
Heaven
Shore
Reland
John McCormack
Doughie the Baker
Harry Lauder
America
J. P
Wiesel
Cumberland, MD
College of Dentistry
Hummelshine
Prederick ST
Buick
Glisan
Campobello
Third National Bank Building
Automobile
Cyril B. Geare
Seaver and Geare
Eveready
Edison Electric
North Liberty St
Crystal Laundry
Cumberland Laundry
N. Mechanic St
J. H. Holzshu & CO
Cumberland Preiss
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