Submarine Chased American Liner to Capture Marconi
London June 3. The German U type submarine chased the American liner St Paul to the Mersey bar hoping to seize wireless pioneer Guglielmo Marconi aboard. British torpedo boats drove off the sub as passengers and crew prepared to protect Marconi, who was not on the passenger list and had his luggage cleared of identifiers.
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London
American Line
St. Paul
Mersey River
Inez Milholland Boussevain
Guglielmo Marconi
Italy
Mr. Marconi
Belgium
San Marino Declares War on Austria
Lugano reports San Marino, the 32 square mile republic, declared war on Austria to stop Austrian aviators landing on its soil. The move follows repeated incursions amid San Marino’s proximity to Italian territory.
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San Marino
Austria
Lugano
Republc
Republic
Matrimonial Engagements and Local Weddings Across Piedmont
Engagements and marriages populate Piedmont and Cumberland areas. Ann Thomas Reilly and Weyand F. Doerner announce an November wedding. Mamie Sipe and William L. Maddocks wed at St. John’s Hagerstown. Bertha Darrow and George Mitchell marry at First Presbyterian church. Twigg and Wilson wed at Center Street Methodist with reception at home. Harry Herboldsheimer and Mamie Habig marry at SS. Peter & Paul’s. Carl Rowan and Julia Grace wed at home of George Sellers Pinto. City health officer Max J. Cotton to wed Florence Gibbs in East Orange. Funeral for Upton B. McCandlish held at St. James. Burial at Philos Cemetery. Several local notices reflect community life and births, dances, and social events.
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James Owen Reilly
Ann Thomas Reilly
Weyand
Bertha Duwerrow
Walter C. Darrow
Independence Street
George Edwin Mitchell
Columbia Avenue
First Presbyterian Church
D. James E. Moffatt
Herboldsheimer
Habig
Harry Herboldsheimer
Mamie G. Habig
Mary T. Habig
Damian Habig
SS. Peter & Paul's Church
George Habig
Akron
Ohio
George M. Habig
Esther Cavanaugh
North Center Street
Herbelheimer
Niagara Falls
Mr. Herboldsheimer
George D. Herboldsheimer
Pulaski Street
G. D. Herboldsheimer & Sons
Rowan
Grace
Carl Rowan
Pasadena
Cal
Julia Grace
Pinto, Md
George H. Sellers
Maryland Avenue
David G. Pile
Kingsley Methodist Episcopal Church
Max J. Cotton
East Orange
Florence F. Gibbs
Clarence F. Gibbs
Colton
Patterson Avenue
Upton B. McCandlish
Davis Natonal Bank of Piedmont
St. James Episcopal Church
Walter B. McKinley
Chas. T. Neff
C. F. Dellinger
Chas. Tonry
O. P. Maxwell
Jacob W. Hughes
W. T. Sigler
M. A. Patrick
H. B. Carroll
Orestes Tibbetts
Harry Mills
D. J. Long
Allen Luke
W. E. Heskitt
Geo. E. Klencke
Hiram Lodge
A. F
A. M
Philos Cemetery
W. H. Fredlock
Parkersburg
Texas Bankers Head to Panama Pacific Exposition
Texas bankers leave Dallas and other cities for a joint train trip to Temple and then to the Panama Pacific Exposition. The journey includes side trips to northwest wonders and returns through Kansas and Oklahoma to the Lone Star State.
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Texas
Dallas
Tex
Temple
Northwest
Lone Star State
Kansas
Oklahoma
Game Called Off at South End Park
The Cumberland baseball game between Lonaconing and Cumberland scheduled for today at South End Park was cancelled due to field conditions.
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South End Park
Lonaconing Cumberland
Mexicans Get Large Supplies of Ammunition
Laredo Texas June 3 Evidently preparing for further hostilities rather than the Get-together plan requested by President Wilson Carranzista forces crossed the border today with four hundred thousand rounds of rifle ammunition It will be distributed to the arsenals of northern Mexico.
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Laredo
Texas
Wilson
Mexico
Cumberland Press urges timely paper delivery and news tips
The Cumberland Press asks subscribers to notify the local representative R. A. Hoffmeister if delivery is not prompt. Patrons are urged to phone the local representative with news items and as a favor for ailing readers.
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Bureau of the
Cumberland Press
R. A. Hoffmeister
The
Carnegie Steel Plants Near Full Capacity, 100 Percent Soon
Colonel Cope of Pittsburgh told Washington Board of Trade that Carnegie Steel is operating at 94 percent of capacity nationwide and recent orders should raise output to 100 percent within days. He noted Pennsylvania Railroad ordered record steel cars of 46 feet inside length and 77 ton capacity.
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Washington
Carnegie Steel Company
Tts
Bope
Pittsburgh
Washington Board of Trade
Lope
United States
Cope
Pennsylvania Railroad
Garnegie Steel Company
Parkersburg Eyes 250000 Plant Move From Chicago
A Parkersburg committee travels to Chicago to discuss relocating a $250000 plant that makes gas engines and pumps. The firm employs 125 to 150 skilled workers, has $250000 capital, and $650000 yearly gross, with negotiations hinting at a favorable transfer to Parkersburg.
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Parkersburg
W. Va
Board of Commerce
Chicago
C. T. Hitcshew
John Marshall
Thomas E. Graham
J.R. H. Radeker
Harry P. Camden
William Dudley
Vulcanizer Explosion Injures Whitman At City Dental Lab
William H. Whitman a laboratory assistant at the dental offices of Dr Francis P Stehley on North Center street sustained a broken rib and possible internal injuries when a vulcanizer exploded yesterday afternoon He was knocked unconscious by a piece of iron and removed to Alleghany Hospital after first aid by Dr Stehley who was in an adjoining room
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Wiliam H. Whitman
Wine Street
Francis P. Stehley
North Center Street
Allegany Hospital
Stehiey
West Virginia University Song Contest Winners
Morgantown June 3. The WVU song contest ended at a mass meeting with Hail West Virginia winning. Composed by F B Deem Edward Mc Whorter and Earle Miller all students from Parkersburg Charleston Morgantown. Forty songs submitted and the winning piece will be copyrighted at once.
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Morgantown
W. Va
West Virginia University
West Virginia
F. B. Deem
Parkersburg
Edward McWhorter
Charleston
Earle Miller
Przemysl Falls as Mackensen Clears Path to Lemberg
Vienna reports Przemysl’s fall after three weeks of siege. Austro German forces seized fortifications and a 42 cm gun barrage helped break northern defenses. The victory gives Mackensen control of the Jaroslav Przemysl Railway for 40 miles south and enables rapid concentration against Russian lines near Leimburg. prisoner counts and casualties are not provided.
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Lembu
Mackensen
Jaroslav-Przemysl
Przemysl
Leimbure
Additional Prize Winners at Edison Event
At the P O 8 of A.plenic Monday prizes were awarded for close guesses in two contests. Mildred won a straw hat from The Globe Cuthing Store for nearest the long string in a gian jar. Ace Volk took a six pound electric iron from Edison Electric Illuminating Co for nearest the beans in a 750 watt Mazda Lamp. Claim prizes at 22 Union Street from G A Wiant or R B Woolard.
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A.plenic
Globe Cuthing Store
Mildred
Giana
Ty W. T. Wolford
Raymond Jookey
Re Edison Electric
Ace Volk
Mazda
Edison Electric Illuminating Co
Union Street
G. A. Wiant
R. BE. Woolard
Marital notices list couples from multiple towns
Angelo Dell Erbo and Martha Schilling both of Johnstown Pa. Robert F. Jackson and Clara W. Henderson both of New Athens Sa Alexander Francis Washington and Mary M. Cole both of Cumberland. William T. Appleyard Lilly Pa. and Mary S. Ritchey Blue Knob Pa. Roy Dively and Rosella Wright both of Wyant Pa. Eugene C. Knight and Nettle C. Dayton both of Keyser WV.
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Angelo Dell Erbo
Martha Schilling
Johnstown
Robert F. Jackson
Clara W. Henderson
New Athens
Alexander Francis
Washington
Mary M. Cole
Cumberland
William T. Appleyard
Lilly, Pa
Mary S. Ritchey
Blue Knob
Roy Dively
Rosella Wright
Wyant, Pa
Eugene C. Knight
Nettle C. Dayton
Keyser
W. Va
Dr Long and family make Pittsburgh trip in Maxwell car
Dr Long and his family traveled to Pittsburgh on Saturday and returned Tuesday with Dr Long's father in law. The Maxwell 1915 car carried six passengers, reported no mishap, used eight gallons of gasoline to go and nine to return totaling 17 gallons for 260 miles.
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Dr. Long
Pittsburgh
Man attends Prize Fight amid prohibition raid risk
A man attends a Prize Fight and shows no concern about potential prohibition raid. He would hate being caught at such an event during enforcement.
Poem on Tilghman’s Ride Sent to County Schools
Frederick Maryland June 3 copies of Rev Dr Oliver Kukel’s poem Teach Tilghman’s Ride from Yorktown a revolutionary ballad of General Washington’s aide de camp will be sent to all county schools. The piece details Tilghman’s four day ride delivering Cornwallis surrender news from Yorktown to Philadelphia and notes his Talbot county birth in 1744 and service as a colonial lieutenant colonel.
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Tench
Tilghman
Yorktown
Philadelphia
Cornwallis
Tilchman
Talbot County
Maryland
University of Pennsylvania
Governor Goldsborough Remits Country Club Fine
Governor Goldsborough, acting under state authority, has remitted the $400 fines imposed at the November 1913 term on Hagerstown Country Club for alleged liquor violations. The club has since revised its policies and there has been no suspicion of law violations at the clubhouse.
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Hagerstown
Goldsborough
Hagerstown Country Club
Country Club
Glee Club to Sing at Allegany Academy Commencement
The Y M C A Glee Club will perform at the Allegany County Academy commencement exercises. Professor Frederick Foster urges members to meet at 7:30 PM at the association building for a brief rehearsal before marching to the Parish House as a group.
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Y. M. C. A. Glee Club
Allegany County Academy
Frederick Foster
Snow
Association
Mobilization of Italians Begins in Cincinnati
Cincinnati June 38 The mobilization of all Italian reservists between twenty and thirty nine years of age has been ordered by Italian consul Charles Genocchio. He issued a call for service and said reservists would depart Cincinnati as soon as transportation could be arranged.
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Cincinnati
Charles Genocchio
Local notices of health and visits in Meyersdale area
Series of brief personal notes from the Grafton Sentinel detailing medical procedures at Allegany Hospital for Albert G Moury and Wm A Moury removal of tonsils and adenoids by Dr ONeil, return visits of Nettie Leckemby and son William to Meyersdale, Nelie Brady from Cumberland attending a dance at the Elks club and planning a visit to Simpson, Nelle Fisher returning to Frostburg after time in Meyersdale, Mrs J William Walsh visiting Meyersdale sisters, Irene Jenkins illness near Hancock, and property transfers involving Finley C Hendrickson to George Lucas and Altec B Hott to Winmer Bowman and wife on National Pike and Boyd Avenue.
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Albert G
Wm. A. Moury
Chestnut Street
Allegany Hospital
O'Neil
Nettie Leckemby
William
Meyerydale
Nelie Brady
Cumberland
Elks Club
Simpson
Grafton Sentinel
Nelle Fisher
Frostburg
Meyersdale
J. William Walsh
Oulehan
Tardy Jenkins
Maryland
Eidy
J. @. Williamson
Magnolia
Hancock
Irene Jenkins
Obituary Bettie Swisher at 44 in Battle Creek
Mrs Bettie Swisher wife of Taylor Swisher 2 Spruce street died this morning at Sylvan Retreat Funeral from Stein Mortuary chapel interment in Hill Cemetery in Battle Creek Michigan June 3 Camp Fire Girls convention begins here with girls from fifteen states learning camp lore Dr Luther H Gulick and Mrs Charlotte Gulick founders directing event
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Taylor Swisher
Bettie Swisher
Spruce St
Sylvan Retreat
Stein Mortuary Chapel
Hill Cemetery
Battle Creek
Mich
States
Camp Fire Girls
Luther H. Gulick
Charlotte Gulick
New York
Romania Presents Demands to Russia in War Context
London reports Romania presented demands to Russia to retain all occupied Transylvania and to receive Bessarabia if it joins the Allied war effort.
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London
Russia
Transylvania
Bessarabia
Social in Frederick Honors Mrs. Fogle at Miller Home
A pleasant social gathering was hosted by Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Miller in Frederick on East Seventh Street in honor of Mrs. A. B. Fogle, the Miller sisters’ guest. The event took place at the Milers’ residence.
William A. Pierce Seeks State's Attorney Post in Many County
William A. Pierce declares candidacy for State's Attorney in Many County. He asks for citizens' support and influence to secure the Republican nomination and his election.
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Maries
Walsh Announces Democratic Candidacy for Allegany State's Attorney
William C. Walsh declares his candidacy for the Democratic nomination for Allegany County State's Attorney and asks the citizens for their support at the upcoming primary.
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Allegany County
Mary
William C. Walsh
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Maddock —Sipe
Mamie
Sipe
Thomas, W. Va
William L. Maddocks
Davis W. Va
St. John's Episcopal Church
S. H. Orrick
Darrow
Mitchell
Twigg—Wilson
Allen G. Thurman Twigg
Maude A. Wilson
Amon S Wilson
Goethe Street
Joseph Dawson
Center Street Methodist Episcopal Church
A. B. Twigg
Flintstone
Cwigg
Dr. Twigg
Stafford Cafe
A. B. McCandlish
Owen Naughton
M. F. Naughton
Westernport
Luke
Nina Shuey
Vassar College
Portia Richardson
Anna Welsh
Terra Alta
Sarsfield
John A. Martin
Pékin
George’s Creek
Annie J. Sigler
Washington, D. C
Virginia
Z. T. Kooken
Dorothy Gore
Detroit
Kenney
Lonaconing Baseball Club
Utah
Adam Lebeck
Jack Sigler
Westernport Hill
Walter Byers
Luke, Md
Piedmont
Lydia Cole Millman
Tri-Towns
Whitman
Vienna
Via Demen
Wireless
Przenyi
Cannon
Maxwell
Tench Tilghman’s
K. P. Heintz
A. P. Dixon
N. Liberty St
Edison Building
Glee Club
Laing Ave
Gentry Bros
Ove Macairice
New Big Street
Realstate
Finley C. Hendrickson
George Lucas and
Wife
National
Pike
Winmer Bowman
Altec B. Hott
Boyd Avenue
Consulta
TION
L. W. Bullard
South Centre Street
Cumberland, MD
Household Loan Co
Third National Bank Building
Baltimore & One
Connect Aene
William A. Pe
Fuller Barnard, JR
Attornney
Fuller Barnard
John J. Price
Frostburg, MD
Henry Fresh
House OF Delegates
J. W. S. Cochrane
James Chapman
Midlothian, MD
al County
Orphans Court
James Patterson
John G. Merrbach
Peter C. McFarland
Asers
Peter C
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