Winter storm lashed the east with gale and damage
A fierce high wind battered the region with rain, snow flurries, and temperatures from six below to two above. Windows shattered, roofs blown off, and trees uprooted across the city and nearby towns as rail lines slowed and services lagged behind schedule.
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Mercury
E City
M. F
Neill
North Liberty Street
Harry Martin
Mechanic Street
Lindnerville
Thereen Street
Western Maryland Railroad
Davis
Thomas
Frostburg
St. John's Episcopal Church
Main Street
Mt. Savage
Lonaconing
Midland
Georges Creek
Six Mile
Westernport
London chorus girl May sue titled actor now in America
Viscount Dangan and his show-girl wife May Picard will stay in New York for their honeymoon. Rumors say he calls off the England trip to avoid reconciliation with his father, and a possible lawsuit awaits if he returns to Britain. Both perform with a Broadway theatrical company.
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London
America
New York
Viscount Dangan
May Picard
England
Paul Aufrere
Dangan
Broadway
Primary voters urged to weigh honest candidates in Cumberland
Amid a Jim Crow era exhortation voters are asked to consider the qualifications and honesty of nominees for Cumberland city directors. The piece warns renters share taxpayer status and urges trust in future city governance.
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City of
Cumberland
Allegany County
Self Destruction by Dynamite Ends Life in Brooks West Virginia
Charles T. Bennett a 48 year old railroad section master killed himself in Brooks West Virginia by placing dynamite caps over his heart and a fuse attached. He chose a time a freight train passed, arranged a cross tie on his chest and crossed his hands over his breast after lighting the fuse. He had prepared a will a day or two earlier. He was a Baptist.
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Charles T. Bennett
Brooks
W. Va
Bennett
Clarence M. King for Cumberland Mayor
This political message urges voters to elect Clarence M. King as mayor of Cumberland. It highlights his past leadership, creation of the fire department, paving projects on Centre Street Washington Street Maryland Avenue Park Street Green Street Virginia Avenue and most paved streets in South Cumberland, and his fiscal policy of getting value for money with a low tax rate. It argues he is experienced proven and capable to lead.
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City of
Cumberland
Mr. King
King
Centre Street
Washington Street
Maryland Avenue
Park Street
Green Street
Virginia Avenue
South
Clarence M. King
Cimberland
Benton Inquiry Halted by Mexican Rebel Leaders Hold
An official halt to the Benton death inquiry was announced by British and American members of the international commission bound for Chihuahua. The delay followed Rebel commander Fidel Avila’s refusal to grant passports, with orders said to come from General Carranza. The train trip was canceled as U.S. and British members awaited State Department guidance from Washington.
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el Paso
Tex
William S. Benton
International Commission
Chihuahua
Washington
Fidel Avila
Juarez
Avila
Carranza
Chihuahua City
Mex
Francisco Villa
Gustave Bauch
Benton Investigating Commission
State Department
Juares
Zach Cobb
Charles A. C. Perceval
Galveston
James Hambledon
Mexico
R. E. Thomas
B. M. Worsham
W. T
Force Wal
Cobb
Federal Building
George C. Carothers
Correction in marriage notice lists Ferguson rather than Ferguson
A marriage notice correction states the intended groom was Harry William Ferguson of Montrose West Virginia not Harry William Kelly of Ridgeley West Virginia. The notice was amended to reflect the correct surname Ferguson for the groom in the Emma Susan Shilty marriage plan.
Primaries Set for Tomorrow in City Charter Race
The third city primary under the new charter will run 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. with over 5 000 registered voters, 500 new names this week and a strong turnout anticipated despite bad weather. Three candidates seek the mayor’s chair Clarence M King Thomas W Koon and Walter Powell. For City Council fourteen hopefuls including Frank Lee Carl Roderick Clary Ward M Eichelberger Oscar A Wyerman William B Frazier Jacob D George Charles W Hinze Joseph Hirsh Theodore A K Hummelshime and others vie with no clear front runner.
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Clarence M. King
Thomas W. Koon
Walter Powell
Fer
Frank Lee Carl
Roderick Clary
Ward M. Eichelberger
Oscar A. Wyerman
William B. Frazier
Jacob D. George
Charles W. Hinze
Joseph Hirsh
Theodore A. K. Hummelshime
Thomas Ee
George A. ‘Rein
Baltimore Blizzard Brings Quakes and Destruction
A fierce blizzard in Baltimore on March 2 was accompanied by earthquake shocks and strong winds. Telegraph and telephone lines failed, fires raged at multiple sites, and the Canton distillery warehouse burned to the ground. The Maryland State Penitentiary roof was ripped off by 50 mile per hour gales, and the A. J. Sackett Company plant fire threatened nearby factories. One firefighter was injured. losses reach about half a million.
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Baltimore
Reil
Maryland State Penitentiary
Canton
A. J. Sackett Company
Tragic schooner wreck off Connecticut coast reports all aboard lost
A schooner driven ashore at Stony Creek during a gale is believed to have caused the deaths of all on board. Rescue efforts were hampered by the storm as the wreck opened its deck and the vessel broke apart.
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New England
New Jersey
Philadelphia
New York
North Atlantic
Harrisburg
Atlantic Coast
Stony Creek
Conn
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Federal Weather Bureau
Pittsburgh
Anna Hite
Evening Press Office
Will Aid
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