Edison Electric and Cumberland Electric plan merger bill
Maryland lawmakers consider a bill to consolidate the Edison Electric Illuminating Company of Cumberland and the Cumberland Electric Railway Company to enable streetcar system expansions. The measure details asset transfer, stock issuance of one million dollars, and continued public service regulation.
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Edison Electric Illuminating Company
Cumberland Electric Railway Company
General Assembly
Annapolis
Frederick N. Zihlman
South Cumberland
Maple Side
Illuminating Company
Zihiman
General Assembly of
Maryland
Edison Electric Iiluminating Company
Cumberland
Edison Il
Woman writer urges women right to propose in marriage
New York March 3. Miss Maria T. Daviess, a financially independent writer, argues that women have a right to propose. She says the old custom denying female choice is barbaric and will be broken, as men will benefit from marrying women who share equal privileges of choosing.
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New York
Maria T. Daviess
Miss Daviess
British and Mexican Crisis Dominate Maryland Meeting
A Maryland Democratic meeting denounces mass voting as unconstitutional and urges legislators to declare their stance. Separate dispatches report Sir Edward Gray denying recognition of Villa and President Wilson signaling readiness to pursue peaceful options while prepared to act decisively if needed.
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Democratic County Committee
State Central Committee
Allegany County
Democratic
Maryland
Weekington
Wilson
William 8
Benton
Gustav Bauch
Clemente Vergara
Carranza
United States
Mexico
States
Congress
Methodists Plan Italian Missionary In District
At a Centre Street M E Church conference ministers voted to place an Italian missionary in the district to oversee welfare of young Italians in Frederick and towns along Georges Creek. The missionary will worship in Methodist churches across cities and focus on forming an Italian congregation where none exists.
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Centre Street
M. E
Georges Creek
Piedmont
Big City Primary Voters Expected In Record Turnout
Reports from across the city indicate a large turnout in today's mayor and city council primary. Candidates and supporters push get out the vote while officials monitor polls open from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. The Cumberland Press will bulletin results by ward and district and keep the office open for updates at 592 and 5938.
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Cumperland Press
Four Hurt as Lehigh Special Crashes in Chicago
Marley Burns, a flagman, died and two women and two train workers were injured when the Lehigh special bound from New York to Chicago collided with a freight train inside Chicago. I followed the wreck as city firemen battled flames.
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Chicago
Till
Marley Burns
New York
New York Faces Aftermath Of Deafening Blizzard Of 1888
New York endures a severe blizzard with damage and high death tolls feared along the coast. Officials struggle to restore traffic and communications as Mayor Mitchel is snowbound and Vice President Marshall is briefly separated from his wife. Costs to clear streets in New York exceed two million dollars with East Coast damages near ten million.
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New York
Fire Island
Mitchel
Adirondack Mountains
Marshall
Baltimore and Ohio Officials Meet in Cumberland
Due to yesterday's storm the weekly staff meeting of division superintendents was canceled and rescheduled for next Monday. The railroad reports trains on time today as Cumberland hosts top executives A. W. Thompson, Galloway, and Blaser visiting on business.
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Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Cumberland
A. W. Thompson
Galloway
Blaser
Local girl leaves to enter Ursuline convent
Miss Nellie Price daughter of Mr and Mrs E M Price 113 First Street departed by Baltimore and Ohio train for Louisville Kentucky to become a postulant at the Ursuline Convent She is a St Marys parochial school graduate in Ursuline Sisters care A large group of friends saw her off at the depot and her father accompanied her to Louisville
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Nellie Price
E. M. Price
First Street
Baltimore and Ohio
Louisville
Ursuline Convent
Miss Price
St. Mary's
Ursuline Sisters
Tallahassee Chautauqua Opens With Noted Speakers
The annual Tallahassee chautauqua opens this evening under the Christian Culture Institute of Gainesville led by manager Dr. George Saldon Waldo. Speakers include Gov. Park Trammell delivering the welcome, C. O. Andrews president of the association, Dr. George P. Bible, lecturer, and Dr. Russell He Conwill.
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Tallahassee, Fla
Chautauqua
Christian Culture Institute of
Gainesville
George Seldon Waldo
Park Trammel
C. O. Andrews
Chautauqua Association
George P. Bible
Russell He Conwill
Houston to speak at Democratic League in St Louis
In St Louis on March 3 David F. Houston secretary of Agriculture will address the Democratic League marking the end of Woodrow Wilson’s first year as president.
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St. Louis
David F. Houston
Democratic League of St. Louis
Woodrow Wilson
Chamber of Commerce Promises Civic Growth for Cumberland
The Cumberland Chamber of Commerce backed by 440 citizens pledges to boost civic projects. A Civic Bureau will push for parks streets and lighting while the Mercantile Bureau seeks trade and better regional roads. Jobber trade trips and surveys on social conditions aim to strengthen the city ahead of Thursday’s officer elections.
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THE
Chamber OF Commerce
Civic Bureau
Cumberland
Mercantile Bureau
Cites
Woman Stabs Man After Alleged Assault Attempt
In Tionesta Pennsylvania on March 3 Mrs. George Strain said she defended herself when Bert Allen tried to drag her from a sleigh near Sagundus. She stabbed him in the lungs and neck with a butcher knife. Allen died soon after. Strain awaited arrest at Hunters lumber camp. She claimed her husband and Allen had been drinking heavily.
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Tionesta
George Strain
Len
Frostburg men return from Florida visit
William H. Jeffries and George N. Beall of Frostburg return from a month in Florida where they visited Oscar Snyder now working on an orange farm in Orlando. They were joined by George H. Wittig, new president of the George's Creek Baseball League, who paused in Jacksonville and expects to be home later in the week.
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William H. Jeffries
George N. Beall
Frostburg
Florida
Oscar Snyder
Orlando
George H. Wittig
George's Creek Baseball League
Jacksonville
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Cumberland Electre Railway Company
New Consolidated Corporation
Public Service Commission
Edulrit Jackson
Edward Gray
London
Carrannn
William
Juarez
House of Commons
Villa
Edward
Chihuahua
Benton Investigation Commission
Bauch
William S. Benton
Vina
Methodists
Frederick Immistrict Missionary Society
John W. Young
D. P. Miller
Dav'i Son
Arstrong
Martinaburg
Montreal
Western Union
Albany
Boston
Bronx
New York City
Secretary Houston
Evening Press Office
City Mall
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Organication
Sagundus
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