British forces near Bagdad after grueling Mesopotamia march
English troops under Sir John Nixon push within 30 miles of Bagdad after months of hardship in Mesopotamia. The official report notes Townsend’s forces cleared the battlefield with 1,300 prisoners and 2,400 wounded as German expansion and rail plans loom in the Near East.
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Sir John Nixon
London
Mesopotamia
Bagdad
John Eccles Nixon
House of Commons
Austen Chamberlain
India
Bardad
Chamberlain
Townsend
Dialah
Ctesiphon
Sume
Lajj
Basra
Bussorah
Nixon
Were Born in Same Town
Dr. J. A. McCuaig and Dr. W. E. Langford met in Martinsburg after arriving for Sunday addresses. They discovered both were born and lived in St. Marys, Canada, where McCuaig’s father once served as mayor, prompting a hearty reunion of old boyhood days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. McCuaig
W. E. Langford
St. Marys
Canada
Dr. McCuaig
Martinsburg World
British Victory Near Gates of Bagdad in Mesopotamia
British forces in Mesopotamia advance to within thirty miles of Bagdad per War Office. The map shows engagement points as Turkish lines fall back toward the city. Troops include Indian, Australian, and New Zealand contingents after Basra landing and Basra operation.
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Ond On War Office
Mesopotamia
Bagdad
Euphrates
Basra
Campaign Started in Rural School Nationwide Education Push
United Press reports the Federal Education Bureau funding a rural teacher education drive. Branches in 34 states will train 250000 rural teachers through a two year reading course of non professional books with an Honor certificate upon completing seventeen titles. The program argues national greatness rests on prosperous rural communities and highly trained country teachers.
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United Press
Washington
Federal Education Bureau
National Education Association
Uncle Sam
National
Rural Teachers
Brough
State Department of Public Instruction
H. W. Foght
Bureau of Education
U.S
Foght
Real Estate Transfers Record from Humird and Associates
Land and improvement transfers listed include Humbird to Emma M Humbird for a Mary Street lot at 300 dollars Edward M Caton and wife to Cowden and Zihlman for a Rose Hill Addition lot at 10 dollars Cowden and Zihlman to John B Schaaf for a Beall Street lot at 10 dollars and Winmer Bowman and wife to John M Shatzer for a Broadway lot at 10 dollars
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Humbird Land and Improvement Company
Emma M Humbird
Mary Street
Edward M. Caton
Cowden
Zihlman
Rose Hill
John B. Schaaf
Beall Street
Winmer Bowman
John M. Shatzer
Broadway
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Germany
Bagda
Garden of Eden
Babylon
Nineveh
United States
Near
England
France
Russia
Motamia
Turkey
Many
Health Brace
Holtzman’s
Ghsan’s Garage Distributors
Centre ST
Cyril B. Geare
Seaver and Geare
Walsh
Tel
New Universities Dictionary
the Cumberland Press
Swan Par Mountaing
Campobello
Cumberland
Third National Bank Building
Cumberland, MD
John A. Fulton & CO
Baltimore and Liberty Sts
Cumberland Laundry
North Mechanic Streft
Bricker
North
Liberty Street
Bricker’s
North Liberty ST
Victor and
Columbia Christmas Records
J. P. Wiesel
Baltimore St. Cumberland, MD
Trans Atlantic Steamship Agency
J. H. Holzshu & CO
Edward Saunders
Queen City Garage
Baltimore
Siegfried Kofler
Belvedere Hotel
Eutaw Place
North Avenue
Victrola
Vocalion
Grafonola
Victor
Columbia Records
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