War Bulletins From The Persian Border And Europe
Dispatches report fighting on the Persian border with Russians losing two guns and fifty men killed. Germans reportedly near Warsaw with battles along the San and Vistula rivers. Boer loyalty shifts in South Africa as Col Moritz leads about 3000 troops. German officers bolster his revolt. New York stock market opens with restricted trading after closure. An offshore Jamaica earthquake causes minor damage. Russians evacuate Lemberg as Serbians and Montenegrins retreat. Przemys release complete and San river operations continue.
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London
Persia
Constantinople
Washington
Warsaw
San
Vistula
Przemyal
East Prussia
Capetown
South Africa
Moritz
England
Union
Col
Vienna
Berlin
Amsterdam
Lemberg
Galacia
Przemys
Sieniawa
Russia
Poland
Ivangorod
Four year old girl burned playing with matches at home
Cathleen Eirick aged four of 5 Pennsylvania avenue was badly burned on the neck body and left arm while playing with matches on the back porch. She was cared for by Drs Spicer and Koon and taken to Allegany Hospital where her condition remained serious. Her father, Henry J. Eirick, works at the N G Taylor tin plate plant and was summoned from work to the bedside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cathleen Eirick
Henry J. Eirick
Pennsylvania Avenue
Allegany Hospital
Joseph H. Spicer
Thomas W. Koon
Kirick
N. & G. Taylor Company
Tin Plate
Greenhorn suit goes to jury over Reynolds bridge injury
George Greenhorn sues Road Directors of Allegany County for 10000 damages claiming injuries after falling from a county bridge near Reynolds in spring. Jury retired about 2 30 this afternoon as court schedules a one week adjournment for the American Bar Association meeting in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Greenhorn
Allegany County
Reynolds
D. J. Blackiston
P. C. Barnes
Walter C. Capper
Pioneer Distilling Company
Michael Rbisciglie
Bar Association
American Bar Association
Washington
Marriage Licenses Listed for Several Pennsylvania and West Virginia Couples
Chauncey Edward Hunter of Bradyville Pennsylvania and Mary Helen Lowery of Latrobe Pennsylvania. Jacob Amos Miller and Rosa Anna Nave, Cumberland. Samuel Councie and Ethel Mildred Naylor, South Park Pennsylvania. John Wesley Crock of Springfield West Virginia and Irene Lee Lewis Higginsville West Virginia. Andrew Jackson Sherwood and Ursula Irene Hudson, Ola Town Maryland. Louis Berman Whitworth and Helen Marie Naughton, Westernport Maryland. Frank George Stierstorfer Cumberland and Minerva Cordelia Felker Moyersdale Pennsylvania.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Councie
Ethel Mildred Naylor
South Park
John Wesley Crock
Springfield
W. Va
Irene Lee Lewis
Higginsville
Andrew Jackson Sherwood
Ursula Irene Hudson
Ola Town
Louis Berman Whitworth
Helen Marie Naughton
Westernport
Ridgeley to Hold Special Election Tomorrow
The Ridgeley West Virginia incorporation question will be decided in a special election tomorrow. The Progressives favor the operation promising light sewerage and police protection. opponents want affairs to stay as they are. The contest is expected to be hot with Progressive victory hopes high.
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Ridgeley
W. Va
Cumberland
Rail and Railroads Dominate Regional News Tidbits
Rail tests on the Pittsburg division evaluate 120-pound steel rail for reliability. Adams Express halts money order charges for Red Cross funds to support European war relief. Balti more and Ohio Railroad urges operators to rest off duty to ensure safe service. Fitchburg Railroad stockholders approve 2.5 million dollar bond issue to reimburse Boston and Maine improvements and refund maturing bonds. McKeesport adopts an ordinance increasing pass through speeds to 12 and 20 mph. Rock Island lines promote drought resistant crops and new food products for Chicago markets reducing grocery costs.
Land Deed Transfers Including Orleans and Roe Hill Addition
Edward L. Roberts transfers parcel of land at Orleans to Nellie M. Sisk for 1500 dollars. Lacey W. and Mandana Ross sell parcel near Lonaconing to Jane B. McKenty for 3750 dollars. Edward M. R. Caton and Mary Caton deed parcel in Roe Hill Addition Cumberland to James Leo McDermott for 10 dollars.
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Edward L. Roberts
Nellie M. Sisk
Orleans
Lacey W
Mandana Ross
Jane
McKenty
Lonaconing
Edward M. R. Caton
Mary Caton
James Leo McDermott
Roe Hill
Cumberland
Fragmented coupon page prompts wartime ad notes
A clipped page fragment shows garbled advertising text and notices. It references a press office and advertisements, with unclear lines about coupons and a book price of ten cents. Ambiguous editor notes mention The Cumberland advertisements and wartime context without coherent details.
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Tella Ic
Cumberland Press Office
Penrose Attacks War Tax Bill in Senate Deliberations
Senator Penrose of Pennsylvania denounces the war tax measure as unjust and burdensome on citizens. He accuses the bill of masking Democratic fiscal excess while the Senate Finance Committee considers amendments to strike the medicines tax and retain taxes on cosmetics and chewing gum. The panel also weighs changes to tobacco wine taxes and a monthly newspaper shipment tax.
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Washington
Penrose
Pennsylvania
Senate
Congress
Democratic Party
Senate Finance Committee
Chirman Simmons
Man Threatens Tammany Leader With Alleged Dynamite
New York October 14 a man identified as Alonzo B Behuyler of Adams New York entered a business office swinging a dusty suitcase claiming it held dynamite and saying he would blow Charles P Murphy and Tammany Hall to the lower bay. He was taken to the tenderloin station and Bellevue for examination after police found only a few books in the case.
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New York
Alonzo B. Behuyler
Adams
N. Y
38Th Street
Charles P. Murphy
Bellevue
Personalities and moving notes from Morgantown area
Pittsburgh rail official Frank R Darby arrives for a Chamber of Commerce trip to Hagerstown. Philadelphia visitor George P DeWitt in town. Oakland travelers J J Sweeney and W R Browning head to Hagerstown Fair by car, stopping at Windsor. Cumberland residents Goldstrohm Cook and Kuhn registered at Willard Hotel in Grafton.
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Frank R. Darby
Pittsburgh
Western Maryland Railway
Chamber of Commerce
Hagerstown
George P. DeWitt
Philadelphia
J. J. Sweeney
W. R. Browning
Oakland
Hagerstown Fair
Windsor
F. P. Goldstrohm, Jr
John Cook
H. B. Kuhn
Willard
Grafton
Raymond B. Fey
Progressive Tailoring Company
Frederick Street
Romney
Moorefield
Petersburg
Irving T. Holland
Jean
Decatur Street
Detroit
Susman Rosenbaum
Norfolk
Charles M. Mansbach
J. Wilson Dodd
Green Street
Shriver Avenue
J. W. Wickard
J. Schiller Vogel
Water Street
Sarah Winter
Miss Winter
W. R. Frantz
Cumberland
Morgantown
Winter
Coombs
Emma Coomps
Frantz
New Dominion
Timeline of 1800s World Events From Jena to Welsh Mine Disaster
A compact chronology notes major events from 1806 French victory at Jena to 1918 Welsh colliery explosion claiming many miners. It includes 1829 Venezuela split from Colombia, 1834 Daniel O'Connell arrests, 1870 Metz French sortie with 193 wagons, 1894 Vienna Strauss jubilee, 1899 Dismal Swamp Canal opening, 1904 Russo Japanese war actions, 1911 Taft groundbreaking for Panama Pacific Exposition, 1912 Taft fleet review, and 1918 mining disaster in Wales.
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Jena
Venezuela
Colombia
Daniel O'Connell
Metz
Vienna
Johann Strauss
George Washington
Murid
St. Petersburg
Taft
San Francisco
Hudson River
New York City
Registration Return Day Observed for Officials
Return Day marks the official return of registration officials after yesterday's final revision day, signaling completion of the annual process and readiness for upcoming duties.
Ships for Holland in wartime Dutch cargoes delayed or seized
London reports Dutch ves sels carrying coffee and other goods face hindrances as warships escort them to safety in Falmouth and Rotterdam. The Gelria and Ryndam are examined for reservists and cargo use, with Netherlands assurances required that supplies not reach Germany or Austrians.
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London
Netherlands
Falmouth
England
Germany
Holland
English seize Dutch ships off English coast for war supply checks
British warships off the south coast of England haul Dutch ships to Falmouth for cargo investigations. Plymouth sees more port activity as Dutch vessels are inspected, delayed, or allowed to proceed with part cargo. Officials say Holland must aid its own people and cannot supply Germany.
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England
Falmouth
Plymouth
Hague
Hagerstown Fair Chamber of Commerce Party List Formed
The Chamber of Commerce plans a nonpartisan float for the Hagerstown Fair with about 250 participants. Attendees include H. A. F. Flurschutz, F. A. Blaul, W. Straub, Frederick Music Co. and many local figures and businesses. An automobile party from this city will join the foot parade from the depot to the hotel, aiming to keep the event apolitical.
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Chamber of Commerce
Hagerstown Fair
H. A. F. Flurschutz
F. A. Blaul
W. Straub
Robi. Little
Henry Vogel
J. Schwarzenbach
Frederick Music Co
Isaac Hirsch
H. D. Billmeyer
C. Lt. Cline
F. B. Beall
L’ Bernstein
Chas
G. Holtzshu
John M. Streett
Chas. Charuhas
B. F. Shaffer
Geo. R Weeter
John G. Lynn
W. M. Roberts, Jr
Citizens National Bank
Henry Schriver
Oscar A. Eyerman
Geo. Bowman
Howard Buchanan
George Buchanan
Francis I. Habig
L. L. Kimes
Geo. F. Deneen
Maryland Shoe Co
J. C. Orrick & Sons Co
H. E. Weber
J. J. Tipton
Thos. W. Koon
C. Diamond
Hagerstown
Chamber of Commerce Party
The Return of the Athletics From Boston
Philadelphia reports the Athletics, dethroned by Boston after a four game series, arriving four hours late. Uncle Ken Shibe meets Connie Mack with a weary nod and shared words of hard luck as the Mackmen exit the train and disperse to their hotels.
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Philadelphia
Ken’ Shibe
The
Athletics
Boston
Connie Mack
Connie
Mack
Jag@k Coombs
Eddie Murphy
Used automobile to elope here
Johnstown, Pa. Oct. 14 Harold Lloyd Kahn son of Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Kahn Franklin and Miss Florence Rhodes daughter of Mr. and Mrs. S. 4H. Rhodes Woodvale secured an automobile here and went to Cumberland Monday where they were married by an Episcopal minister. They gave their residence as Roaring Spring Blair county and after the knot tied sped back to Johnstown.
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Johnstown
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Harold Lloyd Kahn
C. W. Kahn
Franklin
Florence Rhodes
Kuhn
Marx
Maple Avenue
Grave border situation prompts White House appeal
Washington reports the border crisis is the gravest since Vera Cruz occupation. After a White House conference, Secretary of War Garrison asked Governor Hunt of Arizona not to mobilize the militia at present, promising Federal troops will strive to preserve order.
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Washington
United States
Vera Cruz
White House
Garrison
Hunt
Arizona
Investigation Ordered Into Little Kanawha Railroad
The Interstate Commerce Commission ordered an inquiry to determine if the Little Kanawha railroad from Parkersburg to Elizabeth W Va is controlled by a railroad combination that is mismanaging the line to hinder Little Kanawha valley development. Preliminary work starts now with a hearing to follow.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Little Kanawha
Parkersburg
Elizabeth
W. Va
Little Kanawha Valley
Senate
Heart of a Hero event notice in Fayette street sale
Sale at Far street Paul’s Hall on October 20 at 8:15 p m. Tickets available at rug Store Baltimore. Advertise October 14 17 19.
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Fayette Street
Far Street
Paul's Hall
Baltimore
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Deny Ostend
Admiralty
Ostend
Eligk
Greenhorn
Chauncey Edward Hunter
Bradyville
Mary Helen Lowery
Latrobe
Jacob Amos Miller
Rosa Anna Nave
Frank George Stierstorfer
Minerva Cordelia Felker Moyersdale
Tomorrgw
Pittsburg
Adams Express Company
Red Cross
Europe
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Fitchburg Railroad Company
Boston & Maine
McKeesport
Agricultural Department of the
Rock Island Lines
Southwest
Chicago
Real Eustate
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River Plate
Rotterdam
Ryndam
Irish
Queenstown
North Sea
C. OF C
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Savibis
Midland F Gas
Omsconing
Aleo le Piedmont
Burg
Pose, Mangas
Deal Fish Market
North
Mechanic Street
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Miller’s
Arlington Hotel
Cumberland Hydraulic, Cement and Manufacturing Company
A. A. Davis
Midland, Md
Istay
Ice Cream Co
Centre St
Frora Street
New York State
Millers
White Hall
Harrison
Apply
Landwehr
Maryland Theatre
Washpoton
Unite
Observatory
Walter Powelle&sons CO
Balto. St
Va. Ave
the Evening Press
the People’s Cash Grocery
N. Centre St
Maryland Railway
Elphi
Pitteborg
West
Belin
Amy Berm
Heacock
Mazerstown
Waynesvora
A. Bender
Photle
Rodigei
J. H. Holzshu & Co. Reali Estate
Insu.i Nce
Bondina
Howard Street
Cumberland, Maryland
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