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Newspaper
Cumberland Press
Location
Cumberland, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1914
Page
6
George Dufresne relates from Paris on October 16 the flow of wounded from the Marne and Aisne to rear hospitals, the brave actions of British troops, the loss of horses, and the reception of French priest soldiers. He notes British courage praised in Liberté and other papers and the Cardinal archbishop of Mechlin departing Gare Saint Lazare.
Washington reports the Alaska coal land leasing bill, revived at the urging of President Wilson and Secretary Lane, passed the House virtually without opposition and now awaits the president's signature. It allows competitive bids on 40 acre blocks up to 2000 acres, ensures royalty of at least 2 cents a ton, and uses lease proceeds to reimburse railroad construction.
A Lima Ohio resident completed a weeklong visit and departed on Wednesday. Mrs Tierney, who had stayed several weeks, moved on to Keyser due to her mother Mrs Mulendy's illness in that area.
The interior of Barton’s Methodist Church is being painted and renovated. Misses Everest Weleski visit Cumberland with Miss Lillie Inskeep. Mr and Mrs T P Kelly of Baltimore visit the Misses Birmingham. Civic Club showcases needle art from Barton at Frostburg Farmers Festival. Lights at town ends to be replaced. Sunday schedule lists classes and sermons with Epworth League and midweek prayer.
The funeral for Louis Dundon’s daughter, 14, will be Monday at St Michael’s Church Frostburg. The girl died after a shotgun discharged in a doorway while Miss Condry attempted to move it. Workers at Washington Mine No 2 and Dr. Wilson confirmed death at the scene.
New York October 17. Among surgeons sailing Saturday for the war zone on the Rochambeau is Dr Mary Crawford the first woman to practice as a surgeon in Brooklyn. Dr George Rambaud head of the Pasteur Institute selected six doctors whose expenses are paid from a fund started by the Duchess of Talleyrand. Crawford has eighteen months as an ambulance surgeon at Williamsburgh Hospital proving her ability to meet emergencies.
An innocent man on his way to buy party dainties was involved in a fatal shooting. The dead girl's body was left at the Condry home until morning for coroner’s inquest, later moved to the Dundon home. The child leaves parents, a sister Marie, and brothers George Jr James William Joseph and an infant. Community shock and Dundon sympathy follow. Funeral plans noted for Mrs Chabot. Mrs Louis Chabot 65 died after eight months illness. service Monday at St Michael’s Frostburg with burial at St Michael’s cemetery. She leaves husband, two sisters in Germany, three sons Paul Eckhart Edward Joseph, two daughters Mrs Thomas Niner and Mrs Francis Chambers. Reporting of church events and local hospital note ongoing activities.
Rare solemnities will be held at SS Peter and Paul Church on October 20 and 21 as the Rt Rev Owen Corrigan Auxiliary Bishop of Baltimore ordains several seminarians. The rites, including tonsure and lower orders, will unfold with processions from the Monastery to Fayette street church.
A facsimile of a field service postcard shows strict wartime security with only space for a signature and date. The British soldier writes to the girl he left behind, reflecting the era’s tight controls on front line correspondence.
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