Beall High School Defeats Allegany Academy 26 to 6 in Gridiron
Beall High School of Frostburg Maryland edged Allegany County Academy 26 to 6 to advance in the scholastic football race. Captain Sluss starred for Beall with three touchdowns and varied plays, while Wilson and McLane also scored and the Academy showed two successful forward passes.
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Beall High School
Frostburg
Coun
Allegany County Academy
Agin
Capt
Sluss
Wilson
Beall High
Bos Esha
Vandergrift
Vanes McKenna Schwargenbach
KR. G
Powell i
Cook
Daae- Eecs
Byucow
McLane Wilson
Conlegenbach
Hill
Powell
Schwarz
McLane
Sprigss
Preeland
Ijlead
Guardsmen High Guns National Guard Team Wins Tourney
In Jacksonville the National Guard team scored 2 228 of 2 400 to win the united service match in the national rifle tourney. The Marine Corps placed second with 2 205 and the Army third with 2 174. Lieutenant Jerry Gerland of the Indiana National Guard won the national pistol with 721 of 840. James Taylor and George Dyer were runners up. Football returns as Columbia resumes play after a ten year ban opening 1915 against St Lawrence. last game in 1905 ended 23–0 for Pennsylvania.
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Jacksonville
Fla
National Guard
United Service
Marine Corps
Army
Jerry Gerland
Indiana National Guard
James Taylor
United States Infantry
George Dyer
Columbia University
Columbia
St. Lawrence
Pennsylvania
Football Player Shocked by Frayed Wire Accident
Jefferson Gardei an 18 year old boy from Jefferson avenue was playing football when a broken telephone wire dropped and touched a porch railing at the Washington Baking Company. He grabbed the charged railing and could not release it as current ran through his body until helpers freed him.
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Washington, Pa
Jefferson Gardei
L. P. Gardei
Jefferson Avenue
Washington Baking Company
Gardei
West Virginians Do Well in Rifle Meet Return
Charleston West Virginia rifle team of the militia finished eleventh at the Jacksonville Florida international meet, rising from seventeenth and after moving up from Class B to Class A earlier in the year, they head home Sunday.
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Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia
Militia
Jacksonville
Pla
Land sale withdrawn after only bid reaches eighteen thousand
The Marshall Morton Lumber Co. land offered for sale at Moore Meld Tuesday was withdrawn after the sole bid of 18000. Owners believe it can fetch a higher price. Present at the sale were Thomas G. Pownall Lloyd L. Shaffer and William C. Deveeman of this city.
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Marshall Morton Lumber Co
Moore- Meld
Thomas G
Pownall
Lloyd L. Shaffer
William C. Deveeman
Mare, 30, Dies in Ridersville Farm Family Loss
James M. Michael of near Ridersville West Virginia mourns the death of his oldest animal, a mare aged thirty years. He had owned her since she was six months old on his farm.
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Jas. M. Michael
Ridersville
W. Va
Barbed Wire and Rumbling Guns in Flanders Front
London dispatch describes Allied bombardment before a planned infantry advance as artillery fire rends wire entanglements along the front. Corroborating reports note immense German wire, trench defenses, and gas cylinders dated 1908 found in Flanders.
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Wilbur S. Forrest
United Press
London
Marne
Vosges
Lens
Flanders
Dangerous Football Day For Big East League Teams
The midway point of the season brings unusually strong foes for Harvard Princeton Yale Cornell Dartmouth Pennsylvania and the Army. Each big team faces opponents capable of challenging them beyond the ordinary, heightening the chance of upsets and historic results this weekend.
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Princeton
Yale
Cornell
Dartmouth
Pennsylvania
Army
Notice to Contractors for Oldtown Road improvements
Sealed proposals to the Mayor and City Council of Cumberland Maryland for grading curb paving and other improvements on Oldtown Road from Maryland Avenue to South Street will be received at the Office of the City Clerk on or before 9 00 a m Monday October 26 1916 Plans and specifications may be obtained at the Office of the City Engineer on deposit of 10 00 refunded on return of plans in good condition City Engineer Advertisement 6 19 21 28
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Cumberland
Oldtown Road
Maryland Avenue
South Street
Cumberland City
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Washington, D.C
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Hagerstown, Md
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New York
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Bowery
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the Cumberland Press
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