Eye witness accounts of first French German battle in Belgium
International News Service reports Granville Fortescue dispatch from front near Namur. He describes a major engagement between French and German forces, German advances, French artillery fire, and battlefield conditions. The piece notes aeroplane use, Belgian depletion, and the tense mobility of early 1914 style warfare.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
England
Granville Fortescue
Daly Telesgraph
Givet
France
Wrnter
Wavre
Gembloux
Vally
Meuse
Namur
Peggy Finds Love Lies in a Locket Twist
Peggy, bored and wary of romance, hides her feelings by replacing a photo in her locket with Jim's. Billy returns, teases engagement, and orchestrates a wake-up reveal showing his own true feelings. In a playful twist, he exposes Blanche as harmless and confirms Peggy’s love for him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peggy Cat
Billy Dunn
Billy
Dundee
Peggy
Grrat
Bily
Peg
O .K
Blanche
Scotland
Pegy
Pegry
Jim
Briar Cottage
Farlowe
London
Finlayson
Grand Camp P O S of A Opens Annual Meet in Charlestown
The Grand Camp of Patriotic Order of Sons of America opened its annual meeting in Charlestown with over 100 delegates attending. A street parade featuring about 500 members and the Powhatan Band followed the morning business session. William James Heaps donated a flag to Charlestown High School, accepted by Prof. Wright Denny, amid a banquet that night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlestown
W. Va
Grand Camp of Patriotic Order of Sons of America
Powhatan Band
Charlestown High School
William James Heaps
Baltimore
Maryland
Wright Denny
Peaches and cantaloupes flood Hagerstown market
Large peach shipments pour from the South Mountain belt as the crop breaks records. Prices range from 20 cents to $1 a bushel with 25 carloads leaving Smithsburg yesterday. The Hagerstown market is glutting while late varieties arrive with superior quality alongside a record cantaloupe crop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hagerstown
South Mountain Fruit Belt
Smithsburg
Miners threaten to dynamite Butte over troop move
In Butte Montana on September 2 terror spread as miners warned they would dynamite and burn the town if troops arrived. A leader boasted of dynamite and oil and two regiments totaling 600 men were ready to depart from Helena the moment Governor Stewart ordered mobilization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butte
Mont
Helena
Stewart
Editors to Organize for West Virginia News Papers
A meeting of all West Virginia newspaper publishers is planned in Parkersburg on September 26 and 27 to form a state organization. C. F. Meredith and F. J. Ehrer, editors of Salem weekly papers, issued the call.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parkersburg
W. Va
West Virginia
C. FE. Meredith
F. J. Ehrer
Salem
Northland flyer derails near Kalamazoo injuring many
The Northland flyer, a fast resort train on the Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad, went into a ditch on a curve four miles north of Kalamazoo yesterday. Many persons were seriously injured in the accident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kalamazoo
Mich
Northland Flyer
Grand Rapids and Indiana
Russian officer dies on North Pole expedition
Lieutenant Sedoff of a Russian Arctic expedition perished in the ice while attempting to reach the North Pole. Survivors, arriving in Archangel, said Sedoff left Franz Joseph Land with two sailors, fell ill, and died.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Petersburg
Sedoff
North Pole
Far North
Archangel
Franz Joseph Land
Pole
Czar Renames Russian Capital Petrograd
Reuters dispatch from St. Petersburg says Czar Nicholas renames the Russian capital Petrograd. The report notes continued Russian advances into Galicia and Austrian retreat across the Vistula after heavy losses by a Hungarian division.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Reuter
St. Petersburg
Czar
Nicholas
Petrograd
Galacia
Vistula
Wireless agreed for censorship by American officials
Washington reports that Germany and Great Britain have accepted the US proposal allowing the wireless stations at Sayville and Tuckerton to send code messages to belligerents under American censorship. The plan aims to resolve technical issues and enable a formal government decision within days. Tuckerton may resume under license, with Sayville and Tuckerton tightly supervised by the US.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Germany
Great Britain
United States
Tuckerton
N. J
Sayville,. T
Department of Commerce
Sayville
Suit for Wounded Heart Short Lived
In Somerset on September 2 a breach of promise suit was filed by Miss Irene Crissey against Frank W. Thompson, owner of the opera house and auto garage, seeking 5000 dollars. The suit was later withdrawn as parties reached an out of court settlement to avoid publicity.
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Somerset
A. L. G. Hay
Irene Crissey
Frank W. Thompson
Miss Crissey
Take Paris or Die Kaiser Order Reported
London reports Emperor William ordered his troops to take Paris or die as they press toward the Allies. A German officer from Brussels describes frantic efforts to crush British forces amid growing unease among troops. 80,000 German troops reportedly moved via the Meuse en route to Germany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Paris
William
Times
Ostend
Brussels
East Prussia
Meuse
Andenne
Seilles
Namur
Liege
Germany
Railroad to 32 000 Acres of West Virginia Timber
The West Virginia Pulp and Lumber Company plans a standard gauge railroad through Webster County from Cass to a potential Chesapeake and Ohio connection. The line aims to develop 32 000 acres of virgin timber. Baltimore and Ohio and West Virginia Midland may build a standard gauge link from Holly Junction to Webster Springs, connecting with the new line, with construction already underway on the first segment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
West Virginia Pulp & Lumber Company
Webster County
W. Va
Cass
Coal & Coke Railroad
Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
West Virginia Midland Railroad
Holly Junction
Webster Springs
Uncle Sam Urges Better Child Care Through New Bureau
The Department of Labor has formed a Children's Bureau to teach parents care for children and has issued a free booklet titled Prenatal Culture. Government interest also supports improving livestock and crops, signaling a broader push to elevate the human race.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal Department of Labor
Army Officers Appointed as Observers of War Movements
Secretary of War Garrison designated five officers to observe British and Austrian army movements. Three join the Austrian force: Major Joseph H. Ford, Captain Augustine McIntyre, and Captain Berkeley Enochs. Two accompany the British army: Captain William A. Castle and Captain Alexander M. Miller. Lieutenant Colonel George A. Squier joins the English mission. Observers report to ambassadors in Vienna, London, and Paris.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Secretary For War Garrison
War Department
Great Britain
Austria
Russia
Germany
France
Joseph H. Ford
Medical Corps
London
Augustine McIntyre
Field Artillery
Fort Sill
Oklo
Berkeley Enochs
Infantry
Berlin
Vienna
William A. Castle
Alexander M. Miller
Cavalry
Paris
Ambassador Page
George A. Squier
Bishop Smith to Preside At West Virginia Conference
Fairmont West Virginia September 2 The annual conference of the Methodist Episcopal churches of West Virginia will convene in this city October 7 and continue for a week Bishop C WV Smith will preside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairmont
W. Va
The
Methodist Episcopal Churches of
West Virginia
C. WV. Smith
Veteran race horse driver killed in Newport accident
Allentown on September 2 reports Buellen J. Schweyer a veteran liveryman and race horse driver killed when his wagon was struck by an empty engine on the Jersey Central railroad at Newport. His daughter Elizabeth was fatally injured and two men on the wagon escaped by jumping. Schweyer was carried 400 yards on the smokestack of the engine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allentown
Buellen J. Sehweger
Elizabeth
Jersey Central Railroad
Newport
Miss Schweyer
Local couples listed across Cumberland and nearby towns
A list of names and paired residences from Cumberland and nearby towns such as W Va and Pa. Names include Cornelius Jackson Bagent Reyne oldn Store and Clara Bell Rice Ridge ley W Va, with many other couples linked to Cumberland Ruddle Emporium Portage and several other small communities.
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Cornelius Jackson Bagent
Reyne Oldn
W. Va
Lesat Mabel Havermale
Angers
Georges Merwin Furstenburg
Cumsberland
Clara Bell Rice
Ridgeley
John Wiliam Twier
Catherine May Castle
Cumberland
Otto Franklin Ruddle
Luna Elizabeth Smith
Ruddle
John Preston Ruddle
Clara B. Ruddie
Rudle
We Va
Guy Alvin D Brown
J Marie Smith
Emporium
Mos
Frank Caylor
Onle Edwards
Rule Valley
Edgar Durke Fesenbaker
Westernport
Emma Marie Stakem
Piedmont
Clara Elie
Minna Ethel Plemsing
Centre Point
Charles Foss Hodgett
Emma Delattori
Portage, Va
Henry Daniel Brunner
Myrna Mary Forsythe
Portage, Pa
Benjamin Joseph Emerick
Farrehope
Sarah Virginia Peart Porebeck
Hoblitzel
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Herbert Temple
Battie
Yench
Yvoir
oMcer
Huy
Rochefort
Cirey
SLO Ehhorns Daily
M. C. Brown
Herelf
Peggy Ditton
Kaiser
Uncle Sam
U.S
Bishop Smith
Frederick Street
V. C. Kallmyer
Wallace Street
B. L. Moreland
Carroll Street
Chas. M. Stieff
Central Square
the Cumberland Dairy Lunch
Lman
Sala
Baltimore Street
J. A. Rice
Centre Street
van Duzen
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