Advance Of Kaiser's Men Not Continued Today In Paris Defense
Paris reports the German advance halted with forces lining a wide arc from Belfort to the Aisne. Paris prepares for siege as 70,000 refugees flood in and 5,000 Austrians and Germans are ordered to evacuate within 48 hours.
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Czar Sending 900000 Men to Aid France
New York reports Russia may be sending 500000 reinforcements to aid France, supplementing earlier claims of 80000 troops. The Mauretania’s passengers relayed details of the first Russian division landing at Aberdeen on August 27 and proceeding to Harwich, Grimsby, and Dover to join transports cross channel. It is said they would cooperate with British marines and Belgian troops at Antwerp.
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Cardinal Ferrata Named Papal Secretary of State
Rome announces Cardinal Dominic Ferrata has been appointed Papal Secretary of State. Born in Montefiascone in 1847 he served as Papal Nuncio in Paris and Prefect of the Congregation of Bishops in Rome. He presided over last year’s Eucharistic Congress in Malta.
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First Black person hunt reported in fall season
A party led by Joseph E. Weaver, Tom Pugh, William FE. Dorsey, W. C. Cline, and Edw. J. Callahan traveled by auto to the Pines Bungalow in Cash Valley then hiked the hills to find a Black person. They returned about 2 am claiming the quarry is possibly in hiding.
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William FE. Dorsey
W. C. Cline
Edw. J. Callahan
Pines
Cash Valley
German French clash near Altkirch Belfort battle reported
A Basel dispatch to the Fournier agency notes German and French forces fighting six miles from Altkirch and nine miles from Basel. Belfort remains entrenched. A German aviator over Fort Kapp at Belfort was shot down by a shell last night.
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Mifty Cents Spring Chick ington Street
A fragment mentions Sunday as part of the season on a street named ington with a reference to a fifty cent amount, but details are fragmentary and unclear.
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German Embassy Protest on Wireless Support to British Cruisers
New York wired news reports Count von Bernstorff warned Americans not to use wireless to aid British warships off the Atlantic coast. He urged complete censorship and cited intercepted messages to H. B. Hunt of West Seventieth Street as proof of wireless use for provisioning and coal.
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Suffolk
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Aged Miner Dies After Sudden Illness in Midlothian
Patrick Coleman aged 68 a miner of Midlothian was found dying on the county road between Shaft and Midlothian at 8 pm. He died before reaching home and a physician ruled death by apoplexy. He had not worked recently and suffered age related ailments. He lived with his uncle Michael Mooney after his mother’s July 1913 death. Surviving relatives include his cousin trio Patrick James and Thomas Cosgrove in Frostburg and the 90 year old uncle.
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Frostburg
Spectator urges Wilson to seek German view on Hague treaties
The London Spectator proposes President Wilson demand a clear German position on Hague treaties and the Geneva convention. It argues Germany has disregarded agreements, urges Wilson to press for a definitive statement on repudiate The Hague pacts and common European understanding built over two centuries.
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Citizens plan protest over C and W fare hike
Frostburg officials county leaders and town mayors met to oppose the Cumberland and Westernport Electric Railway fare increase from four to four and a half cents. A public meeting in Frostburg was set for Tuesday September 8 to decide on court or PSC actions and to interpret the franchise. Mayor George Stern urged county citizens from Allegany to attend and form delegations.
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