Prospering Trade Predicted as War Disruptions Ease
Philadelphia harbor shows renewed shipping activity with many neutral vessels tied up yet to be reactivated. Brokers anticipate increased exports, aided by new credits from Landenburg Thalman Co and a larger Girard Point elevator handling grain cargoes. The Merion from Liverpool led large arrivals including 1508 barrels herring and miscellaneous goods, while lines from Philadelphia resume regular sailings except German and Austrian ones.
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Philadelphia
Philadelphia Ledger
Landenburg Tielman & Co
Mannener
England
London Corres
Landenbure Thalman
Lon‘nun and Westminister Bank
iTfary Shoeder & Co
Girard Point
Rockabell
Merion
Aerial warfare in the Great War still relies on ground forces
The article surveys aerial corps in World War I noting Zeppelins and armored planes cause terror but rarely decisive damage. It praises reconnaissance and artillery spotting by aircraft while acknowledging the airship's limited impact on offense and defense.
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Paris
Amiles
Photographs From Beligium Show Vise After Bombardment
English photographers risked capture to document Belgian city Vise after German bombardment. The upper image depicts a ruined main street, the lower shows the Meuse bridge at Vise blown by the Felgins to hinder German advance. German soldiers appear unaware of the camera as they face heavy fire near Liege.
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Belgium
Vise
Meuse
Felgins
Liege
Special Session Ahead for Congress in Early Spring
The Washington Star suggests a likely special session if the war lingers and international complications remain unsettled. Lawmakers will shape wartime measures, with some fading and others expanded, as seven months of learning inform new duties for incoming members. If elected, they must act promptly and steadily. The President’s call would mobilize workers to respond.
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The
Washington Star
Congress
Martinsburg Man Dies at 78 in West Virginia Home
August Zimmerman died at his home 316 Boyd Avenue Martinsburg West Virginia on Saturday aged 78 He was formerly a resident of this city where he had many friends.
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August Zimmerman
Boyd Avenue
Martinsburg
W. Va
Zimmerman
Press Bureau in Whitehall Gathers War News
British War Office and Admiralty run a Press Bureau to filter and relay war news. Report notes its role as history’s recorder, its censoring, humility, and cramped quarters in Whitehall. It mentions a mascot cat and a kitten, then shifts to Robinson's Shows coming to Cumberland with two circus performances and a morning street parade.
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Herbert Temple
International News Service
London
Paris
Berlin
Petrograd
St. Petersburg
War Office
Admiralty
Whitehall
F. E. Smith
Harold Smith
England
Press Bureau
Robinson
Cumberland
John H. Donahue Dies Former State Mining Inspector
John H. Donahue 50 of Frostburg died Sunday evening at State Hospital Sykesville after a year as a patient. He served two terms as state mining inspector and later worked as a coal inspector for Consolidation Coal Co. He is survived by his wife Emma McGettigan a son William four daughters Marie Helen Agnes Emma and siblings William Patrick Thomas and three sisters. He was a member of St Michael Catholic Church and fraternal orders in Frostburg Cumberland. Funeral details will be announced.
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John H. Donahue
Frostburg
State Hospital
Sykesville
Baltimore
Donahue
Warfield
Consolidation Coal Company
Mr. Donahue
Emma McGettigan
William
Marie
Cumberland Press
Helen
Agnes
Emma Donahue
Patrick
Midland
Thomas Donahue
Annie Matthews
Meyersdale
Bernard Rooney
F. Honahan
JOS T ALSIP DIES SUDDENLY AT BEDFORE
Joseph Taylor Alsip owner of the Avandale Hotel near Bedford Springs died suddenly yesterday afternoon in his room ten minutes after talking with guests. Survived by wife Delilah Smith Alsip a daughter Gussie Little and three sisters. Funeral arrangements to be announced.
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Joseph Taylor Alsip
Avandale Hotel
Bedford Springs
Delilah Smith Alsip
Gussie Little
Alvin JL. Little
Bedford Bar
Norma
Clay Nycum
Emma
Albert Nycum
Wilkinsburg
Della
George M Purcell
Bedford
Alsip
J. Nelson
H. Alsip
J. H. Helman
Cumberland
Engraved or Printed Business Cards at the Evening Press
Small directory listing notes that the Evening Press offers engraved or printed business cards. The item emphasizes printing options and suggests order placement through the newspaper office.
Divorce Petition Seeks Custody In Allegany County Suit
Order of publication filed in circuit court reveals Able Be and Bucy seek a divorce from their 1910 marriage. Bucy deserted the plaintiff June 4 1911 and has remained absent for over three years, with infant Kissie W Kuey in need of custody and, if granted, the plaintiff aims to resume the name Kerns.
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Bucy
Garfield A. Bucy
Allegany County
Maryland
Kissie W. Kuey
Billier
West Inia
Hin
Kerns Npen
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