Paris Falls Under Fear as Allied Push Drives Germans Back
Panic grips Paris as U S Ambassador Herrick orders Americans to depart. British and French forces claim progress along the center and right of a 160 mile battle line near the Oreq and Mourne fronts. Paris population drops 30 to 50 percent as evacuations continue.
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Paris
Oreq River
la Ferre Chempenoise
Sombois
Vitry le Francois
Forest of
Argonnes
Joffre
French
Cen
Protest Against C and W Fare Increase Draws 100 Citizens
Over one hundred Frostburg area citizens and officials met in city hall to oppose a C and W fare hike from 4 to 4 12 cents. A committee including Mayor George Stern, Dr. T A K Hummelshire, and J Milton Patterson was named to raise funds and organize countywide opposition and file a protest with the Public Service Commission.
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Cumberland and Westernport Electric Railway Company
Frostburg
George Stern
T. A. K. Hummelshire
Cumberland
J. Milton Patterson
LaValle
Public Service Commission
Stern
Richard Chaney
Charles R. Morris
Morris
Trummelshimer
Commission
Western Maryland Telephone Companies
City Commission of
Front Street Owners Ordered to Build New Sidewalks
City Council meeting approves procedure requiring James Percy and William If. Drowning to lay new sidewalks in front of their Front Street properties within two weeks or face city construction at owners' expense. A 20 day notice is to be served with penalties for noncompliance. The complained stretch is described as one of the worst in the city.
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Hummelshire
James Percy
William If
Front Street
West Virginia United Brethren Conference Opens in Grafton
The West Virginia United Brethren Annual Conference convened in the United Brethren Church at Grafton with Bishop William Marion Weekly presiding. About 200 ministers and laymen attend as Rev. Frank Rabadaugh of Belington serves as East District treasurer and financial reports show monies handled to advantage.
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West Virginia
United Brethren Church
Grafton
William Marion
D. D
Parkersburg
Frank G. Radabaugh
Belington
East
Motorcyclist William Ansel Injured in Valley Road Crash
William Ansel, 86, of 100 Walnut Street, was found unconscious after his motorcycle skidded on the Valley road three miles from Cumberland. He suffers a brain hemorrhage from a probable skull fracture and a broken right collar line, and is hospitalized at Western Maryland. He was located by Charles Brant.
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William Ansel
Walnut Street
Western Maryland Hospital
Valley Road
Cumberland
Ansel
Charles Brant
Mrs Klinger Wins Absolute Divorce in Allegany Circuit Court
Amanda A. Klinger of Pennsylvania Avenue Cumberland is granted a decree of absolute divorce from James Klinger. Arner G. Carl represents the plaintiff in the Circuit Court of Allegany County.
The Daily Special In The Belief That The Lord Provides
A brief column notes faith advocates urging reliance on divine provision amid daily struggles. It highlights communal prayers and steadfast trust as guiding principles for supporters.
Russian Austrian front updates from Galicia and Prussia
General Ruzsky’s forces invest Trzemysl and bombard the Galician stronghold while Rennenkampf presses German lines in East Prussia. Reports cite German concentrations near Posen Breslau and Vestula, with Russians and Austrians wounded arriving. Maubeuge falls to German siege, 400 guns and 40,000 prisoners taken, four generals among captives. The Petrograd report claims a Czarist victory near Rawa and Russian advance north of Galicia. Germans evacuate Alsace Lorraine as Belgium occupies the territory.
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Rennenkampf
Posen
Berlin
Bresleau
Vestula
Galicia
Mebgerg
Maubeuge
War Office
Sambre
Washington
Crown Prince
Frederick William
Ludwig Frank
Reichstag
Luneville
Rome
Merchants Plan Commercial Day in City
A Chamber of Commerce meeting decided to stage a Commercial Day soon. A committee including A P Gross, Rosenbaum Rosenbaum Bros, H A F Flurshutz, W J Edwards and secretary Philip W Blake will set the date and arrange events. The plan aims to draw shoppers to the city and encourage quarterly sales, with extensive ads in the Cumberland Press and other papers.
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Chamber of Commerce
A. P. Gross
Gross Brothers’ Department House
Irving Ing Rosenbaum
Rosenbaum Bros. Dry Goods
H. A. F. Flurshuts
Flurshutz Furniture Establishment
W. J. Edwards
McMullen Bros.’ Department Stores
Philip W. Blake
Cumberland Press
United States
Children Witness Father's Murder Over Garden Tragedy
Nelson Morgan 40 of Philippi West Virginia was shot as he weeded beans in his garden after a quarrel with James Price 19 who had moved from Grafton and recently married Price fled and a posse searches for him in Philippi and Grafton while Morgan died hours later without regaining consciousness.
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Nelson Morgan
Philippi
W. Va
James Price
Philippi Frm
Grafton
Price
Morgan
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Alsace
Vosges
Bordeaux
War Milleran
Orey
Herrick
Touraine
Belgium
Folkstone
C.&w
Big Income
Thomas G. Dillon
Prof. Rice
Co. & W~. Holdings
West Virginia UU
Ouletius
Czar
Alsace and
Lorraine
Corriere Gella Sera
Guaranteed Electric Co
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