Ostend Bombardment Sparks Evacuations and Lights Restriction
Ostend residents fled after a German Zeppelin dropped three bombs in the city’s southwest last night. An order bans lights after 8 pm as civilians cope with panic and assess the raid’s alleged message to British aviators.
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Ostend
Here
Duesseldorf
Bickendorf
Petrograd
Krukenize
Fleetzuten
Galicia
Chyrou
Przemysl
San
Berlin
Germany
Louvain
Thier
Dar-es-Sallaam
Slavonia
Rev William W Shearer to Be Ordained Priest
The Rev William W Shearer rector of St Peters Church Oakland will be ordained to the priesthood of the Episcopal Church by Bishop Murray on Friday October 2 at 10 30 in the morning The presenter will be the Rev William Cleveland Hicks and the sermon by Rev Dr Jacob Brittingham Both men are connected to the church and community including Justice Jacob B Humbird of this city and Emmanuel Church Cumberland MD The notice also mentions an advertisement for guaranteed hot water bottles from Lichtenstein's Pharmacy
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William W. Shearer
Jacob B. Humbird
Episcopal Church
St. Peter’s Church
Oakland
Murray
William Cleveland Hicks
Emmanuel Church
Cumberland
Jacob Brittingham
Wheeling
Mrs Nicholson Dies at Mt Hope Sanatorium Baltimore
Mrs Jillian B Nicholson aged 63 of Fayette Street died at 7 this morning at Mt Hope Sanitarium Baltimore after a brief illness. She was previously Miss Wilkins of this city, survived by her son Somerville Nicholson. Brother 8S C Wilkins of 42 Bedford Street is a paper hanger. Body to be brought here. funeral plans not set.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lillian B. Nicholson
Fayette Street
Mt. Hope Sanitarium
Baltimore
Mary Elizabeth Hank
A. S. Hank
Mountain Lake Park
Hank
Burlington
Mineral County
W. Va
Methoarm Episcopal Church
Firs Church
Martinsburg
Lee M. Bender
Washington, D. C
Magistrate Fines Man for Stone Throwing on Baltimore Pike
Ervin A. House was fined five dollars by Magistrate Pitzer for throwing stones at an automobile owned and driven by Walter Coughenour on the Baltimore Pike. The fine was paid, ce eom and Saturday. The notice also advertises Republican campaign events in Allegany county with meetings in Flintstone and Oldtown featuring State Senator Fred N. Zihlman and E. Lee Shaw. Also advertised are peaches for sale near the Queen City Hotel and billiards at the Queen City Bowling Alley.
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Ervin A. House
Pitzer
Walter Coughenour
Baltimore Pike
Allegany County
Flintstone
Oldtown
Fred N. Zihlman
Congress
E. Lee Shaw
Canadians Go Off to War in 32000 Strong Wave
In St John New Brunswick on September 25 32 000 Canadian volunteers were sent to the front announced by T W Crothers minister of labor before the Canadian Trades and Labor Congress. The notice highlights a major mobilization while advertising and local notices appear alongside. The Baltimore Rotary Club plans to expand to Cumberland and Hagerstown seeking new clubs with extension committees to foster growth.
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St. John, N. B
T. W. Crothers
Dominion of Canada
Cumberland
Rotary Club
Rotary Club of
Baltimore
Hagerstown
Maryland
Suit for Divorce Filed by Mary E. Dawson in Circuit Court
Mary E. Dawson files for absolute divorce from Albert K. Dawson on non support and abandonment grounds. She seeks custody of their child. The couple married at Westernport on May 14 1911. Attorney Lindley Sloan represents the petitioner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary E. Dawson
Circuit Court
Albert K. Dawson
Westernport
Lindley Sloan
Personal ads request readers to telephone news tips
Patrona and friends of The Cumberland Press ask readers and other news items to telephone the paper. Any matter of interest will be greatly appreciated. The Editor.
Local residents visit and recover as many travel notes pass through Cumberland
Miss Annie Collins at St. Marys Hospital Parkersburg suffers typhoid fever. Several visitors travel for fairs and family visits from Clarksburg Bedford Martinsburg Everett and Falling Waters. Luther League attendees return from Baltimore while others plan trips to New Haven and New York.
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Annie Collins
Westernport
St. Mary's Hospital
Parkersburg
Margaret Gillespie
Clarksburg
W. Va
Mra
Pat Cain
Frank Kelly
D. W. Poling
Elkins
William F. Adams
Ernest Young
Frederick
Thomas Brown
Everett
Bedford
Cumberland Fair
T. W Stingley
Virginia Emerson
Falling Waters
G. W. Chambers
Martinsburg
Cumberland
F. L. Hodgson
Lucy McDonald
C. F. Bergner
St. Luke’s Lutheran Church
Bedford Street
Kelly Twigg
Baltimore
National Luther League of America
St. Mark’s Church
John J. Brooks
Columbia St
New Haven
Conn
Shepherds of Bethlehem
Kennedy Star
Brooks
New York
Philadelphia
Mary C. S~chardt
Oldtown
Amenta Snavely
Maryland Avenue
Hagerstown
Sharpburg
Licht Pharmacy Ad Teases Rubb Gibras at 39c a Pair
Local ad promotes Rubb Gibras available at Licht Pharmacy priced at 39 cents per pair.
Artist Leavitt set to speak four times in Cumberland
Cumberland hosts four Leavitt lectures this Sunday. At 9:45 a.m. he addresses the Duke Memorial Class on Joy of Life, then 11:00 a.m. at Central M E Church South on The Great Thanksgiving Feast of Israel. Afternoon talks follow at 3:30 p.m. at Central Y M C A Eyes That See Not and 7:30 p.m. at First M P Church The Worth of a Life. A solo by T H McCauley at the Y M C A.
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M. P
G. E. Brown
T. H. McCauley
Civic Club Plans Benefit Dance at Daisy's Hall
City Hall meeting was well attended as reports on humane playgrounds and tuberculosis were approved. A dance is set for Friday October 9 at Daisy's Hall to raise funds for the club’s activities with committees led by Miss Elizabeth L. Lowndes and four married women.
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Civic Club
City Hall
Daisy’s Hall
Elizabeth L. Lowndes
W. W. Hanly
Emily Schwarzenbach
Louise Burwell
A. M. Lichtentein
Fragmented ad copy from Lotus de organtein’s Pharmacy
Sparse readable fragments mention a pharmacy name and a skin cream product. No clear event, date, or person details are discernible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lichtemst ’S Pharmacy
Lotus de. Orgtein
Auto and Aeroplane Races at Cumberland Track Tomorrow
Automobile and motorcycle races set for tomorrow afternoon at Cumberland track. Six events include a two mile race, a one mile track record open to all, a race between the Wright bi-phone piloted by Aviator Luckey and the first event winner, and an Australian pursuit ten miles. Several motor cycle events also listed.
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Cumberland Track
Wright
Luckey
Local Society Notes From Davis and Nearby
Wm G Miller and Miss Ruth Patterson married last June, now to reside in Davis West Virginia. Okey Elmer Strawser wed Miss Elsa Teets in Terra Alta on September 18. A dance honored Miss Florence Morgan of Detroit at Mrs. Aman’s Fairmont Ave home. A petal shower for B C Gentry, ex manager of the Queen City News stand, who heads to Baltimore. William Eller, 57, a Standard Oil tanker driver, died while unloading coal in Hopewell Pennsylvania. Also brief ads reference peaches and pharmacy offers.
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Wm. G. Miller
Ruth Patterson
Miller
Davis
W. Va
Blackwater Hotel
Davi
Okey Elmer Strawser
Mias Elsa Ethel Teets
W. A. Teets
Terra Alta
John M. Freeland
Strawser
Baltimore and Ohio
Frank J. Aman
Fairmont Avenue
Florence Morgan
Detroit, Mich
Isaac D. Boyd
Park Street
B. C. Gentry
Union News
Queen City
Baltimore
B.C. Gentry
Edna Frankenbury
Elfa Zehrbaugh
Fannie Zehrbaugh
Laura Lanner
Ruth Barnett
Franklin Miller
Harry Snyder
William Eller
Stanard Oil Company
Hopewell
Sheriff Sale Notice of Old Town Farm in Allegany County
By writ issued in Allegany County Circuit Court the Edward Hammann property near Old Town is seized and to be sold at public auction October 24 1914 at 11 am in Cumberland. The Skipton tract covers about 578 acres with a frame dwelling and timber, sale cash, conveyancing at cost. Harry Irvine sheriff of Allegany presides.
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Allegany County
Wilaba H. Kiefer
Edward Hammann
Circuit Court
Old Town
Old To
Maryland
Skipton
Third National Bank
City of
Cumberland
Harry Irvine
Allegany
Detained German Yacht Germania in British prize court
London, Sept. 25 German racing yacht Germania owned by Lieutenant Dr Gustave Krupp von Behren and Hal Bach, head of Krupp gun works, has been ordered detained by the British prize court. The yacht went to England to take part in the Cowes regatta. Gerald Ankers death notice and other short items follow.
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London
Gustave Krupp von Behren
Halbach
Krupp Gun Works
Germany
England
Cowes
Saloon license applications filed for Central Hotel
The Central Hotel at 22 and 24 N Mechanic Street Cumberland Maryland seeks spirituous liquor licenses under Maryland acts of 1894 1902 1904 1908 and 1910 with Harvey E Poorbaugh and William Frey named as applicants and Charles W Hinze as owner of premises Remonstrances if any must be filed within 20 days with Lloyd L Shaffer Clerk Cumberland.
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General Assembly of
Maryland
Allegany County
Circuit Court
Gany County
Harvey E. Poorbaugh
William Frey
Central Hotel
Mechanic Street
Cumberland, Md
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Pekin
Tsing Tao
Paris
France
Wey
Liege
Meuse
St. Mihiel
Sayville
N. Y
Berlin Tageblat
Credit Lyonnais
Byers
Wi. W. Shearer
Lichtenstein’s Pharmacy
Jillian B. Nicholson
Ness
Stoned Automobile
Queen City Bowling Alley
Freig' Use
J City
Billiare
Ein’s
O Star
Thom Washington Eee
Fogiman
Pure, God Store
Auto del
Lcah
Lichtenst & Pharmacy
Lichtegss Pharmacy
George G. Muth
Barlett
Lichtenste Pharmacy
rAdyv
Queen City I
Lichte
Pharmacy
Adv
Klawan Buildin
Queen
Charles E. Coffman
Arthur Menefee
Chicago
Milwaukee
Nathan Morgan
Point Marion
Aaron Wiener
William Arthur
Walnut Street
Europe
Leavity
Lichtenstein's
Ham
N. Centre St
Self
McKaig
FE. M. F
Kemper
Footman
Franklin
Kendig
McDonald
Ford
Linabury
Whiting and Eppler
Sheriff's Sale
Chager
KRUPP
Ns Pharmacy
Gerald Ankers
W. E. Frazee
Decatur Street
Arlington Hotel
Ankers
Lillian Frazee
Charles Leon Ankerman
Huntingdon
Charlotte Bell Ripple
Mt. Union
John Andrew Volk
Indiana
Margaret Beatrice Kirkwood
Apollo
John Oscar Houtz
Johnstown
Pearl Alberta Klinger
Altoona
Satdird
Omas Burke
Wig
Charles W. Hinze
Lloyd L. Shaffer
J. A. Rice
Centre Street
van Duzen
Humbird Supply CO
Hamilton
Mechanic St
Progress
Elay
National Standard Ice Cream Co
Centre St
Mre
W. B Donk
Tre Street
Arch Street
Cecelia Street
Fiat Street
Polk Ot
Miller's
Apply
T. G. Pownall
Glenn
Miller’a
Mra A. Brown
Virginia Ave
Maryland Avenues
Front
Goethe St
Ll. J
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George's Croek
James Flynn
Ucla
J. HH. Holzshu & Co. Insurance
Howard Street
Cumberland, Maryland
the Cumberland Dairy Lunch
Baltimore Street
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