Allies Win At Terrible Cost
London reports Allied offensive gains on the western front with heavy Allied losses. Berlin acknowledges reverses but claims German lines hold. British and French actions near Loos Hulluch and Perthes push territory with large prisoner totals and captured trenches. Italian cabinet signals ready to deploy troops.
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Berlin
Souchez
Loos
Champagne
Perthes
London
France
Flanders
Bulgaria
Western Front
Paris
London War Offices
Sir John French
la Bassee Canal
Vermelles
Ing
French
Hulluch
Zeebrugge
Nieuport
Beausejour
Suippes
the Marne
Streets Discussed At City Council Meeting
City Council met with no major complaints as three Grand avenue residents protested brickwork and inspected with officials. Baltimore Pike opening planned for tomorrow at noon and Bedford Road to close. board permits granted with setbacks. lamp posts on Baltimore street to be removed for White Way lights.
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Grand Avenue
Eyerman
Gaffney
J. W. Avers
C. G. Hauger
H. V. Wheeler
Koon
Williams
Bedford Road
Keon
Virginia Avenue
B. & O. Railroad
Baltimore Street
J. Alfred Reid
George P. Gentz
Smallwood Street
Sale of Brady Coal property confirmed to McMullen Bros
A circuit court in Elkins West Virginia confirmed the sale of Brady Coal Company property at Mabie to McMullen Bros. The sale covered personal mining equipment and machinery. The receiver was discharged and special commissioners were authorized to file suits. The Brady Bros operated a mine leased from McMullen Bros and the buyers retained the equipment to keep the property intact.
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McMullen Bros
Clicuit
Elkins
W. Va
C. O. Strieby
Brady Coal Company
Mabie
B. M. Hoover
D. HW. Hill Arnold
Brady Bros
Narrow Escape During East End Hotel Fire in Cumberland
Fire gutted the East End Hotel at Virginia avenue near the B and O tracks, causing about 3000 dollars in damage. Louis Nuse, sleeping above the restaurant, escaped smoke and flames with clothes snagged, narrowly avoiding serious injury. The South Cumberland Fire Department fought the blaze with multiple streams. B and O volunteers offered help.
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East End
Virginia Avenue
Baltimore and Ohio
South Cumberland Fire Department
Chairo Cario
Holsapple
Louis Am Neve
Louis Nuse
Clarke
South Cumberland Department
South End
Prohibition Pushed On Whisky Sales In Berlin
Berlin police chief urges Prussian state to issue order banning whisky sales after 7 PM and banning sale of spirits on Sundays and holidays. The move targets brantwein as part of public safety measures in the capital.
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Berlin
Germany
Nurse Miss Mary Africa Wed to Chicago Banker
Miss Mary Africa a trained nurse and daughter of Mr and Mrs Samuel R Africa of this city married Mr Penhollen a banker from Chicago in New York last Saturday. The bride will join her husband in Chicago next week after returning home briefly. She had planned a Panama government post but romance altered plans.
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Mary Africa
Samuel R. Africa
Explosion Injures Fifteen in Uniontown Area
Uniontown Pennsylvania September 27 Fifteen persons were injured when dynamite wrecked the home of Tony Tassone at Republic near Uniontown Police say none will die and investigation is underway.
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Uniontown
Tony Tassone
Republic
Yaqui Indians Burn Passengers in Hay Wagon
Eighty passengers aboard a Southern Pacific Mexican train were placed in a hay wagon and set on fire by Yaqui Indians near Torres Sonora. Twenty passengers have been counted, with the remaining victims presumed dead. The report comes via radio from Hermosillo through Guaymas.
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San Diego
Cal
Southern Pacific
Torres
Sonora
Hermosillo
Guaymas
Squires Child Scalding Fatality Reported
Drexel O Squires three years old son of Arthur F Squires 202 Archstreett died after tripping into a pail of water used to scald chickens. The mother Mrs Elsie May Squires is distraught. Funeral will be from the parental home Wednesday afternoon burial in German Lutheran Cemetery Baltimore pike Rev Frank A Kilman to conduct service.
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Drexel O. Squires
Arthur F. Squires
Archstreett
Elsie May Squires
Squires
Belmont Hotel
Virginia Avenue
Cumberland
Baltimore Pike
Frank A. Kilman
Dardanelles Cannot Be Captured, Observer Says
A special Adrianople correspondent reports from the Dardanelles that Allied forces cannot seize the peninsula. Turkish defenses are strong with well guarded trenches and reinforced by new roads and bomb-ready artillery. The observer concludes the allies will not conquer the strait or reach Constantinople.
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Dardanelles
Rotterdam
Adrianople
Nieuwe Rotterdamsche Courant
Asia Minor
Gallipoli
Usum Kaiprii
Constantinople
Harry Greb Hero In Fracas At Pittsburgh
In Pittsburgh on September 27 a street incident left Harry Greb, Garfield street amateur fighter, accused of knocking Clarence Jackson after Jackson shot at pedestrians. Victim Hector Staub sustained a cheek wound but is not seriously hurt. Staub, 23, was taken to West Penn Hospital. Greb is a known Cumberland boxer who fought Fay Kayser last spring.
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Pittsburgh
Clarence Jackson
Dick Street
Harry Greb
Garfield Street
Forty-third Street
Penn Avenue
Mathilda
Sackson
Balkans Marking Time as Reservists Called in U S
The Balkans move slowly toward war footing as Bulgaria waits for Allied proposals and Romania seeks explanations. Greek reservists in America aged 24 to 43 have been recalled to duty, while Bulgaria increases mobilization at a cautious pace.
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Balkans
U.S
Rome
Bulgaria
Serbia
Greece
Romania
Washington
America
Rumania
Advisory Committee to Decide Baltimore Street Paving Delay
Baltimore street delays spark protests over tore up tracks on Baltimore Street from Centre to B and O tracks. Merchants blame wooden block piles and halted traffic for business losses while the Advisory Committee on Baltimore Street Paving meets to probe causes and plans next steps.
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Balto
St. Paving
Cumberland Electric Street Railway Co
Baltimore Street
Centre
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
B. and O
Canal Street
B. and C
Centre Street
Beautiful Tribute for Late James S Grant at Funeral
The funeral for James S. Grant was held at the First Presbyterian Church with Rev. Dr. James E. Moffatt officiating. Prominent citizens and church members attended, a eulogy praised his lifelong Christian faith and tenure as a ruling elder, and burial followed at Rose Hill Cemetery with several judges and local figures serving as pallbearers.
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Jamess. Grant
First Presbyterian Church
James E. Moffatt
Grant
Duke Memorial Bible
Dr. Moffatt
Dr. Moffatt, Who Told of Mr. Grant
Mr. Grant
Albert C. Reuschlein
Elijah
Robert Db. Wilson
Clarksburg
W. V
Cumberland
Wilson
Scotland
F. G. Crane
Muskegon
Mich
Frank Lambie
William Lambie
W. Va
James Lambie and Son
Davis
Robert Love
Luke, Md
Willian Lambie
Mt. Savage
KR. Beard
James H. Kerns
Percy Jenkins
Hancock
U S Not Much Interest In Austrian Note Reply
Washington reports the Austrian Hungary reply on war munitions shipments has not arrived. Officials show little interest in continuing the dispute, believing the matter is closed for the United States. Dumba's letter to Vienna was intercepted on James F. J. Arehi.
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Washington
Austria
United States
Dumba
Foreign Office
James F. J. Arehi
Cornwell Under the Knife in Baltimore
William B. Cornwell a promix torney and orchardist of Row V a brother of former State John J. Cornwell editor of new Review was yesterday in Baltimore for a medical procedure stating he underwent surgery yesterday in Baltimore for an unspecified condition and will recover at home.
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William B. Cornwell
Promix Torney
Row
John J. Cornwell
New Review
Yesterda
Baltimore
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M. J. Craddock
Leonard Stegmaier
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Sleeper
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Willison
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Savoff
Ferdinand
Thomas Foster
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Lichtenstein
A. M. Lichtenstein
Center Street
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Iil
Steinweg
Arthur Steinweg
Imperial Co
Center
James S. Grant
U. S
W. B. Cornwell
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