Fair Opens With Fine Exhibit and Good Attendance
The Cumberland fair opened with ideal weather and strong exhibitor interest. Arts displays showcase embroidery, paintings, and crafts while livestock and poultry sitings fill the livestock barns. The parcels post exhibit and various home products attract visitors, with many items already sold or planned for donation to local hospitals.
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Western Maryland Railway
Elkins
Daley Johnson
Maggie Coveney
Mra
Helle Troxell
Hattie Ryan
Wellers
Margaret Sprigg
Tollita Blaul
Lou Wickard
Co. Porter
Graves
Geo Co
Shearer
Lillie Deter
Billard
Roderick
Mother Smeltz
W. M. Thompson
Allegany County Home Farm
G. W. Bradhour
Albert Hinkler
W. Valentine
Helen Brant
Lee Chaney
H. E. Kuhn
Pennsylvania
F. Mertens Sons
Green Ridge
Mayors Attend Millman Golden Wedding in Cumberland
Mr and Mrs Francis Xavier Millman celebrated their gold wedding anniversary at Green street and Millman place Cumberland with 400 invited guests including the mayor and city commissioners. The event featured a receiving line, German Maennerchor performances, ornate gifts, and a Civil War daguerreotype kept by Mr Millman.
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Millman
Cumberland
Francis Xavier Millman
Green Street
Millman Place
Chicago
Robert A. Beall
Mary Beall
William Riland Beall
Washington
DD. C
Nellie Sanders
John True
New York City
FX. Millman, Jr
Trenton
A. Bayard
Frank Bayard
Cleveland
Ohio
F. X. Millman, Jr
Wellie Sanders
Lydia Cole Millman
A. G. Gurney
Germania Maennerchor, Gesang Verein
Benjamin A. Poole
Maennerchor
Greek King May Lead Armies in Balkan War
The full Greek army mobilizes as Bulgaria considers joining the European war with the Teutons. King Constantine, renowned for Balkan War leadership, could command Greek forces against Bulgaria to halt its pressure on Serbia.
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Bulgaria
Balkans
Constantine
Serbia
Dumba's Recall Comes From Austrian Government
The United States State Department announced the unconditional recall of Austrian Ambassador Dumba. A telegram from Dumba confirms receipt of recall from Vienna and requests safe conduct. Foreign Minister Burian told Ambassador Penfield the recall will be final and Dumba will depart October 5. The move settles a delicate problem.
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Washington
Dumba
State Department
United States
Burian
Vienna
Penfield
No Dent In German Line
Berlin September 28 The war office says the Allies failed to dent the German line in their new offensive drive. German forces are confident the attack will continue but unlikely to gain progress, expecting a shift to trench warfare rather than a major breakthrough.
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Berlin
War Office
Teutons
Wheeler elected president of Cumberland Ministerial Association
The Cumberland Ministerial Association elected Rev. Harry V. Wheeler as president for the coming year. Herbert F. Loomis was named vice president with Rev. Wilbur M. Snyder as secretary treasurer. A plan to cooperate in the Anti-saloon League field day on Sunday October 31 was announced.
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Cumberland Ministerial Association
Harry V. Wheeler
Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church South
Herbert F. Loomis
First Baptist Church
Wilbur M. Snyder
Melvin Chapel Methodist Protestant Church
J. L. Ward
First Methodist Protestant Church
Eugene Richardson
First United Brethren Church
Howard Mullineaux
Mapleside
Fairview M. P
Eleven Miners Entombed After Rock Roof Collapse
Eleven miners were entombed at a Coaldale colliery of the Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company in Wilkes-Barre area after a rock fall caused by a heavy blast. The collapse1000 blocked the single passage to the chamber where workers toiled, extending about 300 feet, and hopes of rescue faded.
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Wilkes-Barre
Coaldale
Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company
Two Men Injured as Auto Hits Telegraph Pole Near Grantaville
Frostburg Md September 28 William Nelson of Eckhart sustained two broken legs when the Ford he drove crashed into a telegraph pole on the National Pike above Grantaville while returning from Addison Pa The shaft brake failed on a heavy grade and fell to the ground J Nelson Thornton Downton and M Wiesenborn of Mckhart were uninjured The pole broke in two
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Frostburg
William Nelson
Eckhart
Ford
Grantaville
Addison
J. Nelson
Thornton Downton
M. Wiesenborn
Mckhart
Marylanders Return From Panama-Pacific Exposition
The Maryland Special train carrying five Pullman cars and a dining car returned from San Francisco to Baltimore via the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. It stopped in Cumberland for 30 minutes at 9:20 this morning for visitors to view the city, then continued on after a stay of half an hour. The train departed St. Louis yesterday morning and reached Baltimore around 3 PM.
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Maryland
Baltimore
San Francisco
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Cumberland
St. Louis
Baker Killed in Johnstown Yards
Co. W. Baker from Cumberland, 23, employed by Baltimore & Ohio in Connellsville division, died Saturday night after being thrown beneath a freight train in Johnstown yards. He was working on a shifter when he stepped from his engine into the path of an oncoming train.
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Co. W. Baker
Cumberland
Connellsville
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Johnstown
Baker
Wheeling Man Hurt in Grand Trunk Wreck
A Grand Trunk eastbound train from Chicago to Toronto derailed near Oakville Ontario after a broken rail. Seven passengers were lightly injured, including J B Williams of Wheeling West Virginia. The train reached Toronto about an hour late and passengers continued to their destinations.
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Wheeling
Grand Trunk
Oakville
J. B. Williams
W. Va
Foronto
Four Killed as Reading Train Hits Tunnel Workers
Phoenixville Pa September 28 four workmen were killed and ten injured when a Reading passenger train struck a group of workers in a tunnel this morning.
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Phoenixville
Reading
Explosion in Ardmore Tank Car Kills Twenty
In Ardmore Oklahoma a gasoil tank car exploded causing at least 20 deaths and about 200 serious injuries. The blast leveled Main Street buildings and ignited widespread fires. Martial law was declared and private homes opened to the injured as rescue work continued.
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Ardmore
Deat
Maddin Department Store
Okla
At & O
Main Street
Santa Fe
Frisco
Rock Island
W. Va. Penitentiary Farm Yields Big Produce
Moundsville September 28 Capt G W Drake manager of the farm at the state penitentiary reports a remarkable harvest from 200 acres. Beans 1400 bushels cabbage 190 tons onions 1100 bushels potatoes 1400 bushels corn 500000 dozen ears chickens 1400 hogs fattened 1000 cows several hundred chickens all produced for convict consumption.
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Moundsville
W. Va
G. W. Drake
State Penitentiary
Glencoe Farmer Struck and Killed by Train
J. J. Smith a 68 year old farmer living about three miles from Glencoe was struck and killed instantly by Baltimore and Ohio passenger train No. 48 yesterday. His body was sent to his home for burial preparations. Smith has two sons employed by the railroad as conductors J M Smith on the Connellsville division and Samuel Smith on the Somerset and Cambria Branch.
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Baltimore and Ohio
Glencoe
J. J. Smith
Mr. Smith
J. M. Smith
Connellsville
Samuel Smith
Somerset and Cambria
Wilson Returns to Princeton for New Jersey Primary
President Wilson visits Princeton for a brief stay to participate in the New Jersey primary, then heads to Washington for a Grand Army reunion. He plans another fly visit to vote on the state constitution amendment for equal suffrage and to register views on other amendments in a special election set for October 19. Today’s primary focused on legal contests.
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Princeton
N. J
Wilson
New Jersey
Washington
Allies Make Few Gains in Smash Against Teutons
Paris reports persistent fighting in Champagne and Arras with heavy losses on both sides and renewed Allied efforts after initial successes. Reports from London and Berlin note continuing war activity on the Western Front with volatile gains and setbacks for German forces.
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Teutons
Paris
Champagne
Arras
Artois
No Interruption to Car Traffic Baltimore St paving
The Cumberland project to tear up tracks on Baltimore Street between Center and the B and O was abandoned. The Merchants Advisory Committee and city officials met and agreed two thirds of the street from Canal to the B and O will be paved with reinforced concrete, with completion expected in about two weeks barring weather.
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Cumberland Electric Street Railway
Baltimore Street
Center
B. and O
Cumberland Press
Merchants Advisory Committee
Thomas Footer
John Keating
Hugh A. McMullen
Small
Center Street
Canal Street
B. and C
Canal Streets
Canal Sreet
Footer
Street Railway Company
Local Bank Receives $12,522 Judgment
In a suit by Second National Bank of Cumberland against R M Washington N B Guthrie and W T Washington near Romney West Virginia Judge Alston G Dayton directed judgment for the bank for 12522 on a note. A similar case involving the same parties was being heard today.
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Second National Bank of Cumberland
R. M. Washington
N. B. Guthrie
W. T. Washington
Near
Romney
West Virginia
Alston G. Dayton
Harriman Estate Faces $60,000 Verdict in Land suit
Rochester news reports a sheriff's jury verdict of 60 000 against Mrs Mary W Harriman and the Harriman estate for damages to Anna N Lauer over a land purchase in 1904. Lauer alleged false representations by Harriman agents and no defense was offered by Mrs Harriman.
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Rochester
N. Y
Mary W. Harriman
Edward Harriman
Anna N. Lauer
Benfield
Harriman
Opening Guns of Democratic Campaign Across Cities
Cambridge hosts head of ticket for opening gun of general campaign on October 7 in Dorchester. Notification ceremony at Bennett Hotel next Monday noon. State candidates speak in Centreville and Mount Carmel rally on October 9. Schedule includes White Marsh fair in Baltimore October 23. Baltimore leaders plan campaign week after fundraising.
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Cambridge
Dorchester
Bennett Hotel
Cemterville
Mount Carmel
Baltimore County
Baltimore
New York Holds Primary in September for Sheriff and District
New York voters cast ballots in a September primary to choose candidates for sheriff and district attorney. Polls opened early as campaigns highlighted crime, reform, and county priorities amid a crowded field.
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New York
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