McGill Family News From Glasgow War Letters Reach Frederick
John McGill a Frederick resident with Scottish roots learns by letter from his Glasgow sister that his son and three nephews are in the British war effort. James and William joined the Scotch Highlanders, David serves in the Navy. Exact locations are undisclosed due to government restrictions. The family notes war news in Glasgow Evening Times editions printed on pink paper, with the war edition issued August 30.
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John McGill
East Fifth Street
Glasgow
McGill
Frederick
Morrison and Tee
Merly
Brush
Bon
James
William
David
Hich
Hong Kong
United States
Ita
Mc Gill
Retreating Germans Turn Against Allies in Exhausted Pursuit
Reports from Chateau-Thierry say German plans shift to evacuate northwest France and Belgium, concentrating eastward for a possible rebound or to save the empire. Allied forces press the retreat, cutting detachments, with heavy German losses at Nancy and Lunéville and ongoing shortages of provisions, ammunition, and cavalry horses. A convoy of 700 prisoners and 164 wounded, all from the Imperial Guard, moved near Corbie as trains seized enemy equipment and matériel. A giraffe birth is noted at six feet tall.
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Tech
Chateau-Thierry
France
Belgium
Empire
Paris
Laon
Rheims
Halons
Aisne
Ar Fone
Rhine
Moselle
Nancy
Luneville
Verdun
Meuse
Charleville
Mezieres
Luxemburg
Imperial Guard of
Germany
Corbie
Curtis Leads In Maine Governor Race In Big Republican Gains
Augusta Me Sept 16 Returns indicate Mayor Oakleigh Curtis Democrat has won Maine governor with 16460 votes to Republican Haines 15000 and Progressive Gardner 4161 from 153 of 634 districts. The results show a large GOP gain and a loss for progressives versus two years ago with Taft Wilson Roosevelt tallies in 1912 also noted.
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Augusta
Oakleigh
Maine
Haines
Curtis
Halbert P. Gardner
Taft
Wilson
Roosevelt
Red Cross Appeals for European Relief on Peace Sunday
Washington reports the American Red Cross asked all religious denominations to support the European relief fund. The appeal urged offerings in houses of worship on Peace Sunday October 4, the day designated by President Wilson for special prayers.
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Red Cross
Washington
American Red Cross
European Relief Fund
Wilson
Germans Cry For Aid Message Intercepted From Brussels
London dispatch reports a Belgian operator intercepted a German military wire and cut in to relay the message to Berlin from Brussels. The note pleads for help or claims Germans are whipped and ambushed, per Central News.
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London
Central News
Berlin
Brussels
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John M’gill
Evening Times
Ias
Dufty
Duffy’s
Duffy Malt Whiskey Co
Rochester
N. Y
2. M. Birely
Palace of Music
Buick
Ket
Church Streets
Maryland
Robert A. Kemp
J. M. Birely
Barrinody
Schooler Bakery
Balah
Pounds
Frederick Gas and Electric Dept
Hagerstown and Frederick Railway Co
East
Patrick Street
College Park
Edward L. Williams
Swastika Realty Company
Ghlye
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