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Newspaper
Cumberland Press
Location
Cumberland, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1914
Page
4
A teenage pupil murdered his teacher in Poland New York after feigning remorse to gain parole. He lured her to a country road, struck her unconscious, stabbed her to death, and hid the body. The case highlights risks of parole and degenerate behavior.
The text argues criticism fuels improvement and greatness. It contrasts malice with honest critique, urging individuals to welcome constructive feedback, review their work relentlessly, and strive for their best before inviting further scrutiny. It cites Wendell Phillips on hisses shaping impact.
The article reports Speaker Champ Clark as breaking with President Wilson on the canal tolls bill though stripped of alliance since Baltimore. Clark vows to lead the repeal fight, opposing extended debate while stressing need for discussion and warning the party may split. Wilson, angling to pass the Sims bill, expresses sorrow over Clark's revolt and expects a broad majority.
Norman Angell ultr a peace advocate and Stamford University lecturer argues war is impractical using Boer war figures. He estimates 47 million Japanese would take fifty years to invade the United States and notes conquest is impossible due to the country’s size, offering reassurance to nervous readers.
A collage of quips on politics and society includes jokes about Congress, medals for police, a Uniontown drink death, Carranza and Pancho Villa, London art galleries, a Massachusetts preacher resigning, a Sharon woman jailed for beating her husband, juror discontent, UK figures, and a proposal for a William Pitt statue in Washington.
A compact chronology lists events including 1684 William Joseph becomes Maryland president, 1788 land purchases in New York, 1814 Napoleon deposed by French Senate, 1863 Farragut’s attack at Grand Gulf, 1865 Five Forks battle, 1873 Atlantic wreck with 647 lives, 1901 Aslam wreck in Red Sea with 180 lives, and 1918 Turkish government accepting peace terms.
In New York on April 1 Miss Theodora Booth, daughter of Maud Ballington Booth, plans to work as a nurse among the city's slums. A National Park Seminary graduate, she will begin at an emergency hospital by Brooklyn Bridge, balancing literature and music with her serious calling.
A reader editorials the Cumberland Press dated April 1 1914 lampooning the Daily Cops editor Snookums. The letter ridicules the newspaper for demanding actions and hints at circulation trouble while jesting about a future job for Harry Thaw and comparing the paper to a lightning bug without a mind.
In New York talk, Mr. Sin clair Lewis says real New Yorkers are clerks and clerical workers, who find joy in moving pictures and baseball, while feminism should foster friendliness among women. S. Nicoll Schwartz adds shop girls face fewer moral differences with teachers, noting low wages do not drive evil.
Fire Commissioner Robert Adamson notes that 132,000 fires last year were caused by carelessly discarded cigars and cigarettes. He urges New York to adopt a European style no fire policy until applicants are investigated, tighten policy buying, and hold brokers responsible. He also publishes essentials of fire drills for all buildings regardless of construction.
An exhausted elderly man arrives at Pennsylvania Station seeking to reach Sag Harbor, L I. to see a son he left twenty years ago. He is fed by the station master who later discovers he carries $8,000 in a shabby wallet. He pays for his ticket but refuses charges for food.
A collection of humorous quips and social observations on marriage, gender roles, domestic life, and cultural quirks. Snappy lines critique flirting, housekeeping, and public manners with playful bluntness and dated vaudeville tone.
Ex congressman Charles Henry Burke of Pierre born April 1861 on a Genesee County farm. He moved to Dakota Territory in 1882 and Beadle County, later Hughes County. Burke studied in Batavia schools, admitted to the bar in 1886 but practiced little, served in the legislature from 1894, and in multiple Congresses through 1908.
The four day meeting opens in St Louis with delegates from the United States and Canada. Dr R T McKenz ie of Pennsylvania and Dr Dudley A Sargent of Harvard will address sessions and the Baroness Rose Posse of Boston will speak to the young women.
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