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Newspaper
Cumberland Press
Location
Cumberland, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1914
Page
6
Si Brothers advertise a limited time sale of furniture stoves and floor coverings with home delivery and no moving costs. They promise extraordinary cash bargains with no fair offers refused and set removal by April 15.
An advertisement features INTERESTED CITIZEN critiquing Mr. Chas. G. Watson and the Taxpayers Association. It questions Watson's motives for city attorney ambitions and defends Mr. Stern against alleged over or under assessment, arguing assessors and officials share fault differently.
Western Maryland Railroad implements mass changes at midnight. Dispatchers Hershiser Garber Grim and Smith and operator Scritchfield furloughed. Connellsville division trims offices from three to one per shift and shifts to day operations. Reorganizations place Chisholm Dilfer Sheets Johnson Brendel into new roles. senior dispatchers reassigned to Hagerstown as crews consolidate eastern and middle divisions.
R E Pagne of Baltimore will succeed Harry Rogers as car distributor at Hagerstown, with Rogers moving to Chicago. The Hagerstown timekeepers S G Fritz and G W Bussard will transfer to Cumberland. Changes take effect at once. April 6 Miss Eleanor Wilson in New York selecting frocks for her trousseau. Her wedding outfit will be simple with blue rose and pink hues and silver lace.
Montgomery reflects immense interest as Democratic primaries open led by Underwood and Hobson. Underwood relies on followers while Hobson tours Alabama on a motor cycle delivering many speeches daily. A protest questions Hobson’s pay during Washington absences. In Grand Rapids, a separate election on acquiring Grand River rights could enable bonding for the purchase.
Hearst challenges the Associated Press in the Supreme Court seeking to stop AP from refusing news to the San Francisco Examiner and from publishing Hearst for alleged rule violations. AP counters that Hearst violated member rules and asks dismissal.
A drive to write moving picture plays explodes across the country as new theatres open. Producers pay 25 to 150 dollars per scenario, with one man earning 3500 dollars in six months. Work can be done at home in spare time, with no literary skill required and equal opportunity for women. Send a post card for free complete particulars.
A Dayton Ohio advertising circular touts two gold finished jewelry pieces as the latest craze for New York society women. It promises a free Tango necklace and Evelyn Thaw bracelet with a 50 cent gum order, limited to one log box offer and restricted to individual consumers only.
The Chandler Light Weight Six proves enduring performance with 16 mpg, 700 miles per gallon of oil, 7000 miles per tire set, and 3 to 55 mph, all in a streamlined 2885-pound chassis selling at 1785. It showcases features like a long stroke motor, accessible parts, silent chain drive, Westinghouse electric system, Bosch magneto, 120 inch wheelbase, and four body styles as it debuts a new stream-line body.
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