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Newspaper
Cumberland Press
Location
Cumberland, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1914
Page
3
A collage of spring reflections and editorials notes Easter symbolism with lilies and resurrection. Weather quirks and fashion, political quirks and charity spirit are sketched, from White Sulphur Springs to Hartford, Toledo and beyond.
New York Mayor Mitchell confronts vexing police issues with Police Commissioner McKay's retirement looming. Reports suggest clashes over department direction sparked criticism of the mayor. Brooklyn ends free lunches as beer portions shrink, signaling fiscal and policy shifts in the city.
The United Liquor Dealers of Kings County urge the Board of Health to back a campaign to abolish free lunch counters for sanitary reasons. The piece notes Brooklyn's changes and cites a broader push to improve public health amid evolving liquor trade practices.
Easter stands as a regal annual festival, linking Christmas to spring growth and Lent. The piece argues Calvary as tragedy and death as pathway to life, praising church vitality, faith in Christ, and the call to sacrifice, humility, and hope through the risen savior.
An influx of new income tax filers in Chicago includes unknown, foreign-named individuals with reported incomes from 4000 to 60000 dollars. Collector Samuel L. Fitch notes these fortunes reveal new light on city wealth and urges public disclosure of the names and sums.
Advertisement for a turkey dinner tomorrow at Cumberland resort Washington Lunch Room priced at 50 cents.
An advertisement from the Acme Store in Mt. Savage urges shoppers to visit the ready-to-wear department on the second floor with a note on its special offerings. The ad promotes fashion options for the store’s clientele.
A compact history slide lists events by date including 1770 duties repealed by Britain except tea, 1788 power loom starts in Philadelphia, 1811 Astoria trading post, 1844 Texas annexation treaty, 1861 Fort Sumter bombardment, and 1854 Mobile surrender to Federal forces. Also features an old advertisement line about German beer.
A jumbled collection of quips and jokes touching taxes, publicity, advertisements, marriage, and daily life. The bits include comments on editorials, personal vanity, and social norms in a breezy, old time newspaper style.
Congressman John Wingate Weeks of West Newton is noted for his birth in Lancaster New Hampshire on April 11 1860. The record traces his Navy education 1881 service 1883 leadership in the Massachusetts Naval Brigade including as commander and his Spanish American War volunteer service. He also served three years as alderman and two years as mayor.
The individual was elected to the Fifty-ninth through Sixty-second Congresses and re elected to the Sixty third, representing Newton.
Key events on April 11 include the 1848 completion of the Illinois and Michigan Canal. In 1865 Montgomery Alabama surrendered to the Federal forces, and Forts Huger and Tracy were captured by the Federal navy opening the way to Mobile. In 1895 a duel occurred between Governor John Sanford and William Goebel.
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