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Newspaper
Cumberland Press
Location
Cumberland, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1914
Page
4
The piece criticizes organized baseball for money driven tactics, player moves, and contracts while calling for reform. It questions the sport’s integrity, cites the Athletics case, and predicts a future bubble burst before baseball regains public esteem. Also notes President’s address pledging business policy clarity.
Pennsylvania Railroad plans to build ten hundred box cars to bolster freight capacity. The move signals cautious optimism for future demand and employment, though it may not fully cover deficits or lift equipment limits in the near term.
The Cumberland Press touts its war coverage and front reports from Europe. It notes scarce shopping days before Christmas and jokes about a world street cleaning department. Public notices promote the Cumberland & Westernport Electric Railway schedule.
A selection of editorials mocks Roosevelt policy, Kaiser portraits, ticket prices, and war costs. Satiric bits note canal talk, Bible scraps with soldiers, Rockefeller fears, and Swiss cost estimates. A light jab at advertizing and a stray product plug closes the column.
Advertisement fragment notes a taxi service with the tag Phone 700. The readable text is brief and lacks full context but indicates a classified ad format for a taxi company using the phone number 700.
Schedule details frequent Cumberland to Frostburg service with 4:30 and 5:30 departures from Cumberland and a 1:30 P M option from Cumberland. Theatre car at 11 P M will connect at Frostburg for Lonaconing. Extra cars to run during Christmas season and for special occasions as traffic warrants.
Details emerge of New York socialite Jayta Humphreys aiding Baron Hans Heinrich von Wort to reach the Fatherland after war broke out. The couple faced repeated British searches as the baron hid in a bunk, with meals and liquor ferried by a bribed steward aboard a neutral ship, eventually slipping through at Vigo and Falmouth.
Credit bid sale under a 1912 mortgage of James H Cochrane and Sallie B Cochrane. The auction on December 19 at 11 a.m. on South Liberty Street Cumberland will offer the Maryland Avenue lot with a six room frame dwelling, guaranteed by attorney Austin A Wilson. Cash or half cash with balance after court ratification.
Washington reports denial of a shift in policy as artillery and cavalry concentrate near Naco Arizona. The move aims to deter cross border fire while Maytorena and Hill forces clash, risking further American casualties and drawing in consular diplomacy to urge withdrawal.
Friday night December 11 a social will be held in the church lecture room selling ice cream cake candy and fancy work. Proceeds go to the white gifts for Christmas. AH invited.
In Allegany County Circuit Court on December 10 1914 an order ratifies the sale of property in the case German Savings Bank v Samuel C Rockwell and Ida Rockwell No 7391 Equity. The sale reported by Austin A Wilsons attorney amounts to 1825.00 and is confirmed unless a contrary cause is shown by January 12 with a copy of the order to be published weekly in Cumberland Maryland newspapers.
A mosaic of jokes and short items from the era, including quips about Mexico trouble, misadventures in cooking, school excuses, and daily family moments. Notable snippets mention old newspapers, shopping, babies, and humorous observations on men and women, dad and daughter dynamics, and social life.
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