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Newspaper
Cumberland Press
Location
Cumberland, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1915
Page
3
A woman at a meeting of women described flat chested figures as unattractive, linking a flat chest to wide hips or flat back and other physical traits. The group laughed but some admitted her point. She emphasized a rounded chest for better air flow and vitality, noting body parts influence one another.
A reader asks about chest thumping to improve lung function and describes a simple arm raise and chest thump exercise. The piece includes quirky Q and A on chapped skin cures and lip reduction, with replies about butter, rose water and glycerine, plus a note on obtaining massage directions and joining the Automobile Club of Maryland.
Mountaintop Mountain Lake Park reports reveal a Frostburg resident William Galvin 54 found dead in bed at the home on Beall Street after a morning cough and a 5:20 am discovery. He was a former coal miner bedfast three weeks with survivors including four brothers and four sisters. Funeral at St Michael's Frostburg.
The article lists holiday plans including a December 24 armory event by local firemen, a Christ is afternoon soiree, mapping, a fair, and a New Year dance. It also notes services at St Peters and Presbyterian church schedules, a funeral for John Thomas in Oak Hill Cemetery, and personal notes on John Stafford and Martin Flinn playing in Meyersdale.
J. M. Lashley, a well known local figure, was nominated for Mayor of Davis on the Citizens ticket. The Peoples ticket is headed by J KE Houston.
Walt Mason cites Bev Walker as the most honest man in the world in a feature prompt from Every Week. The tongue in cheek remark highlights a recurring esteem for Walker within Mason's column.
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