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Newspaper
Cumberland Press
Location
Cumberland, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1915
Page
5
Major Smedley Butler led the 5th Company in a frontal assault on Fort Riviere in northern Haiti. Marines entered the fort despite heavy fire, dynamited the structure, and crushed the Caco uprising with no American casualties.
The British War Office announced woolen and waterproof clothing for frontline troops including caps comforters belts vests drawers Cardigan waistcoats fur lined jackets and heavy tunics. Rubber hip boots two woolen shirts four pairs of thick socks plus warmer outer gear are ready. Public help urged to knit mufflers and gloves.
Denver reports that Colorado will go dry on New Year’s Day as the prohibition amendment takes effect. The move impacts eleven breweries with over a thousand workers and around 40,000 liquor interests and saloon workers facing major changes or job loss. Signs announce going out of business sales as inventories are cleared.
United Press Correspondence reports the renowned bust given by Kaiser Wilhelm to King Edward in 1905 now found in Windsor Castle cellar. It had earlier rested in Buckingham Palace before World War I, vanished during the war, and its hiding place has just been disclosed.
Gasoline wholesale rose to 21 cents a gallon in Baltimore with dealers expecting further increases to 25 cents soon. Retail prices in many areas hit 25 cents, reflecting ongoing supply pressures and rising costs for auto drivers.
Grace Bennett once a well dressed levee district woman in Chicago, fell on hard times during the crusade against the area. Now paroled by Judge Uhlir three years later she works to aid a fallen girl and has become part of a South Side social leader s family on the road to reform.
United Press report from Berlin describes an American woman visiting a baby clinic where a doctor shows a small black boy as a souvenir from the Colonies. The German maid’s child, born in East Africa, is presented to illustrate imperial reach, provoking astonishment.
Rev EK Glen Switzer pastor of the Presbyterian church in Berkeley Springs announces a new Teacher Training School starting the first week in January. The one year program approved by the International Sunday School committee will award a diploma. Weekly meetings are open to all with only book costs charged.
London reports the mother of a fallen soldier received his front line letter with a censor’s notice stating the envelope pattern is obsolete and forbidden. The letter was destroyed and enclosed with the notice, following the War Office’s earlier notification of her son’s death.
Rome marks the anniversary of Pope Benedict XV with a high mass of thanksgiving in the Sistine chapel attended by the pope, cardinals, and dignitaries. The pope asked no rejoicing due to Europe’s war gloom and expressed sorrow over the conflict.
Norman K. Sprecher of Hagerstown reports Tanlac relieved severe indigestion throat soreness and head congestion. He says he nearly died from stomach pain before taking Tanlac and now feels clear headed with good appetite and no pain. Tanlac is distributed in Cumberland Frostburg Longooning Westernport and Oakland through local pharmacies.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox urges aid for three million destitute women and children in Belgium and northern France. A new committee under President Wil is coordinating a nationwide Christmas drive to provide food clothing and shelter for war refugees. Every reader should donate a dollar to the Christmas Day effort via a circulating envelope.
A call to form a committee in Belsium urges reliable giving to channel funds to the poor. Donors are urged to provide shoes or garments for mothers and children, framed as sharing God’s bounty and easing sorrow.
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