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Newspaper
Cumberland Press
Location
Cumberland, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1915
Page
3
The Cumberland Press lists delivery policies and contact details. It notes afternoon publication, Cumberland Md postal handling, address at 109 Baltimore Street, phone numbers 592 and 593, and December 24 1915 date. Subscription is $3.06 per year in advance.
A long standing Cumberland custom sends young men on a midnight to dawn Christmas carol tour through the city. The singers spread holiday spirit to thousands, with homes awaiting their return and hearts lifted by their melodies.
The article extols long term benefits of park and highway tree planting, noting how saplings along verged strips mature into valued landscape features. It contrasts initial scrappiness with the beauty revealed by sun, wind, and motion on roadsides. Oscar Straus biography follow in depth, detailing immigrant family arrival, education, and a notable public career.
Oscar Straus, named by Governor Whitman to head the Public Service Commission, has a long record of service under five presidents. Born in Ottenburg, Bavaria, he became a merchant prince in America and served as cabinet minister, ambassador, and delegate to The Hague.
A nostalgic poem recalls white Christmas days with hearth glow and lively songs. The speaker, now old and lonely, longs for the old delight as memories fade to silence and a cold, dark house. The piece blends verse about joy with reflections on aging and loss.
Poem about Christmas joy and the birth of Christ. The text invokes Bethlehem and angels and calls for peace and good will in every heart and deed during the Christmas season.
A fragmentary read celebrates anticipation as Strickland weather and Gililan place names set the scene. The piece recalls trimming the evergreen, pulling out last year’s ornaments, and adding festive touches for a girl and lad. It contrasts today’s wait with memories of babyhood and ends with thanks for the approaching day.
The fragmentary note mentions a young lady across the way in ambiguous context with unrelated phrases about temperature and pols. No clear event or identifiable persons are present. This makes extraction of a coherent news item impossible from the text.
A colloquial plea urges adding a particle of joy to life tomorrow and warns against sparing empathy. The speaker vows not to endure another act of harm or neglect from the listener.
The jury finds Mr. Merchant guilty of contributory negligence for exhausting staff at his store on Christmas Eve. Mrs. Patron is charged but the verdict centers on the store owner’s role in creating the conditions. The court thanks the jury and discharges them.
A colored laundress confronts language barriers in St. Louis as city references and social tensions surface in this brief Republic item.
A collection of aphorisms on work, luck, education, and society. It contrasts skilled bosses with workers, mocks pretenses of wealth, and critiques poverty tied to spending and ambition. The piece uses humor to question effort, honesty, and social pretenses.
Berlin December 24. Dr Helfferick imperial secretary of the treasury stands out as the sole kaiser minister of state who wears his hair clipped like a front line soldier.
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