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Newspaper
Cumberland Press
Location
Cumberland, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1914
Page
4
The piece critiques Representative Britten's proposal to enlist one hundred thousand men for four months as a wartime reserve, arguing it fails as a practical relief measure and urging a national guard‑style, federally supervised solution. It cites safety gains from railroad campaigns and reviews Mormon Church activity, noting improvements and reduced anxieties about expansion.
An editorial note winds through year end musings on expectations for the New Year. It references the Warsaw seizure, Thaw verdict talk, postal war updates, New Year resolutions, a Manchester minister’s defense of Harry Thaw, and local governance in Rockland County including a town clerk’ political role.
The Brunswick annual financial report shows assets of 40 898.30 with the water works at 28 000 and city real estate at 4 000. Liabilities total 25 500 in bonded debt and other accounts 1 221.64, yielding a 6 693.08 surplus. Receipts from all sources were 9 155.40 with disbursements of 8 131.09 for services and salaries and 2 056.35 for street work.
A collage of editorial quips from several papers notes tributes to soldiers and public works. It cites St Louis Republic praise for public testimony and Grand Rapids News on a French surgeon grafting nerve insight plus Venus de Milo reference. It also mocks German medical efficiency and hints at party tactics via reorganizing Democrats out of Ohio offices.
Hundreds of Kansas farmers and sons arrive for the State Farmers' Institute at the Agricultural College in Manhattan. Lectures demonstrations and meetings of Hog Breeders Crop Improvement Poultry Federation Dairy Producers Horse Breeders Horticulturists and Sheep Breeders run through the week with prizes offered by the associations.
New York business men donate two tons of tobacco eight thousand comfort kits and two million cigarettes to allied troops. Lafayette Fund treasurer Archer Huntington notes French transport within twenty four hours of arrival. Belgium relief efforts grow with Fund total reaching 700000 dollars and magazines aiding drives nationwide.
The State Industrial Accident Commission awarded $9.75 weekly for eight years to the widow and two children of Herbert Cole who was killed while employed by Security Cement and Lime. This marks the commission’s first fatal case. another fatal case involving Thomas H. Duvall remains under consideration with no dependents after a separation in 1911. The panel also ruled combined compensation for multiple injuries, as in Clarence F. Groves’s case where both finger injuries yield separate weekly payments totaling beyond the single disability period.
A two day joint session of the American Association for Labor Legislation and the National Conference on Unemployment opens in Philadelphia with prominent social workers and students in attendance. Speakers include Dr. H. R. Seager, Gov-elect M. G. Brumbaugh, John Mitchell, D. J. McGillicuddy, J. S. Parks, W. O. Yaple, and others focusing on workmen's compensation and unemployment relief measures.
The Cumberland School of Art and Design opens Monday January 11 at 9 a m on the third floor of 101 Baltimore Street. Applications should be made at the School during the first week in January.
A fragmented humorous column mixing holiday talk and domestic observations. It includes quips on Santa Claus antics, a bomb scare misread as plum pudding, fashion notes about skirts and stockings, and social jokes about marriages, modesty, and household life. Named items mention Iva Canary, Lebanon Kentucky, and The Daily Theath Mint.
Crystal bead and chiffon wrap features white and flesh tinted tones. Large velvet collar edged with skunk fur adds warmth. Rippling coat skirt in jet black velvet joins with a band of skunk fur for contrast.
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