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Newspaper
Cumberland Press
Location
Cumberland, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1915
Page
4
Published every afternoon by The Cumberland Press Inc at Cumberland Maryland. Entered as Second Class Mail Matter. Advertising rates available on request. Address communications to 109 Baltimore Street and use telephone numbers 592 and 593 for orders and deliveries.
The piece argues Britain is upset Germany ships US goods via Norway and Sweden, with $84 million sent to Scandinavia in 13 months. It urges embargoes to curb German exports, critiques immigration policy demagoguery, and calls for protecting newcomers from national rogues while noting the need to tackle bands of “toughs” and swindlers within immigrant communities.
The author argues for moving fixed holidays to Saturdays to gain two days off and reduce work disruption. They note benefits for travel and business in large cities, especially for Decoration Day and Thanksgiving, while acknowledging Christmas remains fixed by proclamation.
The passage debates immigration policy focusing on distinguishing sincere newcomers from short term laborers. It argues citizenship is valuable yet naturalization has been misused in some quarters, hinting at broad concerns about future restrictions and the meaning of becoming American.
A pivotal local event tonight could determine whether Cumberland keeps its military unit. Community leaders await the result as historians ponder the outcome and its place in local history.
In Berkeley County from April to November 1913 there were 269 typhoid cases and 140 in 1914. The United States Public Health Service cleaned up the county, inspected water sources and privies, and educated residents. The model sanitation program covers one county per state and expands as funds allow.
Maryland legislators consider a flood of pension-related bills though many have yet to file measures. Proposals cover retirement plans, funding methods, and new benefits as lawmakers weigh long term fiscal impacts.
The National Voters League urges a budget system and major reforms to Congress. It calls for full publicity of proceedings, nonpartisan committee organization, and fewer standing committees, arguing current procedures invite bossism and inefficiency.
Washington report notes slow rail expansion shaping Maryland politics as Senator Underwood launches a new bid. The item highlights local interest in implications for state representation and upcoming electoral dynamics.
A satirical verse laments workers chasing easy pay over thorough effort. It mocks how laborers ask only if they can get by while ignoring the value of diligent work and the boss’s broader needs.
A club chatter by Bagley about a car switch key latching with his latch-key leads to a joke on staying downtown when doors are locked. A separate item notes Joe Tusland and family visiting Grimsgard’s in M. J. Ford on Sunday afternoon in Waukon, Iowa.
A fragment from an American wartime report shows names of citizens killed when a liner was struck by a submarine. The list includes Antonio Spaghetti Zdystrotufz Oszcroszcyo and Hernando Biefus among the dead.
Waterville department notes Herman Sieg traveled to LaCrosse Monday with his companion. Reportedly he is studying Wisconsin eugenic marriage law. The item ends with a reminder to remember his bet.
A boy mopes over deaths of notable figures Fred Douglas Paul Laurence Dunbar and Rookah Washington in a fragment from a Waukon Iowa Standard item. A line of dialogue hints at national tensions with entente references while a business trip to Ft. Atkins is mentioned.
The article discusses a proposal to extend the commission's authority and emphasizes that all related questions and issues will be handled with absolute political neutrality and a strict impartial approach. It notes the aim to judge matters judiciously and without bias.
A collection of humorous quips on social vanity marriage memory and fashion. Jokes by Luke McLUKE comment on truthfulness corsets memory and aging noting women and men and modern society with playful satirical tone.
In Ashtabula on December 29 Gordon Scoville newly arrived on terra firma learns he is a cousin to his own grandparents. A year earlier G S Scoville aged 22 married Ursula P Scoville his fourth cousin, their grandparents being first cousins. This strange kinship makes Gordon a sixth cousin to his living grandparents.
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