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Newspaper
Cumberland Press
Location
Cumberland, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1914
Page
4
A long contemplative column urges resilience and progress, celebrating hope and social betterment while urging action. It contrasts optimism with current global challenges and emphasizes living virtues, then shifts to a discussion of New Year resolutions and personal accountability. It references the Chickasaw Choctaw and Cherokee claims and land dispossession debates, urging justice and self reform.
A collage of quirky notes from a holiday issue including gifts to soldiers, a joke about a Christmas necktie, and political satire on the Senate and commissions. Mentions of earthquakes in Washington, fierce jokes about Crown Prince, and a New York Christmas celebration. Also references to Harry Thaw, a Kansas probate judge, highwaymen in Chicago, and Morse life found as a pun.
Secretary of the Interior Mr Lane signals a shift toward letting Indians work out their own salvation. He acknowledges past government efforts were honorable but notes frequent missteps and reparations due to earlier policies. The piece frames responsibility for the fate of Indigenous people and critiques past paternalism.
A collage of editorials notes hopeful prosperity contrasts with comments on aging, alcohol myths, longevity, and a billionaire gambler. It cites remarks from the Atlanta Constitution Louisville Courier-Journal Birmingham Age-Herald Duluth News-Tribune Omaha Bee and Jacksonville Times-Union on war motives and German efficiency.
A New York report notes fifty large ocean liners valued at about a billion dollars languish idle in U S ports due to World War I. German lines North German Lloyd and Hamburg American own most vessels. White Star and Dominion lines reduce sailings. Floating crews, neutrality rules, and naturalization scams complicate the scene as ships and crews await future orders.
Washington dispatch profiles George E Downey United States comptroller as the sole arbiter of countless government spending questions from tiny 75 cent laundry bills to large customs disputes He rules on route choices for traveling officials and enforces approved methods saving the government substantial funds. Nearby Washington highlights report Shoemaker’s old gin mill leaving its Row landmark with relics and a new excise law limiting thirsteries, while a corner bar reopens around the block.
The new photograph shows Princess Mary, only daughter of the King and Queen of England, keeping in touch with her brother the Prince of Wales with the expeditionary forces in France. She actively helps swell the Prince of Wales fund for families of men at the front.
A long satirical list of wry quips and anecdotes on marriage gender roles and social quirks. It riffs on wives, husbands, mothers and daughters with playful jabs and exaggerated stereotypes. The piece reads as lighthearted humor with dated social commentary.
Cyril Asquith the Premier’s son drills with the Queen's Westminsters at Hempstead Heath mobilization camp as second lieutenant. The image shows him in a military setting up exercise during wartime preparation.
Notice from J. C. Turner Deputy Game Warden Cumberland Maryland urging sportsmen and farmers not to harass rural mail carriers or undersigned birds in the area. Calls for attention and offers to supply feed for game birds. Advertisement dated December 22 to 26, 1930.
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