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Newspaper
Cumberland Press
Location
Cumberland, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1915
Page
4
A French private writes to Yvonne about the brutal days of January 8 and 9 near N- and Boisons, detailing artillery barrages, trench combat, heroic command, severed losses, hand-to-hand fighting, and survival. He recalls fear, carnage, and the moral resolve that keeps him going. He closes with thanks for letters and a kiss to his family.
Tea rooms in shopping districts showcase diverse club sandwiches with toasted muffins or crumpets, substituting meats like duck turkey or rare beef, plus oyster and sardine versions. The menu includes Boston roast and accompaniments such as carrot celery salad, cream of spinach soup, olives, and molasses drop cakes. Receipts offer bean and nut meat loaves and a layered egg almond dessert.
H. C. Frick Coke Company announced that 515 additional coke ovens were fired on Saturday, increasing active ovens to 8,355 in the Connellsville region during the first half of February.
Expert testimony suggests love is driven by the sense of smell not the heart. Parisian perfume expert Mme Desti explains pheromones and individual aromas steer romantic fate, with humans guided by olfactory cues more than facial allure.
A 1914 health notice reports 30 pneumonia deaths in Cumberland with 6 in January. It notes pneumonia as a leading fatal disease rivaling tuberculosis, cites Census data, and urges prevention through infection avoidance, proper rest, nutrition, and avoiding exposure and dusty rooms. The public is urged to stay vigilant as cases rise.
In Wheeling West Virginia on February 15 a public subscription drive surpassed 100000 dollars on the fourth day. The Ohio Valley Central Hospital faces bankruptcy unless five hundred thousand dollars is raised after two years ago reaching a quarter million. Large gifts of five ten and twenty thousand dollars dominate contributions.
Charleston West Virginia February 15 Under House bill 695 sponsor Delegate Worth Kanawha every real estate agent every stock broker or any other broker to pay a license tax of 50 dollars applying to practice of stock broker or broker buying or selling for commission or reward Prohibition Deficit 650000 Governor Hatsfield special message seeking legislation to cover deficiency by taxation on coal oil and gas or a privilege tax for lands over 5000 acres and corporation income tax
R Norris Williams, national singles tennis champion, is a leading figure in the battle at the United States Lawn Tennis Association annual meeting over where next all comers tournament should be held New York and Newport contend Williams backs Newport as the site arguing it should host the event again.
Births list multiple couples with dates from January 28 to February 19 including Curtis Beckwith and Bertha Beckwith. George Loy and Mammie Loy. Brennam and Helen Brennam. Raley and Clara Raley. Twin birth of Geo Hamilton and Ida Hamilton on February 15. Deaths include Elisha Furlow 67. Thomas Smethurst 1% days. Robert Birmingham 55. George Gibbons 34. Bula Bennett 1 year.
Morgantown West Virginia February 15. Chiming damages of ten thousand dollars for the death of Barah FE Sterling administrator William H Freeburn sues Baltimore and Ohio railroad over an accident at Seneca on December 19. It is alleged Mrs Sterling was walking along tracks from a store when the engine without a pilot passed over her and she remained on the rails.
The case filed by Walter M. H Crowl through his father James Crowl against the Mayor and City Council of Hagerstown seeks damages of 10000 for injuries to Crowl caused when bricks and a motor fell from a building owned by Georgy F E Kline and wife on South Jonathan Street.
Hanry W. Oswald of 149 Washington Street has been named office assistant to Secretary I. W. Blake of the Chamber of Commerce and has begun duties. Oswald previously served as stenographer for the Potomac Fruit Growers Association.
In the Circuit Court for Allegany County a third National Hank Building order issued by Judge Gerrmee Lewis Eppler reports George Louis Eppler as assignee. A copy order to be published weekly in a local paper for three consecutive weeks before February 16, 1915, with a report stating the amount of £22 0s 0d. Lloyd L. Shaffer, Clerk, authenticates the copy.
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