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Newspaper
Cumberland Press
Location
Cumberland, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Feb 16, 1915
Page
4
The Cumberland Press announces daily weekday publication with Sunday exception. It lists subscription rates at one year eight dollars in advance and monthly deliveries. Advertising rates are available on request at its Baltimore street office with phone contact.
A discussion on the Dacia case and its transfer of register from German to American, potential prize court review in England, and possible diplomatic negotiation. It covers British views on wartime transfers, the impact on bread prices, and farmers holding grain, with quotes attributed to Pittsburgh Sun and New York hotel bakers.
Henry Watterson the journalist born in Washington DC turns 75. Ernest Haeckel the German philosopher biologist celebrates 81 in Potsdam. George Kennan born Norwalk Ohio is 70. Washington Gardner born Morrow County Ohio is 70. George B Harvey Peachem Vermont is 51. Edward Browne Wisconsin congressman 47. Brayman W Anthony Adrian College president 61. John J McCort Philadelphia auxiliary bishop 55.
The Frostburg Mining Journal releases its first issue promising high standards under editor J. B. Oder. The paper pledges weekly appearances and a daily run of verse to enchant readers with golden sunsets and bursting flowers.
One Hundred Years Ago Today 1815 news of peace with Great Britain caused joy as schools and shops closed and flags flew. Seventy-Five Years Ago Today 1840 Henry Watterson, Louisville editor born in Washington. Fifty Years Ago Today 1865 Sherman’s army reached Congaree opposite Columbia. Twenty-Five Years Ago Today 1890 William J. McAlpine civil engineer died at Staten Island. He built the Clifton suspension bridge and the Washington Bridge.
The quote by Daniel Webster frames thought as the engine of human goals and outcomes, asserting the mind as the great lever driving resolved ends.
Frostburg residents urged Rev. P G Saffran to assemble local vocalists and instrumentalists for regular concerts modeled on Prof Snow of Cumberland. The letter lists many local singers and bands and notes strong community interest shown by Arion Band and Lyric Theatre crowds.
A reader's verse warns farmers to obey milk regulations or face a doctor spilling the milk and a twenty dollar fine. The quatrain uses humor to urge compliance and payment.
A poem and clippings praise Cumberland Maryland, noting a new dairy ordinance requiring clean stables, pure milk, washed hands, and sanitary milking to protect consumers, with terse condemnations of unnecessary delays and high costs. The collection blends letters from multiple towns, showing local notices like trapping, accidents, and small community anecdotes.
Chicago, Feb 16. The Chicago Americans head to the Pacific coast for the 1915 season with owner Comiskey guiding the party. The group sails tonight and will reach San Francisco Saturday to attend the exposition opening, then move to Paso Robles for training on Saturday night.
A Cumberland reader disputes Keyser's W A Liller who opposed the full crew bill. The letter notes trainmen are overtaxed and questions how two men could handle a 75 car train at 20 miles per hour. One who knows signs the issue.
A short verse by Mrs W H Gatehouse of 40 Marion Street reflects on Cumberland from land or sea and notes the author is blind.
Holt Hammer aged 21 died after a tree fell during logging in the Alleghenies. Funeral was held Sunday from his uncle's home near Franklin West Virginia, about 40 miles west of Harrisonburg. He is survived by his father Clay Hammer and four sisters in Morristown Pennsylvania.
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