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Newspaper
Cumberland Press
Location
Cumberland, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Feb 21, 1916
Page
3
The Cumberland Press provides afternoon editions excluding Sundays. Located at 109 Baltimore Street Cumberland Md, with telephone access for delivery orders. Subscription rates: one year five dollars in advance. per month twenty five cents. Advertising rates on request. Publishers representatives listed in New York and Chicago.
The Cumberland newspaper announces a new daily feature page dedicated to women with reading matter and pictures. It will expand this week to offer the most helpful and interesting series for women readers on a home page.
New York State College of Forestry researchers in Syracuse report eleven percent of U S lumber yearly becomes sawdust about 11 billion feet. In New York state alone about 135 million board feet wasted. They urge better uses for sawdust including wood flour applications while noting limits in current uses.
In a talk before the Advertising Club Mr. Cohn urges relaxation and nonoverbearing liberty for workers. He cites Horatian desipere in loco and argues moderation in recreation prevents burnout, praising the universal Saturday half holiday and noting employers increasingly value balance between work and leisure.
A light pause interrupts the daily routine as time for rest emerges between tasks. The idea of a brief respite offers a momentary relief from continuous effort and weariness.
The text notes Florida’s potential as a vegetable oil producer from soybeans and cites the U S Department of Agriculture concerns over cottonseed supply. It mentions rising Manchurian soy oil imports, South Carolina mills extracting oil and meal from soybeans, and soybeans as a key southern oil source. Soybean meal is valued as the best stock food and the plant as a soil builder and fertilizer. An Allegany County soybean trial is planned this year.
Cartoons Magazine notes the Bulgarian king Ferdinand as a standout subject in caricature across history. Writers praise his distinctive nose, likening it to a bridge or 42 centimeter muzzle. Artists such as Rata Langa render him as goose, elephant, dog, or bird of prey.
A compact tribute on George Washington stressing his restrained leadership and moral steadiness. The essay argues true greatness lies in service to eternal truths rather than conquest or personal glory, contrasting Washington with restless tyrants and proud conquerors.
To be prepared for war is essential for peace. The United States must not seem weak or lose its standing among nations. Do not expect or rely on foreign governments to aid. The American name should elevate patriotic pride. Share blessings with all mankind and keep a spark of conscience alive in your breast.
A collection of quirky quips and short notes mentions Adams Apple in Xenia Ohio dispatches, a trade ad for a rooster or baby carriage, rising castor oil prices, and social observations on marriage, gender, and photography retouching reflecting the era's humor and stereotypes.
A poem by Walt Mason argues that truth remains supreme over wealth gained by deceit. It condemns riches earned through lies, cheating, and tainted fame, promoting honest, hard work as the better path.
A collage of quotes and quips surveys Lincoln’s stature in civil liberty praise, satire on politics and language, and notes on John Brown’s moral influence. Includes humorous vignettes from Grayslake Times and Owosso restaurant signs, plus anecdotes about Harper’s Ferry letters selling for over $300.
A collage of quips and comic bits critiques extemporaneous speaking and public discourse. It riffs on memory drawn oratory, radio era humor, and a satirical take on social roles with references to a Russian aviator and wartime topics.
The young lady across the way says it would not be right to thrust self government on the poor Filipinos until we have exploited them more thoroughly and prepared them for it.
A columnist laments egotism and vanity in both sexes. He notes how ads appeal to women with promises to enlarge or reduce bust sizes by promised percentages, criticizing the two faced marketing that profits from insecurities. He contrasts with an old fashioned view of men.
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