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Newspaper
Cumberland Press
Location
Cumberland, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1915
Page
5
New York to host first $2 movie this week. D W Griffith will stage The Birth of a Nation at Forty-Second Street, in partnership with Klaw and Erlanger. The production claims 18,000 workers and calls itself the most stupendous undertaking yet.
Berlin February 22 Special Gen von Hindenburg the war’s defining figure on the German side now speaks to Paul Goldman on the eastern front He notes Russian soldiers obey discipline but in different form He stresses Russian entrenchments their winter digging and the strain of supply shortages as a sign of weakness He asserts Russians cannot hold back Germany and are nearing exhaustion with arms and ammunition running short and even officers unfed
A New York City based William Lanier Washington is recognized as the head of the Washington family and living representative of George Washington in the Society of the Cincinnati. He descends from Augustine Washington and John Washington lineage tracing back to the first American Washington, with ties to Colonel George Corbin Washington and Major William Washington. The piece also recounts imperial and military commentary by von Hindenburg and Kaiser Wilhelm.
A brief feature on George Washington by Ai highlights early American figures and the literary presentation of presidential lore in 1915 American journalism. The piece notes Burdick's copyright and the American Press Association attribution.
An ode celebrates George Washington as a symbol of liberty and national formation. It recalls his courage against oppression, wartime leadership, and enduring influence on the Republic. It notes his initial political defeat in Virginia due to liquor interests and tavern factions opposing his stance on drink.
The article recalls George Washington describing war as a plague to mankind yet ready to fight for right. It highlights his bravery, fearless nature noted by Jefferson, enemies who tried to erase his legacy, and his closest friend Dr. James Craik who cared for him and later served as the Washington family physician at Mount Vernon.
The Pruyn portrait of George Washington, famed in Stuart style, survived hiding under a carpet in Mount Vernon connected to George Steptoe Washington. It traveled from Falmouth after the Civil War and was later sold to John V. L. Pruyn of Albany.
In a retold Life episode George, a six year old master of a hatchet, hacked a cherry tree in the garden. His father praises the boy after George proclaims I cant tell a lie, pa, I cut it with my hatchet, calling the act heroic and priceless.
Baron Closen, a French observer and Rochambeau aide, describes Cornwallis surrender at Yorktown. He notes British soldiers in tattered jackets mocked as Janckey Dudle while the allied lines formed in two against one. Closen recalls Yorktown ruins and Cornwallis’s magnanimity and duty.
Washington served without pay during the eight years of his command of the Continental armies, but he declared that £50,000 would not induce him again to undergo what he has done.
A nostalgic poem recalling George and Martha's courting era with courtly bears and belles in powdered wigs. The speaker imagines perfumed notes, shy maids, and lovers’ old sweet ways, as Cupid’s rage and mutual gaze frame a vow of constancy.
A Revolutionary War veteran Stirling Smith, uncle to Marion Harland’s grandfather, denies the tale that Washington used profanity at Morne Mouth. He recalls Washington and Lee during a rapid retreat and quotes Lee retorting that Washington possessed no such virtue, exonerating Washington from swearing.
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