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Newspaper
Cumberland Press
Location
Cumberland, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1916
Page
4
Cumberland Press issue from Cumberland Maryland dated Tuesday February 22 1916 notes daily service by carriers. Advertising rates and office contacts listed including 109 Baltimore Street and publishers representatives ALCORN HENKEL with New York and Chicago addresses.
The article honors George Washington as Father of the Nation and Father of Cumberland, linking his early military feats to Cumberland’s history and urging a personal connection between the city and the nation’s founding father.
A United States wireless station received a naval engagement message in the North Sea. The dispatch was a past news item and not actionable for belligerent ships. The author argues censorship is excessive and urges revising radio service rules to avoid unjust restrictions on German communications.
The Johnstown Democrat notes women in belligerent nations already work in munitions, transport, policing, baking, coal, and industry. As English soldiers return, wives may keep firing lines and resume driving men to work, balancing old duties with new wartime roles.
Washington dispatch assesses how wartime prosperity affects politics and public opinion. Travelers and editors across New York and New Jersey doubt prosperity helps the Democrats, warn of looming economic and possible military conflict, and question Wilson's popularity amid the European war.
A war era debate on employment shifts as soldiers return home and women may keep factory jobs. The piece questions who will occupy kitchens and shops, noting women earning more than husbands and the risk of men being forced into domestic work after the conflict ends.
The Christian Science Monitor notes a U S publishing house cashier complains writers cash checks slowly, delaying closable accounts for months. It urges Treasury and Ways and Means leaders to address check-feited authors as a revenue source.
In a light notes column titled Things to Worry About readers are teased with a playful request to the club to uncover a cure for Ophelia Sausige of Morton Mississippi. The quip closes noting there are 176 kinds of bananas.
A collection of Walt Mason verse about coal prices and winter hardship contrasts with brief notes on world topics. It includes reflections on Greece, Chile, Peru, Russia, and Paris war art, ending with a critique of Abel Faivre and his depictions of war and sacrifice.
A compilation of wry quotes and snippets on wealth fame and social mores. Notable lines question Schopenhauer music as art and American taste, discuss social rules and personal intrigue in neighborhoods and clubs across diverse locales.
A string of humorous clippings and tall tales from periodicals and readers’ replies. Jests about smoking, philosophy, Dewey era talk, magazine quirks, and public figures weave through a collage of bylines, quips, cartoons, and puns with playful critique of honest versus deceitful chatter.
A fragment quotes a proverb spoken by a young lady across the way urging timely action and warning that procrastination robs time. The line echoes reflections on foresight and daily resolve in a reflective tone.
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