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Newspaper
Cumberland Press
Location
Cumberland, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1916
Page
4
The Cumberland Press lists Marbridge Building New York and Peoples Gas Building Chicago as addressed sources. Communications should be sent to 109 Baltimore Street with phone numbers 592 and 593. Press is delivered daily by carrier and orders are received by telephone.
Tomorrow a home to home canvass by Central Y M C A boys seeks to gauge support for a public library. Residents are asked to donate a book per household and join the effort, proving public backing for the project and its convenience and betterment.
The article warns parents that measles is often treated as harmless and that failing to call a physician or report cases to the health bureau can lead to epidemics. It notes deaths from measles occur and stresses that home placarding avoidance worsens public health risks.
The article traces white dominance and treaty disputes ending in forceful settlement. It notes a shift to reservations and tribal land recognition, then broader schooling and citizenship efforts for Indians. Census data from 1915 shows 330000 Indians in the United States, with many farming and schooling statistics.
A lecture to Norwegian students in 1874 argues poetry grows from lived through experience shared with readers. The poet sees clearly and makes others see it, bridging individual insight with national life, while acknowledging self-contradictions between word and action and life and teaching.
A collage of light verse and quips from Walt Mason and writers like Luke McLuke and Washington Journal-Republican readers. Jokes touch on poverty pride marriage signals aging and social foibles, with anecdotes and humorous exchanges from Cincinnati to Newark and Lima.
A humorous vignette praises painting a farmer Adoniram Karn’s name on his barn to deter neglect and landscape disgrace. It argues labeling inspires pride, then shifts to quips about custom and habit and a joke about vault safety and daily column writing.
A fragment from a humorous column reflects on boosting others and overheard quips about theatre crowds, tariffs, and social views. It contrasts attitudes toward men and women, noting opinions on pride, economy, and romance with wry, casual social commentary.
The text argues that annual costs of Indian oversight pale beside border security spending. It cites the post Civil War grant of citizenship to African Americans as a bolder, major national experiment versus integrating Native Americans.
A civic guide urges voters to choose city officials with personal sense of right and justice. It advises consulting trusted nonpolitician friends if uncertain about candidates. It stresses exercising private judgment and avoiding undue influence.
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