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Newspaper
Cumberland Press
Location
Cumberland, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1915
Page
4
Margaret Mason reports a 1915 fashion trend with shorter waists and Empire lines. Suits favor brown tones and white serge for Southern wear, while hats trend tiny brown chapeaux with sailor shapes and ribbon accents.
Miss Nellie Driscoll of Roanoke visits Miss Clara O Neal. Brunswick’s John Nuse stays with John Tracy in Cumberland. Ill Millard Twigg convalesces. F H Lashley rests after arm surgery for December injury. Mrs Sarah B Porter improves from critical illness. Several locals ill or visiting relatives in nearby towns.
In a City Basketball League night action the Federals forfeited their second half against Potomac Club after captain L EK Van Sant protested refereeing. First half score stood 11 to 6 for Potomac with lineups and field goals listed for both teams.
James R. Twigg sues Hanson PF for breach of contract over a farm purchase. defense contends defective title. Jury verdict favors plaintiff Twigg with $582.43 in The Frick Company v Coleman threshing machine sale case decided yesterday.
On January 15 the Interstate Commerce Commission orders all American railroads to file detailed information on block signal systems. The data will supply first accurate mileage of block signal equipment in operation and under construction and aid in safety and valuation studies.
Georeta Tuff settled her fourteenth account for Freline D. Robinson. The last will of Nannie F. Robinson was proven and letters to Florence M. and Elizabeth Willard. Renunciation and letters to A. Taylor Sipitt for Algernon F. Smith. James T. Mattingly, administrator, filed sales list. Fannie FE. Miller filed inventory and order of sale for John J. Miller estate.
L. Williams a 69 year old transferman from West Union West Virginia left Cumberland after being found intoxicated and under watch. He carried $948.10 and departed at 12 40 for Baltimore without settling his hotel or board charges. Williams said he came to Cumberland to buy a pool room but negotiations failed.
Portland residents join a national day of prayer as Mrs Lillian M Stevens national president issues a proclamation calling for a worldwide crusade.
Women automobile demonstrators appeared at Cleveland's annual auto show opening today. They drove and demonstrated cars for prospective women buyers, marking the first display of such participation in the event.
Washington January 15 by a 227 to 96 vote the conference report on the Burnett Immigration bill was adopted and sent to the White House. The tally implies likely override of a presidential veto if vetoed.
Five notable figures Miss Anne Morgan Andrew Carnegie Eugene Brieux Luther Burbank and Myron T Hemick will receive medals of the National Institute of Social Sciences for distinguished service to humanity at a Hotel Astor ceremony after an afternoon meeting headlined by Ex-President Taft and speaker Hamilton Mabie.
Los Angeles, Jan 15. The new half million dollar Southern Pacific station opened formally replacing the Arcade Depot, a landmark from the public days of the city. Real estate transfers noted include Austin A. Wilson to Espy A. Lehman on Pear street and several Cumberland area parcels with prices ranging from 1 to 1050 dollars.
New York January 15 Discussion at Public Service Commission on whether the subway management should switch entirely to steel cars. Switching would cost Interurban company four million dollars. The Maryland audience praised Al Fields troupe with Bert Swor in a standout minstrel show citing excellent comedians singers and scenery as top billed.
Wheat prices surged in Chicago reaching a high in years as May wheat opened at 1.435 and rose to 1.44. Liverpool reported sharp jumps in wheat and flour costs. In New York Mrs. Judian Heath of the National Housewives League urged President Wilson to intervene to halt flour price increases affecting the poor after seeing sacks of flour rise by up to a dollar.
The notice lists couples from multiple towns including Chester Augustine Rice of Oakland Maryland and Monie May Castell, Joseph Ralph Wick of New Castle Pennsylvania and Anna Elizabeth Schafer, William Benjamin Steen of West Newton Pennsylvania and Carrie May House, Samuel Sidney Crocker of Pittsburgh Pennsylvania and Maud May Harmon of Wheeling West Virginia, George Henry Lottig of Cumberland and Myrtle Irene Dennison of Ridgeley West Virginia.
M. Lee Starke, New York evangelist who held meetings at the First Methodist Protestant Church here, will lead a large revival at Rockwood starting Sunday evening. He arrives from Newark, New Jersey, where he recently concluded a successful series. After a three week unengaged period in January, his services will be available at Rockwood.
Fred Blue, commissioner of prohibition, announced that a Richmond circuit court decision will end orders for intoxicants to West Virginia customers. He said railroads and express firms cannot risk delivering alcohol from other states, framing the ruling as a major enforcement win.
Fire destroyed the college chemical laboratory in a building of its own at Allegany College in Meadeville. Authorities expect losses to reach forty five thousand dollars and believe an explosion caused the blaze.
New York January 15 Treasury agents seized from A Anpika djan a Constantinople resident in New York two egg shaped diamonds weighing more than 18 carats each said to have been worn centuries ago by a queen of Egypt. Collector Dudley Field Malone directed the seizure of the jewels.
January 15 Elkins city street department uses a harrow shaped snow plow to clear sidewalks. It creates a clean three foot wide path on main and side streets with two horses pulling, enabling rapid work.
Somerset Pa January 15 The Women's Christian Temperance Union of Somerset County announces it will publish this year the names of all persons who sign liquor license applications as part of its traditional public disclosure.
Anecdotal notes from Devon Club alleys recount quirky scores and a strange tale about an eccentric woman and a married daughter. The fragment hints at tailor skits, creases, and mothery guilt themes within a hazy, satirical local column.
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