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Newspaper
Cumberland Press
Location
Cumberland, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1916
Page
4
The Cumberland Press operates as an afternoon newspaper in Cumberland Maryland with daily carrier service except Sundays. It lists subscription rates of five dollars per year in advance and twenty six cents per month, offers advertising by application, and provides contact at 109 Baltimore Street with phone numbers 592 and 598.
The 1914 rural sanitation survey shows widespread poor sanitation yet notable progress. In eight states 16 569 homes were inspected with repeated visits, public lectures and local campaigns boosting reforms. Typhoid fever fell sharply in Berkeley County West Virginia from 249 to 40 and in Orange County North Carolina from 59 to 17.
In Washington D C two Marines stood during the playing of a national air, were ejected from the theater for obstructing view and a complaint. A district court judge upheld the ejectment, seen as a shameful act against patriotic display and freedom of expression.
The review notes that Gen Y business plans rely on home demand, not war orders. Peace will revive many industries as war profits fade, with overall prosperity improving as domestic activity expands while conflict damages property and delays growth.
The passage notes unpredictable weekly weather patterns and how people discuss forecasts. It contrasts human uncertainty with celestial regularity and mentions picnics, nights, and clouds as part of daily weather concerns.
Reproduced pages of major U S newspapers show Exposition coverage with The Cumberland Press among about fifty papers. Other publications listed include the New York Times Philadelphia Public Ledger Boston Globe Pittsburgh Dispatch Christian Science Monitor Detroit Free Press Collier s Saturday Evening Post and Reviews.
Rippling Rhymes by Walt Mason features light verse about aging and jokes about saloon keepers and Irish emigrants. It includes reader quips and a Names Is Names Club update with new members and a quip about Methusaleh and blind tigers.
National preparedness is urged as the foremost issue with Congressmen at home for the holidays. Roosevelt favors a war footing, Wilson proposes a compromise plan, and critics call for a continental army or stronger militia. Burton advocates a balanced, defendable system and expansion of the regular army.
The fragment depicts a playful seasonal ballad with a speaker named Fancy and references to frogs and changing weather. It evokes shifting moods across spring, summer, and winter, with light humor about longing for different times of year and playful wordplay on weather. The tone is whimsical and observational.
A fragmented reflection on worry and preparedness criticizes anti preparedness rhetoric. It parodies wartime rhetoric by comparing modern fears to an old parable about a dog and a pitchfork. The author muses on using gentle language or stiff response against European tensions.
In a brisk exchange, Consolation N Peck asserts ongoing hard work at the grindstone while Mrs N Peck scolds that grindstones sometimes bust, implying risk and frustration in steady labor.
A joke unfolds as a young lady says her father’s checking account is low and she should consider another bank. She requests belladonna to enlarge the Pupils, revealing a pun on schooling and the drug’s name.
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