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Newspaper
Cumberland Press
Location
Cumberland, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1916
Page
4
The Cumberland Press lists publication details and mail rates with delivery by carrier. It notes address at 109 Baltimore Street Cumberland Md and phone numbers 592 and 593.
The Cumberland management plans to join the Blue Ridge Baseball League next season, aided by two Allegany County teams Frostburg and Cumberland. Local sentiment backs the move as enthusiasm for old time baseball rises in the region, with interest in Colts’ progress rising as the league views Cumberland’s entrance as a likely boost.
The Blue Ridge League votes to admit Frostburg and Cumberland, expanding to eight cities. Frederick fans anticipate heated regional rivalry and stronger play, while cold weather and buckwheat cakes become a seasonal local motif.
The subject of a compulsory plan has paid his debts and saved $100 with plans to save more before release. Early results show good progress as he forms regular work habits, upholds family duties, and secures a job upon freedom.
A Chicago man argues sleeping in a chair is more satisfying and healthier than a bed. He jokes about substituting chair for bed with lines from Hood and Burns, but the piece rejects the idea and requests he abandon the chair.
A new parole method tested in Day ton Ohio places inmates under a municipal parole board after good conduct. The board assigns suitable work and the prisoner works daily in the community then returns at night to the workhouse. Pay envelopes are opened before the superintendent for family support.
The article notes a historic Christian legend that young women may see their future husbands in dreams on St Agnes Eve January 21. It describes elaborate rites and preparation required for a maiden to conjure the face and kiss of her future spouse.
Walt Mason lampoons St Agnes Eve rites and a maidens ritual stockings garter knot and future husband legend. He contrasts such customs with modern mockery and notes a hospital-ward fate for those who take it seriously. The verse then shifts to a weather sketch praising snow and wheat despite cold and sleet.
A federal bulletin urges manufacturers to market West Virginia mineral and aerated waters in South America. It notes Argentine to Central America prefer imported bottled water due to poor local drinking water and says West Virginia ships none of the U S bottled water despite its pure, healthful springs.
A short verse note laments excessive writing of rhymes for the press and the mixed quality it yields. The speaker reflects on poet fatigue and the author’s own unflattering critique of their work.
A column of satirical quips and humorous observations about social manners wealth and politics. The snippets reference a breaking window theft in Sioux City a tax on upper berths and absurdities about marriage appendicitis and Prohibition era topics.
A West Virginia Society pamphlet touts the state's mineral springs claiming more than any other state. Notable springs include Berkeley in Morgan, Capon in Hampshire, Sealing in Mercer, Red Sulphur and Old Sweet in Monroe, Shanondale in Jefferson, Webster in Webster, and White Sulphur in Greenbrier. Minnehaha Springs near Makinton in Pocahontas also shows promising water for market.
A humorous anecdote recounts how Father borrows Mother's umbrella, returns without it, and is blamed for lending it to a snippy stenographer. In truth, Father left it in the first saloon he visited while going down town.
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