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Newspaper
Cumberland Press
Location
Cumberland, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1915
Page
3
The Cumberland Press publishes daily except Sunday and lists subscription rates at eight dollars per year or twenty five cents per month. Advertising rates apply on request and communications go to 109 Baltimore Street with phone numbers 92 and 593 for orders and inquiries.
The Carnegie Hero Commission honored Dr Yeakley, a physician and trusted neighbor, for sacrificing his life last summer to save a woman from death. The piece celebrates everyday courage and argues heroes exist in peace as in war, praising his noble deed and urging remembrance of similar potential acts.
The Cumberland Press reports Allegany and Garrett counties offer ideal conditions for seed potatoes. State findings show climate and altitude resemble Maine, Michigan. Garrett seed yields 23 percent above Maine. Citizens' National Bank of Frostburg offers prizes for fall potato show. government to ship a carload of seed next spring. Farmers urged to plant and lead in this new industry.
A compact chronology notes events from 1815 through 1865 and 1840 including the removal of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette’s remains to St Denis, Dr Blumenbach’s racial classifications, the blockading squadron’s destruction of the Delphina, and the death of circus pioneer Adam Forepaugh.
Henry W. Savage plans Excuse Me in London and Frank Craven to star in Too Many Cooks in Chicago. Pretty Mrs. Smith continues with Charlotte Greenwood. The Shadow with Ethel Barrymore ends tragically. Belasco to stage The Love Thought with Janet Beecher. Potash and Perlmutter heads to Maryland early next month. Neil O’Brien minstrels top season at the Maryland. Betty Nansen arrives with gowns. Annie Russell rests after His Royal Happiness. revival of Friend Hannah slated.
Judge E B Kinkead of Columbus Common Pleas Court upends prior rulings by declaring press publication of fair and impartial court record reports permissible. An action for libel cannot be maintained against a newspaper using such reports in good faith. justice is served, and camera hearings with sealed findings should end.
Panoramic clippings note Mexican revolts waning as a stable equilibrium may emerge and warn against Wall Street meddling. West Virginia liquor laws tighten after a federal decision, while local papers urge merchant support for independent publications and prudent advertising to stimulate commerce.
Constance Collier actress born Windsor England 37 years ago today. Prince Christian of Schleswig Holstein an “alien” royal born today. Terence Vo Powderly labor department official born Carbondale Pa 66 years ago. Francis L Patton theologian and Princeton president born Bermuda 72 years ago. Chase S Osborn Michigan governor born Huntington County Indiana 55 years ago. James W. Highns Rhode Island governor born Lincoln R I 39 years ago. Louis Sebastian Walsh Portland Maine bishop born Salem Massachusetts 57 years ago. Joshua W Alexander U S Representative Third Missouri district born Cincinnati 63 years ago. James John J Fean New Jersey 11th district representative born Hoboken 45 years ago. Ira F Thomas Philadelphia American League captain captain born Ballston Spa New York 34 years ago.
The essay reflects on The Hague as a symbol of peace amid World War I, noting Carnegie's gift for the Peace Palace and warning that military efficiency fuels war. It argues that armament costs, not treaties, threaten civilization and urges renewed faith in law, justice, and humanitarian action to end hate and restore peace.
The Press Educational Missing Word Contest continues with Page 1 missing delight between will and you in Klines Underselling Store ad and Page 2 missing conformity between in and with in White and Ankeneys ad. Contestants may submit by next Friday as results for Contests No. 1 and 2 loom.
A survey of potential 1916 candidates and speakers across the nation includes William Alden Smith in Michigan clubs, William J. Bryan at an Indianapolis banquet, Albert B. White as a possible U S Senate contender, and Governor Beeckman backing women's suffrage. Other figures named as potential candidates or invitees include Dr H H Cherry, Charles Fairbanks, Charles Dick, Nathaniel Hobbs, S P Brooks, Lindley Garrison, Henry Boutell, John M Atkinson, Moses E Clapp, George E Chamberlain, Joseph L Bristow, and a Kansas PUC appointment offering $4000 salary. The report notes incumbents and former officials in roles from governors to senators, with terms expiring in 1917 and 1916.
George William Westley and Frances Elizabeth Aikens both of Altoona Pa. Jesse Charles McClelland and Anna Frances Staples both of Evans City Pa Lemuel Edward Lewis Freeport Ohio and Blanch Edith Tedrick Winterest Ohio.
A brief pitch in the want columns urges readers to place an advertisement in The Fress to attract attention and promising favorable outcomes. The note emphasizes prompt, effective exposure for sellers and service providers seeking better visibility.
A collection of humorous quips and observations from the Milwaukee Journal style column. It riffs on war efforts, love, money, optimism and pessimism, social habits, and everyday ironies with light, dated humor.
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