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Newspaper
Cumberland Press
Location
Cumberland, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1916
Page
6
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad leads Y M C A membership drive with M H Cahill as campaign manager and J K Yohe as assistant manager guiding the effort.
Official time keepers C. W. Fries and J. P. Kotschenreuther audit on H. H. Summers. Secretary W. C. Montignant. Notice urges members to submit all applications daily to maximize miles and prize chances. Applications go to the superintendent of the division or trainmaster for the member named. A large number of handsome prizes will be awarded to top members.
Campaign led by M H Cahill aims to enlist a thousand new Y M C A members in Cumberland division. Crews race to beat mileage records with daily meetings, food and entertainment to boost participation.
Thomas R. Stewart, Master Mechanic, writes from Cumberland to William C. Montignani of Baltimore and Ohio endorsing a campaign to build 1000 members for the M C A. He stresses the institute’s importance to railroad men and its homey accommodations and social privileges during absences from home.
Samuel Crawford a 28 year old steam fitter for the Pennsylvania Railroad lies in a hospital after a crane walkway accident caused a triple fracture of the spine and concussion of the brain in Altoona Pennsylvania.
Harvard President Lowell endorses military science in the curriculum while opposing college drill. He supports militia and summer camps for students, urging courses on tactics, terrain, maps, and mobilization to prepare capable men as reserve officers after a couple of summers at camps.
Dr Frank Halleck of Cornell University Medical School details a method to restore a tremulous falsetto to a normal voice by repeated throat clearing and coughing. The telegrapher, 35, had never spoken clearly before. after guided coughing the patient produced a natural voice.
A speaker recalls how a singer whose normal voice was a strong baritone suddenly lost the ability to utter falsetto after months of study. He could not produce the higher register anymore, seemingly forgetting how to sing in falsetto.
Milwaukee report details the five Fromm brothers of Marathon county Wisconsin who run a vast black fox farm with fifty foxes valued at two thousand dollars each. One brother stays up all night guarding the animals with a small army of watchdogs while all five are college men and musicians.
Prince Henry of Wales, King George's third son, joins 500 Eton boys loaned to move freight in a Didcot Junction rail yard amid adult labor shortages. The pupil leadership and participation highlight wartime manpower measures and royal involvement in practical war effort.
Pierre South Dakota January 26 Prohibition forces campaign for votes to place the state on the water wagon at the November general election. The original dry provision was removed from the constitution after years of lax enforcement in large cities. Mitchell heads the drys with revival meetings led by A C Rankin as the state Sunday school organization builds sentiment against saloons while wets organize to resist.
The Imperial Co announces a White Sale starting today featuring 50 cent petticoats and 28e priced items. The sale emphasizes affordable undergarments and household linens with mass discounts.
Captain A Vladimer Seferoviteh of the Montenegrin council in New York defends King Nicholas amid charges of surrender. He cites Montenegro’s 500 years of war, dire bread shortages, old artillery, and a 30 000 strong army that has suffered heavy losses, yet vows a last stand with Serbia.
A fragmentary report recalls a population facing famine with many deaths among children women and the elderly. Despite hunger local Christians cling to hope of final victory and resilience in the face of hardship.
Prince Frederick of Schleswig Holstein, naturalized Briton, marked his 85th birthday while living in England with Queen Victoria’s granddaughter as his wife. Their son Prince Albert John George serves in the German army, heir to the ducal title, with ties to Prussia. The family history includes a son killed in South Africa and a daughter’s troubled marriage to Prince Albert of Anhalt-Dessau.
The Sunday School Council of the Evangelical Churches of America opened its annual convention in Richmond Virginia and will run through Friday with public sessions by representatives of the international committee and other noted Sunday school experts. The event draws editors and publishers from thirty four denominations and many Sunday school workers attend.
Advertisement notes the White Sale at Imperial Co starts today, highlighting discounts on linens and household textiles for shoppers and local residents.
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