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Newspaper
Cumberland Press
Location
Cumberland, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1915
Page
4
The Cumberland Press announces daily afternoon publication except Sundays with subscription rates of one year at 38 dollars in advance and monthly deliveries at 25 cents. Advertising rates are available on request and communications go to 109 Baltimore Street. phone numbers 592 and 598.
The Cumberland region learns of a Pittsburgh branch of the National Inside Association through speaker William J. Boetcker at a Chamber of Commerce banquet. He advocates inside reform for community growth and cites an Inside platform critiquing unemployment and social needs.
Cumberland readers push for a strong baseball team to boost community image and attract leagues. The piece notes bonds, politics, neutrality, and civic fixes like clear street signs and unified house numbering, urging unity and better local understanding.
Collected editorials critique Britain's export drive and trade domination, question West Virginia's debt and Supreme Court reach, praise unexpected electric rate cut by the Hagerstown and Frederick Railway, and discuss auditing the new administration system to reveal truth and settle misrepresentations. The pieces cite Parkersburg News, Tyler County News, Fairmont Times, Wheeling Intelligencer, Frederick Post, and The Times.
William II of Germany and Prussia Samuel Gompers born in London and 65. Rev John O Willson of Lander College Greenwood 8 C born in Berkeley County 70. Ralph Modjeski engineer son of Mme Modjesga born Cracow 54. George Nox McGair traveler lecturer born Allegheny City 59. Albert Wickard Chicago Federal League outfielder born Chicago 26.
Quote attributed to Henry Clay about government as a trust with officers as trustees for the people, reflecting a constitutional civic ideal.
More than twenty defendants led by Mrs Lucy Parsons widow of Haymarket martyr Albert Parsons will be tried in Chicago municipal court for riot unlawful assembly and marching without a permit. The case stems from disorder at Hull House January 17 when an unemployed meeting was broken up by police amid claims the riot was fomented by Industrial Workers of the World agitators.
A Daily Lesson in History notes events from 1815 to 1905. It recalls Gen. Lambert’s British expedition departure for the West Indies after losses at New Orleans, Commodore Chauncey’s death in 1840, Peru Spain peace in 1865, and Austria Liberal defeat in 1905.
A fragment from a 1920s style page includes poems and jokes with titles A Bit of Everything For The Press Readers and The Shattered Romance. It presents humorous vignettes on love, work, and social quirks, featuring a shirt story and satirical quips about manners, religion, temper, and prohibition in a light column form. The piece weaves names and phrases like Kelly Pool, Centralia Mo, and references to familiar light humor.
John Screen and others transfer to Hannah Morgan parcels on Old Town Road and Arch Street with stated sums. Elizabeth T. Lowndes conveys Johnson Street parcel to Elizabeth F Holzen and Anna Holzen for $10. Michael J. Malamphy and wife sell Neal Road property to Mary E Lyons for $200. William A. Huster transfers Twiggtown parcel to Vernon C. Dolan and wife for $350.
Uniontown Pa January 27 Receivers named for William M Thompson and Jasper Augustine both coal land operators in Fayette and neighboring counties The Thompson assets are 1250000 with 50000 liabilities Augustine reports 116800 assets and 102000 liabilities both men own coal lands in the region.
Messages poured into AFL headquarters in Washington with a bushel basket of greetings for Samuel Gompers on his sixty fifth birthday anniversary. The London born leader, of Dutch parentage, became a cigar maker in Boston before shaping labor moves and co founding the American Federation of Labor in 1886.
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