Chamber of Commerce urged to push local progress
The Cumberland Press reports that Cumberland Chamber of Commerce plans to continue its activities with a streamlined local leadership. The piece urges unity across business groups and stresses practical work over grand promises to advance the city’s welfare with broad farmer and banker cooperation.
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Chamber of Commerce
Pro
Cumberland Chamber of Commerce
March of Progress
Cumberland
Tri-State Rural Credit Conference Attended by Three States Farmers
A Saturday conference in this city gathered representative farmers from three states to discuss rural credits. Critics condemned secret executive sessions and pledge of secrecy by committees drafting rural credit bills, urging open hearings and a cooperative system modeled on European credit institutions. The resolutions urged Congress to appoint an investigating committee to hold hearings on rural credit.
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Gard Congress
Congressman Saunders
Virginia
Democratic Caucus
House
Saunders
Commission
Hese
Congress
Europe
Demagogue as Public Flatterer and Failed Functionary
A cynical analysis of demagogues who flatter citizens to gain power and stay in office. The piece notes how many are hoodwinked by empty rhetoric, while incompetent leaders endure due to public credulity, until shifting opinions reveal their failure.
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Johnny
Faith in the Future and Enduring Statesmanship
The author argues against withdrawal from civic life amid criticism of government, praising trust in voters and leaders. He notes the historical contrast from colonial times to modern governance, cites demagogues fading and statesmen enduring, and urges optimism and faith in eventual reform.
Protest Declares British Seizure of Mail Piracy
The government denounces Great Britain for seizing and censoring United States parcel post and correspondence on the high seas. It cites the Hague Convention of 1907 and insists on the sanctity of mails, arguing censorship and detention are illegal and piracy.
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Great Britain
United States
Rippling Rhymes By Walt Mason
A verse sketch shows Walt Mason describing a winter storm scene. The narrator lies warm in bed as wind sprints and snow drifts outside, while the house holds coal and bread and the plumbing may need fixing after the storm. The poem muses on frugality and the security of savings against weather and misfortune.
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Walt Mason
Warnings Ignored Could Spark Unrest, Says Official
The British Post Office authority warns that censorship and warnings carry weight. Resentment in the country could yield unexpected results if these cautions are neglected or the issue is dodged.
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Post Office
Health Department report highlights 1916 improvement goals
The annual Health Department report to the City Council emphasizes the 1915 work record but stresses a future program of improvement for the current year. The narrative also comments on local commentary about leadership, women’s topics, and social observations embedded in the text.
Chorus Girls Seek Rights and Solidarity in Stage Labor
A Baltimore News reflection notes chorus girls forming a union to seek better pay and treatment against autocratic managers. It argues their collective action could push for broader suffrage and improved working conditions in musical shows.
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Baltimore News
A Bit Of Everything Off Aginonddin
A poem fragment lists fanciful purchases with fifteen cents highlighting ads and premiums. It contrasts dream items like a gold-filled brooch and a Ford joke book with the allure of subscriptions and guides, ending with a quip on the futility of arguing in a tense moment.
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Ford
No Wonder What is the matter with your husband madam
A department store salesman studies “expert salesmanship” articles in magazines and finds their advice clashes with real selling. The wife explains his distress stems from reading theories by men who have not sold items in practice.
Man Who Got $14750 From United Railway Declared Insane
The item notes that a claimant who received a large settlement from United Railway was deemed insane. It reflects a court or legal proceeding context about the claimant’s mental status in relation to the award.
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St. Louis Post-Dispatch
United Railway
Traveling Salesman Hostelry Turns Lippy Nose Upward
A narrator rails at rude hotel keepers who pretend to know guests by first names and harass them with unsolicited familiarity. He rejects such hostelries and vows to sleep in tents by a fence corner, eating simple fare and drinking from a creek.
Speed sought in fatal hit and run case
Prosecuting attorney asks for the speed of the defendant's car that struck and killed a man. The defendant replies twenty-five to thirty miles per hour. After a physician revived the prosecutor, a stay of proceedings was granted to allow time for entering an insanity plea.
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mInan
War time loyalties and odd beliefs from a quirky classroom exchange
A student shifts allegiances in a wartime line about sympathies for Austria and Allies. The piece pokes fun at superstition and traffic mishaps, noting rear end collisions with a police motorcycle amid cautionary anecdotes about fools and inconsistent behavior.
The Young Lady Across the Way
The young lady across the way says it must be pretty hard for the clergymen to lay up much out of their salaries for their old age. She thinks some provision ought to be made for them after they become suppurated.
Language Play At The Gas Station
A humorous interplay questions if X-roads implies cross roads and if an exide battery becomes cross-eyed, prompting a dad’s simple yes and a son’s amused reaction. The quick exchange highlights wordplay over common terms seen in everyday chatter.
Quandaries of Love and Work in a Snappy Parlor Wit
Luke McLukes quips on high paid jobs versus incumbents mingle with jests about brides, single blessedness, and Heaven jokes. The piece riffs on marriage, health myths, and social foibles from silk undergarments to the ladder of success. Notes on aging roles and after marriage labor conclude the medley.
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Cumberland, Md
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Tri-State Rural Credit Conference
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Ogclne
American Republic
Republic
Luke
Smith
Cincinnati Enquirer
Aginonddin Strickland
W. Gillilan
Finnig
Luke McLuke
Bette
Earth
Damon
Pythia
Pythias
Pan
Djenea
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