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Newspaper
Cumberland Press
Location
Cumberland, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1914
Page
4
A moralizing column contrasts care for physical cleanliness with the need for mental purity. It warns against unreadable salacious content and urges readers to choose uplifting books over vile fiction, arguing a clean mind yields a better world.
A Missouri congressman, Pearl D. Decker, stands out among the sixty third congress members for a resonant, finely carried voice and keen ability to shape remarks. In a brief fifteen seconds he mounted a pointed defense of the labor union amendment to the Clayton bill, drawing a clear line between labor and its products and between the man and the dollar.
The article accuses Collier's Weekly of demonizing Villa as a brutal Negro to rally the south against Woodrow Wilson's Mexican policy. It argues the magazine serves spiteful aims by portraying Villa as a menace and questions the administration’s loyalty to a black man driven by murder.
The article discusses a proposed invisible uniform demonstrated by Mr Ibert 8. Cox, arguing efficiency over tradition and noting olive drab as a potential hue. It contrasts camouflage needs in woods and fields with historical color schemes and cites a reporter's close encounter at one hundred yards. It also addresses marriage reform ideas from Mary Austin stressing freedom of choice and courtship centers to modernize mate selection.
A collage of remarks on politics and society notes intrigues around King George and Queen Mary, Carnegie donations, railroad safety, and court cases. It mentions Florida renomination, Sulzer removal, and unrest among American figures, ending with a quip about Kansas.
Broadway notes from New York as of June describe closings and summer moves for Empire and other houses. Stars like Ethel Barrym ore and John Drew star in A Scrap of Paper at Empire while Zeigfeld Follies and Bert Williams draw crowds at New Amsterdam.
The governor is sued for assault and battery by Mrs. Luella West of Wichita. The remarks about a prior incident involve Governor Hoch admitting giving Mrs. Stanley what he called a “brotherly kiss” years earlier.
In El Paso Texas the Texas State Federation of Labor began its annual five day convention with a focus on laws improving working conditions. Attendance surpassed previous Texas labor gatherings.
A column laments scandal mongers especially men who defame others, often a woman, arguing they are worse than their targets. It condemns slander as a mortal vice, equating public gossip with moral decay and divine judgment, noting many men resemble Satan in grasp and urging society to shun such behavior.
A collection of wry quips and jokes noting social quirks and urban life. Snatches of satire touch on traffic, fashion, money, and relationships with a wink at modern manners and gendered expectations.
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Ex-Congressman Cyrus Adams Sullaway of Manchester New Hampshire born Grafton New Jersey June 8 1839. He studied law with A F Pike Franklin New Hampshire admitted to bar 1863 practiced in Manchester served in New Hampshire House 1872 73 and 1887 to 1898 inclusive elected to Fifty fourth and all succeeding Congresses until the Sixty third Congress.
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