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Newspaper
Cumberland Press
Location
Cumberland, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1915
Page
3
Pittsburgh June 11 special Fred Clarke manager of the Pirates compares ball club leadership to mercantile success. He argues dignity and steady conduct earn players' respect, avoids fist fights, and emphasizes smiling even when trouble hits to keep the team from sinking into discouragement.
Former Queen Liliuokalani of Hawaii and her royal suite attend the Panama Pacific Exposition celebration in honor of King Kamehameha. Kanaka language fills the grounds as islanders in coral finery mingle in palm arbors and vine retreats while ukuleles accompany plaintive tropical songs. Wreaths are worn by visitors as the Queen joins in singing Aloha and hula maidens perform near dusk.
Portland crowds estimate 125000 visitors for Rose Festival as ten thousand people, 200 floats, 50 marching groups, and thirty bands marched in the fraternal military and industrial parade. Tonight 20 floats illustrating Oregon agriculture will review along the business streets in an electrical pageant.
A sale listing various men and boys apparel with reduced prices. Items include men’s Allapaca coats black from 2.00 to 5.00, boys blue serge Norfolk suits at 3.98, knit underwear 15c per garment, Balbriggan underwear 39c, athletic union suits, lifle suspenders 25c, a small lot of men’s shoes 1.45, and 25c fast black hose two pairs for 25c.
London court fines 60 year old George Frisby for drunken shouting about zeppelins causing panic. The British Meteorological Office orders no weather forecasts in press though private telegrams may be sent for agriculture. A British sailor rescues a pig after Dresden’s sinking off Juan Fernandez, pig later mascot with a pasteboard iron cross.
The annual meeting of the State Citrus Growers Association was held in Orlando on June 11. Transportation problems and community marketing were the principal topics of discussion.
An extensive Greater Boston Council Boy Scout demonstration will be held at Harvard Stadium tomorrow afternoon in Boston. More than two thousand members will participate in review drills wall sealing fire building water boiling tent pitching bridge building and signal work.
Bemidji Minn June 11 1917 state land officers say no acres will be left for settlers in Northeastern Minnesota next year with more than 1 000 000 acres still available. Delinquent tax sale generated demand for at least 40000 acres though only 275 claims existed. State drainage and immigration drive the surge in demand.
Miss Gregerson from New York arrives in Cumberland to lead a Butterick School of Dressmaking session. She demonstrates fitted silhouettes and fashionable colors, guiding pupils from style selection to actual cutting and sewing as sessions begin.
An excerpt on avoiding fainting in women notes fright shock and crowd panic can cause swoons. It advises moving the person to fresh air, laying her with head down and feet elevated, applying cold to the head, and using smelling salts. If apoplexy is suspected summon a physician and keep the patient warm and still. In severe bleeds a tourniquet is described as a life-saving measure.
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