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Newspaper
Cumberland Press
Location
Cumberland, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1915
Page
4
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MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cumberland Press
Baltimore Street
Britain and US trade frictions echo in 1915 column
A 1915 column blends diplomacy and finance analysis, arguing England blocks American trade with flimsy pretexts while the United States confronts Britain over canal tolls, routes, and past concessions. The piece notes bankers and local professionals face lender scrutiny as economic life unfolds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
England
United States
British Columbia
America
Aso
Panama Canal
Klondike
Great Britain
Supreme Court case narrows Webb Kenyon reach on liquor
The Adams Express Company decision from Kentucky holds that interstate liquor shipments for personal use are not violative of the Webb Kenyon law. It clarifies not ruling on the ultimate constitutionality of the Yost law of West Virginia which bans receiving liquor for personal use. The decision is seen as undermining the personal use prohibition as an overreach into citizens rights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
States Supreme Court
Adams Express Company
Kentucky
Webb- Kenyon
West Virginia
Webb-Kenyon
The Country Banker and the City’s Big World
Pipegenes returns with lantern and tub to seek the man who knows most about his fellows. The city’s vast departments breed specialists while the humane touch of everyday people fades in Wall Street and Fifth Avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wall Street
Fifth Avenue
Henry Grady
New York
Georgia
Textbooks cost share in school maintenance remains small
Bureau of Education data from 1913 show textbook sales to U S schools totaled 17 274 030 dollars with public schools accounting for 14 261 768 dollars and about 18 609 040 public school students. Textbooks cost roughly 2 percent of total school expenditure and per child cost is under 78 cents for books. A separate anecdote notes a daily nickel-ride jitney business with modest profits and eventual repayment plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
United States Bureau of Education
California
Bureau of Education
Kansas
Women Enter Jitney Field as Owners and Drivers
A Houston account shows women taking roles as jitney owners and drivers. A former stenographer turned driver faced rigid rules about passengers, while one client helped start the venture with an automobile, enabling the couple to earn income amid rising work demands.
Birthday anniversaries of notable figures listed
Gustav V of Sweden Charles Herne Newman Erb Joseph Swain Judson Kirke are all noted as having birthdays today. The list includes a king a Dorchester actor a Breslau railroad executive a Swarthmore president and a former Boston player now with Cleveland.
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Gustav V
Sweden
Chrystal Herne
Dorchester
Mass
Newman Erb
Breslau
Germany
Joseph Swain
Swarthmor College
Pendleton
Ind
Judson
Jay) Kirke
Boston
Cleveland American Association
Albion
N. Y
Wallpaper sale ad from Eylers on Centre Street
An advertisement for wallpaper with prices 2, 8, 4 and 6 cents per roll and a 5 cent line of golds. Promises savings on any grade of paper and mentions Eylers at 30 N Centre St with an April 9 date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eylers
Centre St
Baker in the Cabinet as Wilson Considers Mayor Baker
The Johns town Democrat reports strong talk that Cleveland Mayor Newton D. Baker, former Martinsburg native, may join President Wilson’s cabinet as Bryan’s successor. Baker, a Tom Johnson Democrat, is hailed as progressive and unlikely to favor reactionary policies, with backing from supporters who view his potential appointment as favorable for democracy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baker
Cleveland
Martinsburg
Bryan
Wilson
Tom L. Johnson
Johnson
Tom Johnson
Thomas Jefferson
Newton D. Baker
Johnstown Democrat
A Bit of Everything For The Press Readers
A collection of humorous quips and vignettes touching on gender roles marriage advertising and everyday life. The items parody social norms with satirical observations about fashion weight love manners and reformers in a tongue in cheek style.
Frederick Republicans Meet Card In Wedding Form
An invitation from Mr and Mrs Republican Party asks attendance at the marriage of their daughter Miss Luke Warm Republican to Mr Stand Put Republican on Tuesday June 15 1915 at 8 pm at the New Buffalo hotel with refreshments to follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Society
Larz Anderson
Brookline
Mass
American Dramatic Society
Secretary of Rockefeller's Kin Weds in Cleveland
In Cleveland on June 16 Harry D. Sims, longtime private secretary to John D. Rockefeller, married Dorothy A. Rudd from the Rockefeller family. Gifts from John D. Rockefeller and other Rockefeller relatives accompanied the ceremony and reception.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland, O
John D. Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Harry D. Sims
Dorothy A. Rudd
Sims
Mr. Rockefeller
Well Known Educator In Trouble
Middlesboro Kentucky June 16 Prof M O Winfrey a widely known figure in Kentucky education was arraigned in court to face a felony charge brought by a local young woman He has led Middlesboro schools for fourteen years and once sought the post of State Superintendent of Public Schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middlesboro
M. O. Winfrey
Kentucky
Winfrey
Court Case Seeks Test of Washington Prohibition Law
A Thurston county superior court session in Olympia seeks to determine the constitutionality of Washington's state wide prohibition law. If upheld the act would take effect statewide on January 1 next.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olympia
Wash
Washington
Thurston County Superior Court
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