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Newspaper
Cumberland Press
Location
Cumberland, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1915
Page
4
The Cumberland Press at 109 Baltimore Street prints daily and handles delivery orders by telephone. Readers may address all communications to The Cumberland Press and use phone lines 592 and 593 for service.
A survey shows beer dominates alcohol spending, with $1.05 billion on beer and spirits totaling nearly $1.75 billion annually. Per capita consumption trends for 1910–14 show malt liquors rising, wine falling, and spirits declining. also notes the impact of demographics on overall drink patterns.
Dr Francis George Curtis of Newton Mass criticizes abrupt school closings during contagious disease outbreaks. He argues closed schools release children from supervision leading to street mingling and hidden illness. The bulletin from the Bureau of Education outlines concerns about uncontrolled spread and silent infections.
Grand Duchess Anastasia born 14 years ago today. Baron Stanfordham private secretary to King George V born 66 years ago today. William CC Redfield Secretary of Commerce born Albany N Y 57 years ago. Isaac Stephenson late U S senator born Fredericton N B 86 years ago today. William H Seward banker son of Lincoln era official born Auburb N Y 76 years ago today. Ellsworth G Lancaster retiring Olivet president Mieh Cel
A poem by George W. Cutter reflects on iron power and steam driven progress. The speaker boasts of controlling seas and land with unstoppable force, then declares a changed world where time space and nature yield to human might and wealth.
Reported advances describe German and Austrian forces moving toward Lemberg in Galicia along five rail corridors from Jaroslaw Przemysl Sambor Stryj and Halicz. Commanders include Mackensen von Marwitz Linsingen and Archduke Ferdinand with positions within thirty miles of Lemberg. The blitz movement targets open terrain as troops press along lines and across the Dniester.
A collage of satirical quips and social notes from multiple papers. Mock headlines, playful one liners, and brief vignettes cover politics, wartime figures, theater, marriage, beer and gas costs, and observations on manners and hypocrisy.
Milwaukee has installed 25 of the finest billiard tables in its public school buildings. A $1000 prize offered by the American Social Hygiene Association for the best original pamphlet on social hygiene by youths 12 to 16. A Janitors' Institute held in Salt Lake County Utah under the County Superintendent of Schools with training for school janitors discussed. School savings bank of Public School No. 77 of Borough of.
The article compares calories to fuel and outlines a model daily diet for a child. It notes a typical adult needs 2500 to 3000 calories, warns many eat excess protein and insufficient fuel foods, and lists a sample day with meals totaling 2.52 ounces of protein and 2390.52 energy units.
In Whiskey Lold Fairmont a court under Justice R. Leigh Fleming convicted five men and one woman for bootlegging. Fines totaled 1100 and jail terms reached 17 months. Officers L. J. Michael Charles Satterfield and Belle Harris led the raid at Four States following weeks of undercover evidence.
Luke McLuke remarks on happiness tied to wealth and vanity, contrasts old-fashioned shirts with initials on the bosom, notes women’s need for steady work, comments on education and money in lending, and observes a man’s life of self-praise yields little posthumous praise citing a 32-year-old man with a 24-year-old twin sister.
Statistical statement No. 5 from the American Railway Association committee on relations between railroads chaired by Arthur Hale reports June 1 net car surplus at 295 092, May 1 291 893, and June 1 1914 241 893. Total surplus June 1 295 295. May 1 292 269. June 1 1914 242 672. May figures include updates since statement No. 4.
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