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Newspaper
Cumberland Press
Location
Cumberland, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1915
Page
4
The Cumberland Press announces subscription rates of three dollars per year in advance and monthly options. Advertising rates are available on application. Address communications to The Cumberland Press at 109 Baltimore Street and phone numbers 592 and 593. The paper is served daily by carriers with delivery orders taken by telephone.
Thursday, June 24, 1915. Harold W. Foght reports from a U S Bureau of Education bulletin that permanent community housing for rural teachers strengthens school leadership and ties between school and town. The study notes low long term retention, with many teachers starting at age 19 and teaching about six years, urging salaries and legal action to provide cottages near schools.
Social dancing and youth programs run in 200 plus schoolhouses nationwide per the Russell Sage Foundation. Free eye care for children in Springfield and Boise hosts evening meetings with free lighting pianos and janitor service. Military drill declines in high schools while attendance rises. veterans group forms in Berks County. North Dakota offers free forestry aid to schools.
The American Commission for Relief in Belgium has proved a great boon by supplying food and charity, managing imports and sales with a credit system, and keeping bread prices about ten percent below London. Profits aimed at aiding the destitute may reach six tenths of the ten million dollars in world charity, and the effort extends now to areas of France within German lines.
The Widener Memorial Library at Harvard University was dedicated in Cambridge Massachusetts on June 24. Built with two million dollars it stands as one of the finest library buildings in the country. Attending the ceremonies were Harvard President Lowell Mrs George D Widener the donor and George com librarian of the Widener Oke.
A history column recalls events dated one hundred years ago and earlier. It notes Charles Lee, former U S Attorney General under Washington, died in Fauquier County Virginia in 1758 born Leesylvania Virginia.
The Deport designed 75-mm Italian field gun weighs just under 20 cwt with shell and about 29 cwt when limbered with twenty rounds. It uses compressed air or hydraulic buffers, offers light carriage with 4 ft 8 in wheels, and features a scissors trail, fixed ground spike, and elevation up to 55 degrees.
A Smithsonian exhibition on printer s ink shows raw materials and processes from pigment and varnish to drying chemistry. It explains linseed oil rosin varnish, lake pigments, and the grinding mills and presses that shape ink. It also notes factors like press speed paper stock and printing plates governing ink quality.
Viscount Kitchener of Khartum born in County Kerry Ireland 65 years ago today. Prince George born in Athens 46 years ago today. Brig. General Frederick Stanley Maude wounded in France born 61 years ago today. George vonL Meyer born in Boston 57 years ago today. Stuyvesant Fish born in New York 64 years ago today. Duncan C C Heyward born in Richmond County DC 51 years ago today.
A collage of jokes, quips, and did-you-knows features puns about weather, advice, public figures, and daily life. It includes Paw Knows Everything segments, social observations on work and marriage, and light satire on human folly. The tone is breezy, serialized newspaper humor.
The New York City flag in orange white and blue was raised over City Hall marking the 250th anniversary of the city’s first reception at Governor’s Hall. The flag was a gift from Amsterdam, Holland, honoring the Dutch origins of New Amsterdam founded in 1626.
Local ad fragment advertising gold line prices and paper grades at Eyles 30 North Centre Street. Includes notices on per roll rates and suggested grade quality for customers seeking paper products.
The Louisville Courier Journal editor Henry Watterson denounces W J Bryan for resigning from Wilsons cabinet calling his act treason to the country and party. He accuses Bryan of perfidy selfishness and disloyalty with references to past lawsuits and public feuding to undermine his claim to public trust.
Chicago June 24 delegates to the eleventh annual convention of the Associated Advertising Clubs of the World prepare for adjournment after a morning of committee reports the National Commission’s key findings and an open parliament. Tonight a mass meeting will feature advertising talks and the Printers Ink Cup presentation.
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