Cumberland News Briefs on LocalEvents and Issues
Local notes report City Council to decide street improvements and mayoral questions. The Fourth of July display in the Elkins family celebration costs $1200. Oregon orchards in Green Ridge show future apple potential for Western Maryland. Drowning season begins. suggestion for a municipal bathing beach with lifeguards. West Virginia dries tomorrow. Cumberland officials watch cross-border beer movements. Chautauqua ends soon. readers urged to attend. Remarks on taxes, Demons baseball, and peace conference voting. Suffragettes planned a County Allegany hike August 1. Westinghouse strike troops deployed in Pennsylvania.
Mass Meeting Weighs $150000 Bond Issue In Cumberland
A large Cumberland crowd met to discuss the proposed $150000 bond issue. Residents debated streets, contracting, and supervision while the mayor and council explored guarantees not to raise taxes. Council favors contract work with city engineer oversight and street-to-curb connections.
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Cumberland
City Council
Koon
President Footers Advice Urges Cumberland Unity
Mr. Thomas Footer, Cumberland Chamber of Commerce leader, mails a letter urging cooperation and city pride. He stresses burying the hatchet and working together across walks of life to boost Cumberland and its chamber.
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Chamber of Commerce
Footer
Thomas Footer
Cumberland
Ption
Mmerce
Sidelights on Merico a Mexican Gentleman in Vera Cruz
In Vera Cruz Teodoro Dehesa, former governor and avid art collector, offers a calm view of Mexico's path to peace. He argues for honest leadership, education, and exclusion of violence, while rejecting U.S. intervention and praising Mexican self-reliance in rebuilding the nation.
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Teodoro Dehesa
Porfirio Diaz
Huerta
Dean Teodoro
Jalapa
Mexico City
Cinco de Mayor Street
Mexico
Villa
Zapata
United States
New York
Garcia Pena
Hue
Roosevelt Declines Governor Nomination Consideration
Oyster Bay June 30 Colonel Roosevelt withdraws from governor nomination citing poor health. He will follow medical advice and not campaign. He plans a Wednesday meeting with New York Progressive leaders after returning from Pittsburgh to try to agree on a nominee.
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Oyster Bay
N. Y
Roosevelt
New York
Pittsburgh
Bank Dividends Declared by Major Institutions
Citizens National Bank announces a 5 percent dividend on six months earnings. First National Bank declares 6 percent for the same period. Third National Bank follows with a 3 percent dividend dated June 24.
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Citizens National Bank
First National Bank
Third National Bank
Midland Mighties Set to Face Frostburg in League Clash
The Cumberland and Georges Creek League features Midland Mighties meeting Frostburg tomorrow with Col Thomas Dillon directing the Demons. If Midland wins they close in on first place as Allen may start. The schedule also lists Altoona opponents and multiple Fourth of July games in nearby towns.
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Thomas Dillon
Cumberland
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Barton
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McGuire
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Visnager Dilton
Altoona
McKenty
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Phoenix
Midland Athletic Park
Tyrone
Last Marquette Weekly Dance Ends Season Early
The Marquette Club announces tomorrow's weekly dance will be the last for some time due to hall improvement plans. The dance is abandoned for the summer, except for the club anniversary celebration on Monday July 20.
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Marquette Club
Dentistry Ad Promotes Crowns and Pain Free Work
Local ad from Baltimore Street highlights guaranteed crowns and plated dental work by a dentist offering painless procedures. Includes cryptic price or offer code and references to May 28.
A Bit of Everything for the Press Readers
A collage of humorous vignettes and quips on daily life and social norms. Jokes range from domestic mischief to wedding jokes and political wit, reflecting lighthearted commentary on women, work, education, and love across everyday scenes.
Rival editors clash over fate of the Lord
A syndicated quote roundup notes editorial rivalries in the press. The New York World cites Henry Ford profits, while Wait! Street Journal questions Ford’s profit sharing. The Philadelphia Ledger warns on Foraker’s possible nomination impacting Republicans. Chicago News mocks John Bull’s political daze yet praises athletics as a morale shift. Washington Post reports Minister Noon’s mediation still hopeful.
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John Bull
Chicago News
June B and O Magazine Engineering Number Highlights
The June B and O Employes Magazine expands on engineering topics with Cherry Run to Orleans improvements, Cacapon and Patterson sections, and a Sand Patch tunnel report. It features photographs and division news from Cumberland with reports by Montignani Summers and Shaffer.
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Gscle
Cacapon
Patterson
Magazi
Cumberland Division
W. C. Montignani
H. H. Summers
T. F. Shaffer
J. B. Myers
Cumberland Press
June 30th in History Across Centuries
A brief historical digest notes key events on June 30: 1815 Allied attacks on Paris from Belleville heights. 1832 Silistria Bulgaria surrenders to Russia. 1864 Union artillery breach Confederate lines at Petersburg before a failed assault. 1882 execution of Charles Guiteau for Garfield’s assassination. 1898 Charleston arrives at Cavite with Philippines expedition transports. 1913 Civil War veterans encamped at Gettysburg for a semicolon close.
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Paris
Silistria
Bulgaria
Petersburg
Charles Guiteau
Cavite
Manilla Bay
Gettysburg
Birthday Honors for Engineer James Mapes Dodge
James Mapes Dodge born June 30 1852 in Weehawken New Jersey educated at Cornell and Rutgers. He apprenticed with a shipbuilder then formed Burr Dodge in 1884 later merging into Link Belt Engineering and serving as president. he invented the Dodge cold storage system and advanced conveying machinery.
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Weverly
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Cornell University
Rutgers College
Burr & Dodge
Philadelphia
Link Belt Engineering Co
Dodge
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