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Newspaper
Cumberland Press
Location
Cumberland, Maryland, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1914
Page
5
Amusements note that clown novelties are hard to find and funny faces rarely guarantee laughter. The piece observes many college graduates join circuses, becoming bookkeepers stenographers or lawyers, yet true success comes only to those who love the life and hardships of the white tops.
The Hagenbeck Wallace circus and the Great Wallace Shows will reach Cumberland at daybreak on five trains of eighty seven cars. A big street parade will open a schedule of nonstop acts across three rings two stages and a mile hippodrome. An advance man discusses circus life noting moral standards and family roots of performers, with salaries ranging from twenty to four hundred dollars weekly.
The Majestic opens the last half of the week with a cracker jack vaudeville and motion picture bill. Management promises comfort and courteous treatment, presenting a top tier show for ladies, children, and gentlemen with the finest acts in the vaudeville and picture world.
The second bill at the Majestic features Frish Williams and Toolin in a top tier vocal act followed by Gary O Reilly Irelands champion fiddler. A clever Sinonias vaudeville sketch and a rapid beer keg sketch draw laughs as a dramatic feature film When Men Would Kill shows thrilling fire and mining dangers. Tonight Warner three part The Disaster In Shaft 19 tops the program with a dramatic mining story after Eccles explosion.
The Rev Hugh H Ackler longtime pastor at Faith Evangelical Lutheran Church Baltimore died yesterday in Hardy county West Virginia where he had served about eight years He left Faith Church seven years ago due to ill health and tuberculosis His wife died in a yard accident eight years ago and his body will return to Baltimore for funeral services at St Marks Lutheran Church with Rev John F Mueller presiding His mother and sister will host the wake and funeral arrangements remain uncertain with a Sunday or Monday service pending
Walton Gray Hughes a Hagerstown millionaire who died recently in California left St. John's Protestant Episcopal Church at Hagerstown 12000 and 2000 to the old Episcopal graveyard.
Cumberland showcases its largest selection of children's slippers including gun metal patent leather and two strap pumps. Prices range from 50 to 200 cents, with novelties also featured.
The Consolidation Coal Company reports orders for 1 140 000 tons of coal for 1914 delivery. Mines will run to capacity and more miners will be employed. Based in Baltimore, the firm ships vast coal quantities abroad, including Africa, with output from its Somerset fields in Johnstown district.
Baltimore will become a terminal for railway mail clerks once more with N. C. W. Gardner named chief clerk. The terminal’s opening date will be announced by Alexander Grant. Postmaster Swann has pushed to restore the Baltimore office after its earlier discontinuation.
H. C. Rockwell of New York will deliver his famous lecture on The Great Pyramid of Egypt, and Its Relation to God's Plan, Sunday at 3 p.m. in the Liberty Theatre. Advertisement, May 8-21. National Standard Ice Cream advertisement highlights clean wholesome products.
Advertising copy for 100 beautiful and colored postcards from Central Manufacturing Co Dayton OH. Claims rare art pictures and developed models, with self-filing fountain pen free per order. Cards priced 60 cents postpaid, previously sold for a dollar in stores.
An article touts writing moving picture plays as a lucrative home based side job. Producers pay 26 to 150 dollars per scenario, with one example claiming 3500 dollars in six months. No literary skill required and ads promise free full details by postcard request.
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