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Newspaper
Cumberland Press
Location
Cumberland, Maryland, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1915
Page
4
The Cumberland Press notes Circus Day on Saturday May 8 1915 with Ringling's show arriving, bringing the sawdust trail to Cumberland. Advertising details list subscription rates and contact information for The Cumberland Press at 109 Baltimore Street.
A discussion on authors publishers actors and managers rights to public opinion. If a play book or review invites approval disapproval follows, and the author should accept unfavorable judgments as part of the public arena. The article cites a New York critic exiled from a theatre and a libel prosecution while stressing the right to public scrutiny and the duty to accept verdicts.
A digest of notable events dated 1815 to 1890, mentioning David Ramsay’s Charleston death from a maniacal pistol wound, Prussian Vatican tensions, former Illinois governor John Reynolds, Amos Kendall’s resignation, Edwin DeHaven’s Franklin search, John Sherman’s reception for his brother William Tecumseh, and Pope John Paul II?
A compile of distinguished individuals born on this date including Edward Morris James Patten Angell Culmet Gunboat Zita Barrie de Walden McLaurin Brush Weston Mitchell Clarke Bancroft and others. Each entry notes birthplace and age, covering leaders in politics science sports journalism and nobility.
A compact reflection on memory and wit, contrasting perseverance with dazzling talent. The aphorism pairs Henry Austin and Cervantes to underscore steady effort over flashy display.
The passage describes boxwood engraving techniques and grain orientation differences in Japanese wood prints, trade in exotic materials like pheasant feathers for salmon fishing, the mit eumata plant making translucent vegetable leather, Madagascar’s oxen cavalry, and wartime contracts for socks and body belts, plus the electric furnace in zinc and ongoing Nordic industry.
Rumored injunction between the Riggs National Bank and Secretary McAdoo centers on the Treasury and Controller Williams with possible wider bank involvement. Meanwhile Navy training at Pensacola expands as eight line officers and two Marine officers join a larger aviation program. President Wilson plans short trips to Philadelphia for naturalization ceremonies and New York to review the fleet, with Mothers Day observed nationwide tomorrow.
Dean Virginia Gildersleeve of Barnard College asserts that a college education prepares women for life in general. She notes fewer divorces among college women as they marry for love.
An advertisement announces wallpaper sale at Eylers 30 N. Centre St offering rolls priced 2, 38, 4 and 5 cents with a gold line at 5 cents. The message emphasizes saving money on any grade of wallpaper.
A collage of jokes and quips from The Press Readers page includes humorous exchanges about town naming, untold wealth, a drunken husband, a coal yard worker fired for alleged short weight, and satirical verse. It also contains biting witticisms on aging, optimism, fashion, and social norms in a newspaper-voiced miscellany.
Col L M Maus a prominent Army Medical Corps officer retires for age in Washington DC after over forty years of service. A Maryland native he joined in 1874 and earned the Medal of Honor for bravery in Indian campaigns. He served with Gen Fitzhugh Lee in the Spanish War and was the first commissioner of public health in the Philippines after American occupation. Later he was department surgeon of the Eastern Department based at Governors Island.
In Frederick Maryland on May 8 a $1600 cluster diamond ring owned by Mrs B Evard Kepner was kicked about by about 500 people then picked up in the Empire Theatre by doorkeeper William Seidling and usher Irving Storm and returned to the owner who paid a liberal reward.
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