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Newspaper
Cumberland Press
Location
Cumberland, Maryland, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1915
Page
10
Advertisement touts GETS-IT as a magic corn remover. Two drops in seconds shrink the corn and it peels away painlessly. Claims to replace bandages plasters and knives, with 25¢ price and Chicago distributor FE Lawrence & Co.
Mayor H C Gill told Moving Picture Operators of Seattle that films drive the dry wave across the nation and will bring prohibition and women’s suffrage. He said cinema exposes liquor traffic and that screens nationwide helped vote Washington dry at the last election.
Mrs. Catherine Van Deusen of the Colorado minimum wage commission says women fall into two groups: those working until husbands can support them and those working until they marry. She notes vice links to high salaries, not wages, and cites a Denver garment factory that hires only union members as a model.
The piece notes Dallas goes to bed early with streets deserted by 9 30 pm and a near empty parklike main streets after that hour. Residents rise early with many out at 6 am and leaving for work by 7 or sooner.
In Washington on May 14 the District of Columbia seeks to cut the English sparrow population. Dr. A K Fisher of the Biological Survey proposed three methods strychnine funnel traps and Roman candles with candles most strongly recommended. He notes a tree valley roosting area can rid a neighborhood of the pest.
In Kansas City labor backs jitneys when a harsh ordinance threatened to ban the nickel chasers from the streets. Labor views the jitney as the poor man's car enabling families to ride for the price of streetcar fares. Jitneys offer shorter rides but satisfy the motor-ride craving and tourist needs this summer. The so called rubber neck wagons have faded as sightseers switch to jitneys.
In New York on May 14 the social committees finished arrangements for a big convention of the Order of Railroad Telegraphers Dispatchers Agents and Signalmen of America to be held at the Grand Central Palace all next week. The event features an exhibition of safety appliances and aims to settle labor disputes without strikes. Attendees include representatives from major U S and Canadian railroads operating departments.
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