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Newspaper
Cumberland Press
Location
Cumberland, Maryland, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1915
Page
8
Assistant Treasury official Byron R. Newton rails at post office spending while detailing 4753 workers told to take eight days off without pay. He cites wasteful stone buildings, citys with tiny populations, and PPC style political horse-trading, as Congress trims salaries and budgets.
A polemical verse piece argues for voting rights for athletes and criticizes umpires and opponents. It rails at figures who oppose boxing while praising fighters and fans, juxtaposing political equality with sports passion.
A column laments the KO as a humane yet powerful punch and cites boxing myth and theory. It notes Illinois University offers a baseball coaching course with McGraw and Mack tipped as first enrollees. Rope Perry is released by the Browns and war horrors include U S wrestling matches.
The article explains infection risks from minor wounds and cautions against sealing with court plaster. It advises steril gauze, hot iron sterilization for linen, boiled water cleansing, and antiseptics like carbolic acid or iodine. For deep cuts, seek a surgeon.
Akron May 26 The General Synod opens a week long session as definite steps are taken toward a federation of all Lutheran churches in the United States. If successful the federation would unite about 10,000 ministers and nearly 2,500,000 communicants, consolidating more than twenty existing Lutheran bodies.
A collage of sports vignettes sketches baseball football boxing billiards and curiosities. Mentions Red Sox Topeka Savages Athletics Giants Cubs Reds Ritchie Baldwin Griffith Mandot Columbia Erie Yacht Krausmann Brevet and Joe Jackson in a fragmentary diary style roundup.
Dixie has held the first base job for Cleveland. The list includes Ed Hohnhorst of Kentucky, Art Griggs of Texas, Doc Johnston of Tennessee, Roy Woods of Arkansas, Frank Shields of Mississippi, and Walter Barbare and Joe Jackson of South Carolina.
Chancellor J. R. Day of Syracuse University delivered the first Convocation Day address at American University in Washington marking the end of the institution's first year of work.
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