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Newspaper
Cumberland Press
Location
Cumberland, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Nov 02, 1914
Page
4
Article urges Christmas charity for Europe’s war homeless, applauding Cumberland efforts by Just Government League and high school pupils. It stresses nationwide gifts and a Santa Claus ship for Belgium France Germany Russia Austria, plus a call to vote in Maryland elections with emphasis on civic duty.
The Treasury Secretary announces the Federal Reserve banking system will begin operation on November 16. Bankers shift from initial objections to support, citing elastic currency aims and avoidance of panics amid European war’s impact on trade. Subscriptions to capital are due today as openings are planned for mid month. A $2500000 gold reserve release is anticipated to aid payments and credits.
White beans grow scarcer due to the European war with Austria as a major exporter. Beans were imported from Austria in September and bonded warehoused stocks in New York are depleted. Home grown supply is reported fair, and officials hope for sufficiency.
A curio of timely topics mixes voter notices with war chatter and political quips. References include early voting lore, Kaiser talk, German and British naval practice, and a joke about bets while noting public road funding and a New Haven chairman. The column also mentions a Mexican Red Paper and a Duke seeking a war office commission.
Bishop Charlies W. Smith of St. Louis and formerly of Pittsburg died Saturday at the home of Justice Thomas H. Anderson in Washington DC. He reportedly collapsed from heart failure while walking and was a nationally known Methodist Episcopal minister. Edison unveils submarine storage battery to replace lead cells. The new design, tested for two years, reduces space and weight, increasing energy and avoiding chlorine gas from flooded salt water.
A space in the Boston public library courtyard hosts an infant mortality exhibit opened today and running through November 4. Mayor Curley and city officials attend, acting on Dr. Austin B. Emmons’s suggestion from the Infant Mortality Association of America to showcase methods and progress.
Richard Bartholdt born in Germany on November 2 1855 came to the United States as a boy and pursued a printing trade then journalism. He was elected president of the Interparliamentary Union in 1904 and repeatedly led the Arbitration group in Congress which he founded in 1904. He served in the Fifty third and all subsequent Congresses and was reelected to the Sixty third.
In 1870 the Franco Prussian war saw a twenty five day armistice proposal to permit French elections for a Constituent Assembly after M Thier met Count Bismarck. In 1904 the Russo Japanese war reported continued assault on Port Arthur with heavy guns heard at Chefoo and the Japanese fleet blockading.
Elbert Hubbard will speak in Chattanooga Tennessee this evening under the junior chamber of commerce. He has long been a major draw in the city and a very large audience is expected to attend the meeting.
A collage of witty quips and brief vignettes about marriage money fashion and social habits. The pieces reference clever wordplay on love deception and social norms with playful lines about men women and everyday life. The text hints at a humorous magazine column style with short musings and mock aphorisms.
Order of publication in Circuit Court for Allegany County Maryland targets Bernard A Clark to answer Katie Clark’s equity suit seeking a divorce a vinculo matrimonii and custody of Ruth Clark born from their 1911 marriage. Public notice requires appearance by Nov 26 to show cause why a decree should not be granted.
Partial OCR shows scattered names and places including Piedmont and Cumberland. General manager references suggest a transportation or personnel note about return dates or leave status. No clear events, dates, or actions emerge from the readable text.
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