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Newspaper
Cumberland Press
Location
Cumberland, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Nov 11, 1914
Page
4
In Cumberland on November 11 1914 readers are warned about unsafe railroad crossings near Pleasantville and the need for better signals. The article profiles David Lamar alias the Wolf of Wall Street a fugitive indicted for falsely impersonating a Congress member to defraud Morgan & Co and United States Steel officials.
Disjointed notes discuss charity pressure and a Rockefeller gift to Belgian relief amid European needs. References to John Wanamaker and a call to aid, then a report of John Nort: aged 68, struck by a B&O freight train near Smithburg as he walked the track, killed instantly. Also brief items on destroyed fish pots in Moorefield West Virginia and a note about Union Printers for job printing.
In Wheeling West Virginia on November 11 authorities report 17 year old Anna Hynton who had suffered a skull fracture in a motorcycle accident died ten minutes after a playmate gave her a stick of candy suspected of ptomaine poisoning. She had been recovering from the crash prior to this new cause of death.
Wheeling West Virginia reports a group of local breweries planning to relocate into Ohio after the home rule amendment approval. The move involves full transfers and equipment relocations as part of expanding operations. Somerset Pennsylvania notes Mrs. Daryle R. Heckman admitted to Somerset bar, aided by husband Andrew G. Heckman, marking a second woman admitted in Western Pennsylvania’s district. She will open offices in Somerset and Johnstown.
The column blends wartime reflections on sacrifice with a satirical postcard of 1914 politics. It notes editorial sparks about trade days, annexation chatter, neutrality shifts over Turkey, and mockery of public figures while citing the Kronprinzessin ship safe in Boston and Rhode Island's wet village news.
Huntington, November 11. Dr. Newton Donaldson of the First Presbyterian Church told the ministerial association that the current war in Europe could mark the judgment of nations. He cited wars, famines, pestilence and warned that only Bible study reveals what may come while stressing that no one knows the exact time the Lord will return.
Louis Cohen owner of a large general store at Doe Gully West Virginia and a clothing shop at Meyersdale Pennsylvania faces financial trouble with claims reportedly totaling about 40 900. Federal Judge Alston G Day ton appoints George Sapper of Pittsburgh as receiver after Martinsburg creditors attach the Doe Gully store in Berkeley Springs.
Government experts at City Hall report preliminary results from a milk and cream contest showing butterfat percentages above average. Tests began yesterday and will conclude tomorrow night. The report notes the experiments are of interest as day 1300 for Taff Day or night.
A collage of short gibes and wry observations on gender roles stage a quirky, dated humor piece. Snippets reference fashion, marriage, propriety, and social quirks with mockery of both sexes, ending mid thought with a rueful note about divorces.
Timetable shows first Frostburg to Teleland at 6:00 am with hourly cars to Cumberland and Frostburg last departures at 12:00 midnight. Northern and western routes include Frostburg to Westernport and Lonaconing with transfers at Frostburg. Superintendent BE Taylor notes all cars east and west connect at Frostburg.
A fragmentary item notes the Cumberland and Pennsylvania line with references to trains arriving late and fares around 7 dollars. Mentions Piedmont, Barton Piedmont, and potential delays or reboarding at stations with partial figures and nonsensical text.
A compact timeline reviews events from 1807 Napoleon trade decree harming Dutch commerce to 1912 US WWI era policy banning 1000 foot piers at Hoboken. Highlights include 1835 Lake Erie storm, 1841 USS Herald firing, 1864 Catholic council in Baltimore, 1894 Cleveland mediating Japan China, 1904 Russo-Japan unrest, 1911 King George V and Queen Mary travel to India, and 1912 War Secretary curbs large piers.
Maud Adams born in Salt Lake City Utah on November b1 187 be came an infant on stage in The Lost Child. She first played Little Schneider in Our Frits in 1887 and joined E H Southerns tour under Charles Frohman. Her breakthrough came as Suzanne in The Masked Ball in 1892.
Mrs Katherine Laing widow of Frederick Laing died at her Williams road residence this morning at 2 20 aged 59 after a year long heart illness She leaves five children Herman Bernard Lydia Mary and Mrs W A Shaffer all at home Funeral services will be held Saturday at 9 am at SS Peter and Paul Catholic Church with burial in the church cemetery
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