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Newspaper
Cumberland Press
Location
Cumberland, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Nov 24, 1915
Page
4
The Cumberland Press informs advertisers of rates and contact details. It lists post office and carrier delivery in Cumee Maryland with annual and monthly options and directs communications to 109 Baltimore Street, phone numbers 592 and 593.
The discussion notes that Maryland marriage law flaws fuel social issues while film portrayals of war influence public sentiment toward peace. Moviemakers briefly show peacetime navy life yet real war images reinforce antiwar views, suggesting censors may yet curb warmongering visuals.
The United States Chamber of Commerce, once without members or funds, now represents about 680 organizations and nearly 300000 business people. It lobbies in Washington for merchant marine growth, a national budget, and a non-partisan tariff commission while urging support from every patriotic business leader.
A girl in Easton id. was concealed in a small room for twelve years by a stepmother and stern father. An attempted escape at sixteen failed with a broken leg, and a later family death was used to cover her disappearance. The piece contrasts this with modern progress and notes the incident as a subject for psychology.
The U S Bureau of Naturalization announces a nationwide effort to educate 75 000 prospective citizens and their families in schools across about 400 cities. Night classes aim to erode hyphenated identities and build productive citizens with close school cooperation and monthly notices to school superintendents.
United Press report outlines labor actions in Britain during WWI. unions urged government involvement, then supported munitions output, and opposed strikes under the Munitions Act. Critics say exploitation persists and relations with the state worsen while labor pledges recruitment targets. A second section comments on evangelists and social reform, urging community-led improvement through education and conscious social evolution.
Lincoln reports G N Titus earned two thousand seven hundred dollars net from five acres of apples at his Nemaha county orchard this year. Nebraska Horticulture Secretary Duncan announced a bumper apple crop across the state. In Columbus two home talent minstrel shows with seventy convicts will be staged at the Ohio state penitentiary. A burglar with circus strongman past plans to perform his ring act tomorrow.
Read Glisan's ad in the For Sale column for available used cars. The notice references Glisan's advertisement and lists the date November 24.
Humorous bits and questions from a 1915-16 issue feature puns about dogs, bachelors, marriage, and daily life. Miscellany includes humorous exchanges, labor jests, and social observations, with brief notes on fashion, family, and everyday worries.
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