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Newspaper
Cumberland Press
Location
Cumberland, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1914
Page
3
Cumberland dispatch reprints editorials on small sins leading to crime and the value of modernizing high school curriculums. It discusses a Columbus bank teller who gambled away five dollars and a half and reflects on early-life influences. It also covers a neutral Christmas charity debate and praises William Penn High School’s algebra removal as a step toward progressive, student-centered education.
In reports from No 1 Orchies and No 2 Tracy le Mont French units claim to have repulsed German advances as the allies push toward Cambrai. No 4 notes German retreat across the Meuse near St Mihiel. No 6 Juniville remains a central German supply depot.
A compilation of varied wartime opinions and quips from editors and readers. Mentions Kaiser Wilhelm and Berlin, Gompers peace ideas, and public debates on martial humanity. Includes notes on correspondents, articles, and society reactions amid 1912 era tensions.
James Lohr aged 75 of Clearspring Maryland committed suicide by hanging yesterday. His body was found in the attic by his sister in law Miss Sallie Miller. Despondency from ill health is blamed. A razor wound on his left wrist was noted but not the cause of death. His wife had died years ago and two children survive Mrs L G Young of Roanoke Virginia and Prof J Martin Lohr of Ithaca New York.
Advertisement notes a secretary salary claim and a front street location with a £100 wage. It mentions a Socialist speaker at a plaza event and an offer from Cumberland Press to mail copies during vacations. The ad promises reasonable prices and guaranteed work from Union Printers.
Miss Maude Tarley, 20, held in Fairmont on shoplifting charges after $100 in goods, including a $30 dress, were found at her home. The items were taken from the E. C. Jones department store.
Clarence A. Gaylor of Williamsport was tried before Justice Daniel W. Doub in Hagerstown for trespassing on the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal towpath. The canal company sued for $5 damages and won judgment plus costs. The case centered on Gaylor using the towpath to reach his adjacent land, with the company seeking to affirm exclusive towpath rights and suggest long use could establish a right.
Isaac Lobe Straus spent 1269.73 in his unsuccessful Democratic primary bid for U S Senator on September 15. Bruce E. Lesher filed the sworn campaign report in Baltimore, listing 1144.73 from Straus and small contributions from George G. Dixon 25 and Dr Thomas Shearer 100. W H Lazaar contributed addressed envelopes with no value stated.
Ad fragment shows a local shoe store run by brothers offering discounts on footwear. The clipped text mentions a sale and prices but lacks full details.
A mosaic of quips and anecdotes on modern love, marriage, gender roles, and society. Jokes clash with social punchlines as characters tease progress, appetite, and human folly across playful vignettes.
Auction advertisement lists butcher shop items wagon Safa ner arch day two pm at Cor rd street. Includes grocery and goods horse and other items. Public sale scheduled Saturday with stepped pricing and goods offered to the highest bidder.
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