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Newspaper
Cumberland Press
Location
Cumberland, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1915
Page
3
The Cumberland Press details postal delivery and advertising rates, with contact at 109 Baltimore Street. It discusses community health tips on sleep, digestion, and outdoor air, and notes street marker improvements at Bedford and Centre streets as part of city updates.
A historical critique notes poets have lived as bankers editors professors and humorists, arguing there is no money in poetry yet referencing publishers and public consumption. It contends manufacturing poetry for profit could harm quality and questions political promises about poetry's best path.
The pace of life today is so rapid that overfatigue and overwork go hand in hand. A physician warns that one can become overtired and stressed by constant demands.
Former President Taft opposes woman suffrage while President Wilson reportedly supports the New Jersey constitutional amendment. Secretary of War Garrison and Tumulty announce support, stirring suffragist optimism. Roosevelt remains unheard. Cumberland faces a future garbage incinerator decision.
A poem reflects on endings and memory after a perfect day with friends parting as sunset colors linger. The verse by Carrie Jacobs Bond contemplates joy and fatigue of a tired heart and the lasting color of friendship. Then a quip notes a bachelor needs a girl's consent while a widower needs the neighborhood’s.
Sir Thomas Shaughnessy born in Milwaukee 62 years ago today. Joseph W. Bailey born in Copiah county Miss 52 years ago today. Albert J. Beveridge born in Adams county Ohio 453 years ago today. Rt Rev Henry Gabriels born in Wan negem Belgium 77 years ago today. Eugene A Garvey born in Carbon dale Pa 70 years ago today. William H Crawford born Will county Illinois 60 years ago today. Mathias Co Lenihan born Dubuque Ia 61 years ago today. Samuel Merwin born Evanston NL 41 years ago today. Frederick Burgess born Providence RI 62 years ago today. John Dunn born Cochrantown Pa 41 years ago today.
A massive Ardmore Oklahoma gasoline tank blast killed about fifty people and injured many as a spark from a repairman’s hammer ignited leaking fuel. The explosion also triggered a secondary dynamite blast in Santa Fe yards. Property damage is estimated over 1 million dollars.
Washington dispatch notes wide speculation over a possible bond issue running from fifty million to several times that amount to strengthen national defense. Analysts split between opposing and supporting views, citing treasury balances, tax measures, and sugar duties as possible revenue sources, with Wilson administration stance still undecided.
A collage of quips, questions, and column items from various papers includes jokes about a Kansas mayoral race, lampooning remarks, weather asides, Dear Luke exchanges, and tongue in cheek wisdom. It features items on advice columns, wordplay, and humorous anecdotes about daily life and finances.
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