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Newspaper
Cumberland Press
Location
Cumberland, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1915
Page
4
The Cumberland Press of Cumberland Maryland publishes daily except Sunday. New advertising rates upon application. Address 109 Baltimore Street and phone 591. Mail offers and delivery orders may be placed by telephone.
On Thursday October 7 1915 the YMCA campaign enters its second day aiming to add about 200 new members. The effort invites community support to reach the goal.
The Knights of Columbus plan an observance of Columbus Day on October 12 highlighting the discovery of America and the life of Christopher Columbus. The piece urges public learning from Columbus’s heroic character and notes broader national significance.
The automobile emerges as a key tool for swift, wide-area inspections. It enables individuals or groups to visit many buildings, villages, and districts in a single afternoon, gathering information, testing work, and comparing views with speed previously unreachable. This mobility promises significantly improved results.
The New York Times mocks Senator Hughes of New Jersey over a claim that women should have an equal vote on how their taxes are spent. The piece jokes about taxation linking to political rights as nominations loom in Maryland with Blair Lee possibly seeking re nomination and additional Democrats already active.
Indianapolis marks James Whitcomb Riley birthday with a state proclamation naming the day Riley Day. Citizens across Indiana join in readings, essays, and tributes. visitors visit his Lockerbie Street home while friends nationwide send greetings by mail. Riley’s age is uncertain though often noted as sixty-two, with birthplace Greenfield and a career rooted in humorous verse and hoaxes that propelled him to fame.
Como Italy October 7 Special Porter Charlton the young American on trial here for the murder of his wife at Como five years ago is confident of acquittal. Italian lawyers expect a light sentence citing insanity defense and prior confinement.
A poetic scene from Dan's Rock at dawn depicting mist lifting to reveal eastern hills and distant Cumberland, Frostburg, and surrounding hamlets. The poem contrasts sunrise glory with the hour before day when eternal voices speak from the rock.
Washington dispatch notes that despite William J. Bryan saying he will not seek the Democratic nomination, many remain dubious. Tammany Hall leader Charles Francis Murphy opposed Bryan, while others, including Harmon and Underwood rivals, are barely discussed. President Wilson is viewed as the sole front runner, with Wilson remaining focused on his duties and not the nomination.
A montage of light humor and anecdotes from the era includes barbershop quips, a boastful suitor, a tightrope act, a near accident on a bridge, and playful quips about politics and virtue. The tone mimics a small town humor column with named places and readers’ names.
A survey of upcoming elections shows three New York vacancies to fill after deaths, repackaged candidate moves across states. Lindbergh may pursue Minnesota governorship, Barrett launches Louisiana governorship bid, Pillsbury targets New Hampshire Republican nomination, Hutchins named Socialist governor candidate in Massachusetts.
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