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Newspaper
Cumberland Press
Location
Cumberland, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1914
Page
4
A Cumberland 1914 report summarizes global WWI theaters with details on Antwerp, the German and Austrian advances, Russian front activity along the Vistula, and the Mexican crisis. It notes Belgian resistance, Allied hopes, and American neutrality as a pledge to peace and liberty.
Essad Pacha, newly named Moret of Albania, forced entry at Durazzo palace, ousted seals, and installed himself in Prince William of Wied’s quarters. He told the Diplomatic Corps he had seen 20,000 Austrian prisoners at Nish and hinted at settling scores with Baron Lowenthal. Ambassadors in the region react with relief or concern.
The piece notes Columbus Day largely ignored by big stores with banks closed only on the legal holiday. It highlights Progressive Party tours by former President Roosevelt, tension with Tammany Hall and Charles Murphy, and a Wall Street relief effort for out of work clerks as stock markets react to the European war. It also covers light betting on the World Series and a volatile New York gubernatorial race with Judge Whitman’s unusual position.
A bustling Milan style mix of quotes on war peace and human nature follows with comments on United States industry, Italy wine output, boxing banter, and World Series tidbits. The piece includes notices on Philadelphia World Series ticket scandal, Wilson’s stance, German air raids, and stockholder plans for American Locomotive Company.
A collage of quips and jokes on daily life, wages, romance, luck, and society from a vintage column. The items reference Kelly pool, a claim about turning iron to gold, fashion, rent, and Horatian humor about fortunes and manners. Named places include Miamisburg Ohio and general remarks on entertainment and work.
The piece notes Columbus Day observed as a legal holiday in many states led by Alabama Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Idaho Illinois Indiana Kansas Kentucky Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York Ohio Oklahoma Pennsylvania Rhode Island Vermont and Washington. Parades pageants and receptions are planned under Knights of Columbus and educational bureaus.
The National Feeders and Breeders Association opens its livestock show in Worth Texas with a combined prize list exceeding $23,000 covering day and night exhibitions. The event runs for a week and includes poultry and pigeon displays and the Texas branch of the American Poultry Association.
Timeline of events includes 1812 British defeat of Americans at Queenston Heights, 1870 National Prison Association formed in Cincinnati with Rutherford B. Hayes presiding, 1910 Portugal recognized by Switzerland, and 1941 Italy’s expeditionary corps of 22 000 landed in Tripoli.
An understanding among British French and Russian Embassies and the Porte transfers closed foreign post office staffs to embassy buildings. They will receive European mails until October 25 while continuing dispatch from Constantinople today.
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