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Newspaper
Cumberland Press
Location
Cumberland, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1915
Page
4
The Cumberland Press dated notices from Cumberland Maryland outline publication details including daily service except Sundays and mail subscriptions at 3.00 per year in advance along with carrier rates and advertising inquiries. Address 109 Baltimore Street with phone numbers 692 and 693 for communications and delivery orders.
A terse note signals ongoing city spending disputes with no clear resolution, mentioning payments and lawful funding but offering few specifics on amounts or affected services.
The piece praises Christopher Columbus as an explorer worthy of study and honors on Columbus Day. It notes a nationwide observance, calls for greater recognition, and remarks that stock exchange seats sold for 08, 500, up from a year ago and the highest since 1912, amid gloomy times.
The Cumberland Press forecasts the Y M C A campaign will reach its goal of 1000 new members by tonight despite a shortfall read yesterday. It notes Cumberland's 30,000 residents and at least 6000 eligible men and boys, urging volunteers to sign up two members each to ensure success.
A historical survey of Bulgaria from 1876 when Turkey resisted independence to the later 19th century. It covers Russia’s warlike pressures, the rule changes from Alexander Battenberg to Ferdinand of Coburg, shifting alliances with Serbia Austria and Greece, and the impact on Bulgarian sovereignty and church diplomacy.
A new monument to John Tyler, tenth U.S. president and Virginia statesman, was added to Hollywood Cemetery in Richmond after a congressional appropriation. A military parade led by the Virginia National Guard and Richmond groups preceded the unveiling, with remarks by Armistead Gordon and honors from Dr. Lyon G. Tyler.
Washington reports rising prospects for Louisiana Progressive candidate John M. Parker amid Democratic infighting. Parker, endorsed by Republicans, advocates local option on Prohibition and efficient state government, while Barrett Pleasant and Pierson vie for the nomination. Parker pledges a white man’s party stance with backing from former Democratic leaders and business interests.
A miscellany of jokes and quips features Ezra Fife and Mrs Gable on life and shopping, hair loss, thrift and luck. It includes dog bones, Willie Paw, toast humor, and playful notices about weddings and social scenes from Cincinnati and Houston papers.
The Agriculture department reports a twelve percent rise in American honey production this year. Excluding park bench, hammock, and canoe output. Consul Gracey in Sevilla notes a paper shortage. European nations have scraps to spare. Nottingham cheesemakers claim an improvement on limburger. Salt from Russia may preserve the empire.
The American Aero Nautic Society head T R McMechen describes a new Anti Zeppelin design based on his model drawings. Experts expect Germany to deploy squadrons of Zeppelins, with Friedrichshafen ships under construction, making air defense via building mounts and lights insufficient against the threat. The proposed invention aims to avoid lighting and searchlight vulnerabilities by providing an alternative defense strategy.
The piece compares a smaller British airship with the German Zeppelins noting a 340 foot length and 30 foot width. It travels up to eighty miles per hour and stays aloft ten hours within sixty miles of base, using wireless. Armament includes two cannons and air torpedoes, crew of four aeronauts, pilots, mechanics, and a gunman.
The leader, who aligned with England and China, declined a presidential bid as it appeared unlikely. After leaving the White House he retired from public life until the Civil War, when he joined the Confederate congress.
Nearly one hundred farm, stock breeder, forest conservation, and sportsmen groups urge preservation of the 1913 migratory birds protection act. The law, challenged after a 1914 Arkansas court ruling, faces the Supreme Court test as defense briefs stress its economic importance and year round protection for birds that combat insect pests costing crops billions.
For the first time in eighteen years there was no Columbus Day parade in New York City today. Italian societies canceled the event to devote efforts to a charity festival aiding war sufferers.
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