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Newspaper
Cumberland Press
Location
Cumberland, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1915
Page
3
The Cumberland Press published daily except Sunday. Rates: one year $38.00 in advance per month 85 cents. Advertising rates on application. Mail address 109 Baltimore Street, Cumberland Md. Phone numbers 594 and 593. Carriers serve daily. delivery orders by telephone.
At the Hagerstown fair on Friday a man and a boy died in separate accidents amid the crowds. Authorities warn more victims could follow as the dangers of the event are highlighted.
Senator F N Zihlman highlighted Cumberland as a historic gateway with connections to George Washington the Cumberland Canal the transcontinental highway and early rail projects He urged greater focus on local history and traditions and praised recent Baltimore street improvements by contractor Barr during a brief visit.
The article quotes President Wilson urging a public line-up on loyalty to an America first policy. He urges citizens to separate those thinking of other countries from America first supporters, calling for suppression of disloyal elements and a firm insistence on American primacy.
Readers question why people avoid the Baltimore street underground passage under the Baltimore and Ohio tracks. Dozens stand in the rain five minutes rather than use the convenient route. The reason remains unclear to many.
The National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis plans a December 8 examination day urging all people including the sick and unwell to visit a physician. Employers will be asked to have employees examined and two days later schoolchildren nationwide will be instructed in healthful living as part of a broader effort to eradicate TB in over 125000 communities.
Churches clubs and societies are urged to contribute at least one day weekly to the campaign. Physicians may be asked to provide free examinations. Sermons and lectures would promote cures for consumption, making cured individuals seem fit for work, amid a history of fear that hampers employment.
Summer's end lingers as autumn preparations begin in earnest after August intrusions. The shift signals plans to secure harvests and adapt schedules to the coming season.
Brooklyn Charities reports a "minimum family budget" of 15.10 per week or 785.20 per year for a family of five. A single breadwinner would need about 2.50 per day. The piece questions whether such a wage is truly a living standard and warns against accepting only the bare minimum as justification for low pay.
Amid national politicking commentators note the Wilson conversion's effect on New Jersey suffrage votes. Kentucky Prohibition fielding a full state ticket. Charles W. Bryan pushes Nebraska state-wide prohibition. Georgia to consider stricter prohibition laws next month. Kansas Day club to hear Theodore F. Bur ton in Topeka next January. Anti-suffragists in New York vow to block the amendment. Tennessee Democrats nominate three for US senate.
Washington reports Bernard N. Baker of Baltimore urges a government backed merchant marine with an expert transport board. He argues subsidies fail private capital and compares the plan to the railroads, calling for naval reserve links and improved Atlantic mail service. He warns Congress to act this winter.
A chronology notes events: 1815 New Jersey assembly abolishes tax on cotton spindles. Napoleon sighted near St Helena aboard the Northumberland. 1840 Napoleon remains moved from St Helena to France amid royal permission and Louis Philippe assassination attempt. 1865 Fenians gather in Philadelphia to proclaim an Irish republic. 1890 Carmelite centennial in Baltimore. New Orleans police chief Hennessy assassinated. locomotive engineers union organized in Pittsburg.
A jumble of names from Howell Moore to Earl Y Cummer and others appears in a Names Is Names club list. The page includes quirky quips about relationships and autos, plus brief humor items and local notices from New Richmond New Jersey and Mercyville Iowa.
A historically styled analysis notes Serbia as the war’s scapegoat with Macedonia as a flashpoint. It depicts Serbia facing quadruple alliance pressures from Austria Hungary Germany Bulgaria and Turkey while fearing lost gains and unreliable allies.
The report notes fortified towns and bridges while Anglo French aid arrives from the south. Mackensen leads a campaign aimed at crushing Serbia, a defining moment for the small nation in the wider conflict as Russia's protective role dissolves.
Friends of Minnesota Senator Clapp expect him to run again next year though he has not announced his intentions.
John Burke treasurer of the United States and former North Dakota governor may enter the race for the United States Senate seat now held by Mel Cumber whose term ends March 38 1917.
Resident urges immediate action on garbage disposal after paving works. Proposes an incinerator as an essential addition soon.
The passage contrasts a restless family of children who dislike home with a financially secure man who worries about money as much as the impoverished. It hints at class anxieties and differing burdens of wealth and want within a single social portrait.
A historical remark questions the fate of a dyed in the wool Democrat who linked Republican losses to horse theft lynchings, reflecting era political biases and the moral climate surrounding vigilante justice.
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