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Newspaper
Cumberland Press
Location
Cumberland, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1914
Page
4
Cumberland readers are urged to see through calamity talk as the Studebaker Company shares an optimistic view. The piece praises swift government action, new currency provisions, the Federal Reserve’s planned banks, broader shipping laws, and the opening of the Panama Canal to boost U S commerce and industry.
Berlin states a coast patrol extension to Dunkirk but no strong German force there. French claims note fighting near Ostend Thourot Roulers Menin with gains around Ypres Armentieres and Lys left bank. Further gains reported at Arras and St Mihiel as the front shifts.
Editorial excerpts advocate neutrality while urging continued US business activity with South America, Australia, and the Far East. It highlights Studebaker's support, optimism for foreign trade, and national prosperity despite Europe’s war, stressing prudent enterprise and patriotism.
Francis Henry Richards of New Hartford Conn born October 20 1850. He started inventing at age 15 and has since developed many labor saving devices. His Richards envelope machine prints folds gums counts and bands 20000 envelopes daily and an automatic weighing machine uses a block system to weigh granulated objects.
Public notice of an 1894 to 1910 era Maryland license request filed with Allegany County Circuit Court for a Cumberland business. The notice lists applicants Giuseppe Di Barone and Levi Hilary, owner Lloyd Shaffer clerk, with remonstrances period and address details for the license to sell spirituous liquors.
The Democratic National Congressional Committee rejects Republican charges that President Wilson conspired with Andrew Carnegie and James J Hill for campaign funding. The statement notes the DNC struggles with printing and postage costs and cannot send speakers without local travel expense payments.
A collage of quips and humor notes from various readers and satirical items. Observations on language, aging, voting, and social norms are interwoven with light jokes about relationships, fashion, and daily life. The passage blends jokes, captions, and brief vignettes in a magazine style.
A collection of editorial quips from various papers on arbitration treaties war taxes and imperial questions. The items touch on freeing the world from militarism archduke assassination attitudes toward the Philippines and self determination with a mix of humor and critique.
A 1864 Quebec meeting produced an agreed basis for representation in the Canadian federation. Subsequent events include 1874 marriage of General Frederick Dent Grant and Ida Marie Monroe in Chicago, 1884 Carthage area fire, 1904 Lone Tree Hill battle in the Russo-Japanese War, 1911 Italian shelling and capture of Benghazi.
Advertisement note urging readers to buy a war book titled Get Wise. It announces price ten cents and directs to The Cumberland Press office for purchase. The fragment signals a wartime public relations item.
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