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Newspaper
Cumberland Press
Location
Cumberland, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1914
Page
4
Senator Lodge in a private letter made public argues against a proposed national prohibition amendment. He says liquor regulation should be left to states and local authorities and warns that amending the constitution would create rigid laws that governments cannot adapt. He emphasizes the dangers to republican government and liberties.
Secretary Bryan argues governments avoid war responsibility and nations shift blame as war continues. The piece notes Queen Carmen Sylva becoming a widow after King Charles of Romania died at 75, praising her wartime hospital work and romance with Charles.
New York Oct 22 Despite a late week fire that destroyed the Commons dining hall at Columbia College the crew dinner was held last evening. The gymnasium was prepared quickly to allow undergraduates and alumni to celebrate Columbia's first big crew victory in nineteen years following the 1914 win at Poughkeepsie.
Congressman Michael Francis Phelan of Lynn Massachusetts born October 22 1875 in Lynn He is a Lynn Classical High School graduate Harvard A B and LL B and a lawyer He served in the Massachusetts House 1905 06 and was elected to the Sixty third Congress.
A New York Day by Day feature profiles Ateena Nafash, a Brooklyn Syrian actress who promotes women’s empowerment in America. The piece contrasts Syrian traditions with American opportunities, noting Nafash’s ambition to perform on Broadway and Forty Ninth Street. A tangential vignette follows a clever auto repair detective observing a streetcar hustle.
A compilation notes indoor baseball talk and editorials praising political vigor. It reports Stand ard Oil alleging British seizure of the American flagged ship Platuria bound for Aarhus with illuminating oil, and German, British actions in the war including the destruction of a Taube plane and a Zeppelin, plus German torpedo incidents near Tsingtao.
British warships reportedly destroyed one German Taube aircraft and a Zeppelin airship off the Belgium coast on Sunday and Monday. Source quoted as semi official, via The Press Association.
A collage of seasonal musings and quips, praising pumpkin pie and persimmons, with poetry and anecdotes about culture, weddings, and daily observations. The piece threads jokes, old headlines, and scattered notes from 19th and early 20th century history, ending with travel ads and a taxi line.
The remark suggests a cynical view of bachelorhood as a state of avoiding causing female unhappiness. It frames marriage as the expected path and hints at gender dynamics in relationships.
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