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Newspaper
Cumberland Press
Location
Cumberland, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1914
Page
3
A 1914 Cumberland piece celebrates October 21 1879 as the birth of electric light. Edison’s incandescent lamp transformed theatre effects, signaling devices, rail traffic, cinema, and city illumination, reshaping progress and daily life with a new era of light.
President Wilson urges Congress and the public to apply theBaltimore convention pledges with energy to gain credit for work. He says energy and prosperity go together and insists on daily effort, discouraging dwelling on yesterday or tomorrow.
A critique rails at fashion despotism that governs women's wear from Paris to New York. It notes 1914 styles favor short skirts, tunics, and ruffles while critics blame boards of fashion for dictating trends that men still fund.
British reports say Allied forces advanced in the Northern sector driving Germans back thirty miles if true. French and British forces report success at Yser River and recapture of Armentieres with gains along La Bassee Canal and in Givanchey and Fromelles while lines from the Oise to Verdun remain largely stationary and St Mihiel remains in German hands amid heavy fighting south of St Die.
A selection of editorials critiques voter reward of service, immigration law fairness, naval strength versus Army size, and the law making process. The pieces reference Samuel J. Tilden, Mrs. Pethick Lawrence, and figures like Taft and Wilson, urging humane law and prudent national policy.
Timely Topics rounds up global arts and politics with quips on Villa and Villareal. It cites operas at the New York Metropolitan, neutrality debates, Carnegie’s Democratic support, and wartime costs. The piece mixes satire on public figures with cultural tidbits and a dash of local notices.
During the South African war Col. von Donop, under Lord Methuen, repulsed an attack on his column by Delary and Kemp, in a notable clash reported amid ongoing hostilities.
A historical note recalls the 1865 Georgia State convention examining secession. Other entries mark advances in 1892 US recognition of Venezuela's Crespo, 1907 bank closures in Brooklyn and NYC, a 1910 Italian storm causing many deaths and crop damage, and 1911 Canton assassination of Tartar General Fung Sen on arrival.
Washington Oct 24 Representative David J. Lewis Democrat Richard A. Johnson Democrat and Ferdinand Weigand Progressive are the only congress candidates who filed pre election campaign expense statements under the Publicity act. Lewis reports 708.82 spent mainly on postage travel and conveyance with no contributions. Johnson and Weigand report no expenditures. Republican Frederick N. Zihman shows 116.32 in expenses for nomination and has not filed his before election statement.
Continental Trust Company transfers a parcel of land at Green Ridge to W H Lauman for ten dollars. Conrad C Lapp and wife transfer a parcel of land at Frostburg to Mary A Eberly for one hundred six dollars.
Born in 1879 and a Hudson native, James A. Frear graduated from National Law University in 1884 and served multiple terms as Hudson city attorney. He held the Wisconsin Assembly and State Senate seats, was secretary of State in 1906 1908 and 1910, and was elected to the Sixty third Congress.
Rev. C. F. Bergner, pastor of St. Luke's Lutheran Church on Bedford Street, will conduct services at Zion Juutheran Church on Bedford Road this Sunday at three o'clock in the afternoon.
The marriage will take place Tuesday evening at the Kline home on Cumberland street with Rabbi Morris Baron officiating. Miss Idaline Kline is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. 8 E Kline. Kamens is described as a young merchant.
Compilation of witty quips and anecdotes about fashion, marriages, money, and modern manners. Jokes on women, husbands, taxes, and family life appear as light commentary with playful urban tone. The piece contrasts old and new habits and offers humorous social observations.
The last will of Charles Sluss was filed proven and admitted to probate with Elizabeth Sluss named executrix. Henry H. Little granted letters of administration for Hiram H. Little. Edna F Mongeld filed an additional guardian bond for Charles W. Mongeld. Anna Jane Drenning named executor of William H. Drenning. Renunciations and administrations granted for John Humphrey estate to Evan and Edwards Humphrey.
Marriage licenses issued for Charles Delmont Painter and Cath erine Rose Long of Coulter Iowa Richard Carvel Ament of Wall Pennsylvania and Catherine Elizabeth Edwards of Wilmerding Pennsylvania Frederick William Armibruster and Mariah Griffith both of Cumberford Charles Edgar Jones and Ann Marie Hammersmith both of Cumbers land John Charles Gilmore of Huntingdon West Virginia and Bessie J Appel Jeans Cross Roads West Virginia.
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