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Newspaper
Cumberland Press
Location
Cumberland, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1914
Page
4
Cumberland editorials argue the United States will enter a major industrial era driven by wartime demand. They caution about Latin American markets while noting Europe’s reduced purchasing power and the need for shipping and banking services to sustain long credits.
The piece argues patience with traveling orators who attack corporations and push political causes from soap boxes. It notes their ubiquity across town and suggests civility may nurture future great speakers like Webster or Clay.
The Florence Carman murder trial at Freeport N Y ends with a discharged jury and unresolved questions. Newspaper comment on evidence is improper, leaving the case in doubt with a possible second trial and an uneasy mystery. The conduct of the trial is praised as dignified and not sensational.
A chaotic column surveys events from Aguis Calientes where a Mexican general pledges safety to delegates, to the American Gas Institute in New York and Belgium's stand against Germany. The piece notes Anatole France joining the French army, Poiret's patriotic overcoat, scarce hair nets, Mexico’s presidency, and humorous jabs at trade and politics with various smirks and quips.
Frostburg editor criticizes Public Service Commission testimony on Belt Line costs and tax assessments, arguing the electric railway would aid Frostburg. The writer recalls Frostburg’s early map status and urges that the Electric Railway Company extend the Belt Line as a public benefit.
A selection of editorials stresses adapting language for baseball, questions government ownership of ships, and notes public confidence in Mr. Wilson. It highlights the risks of seizure in war and reports U S registry growth to 760 vessels totaling 271 526 gross tons, urging steady growth without government purchase.
An advertisement offers Chingprague Spinal Adjustment with two course tickets labeled. It promotes spinal analysis and relief for ailments and invites visits to Dr L W Bullard at 19 South Centre Street with evening hours mentioned.
A collage of gag lines, show tunes, and social quips about Broadway and city life. The bits cover theater, fashion, romance, money, and manners with humorous asides on wives, aging, charity, and public policy.
Key events include the 1856 opening of the Toronto Montreal railway, 1904 New York subway opening, 1894 Seattle fire killing sixteen, 1895 UVA main building fire, and 1912 FelI x Diaz condemned by court martial at Vera Cruz.
New York report notes Mrs. Carman will be retried for the murder of Mrs. Florence Bailey. Attorney Lewis J. Smith announced plans to move for a second trial in December.
Congressman Courtney Walker Hamlin a Democrat from Springfield Missouri was born in Brevard North Carolina on October 27 1958 He is a lawyer by profession and has served in the Fifty eighth Sixtieth Sixty first Sixty second and Sixty third Congresses.
Washington Oct. 26 The Fifth Regiment of Infantry is ordered to move from Plattsburg Barracks New York to the Canal Zone without delay. The transport Buford at Vera Cruz will carry the regiment joining the Tenth Infantry and three coast artillery companies to form a garrison near the canal to repel any attack.
Allegany County Improvement Company transfers a parcel in the National Addition to Cumberland to Frank Boch and Mary Bo. Cumberland Hydraulic Cement and Manufacturing Co transfers parcels on Magruder Street in Cumberland to D. Russell Bortz. Consideration listed as $10, etc.
A list records marriage or engagement pairs from Butler and nearby Pennsylvania towns including Cumberland Frostburg Altoona Johnstown Meyersdale and Hopewell with spouses named such as Kenneth W Billman Mary M Huff Charles S Helfish Marion Z eKans Edward Bevans Margaret R Anderson James E Kelly Alma Piper Frederick F Hill Bessie M Makin Ralph M Rhodes Savannah Gunngey Frank D Shauf Minnie Mack William H Hastner Loretta Aman.
Andrew Yuhaz Michael Shavinski and Steve Judes natives of Austro Hungary petitioned for final citizenship papers in the Circuit Court here yesterday. The three men are coal miners at Lord in this county and many natives of Europe’s belligerent nations have filed similar petitions since the war began.
The Supreme Court upheld a $20,500 verdict for creditors of the Peoples State Bank at Huntington Indiana against U S Fidelity and Guaranty Co of Baltimore. The suit followed an action to recover on the bond of Charles B Behrems former bank cashier.
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