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Newspaper
Cumberland Press
Location
Cumberland, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1914
Page
4
A Cumberland Maryland essay argues war harms most beyond fighters. It cites Tolstoy, Verestchagin, and Kipling, debates war’s moral cost, and includes Arthur Hartmann’s Paris letter lamenting artists’ ruin and civilians’ suffering as nations mobilize.
Cable reports from Petrograd and London chronicle Jewish soldiers earning praise and honors. Or nas of Vilna, wounded saving regimental colors, receives the Cross of St Geogre. A Black Watch corporal and two privates recall Jewish comrades who fought bravely, while Vera Cruz casualties add weight to the claim of universal courage.
The Cumberland Press prints a reader letter opposing a proposed raise by the Cumberland and Westernport Electric Railway from 4.00 to 4.50 for a 100 trip book. The writer argues the public deserves fair rates, cites mileage costs, and claims the railway infringes on highway rights and endangers others. they urge the Public Service Commission to serve the people, not corporations.
A collage of comments ranging from political quips to cultural observations. Mentions Raisuli as a survivor, references to war talk and the German press, jokes about licenses and taxes, and musings on Maine elections and straw hats. Includes pop culture jabs about poets and purported conspiracies.
Humorous quips on society, politics and war reflect early 20th century headlines. Jests about appointments, sea serpents, poets, and domestic life mingle in a column style feature with playful lines and coined phrases. Notable lines include Wombat on banking boards and sea battles scaring off sea serpents.
A collage of editorials critiques and wry quips about Turkey, September magazines, army aviators, foreign capitals, generals, and neutrality. It notes familiar biases, cautions, and ironies as publications comment on war sentiments and humanitarian concerns.
Ex-Congressman Henry Allen Cooper of Racine Wisconsin born September 8 1850 in Walworth County Wisconsin. He graduated from Northwestern University in 1873 and from the Union College of Law in 1875. He was elected to the fifty third and all following Congresses and reelected to the Sixty second Congress.
At St Franklin Louisiana on September 9 Col Theodore Roosevelt blasted the Wilson administration as a flint lock affair. He said if war comes Americans need a spirit like Washington plus modern weapons and hinted at a 2 year run for president with Col John M Parker of New Orleans as running mate. He spoke at Jeanerette and New Iberia during a northbound flying trip.
President Wilson joined the Buy a Bale of Cotton club in Washington on Senator Hoke Smith's advice buying a single bale for 50 dollars at 10 cents a pound. Cotton last season averaged 13 cents but fell due to reduced exports to Europe. Smith said holding the bale a year could yield a handsome profit as southern planters expect a smaller crop next year.
The Federal Reserve Board met to discuss a proposal for a combined gold credit fund of 150 million dollars to back international clearing between British and American banks. Fifty million would be placed in Ottawa or another Canadian city to facilitate cross border clearance. The full fund would be usable only in extreme international distress, and the idea came from a special committee formed at a Washington clearing house conference led by James B. Fagan of the First National Bank of Chicago.
A Star dispatch from Petrograd reports German aeroplanes over the Russian frontier. The squadron is seen as a forecast of German reinforcements. Germany maintains a large force in Posen for rapid movement through East Prussia or into Galicia. Armored train advance guards operate on the frontier, and several Russian villages have been bombarded from these trains.
A history timeline notes a Lafayette celebration in Lyons France in 1829 a church liberty law adoption in Holland in 1853 shelling of Petersburg Virginia in 1854 a confused 187 ar reference to a French Republic recognition and a 1904 signals display for the International Geographical Congress in Washington and a 1910 North Dakota battleship explosion killing three and wounding nine crew members.
A long list of couples from West Virginia Pennsylvania Maryland Ohio and Alaska are named with their towns. The record pairs Claude Shanholtz and Mary Case from Alaska West Virginia. James Bobo and Lulu Robinette from Dawson Maryland. Harry Klink and Anna Moust from Johnstown. Samuel Dowden North and Ellen Bieler from Coal Valley. Joseph Wargo and Anna Miller from Pa. Parley Ammen and Martha Criswell from Cumberland. James Oliver and Julia Whittaker from Okonoko. Charles Crawford and Blanche Browning from Williams. Roy Clites and Lulu Snowden from Ellerslie. James Robb and Zella Diehl from Manns Choice. Ralph Greene and Emma Kauffman from Tyrone and Mifflin. Edward McClelland and Anna Kline from Altoona. William Hadra and Ida Fair from Cumberland and Mt Savage.
Berlin dispatches report charges that English authorities are seizing or searching American mail bound for Germany found on Dutch steamers. Americans and relatives fear news from America may not reach them amid these actions and the public distress grows.
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