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Newspaper
Cumberland Press
Location
Cumberland, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1915
Page
4
The Cumberland Press, published daily except Sundays, lists mail rates and advertising terms. Contact address is 109 Baltimore Street with phone numbers 592 and 593 for orders and delivery arrangements.
The piece highlights the Commission for Relief in Belgium delivering 426966 tons of food costing 70000000 dollars to feed Belgians at about 10 ounces per person daily while soldiers receive more. It contrasts relief impact with ongoing political campaigning on Baltimore street and notes lack of scandal in relief work.
Commerce department experts warn Manila hemp crop could flood the campaign cigar market. Interstate Commerce Commission cuts in anthracite rates affect coal users. Americans abroad find a more homelike armory postwar. Consular reports note veterans in Europe with New York and Chicago arms and legs. Brazilian women show dress-hooking demand. consuls comment on Brazilian husbands. Attache Baker in Petrograd could save most of a five hundred word tale on Russia.
A collage of light humor and gossip items includes misfitting outfits of a stylish loafer, cartoonish lines about Daisy Decks and specks, quick quips on optimism and time, plus notes on Mrs. W. O. Fowell’s trip and a joke about children naming babies.
The opening week of the new theatrical season in New York shifts earlier than Labor Day with many majors starting before September end. Notable runs include Under Fire at the younger season, Selwyn’s Rolling Stones at Harris Theatre, The Boomerang at Belasco in strong attendance, and Some Baby promising a Twin Beds-like hit at the Fulton.
A Democratic candidate for Alleghany County Register of Wills solicits voter support ahead of the upcoming election.
A garbled column fragment presents quotes about memory marriage and a color remark. It mentions a freckle faced boy with a tied toe and two bullseyes, a maid, and an admirable valet, describing traits and humor in a clipped, period voice.
Lonaconing Maryland resident John T. Dobbie announces candidacy for Register of Wills subject to Republican primaries and solicits voter support.
The office of Register of Wills hears a call for voter backing ahead of the upcoming Republican Primaries. Robert Jackson respectfully asks for the support of all voters.
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