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Newspaper
Cumberland Press
Location
Cumberland, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1915
Page
4
The Cumberland Press announces its afternoons edition with mailing details and subscription prices. Delivery orders are accepted by telephone. The notice lists 109 Baltimore Street as the office and provides phone numbers for contact, dated September 15, 1915.
A stirring primary concluded with voters serious and independent of advance dope. Many abstained despite solicitations and transportation offers. Those who voted spoke, and the preliminaries are over as the campaign moves into a close and uncertain stretch.
The Har rington Ritchie McMullen ticket drew splendid support in Allegany with Hugh A. McMullen highly esteemed by neighbors. Republicans favored his candidacy and Democrats supporting Lee were voting for Lee, not opposing McMullen. The result marks Allegany’s regard for one of its best citizens.
The U S Commissioner of Education notes higher education has moved beyond the boom stage. Expansion continues but with less advertising and greater emphasis on efficiency. Surveys and associations push standards for admission, graduation, and curricula shaping nationwide reforms.
The interview quotes William Jennings Bryan discussing the 1916 campaign, Democratic gains, and policy successes under the party: tariff, income tax, currency reform, anti trust actions, and democratic leadership. He expresses no plans for future office, praises Democrat achievements, and analyzes Republican prospects tied to Roosevelt and standpatters.
Rural ministers at Purdue urged church action beyond preaching by organizing clubs and athletic groups to improve country life. They view healthful recreation as a rightful task of the rural church, alongside teaching prayer.
A collage of jokes and quips from the Luke McLuke column appears, noting humorous letters and reader exchanges. The piece references a mix of topics from fashion and etiquette to local curiosities, paired with a reflection on providing wholesome amusements for youth.
The Chicago Tribune argues taxation should reflect extraordinary benefits mainly by increasing land values. It asserts land is the sole value for good government and links taxation to benefiting from land wealth, presenting it as a core principle.
Dr Capen notes a trend toward awarding extra credit for quality work and cites reforms at several colleges. He points to state actions centralizing higher education administration in Montana Kansas and Idaho as examples of broader institutional changes and new vocational courses tied to local industry.
Washington reports USDA sorghum specialists find feeding value within 10 percent of corn. If sorghum price is under 90 percent of corn, feeding is profitable. Sorghums offer higher protein, similar carbohydrates, lower fat and fiber, and are readily eaten by stock and poultry. Grinding is advised. Poultry feed already uses about a quarter sorghum seed.
The German Alliance of South Dakota Eureka 8 D September 15 reports that resolutions favoring strict neutrality by the United States in the European war are expected to be adopted at its annual convention. Delegates from many parts of the state attend sessions which continue tomorrow.
The most powerful wireless station on the Atlantic coast goes into service today at the Chelsea Naval Hospital grounds. The Charleston Navy Yard station will operate in conjunction with the Chelsea unit.
Young women and girls operate near the firing line in a steel works now producing mortars from 60 millimeters to 8 inches, hand grenades and bombs for the war effort. The lemon grenade is popular and dangerous, with 220 fragments per shell and a four and a half second fuse.
For the third time T. B. Madison, a Black man, was arraigned today in Dallas on a murder charge. He is alleged to have shot Fay Watford, another Black man, on April 8, 1914, with two prior trials ending in jury disagreement.
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