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Newspaper
Cumberland Press
Location
Cumberland, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1914
Page
3
The Cumberland edition denounces a Philadelphia Press editorial casting doubt on Woodrow Wilson and Bryanism. It defends Penrose, cites 1914 policy parallels, and laments attempts to sway voters while urging fair reporting and restraint amid war news and straw hat controversy.
Timely Topics notes possible trip to Boston and planned Philadelphia visit while urging public release of Germany's reply to Wilson mediation. It discusses the Nobel Peace Prize race, thrifty citizens with $40,000, and calls for major powers to end hostilities. Turkish actions in Constantinople are referenced alongside Boer scouts under Gen. de Wet.
The Home Newspaper is promoted as the most engaging reading matter, offering intimate details about neighbors and community life. It emphasizes personal items like weddings, visits, illnesses, and social events as core content. It argues the home paper is essential and uniquely local, available at a small weekly cost.
A collection of editorials and quotes across papers. Items range from cabinet reshuffles in Salvador to sun spot fixes and wartime morale. The snippets touch on war, politics, journalism, and national concerns with a satirical edge.
On September 17 events included Morecai M. Noah selecting Grand Island in the Niagara River as the site for New Jerusalem in 1825, the 1862 Battle of Antietam ending in Maryland, General Fremont withdrawing as a presidential candidate in 1864 to back Lincoln, and the dedication of the National Cemetery at Antietam in 1867.
Congressman Sydney Anderson of Lanesboro Minnesota born September 1 1882 in Goodhue county is honored. He studied in common schools and at the University of Minnesota and is a lawyer by vocation. He was elected to the Sixty second and re elected to the Sixty third Congresses.
Carrie Chapman Catt leads a petition campaign calling on President Wilson to urge belligerent European powers to declare an immediate armistice for mediation of differences. The appeal will be signed by suffrage leaders from Australia Denmark France Holland Hungary Italy Norway Russia Sweden the United States Great Britain and Germany.
A collage of light vignettes and quips on everyday life with amused takes on honesty, manners, marriage, fashion, politics, and wartime news. Pithy lines imagine readers pondering clever observations about society and human foibles.
An OCR fragment from the Baltimore American shows subscription options and prices for daily and Sunday editions. It includes mentions of one month, three months, and six months plans, with a note about a price of 28 40 and an April 12 date, though the text is garbled.
An advertisement from National Passes Dentists at 900 Baltigare St promises guards and guaranteed gold crowns and teeth without plates.
Notice invites sealed proposals to be received by 7 30 p m Monday Sept 21 1914 to equip the police with winter overcoats. Bids opened at Police Headquarters. Specifications available there. Police & Fire Commissioner Theo A Hummelschimfe reserves right to reject any or all bids. Adv Sept 15 31.
First Frostburg to Cumberland at 6 00 a m with stops at Eckhart Clarysville Red Hill Long s Narrows Park arriving Cumberland 7 00 a m Hourly return trips Cumberland to Frostburg start 7 00 a m last Frostburg 12 00 midnight Westernport and Lonaconing services listed All cars connect at Frostburg J F E Taylor Superintendent
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