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Newspaper
Cumberland Press
Location
Cumberland, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1915
Page
4
The Cumberland Press publishes weekday afternoons with mail and carrier delivery. Subscriptions cost 8.00 per year in advance. Advertising rates available on application. Communications to The Cumberland Press 109 Baltimore Street, phone 692 and 693.
WHLL notes that six men are named for state offices by the two major parties and two are from Cumberland. Cumberland supplies one third of the candidates, the strongest showing from any city, with McMullen on the Democratic ticket and Dow on the Republican ticket, both Cumberland natives. The section gains deserved consideration and the writer asserts good representation.
The article notes that studies on producing new commerce articles amid the European war promise Great good for the United States. Capitalists funded dye manufacturing to duplicate German dyes, with American supplies expected by December. The federal government earns credit for progress as experiments in color chemistry enable domestic production and reduced European dependence.
A well to do business man praised Cumberland, saying his favorable early opinion came from the town’s three modern newspapers. He noted the publications convinced him Cumberland would be progressive and attractive.
The ailing yet influential James J. Hill shows that a man approaching eighty remains a key factor in major finance. He handed the railroad presidency to his son years ago but resumes active help when John Pierpont Morgan begins a billion-dollar deal.
Reports describe Mexican rebel forces massing near the border and daily shootings of Americans. A clash between armed Mexicans and U S cavalry leaves an American soldier wounded as Carranza pressures President Wilson and Huerta edges toward confrontation.
European experts warn wartime stress will reshape attitudes toward alcohol as plans for an international commission assess moderate beer use by front line troops. Dr. T Claye Shaw cites an abnormal wartime health state and urges caution in drawing anti alcohol conclusions. German fronts push for beer rations with seizures of barley and harsher penalties for brewers, reflecting beer as a staple for soldiers and concerns over supply.
Reader snippets present proverbs jokes and pointed remarks on manners politics and relationships. The piece gathers quips about procrastination eugenics marriage parties and social ironies reflecting a small town voice and humor.
One hundred years ago today in 1815 the British packet Rolla arrived in New York with Napoleon’s exiled news. Seventy-five years ago in 1840 Rev William Rollingson Whittingham became Protestant Episcopal bishop of Maryland. Fifty years ago in 1865 a major Augusta business burned. Twenty-five years ago in 1590 the New York Central strike of trainmen was declared off.
The Department of Agriculture finds robins average six per farm of fifty eight acres while English Sparrows average five pairs per farm. Other birds are present in smaller proportions with totals in the millions. The report notes robins outnumber sparrows in parts of the country and that more birds mean fewer insect pests.
American embassy in London has rescued fifty to sixty American youths from British service after parents appealed. Notable case includes 16-year-old twins Howard and Harold Hudson from Bridgeport Connecticut. Many others remain in England. funds are needed for clothing, upkeep, and return to New York aboard an American liner.
Raymond Robins of Chicago, Beatrice Mills wife of Misa Beatrice Mills of New York, Leo G Rowe of the University of Pennsylvania, Cc K G Billings of Chicago, John R McLean of Cincinnati, Vivian B Small of Lake Erie College, Sydney Anderson of Minnesota, Charles R Davis of Minnesota, Thomas K Crambler of Bethany College, George Stallings of the Boston Nationals celebrate birthdays on this date with ages ranging from 38 to 67 and birthplaces from Staten Island to Augusta.
A compact quotation note reflects on character via a Cervantes line about knowing oneself through company. The entry presents a pithy literary epigraph with minimal context.
The Russian General Rennenkampf halted the German offensive in East Prussia, the Germans retreated slightly to the north bank of the Aisne, Berlin released casualty totals, and President Wilson offered noncommittal replies to German and Belgian protests over atrocities.
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