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Newspaper
Cumberland Press
Location
Cumberland, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1914
Page
4
A nursing advocate argues that cool weather heightens the need for ventilation and that sleeping porches promote health and comfort. The piece emphasizes fresh air as both cure and prevention, urges outdoors sleeping for children, and warns against closed bedrooms at frosty times. It also critiques a tax approach to adulterated foods, urging clear labeling instead.
A column jests about wartime dirigibles causing little damage but dampening hope, and offers quips on platonic love, social mores, and female charm. It contrasts luck in marriage with wealth and notes men’s nerves are steadier than their taste for blunt truth.
A collage of war era thoughts on economy, diplomacy, and media. Readers hear opinions on the rich saving, missionary lobbying, wireless failures, and mixed signals from Europe. Notable notes include reflections on Mexico, Mexico City evacuations, and historical events listed for September 22.
Berlin reports Germany raises 4.2 billion marks for the war effort with 2.49 billion in the Imperial fund, surpassing subscriptions without foreign help. Final terms postponed to December as Sven Hedin visits fronts. Russia shells San river fortresses near Przemysl. 60,000 Austrian troops trapped.
Official French statement says German bayonet attacks in Craonne were repulsed and heavy bombardment around Rheims continues. It notes progress on the right bank of the Oise and gains at Lassigny and Nesnileshurlus Massiges with continued fighting in Craonne and Thaincourt areas.
The French Foreign Minister Delcasse cables to the French Ambassador in Washington alleging German troops bombed Rheims Cathedral without military necessity, reducing the famed basilica to ruins and depriving mankind of its artistic patrimony. Jusserand delivers the message to the U S State Department.
Ex-Congressman William Walton Griest of Lancaster born September 22, 1895. He taught school and served as school director, was chief clerk in the county commissioners office, and chaired multiple Republican national conventions. Griest published a newspaper and engaged in various enterprises and served in the Sixty-first and Sixty-second Congresses.
A compact ad promotes strictly German beer as absolutely pure. The snippet highlights the product with emphasis on purity and brand assurance.
A collage of humorous lines and vignettes on social mores and daily life. Topics range from scarce resort crowds and dancing to gossip and gender roles, including a feminist quip, domestic labor realities, and light观察 on manners and jokes about beauty, pride, and honesty.
A collection of editorial quips on war between Russia and Turkey, Parliament taxes, and campaign gossip. Mentions Pinchot, Marinetti, and Pennsylvania timber wealth as cross-paper jibes and cultural references from Providence Journal to Indianapolis News and others.
Mrs George Long aged 68, mother of W J Long county superintendent of schools, died Thursday in Valley Bend. She is survived by her husband two sons including Adam Long and one daughter Mrs R L Pritt.
Leap's Prolific Wheat advertised by original distributors. Catalog request highlights descriptive fall catalog. Mentions regions including Kentucky and Virginia, emphasizing profitability and selective listing of seed varieties.
The Cumberland and Westernport Electric Railway issue lists hourly first and last cars from Frostburg to Cumberland and back, with stops including Eckhart Clarysville Red Hill Narrows Park Long’s and Baltimore Street Cumberland, and connections at Frostburg for Lonaconing Westernport and Frostburg. Superintendent J B Taylor notes all cars connect at Frostburg with daily start times from 5:00 to 6:00 a.m. and final departures around midnight.
Fragmentary rail timetable from Cumberland and Pennsylvania showing times and lines. Includes entries for Piedmont and Frostburg with partial digits and notes, plus an author tag Robert som General Manager.
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