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Newspaper
Cumberland Press
Location
Cumberland, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1914
Page
4
The article cites Scientific American findings that keeping manure covered and removed, plus enforcing covered garbage cans weekly, can render cities almost flyless. It notes Cleveland’s health department success, urges local boards to adopt prompt manure and garbage removal and strict enforcement to combat flies and disease.
The Dayton Ohio city manager confronts a revenue shortfall by cutting expenses to match income, a stance praised as sound and justifiable. The piece argues government budgets require reducing spending, not raising taxes, and urges all executives to apply true business principles to avert deficits at national, state, and city levels.
The article notes 1534 fewer Wisconsin weddings in the first five months of the year versus 1913, blaming the new eugenic marriage law. It suggests many couples married elsewhere or avoided marriage, argues laws alone cannot curb mating instincts and urges education and public opinion.
A collection of satirical and opinion items touching sugar policy the Kaiser and war names politics and media. It lampoons the sugar trust wartime rhetoric Kaiser nicknames and press stances while noting school war talk limits and a cheap telegram tax in a lively period voice.
Advertisement for national painless dentists at 100 Baltimore Street promising guaranteed gold crowns and teeth without plates.
A compact excerpt traces the tension between war and peace through lines by Cowper Dryden Franklin Milton Mary Longfellow. It surveys the view of rulers shedding violence for quiet, calling war a monster and suggesting that true peace ends hostilities and burying weaponry.
A diary like montage of editorial quips reflecting mixed sentiment toward public figures and events. The notes reference Marie Henry Herman Ridder Barnes Roosevelt Dr. Wilson and Austen Bey with varied opinions and humorous asides.
Congressman James William Good born September 24 1866 in Linn County Iowa. He graduated from Coe College Cedar Rapids with a bachelor of sciences and from the University of Michigan with a bachelor of laws. A lawyer by trade he served in the Sixty first and Sixty second Congresses and was re elected to the Sixty third.
A compact timeline recounts events from 1854 when Russians sunk ships to close Sevastopol harbor, 1868 clashes on the Delaware Fork between Colonel Forsyth and Native Americans, 1884 Mormon settlers in Wilson County Tennessee ordered to depart, 1904 Port Arthur bombardment and Roosevelt seeking a peace conference, 1910 Sultan of Sulu's New York visit, and 1918 Mexico's Frederico Gamboa nominated by Catholic party leaders.
Mrs. Raymond Brown, president of the New York Woman Suffrage Association, plans the 46th annual convention to open in Rochester on October 12, the last before the suffrage amendment goes to voters. A statewide canvass by women begins one week earlier with meetings luncheons and dinners to engage every town and politician.
By order of Allegany County Orphans Court the administrators of James T. Mattingly deceased offer property at public sale on premises 1 York Place South Cumberland beginning 10 o clock A M September 6 1914. Items include buggy wagon and butcher equipment. Conducted by Brown B Barricouy administrator. Sale dates listed 3t 14 18 24.
A brief dispatch notes one of the few art treasures saved when Rheims Cathedral burned during a period of religious upheaval. A papal message urged Emperor Francis Joseph I to defend Catholicism against aggression by secular powers.
A collage of jokes and quips on politics, manners, and daily life. The column pauses to poke fun at elections, war talk, marriage, fashion, and modern habits with light social commentary and humorous one-liners.
Advertisement seeks a reliable man to fill the position of secretary with salary to be determined by investment. Must have at least 1500 dollars, age 43, address 43 Front Street. Company is Good Min. Ad appears in the 19 19 wing enterprise notice.
First car from Frostburg to Cumberland leaves 6 00 a m with stops at Eckhart Clarysville Red Hill Long s Narrows Park to Cumberland 7 00 am. reverse schedule starts 7 00 am from Cumberland to Frostburg last car 12 00 am. Westernport to Frostburg departures begin 6 30 am with full hourly service. all cars meet at Frostburg. J FE Taylor superintendent.
Fragmentary timetable shows routes labeled with numbers and letters, mentions Cumberland, Piedmont, Midland, and Saint Louis area stops. Includes departure and arrival hints, times around 8:00 p.m. and references to trains or stations like Martinsburg or Bokerigon in a damaged OCR block.
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