Fragmented OCR Short Item About Local Stores
Readable text shows references to Cumberland Stores and mentions day time comfort efforts. Specific details and context are missing due to corrupted OCR.
03 Jul 1908
Page 1
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Newspaper
Maryland Cumberland Evening Times
Location
Cumberland, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1908
Page
1
Readable text shows references to Cumberland Stores and mentions day time comfort efforts. Specific details and context are missing due to corrupted OCR.
A child dreams of being grown and defying his father. He imagines a future full of rockets, torpedoes, and noisy Fourth of July celebrations, vowing to outsize his father’s power with grand plans. The poem contrasts childish rebellion with domestic authority.
Denver July 3 labor representatives moved to center stage at the Democratic national convention seeking an anti injunction declaration in the platform. Prominent figures include H P Perham Sam uel Gompers W S Stone and James OConnell urging total prohibition of injunction use in labor disputes amid Bryan faction resistance and hopes for a compromise after talks with Bryan in Linx tonight.
Conservatives organize amid divisions as Col. James M. Guffey arrives, labeled Boss of the Keystone State, openly anti Bryan and pushing for a weakened plank. The scene sets a charged political battle within the party.
United Press reports rumors of an earthquake in San Francisco with no details. Separate note says a slight quake shook Los Angeles early today, knocking down several chimneys and prompting Santa Fe Railroad to file a message from Los Angeles.
Rebels capitulate in Tabriz after two days of intense fighting with Shah’s infantry and cavalry. Rachia Khan accepts surrender under a guarantee of personal safety with assurances of orderly governance if massacres stop. A separate dispatch notes a massacre ongoing in Tabriz amid bread shortages and starvation.
The veteran American journalist Murat Halstead died at his Cincinnati home yesterday afternoon in his seventy ninth year. His death followed months of Frail health and a cerebral hemorrhage suffered days earlier. he was surrounded by his wife and children including Robert and Mrs Arthur Stem. His son Marshall had died recently, and Albert Halstead serves as American consul at Birmingham England.
United Press reports a Cleveland fire at Kresge’s store where six people died in the basement after escape attempts. Earlier a noon blaze sent several girls (store workers) leaping from a second story window. all survived with injuries. A public sale ad note appears for Rosenbaum’s and Smith’s.
Proclamation enforces Cumberland city ordinance banning sale or use of fireworks and explosives for July 4. Police will arrest violators and impose fines. Citizens plan picnics, visits, and citywide quiet while banks close and churches host events.
Mr and Mrs Herman D Billmeyer return from a two week automobile trip visiting Danville Nuiton and other Pennsylvania points. They drove a 15 horsepower Ford runabout covering Harrisburg to Cumberland in one day despite rough old National Pike surface. George R Bramble B Co freight agent bought 3 Rambler autos and William Shatenberg purchased a locomobile 40 hp for 51000, sale handled by J E McDonald of Philadelphia at Queen City garage.
The YMCA tennis tournament, running since yesterday, will conclude this afternoon with the prize presented. Colburn defeated F Edgerton Powell 7 4 6 4, and Roman beat Garland W Powell 6 1 6 2. Sloan Hodgson defeated F E Powell and G W Powell 6 4 4 6 6 4, while Colburn Roman won 6 4 3 to take the doubles. This afternoon Lawler Cromwell face J Walsh and J Walsh, with the victors to meet Colburn and Roman for the doubles title.
A new Independence Party faction gathers in a Baltimore hall with seven attendees as organizers plan a national convention, selecting delegates and ratifying choices at a meeting next week. All details point to a push for momentum ahead of Chicago’s July 27 convention.
In South Norwalk Connecticut a snake, likely an adder, bit Charles D Tobey while he slept in tall grass on the riverbank. Tobey, an oysterman, was found unconscious with a swollen head and received night care from Dr. F B Baker. Doctors expect recovery after the late treatment.
A coal mine blast at Rikovosky in Yusovo Russia triggers a fire. Estimated dead reach 300 with 160 bodies recovered. Over 200 workers remain trapped as outside towns offer hospital aid amid limited local medical facilities. Rescue efforts hampered by flames.
Notice indicates no Times edition tomorrow due to a national holiday. Advertisement notes exford items on sale at Smith's with prices listed, urging readers to see the ad.
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