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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1926
Page
3
City housewives report repeated light weights when buying country produce and poultry. They fault old or miscalibrated scales used by wagon sellers, noting penalties exist for improper weights though enforcement is lacking. A Northern resident recalls scales with match pieces causing two ounce errors per pound.
A long time customer stopped buying from a merchant after accusing his scales of being unfair. She believed his overall intent was fair but that the scales gave an untrue measurement, resulting in her losses.
A beagle hound, behaving oddly and rabid, ran through East Sixth Street on Wednesday afternoon. William Hopwood, the local dog catcher, arrived as the animal entered Mr McBride’s kitchen and killed it with a pistol after the owner struck first with an axe. The incident ends with Hopwood noting it was the season's first mad dog sighting and that several dogs were roaming unchained.
An official warns that many dogs are at large without muzzles and face capture and possible killing at the pound. The wildlife tale notes country dogs roaming day and night, with the hot weather contributing to dangerous incidents.Police caution travelers to avoid handling strange dogs during this period. The word Toronto is said to come from an Indigenous term meaning a place of meeting.
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