16 Apr 1921
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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1921
Page
1
Southern farmers face hard times as cotton prices stay below prewar levels and labor shortages push wages up. Farmers across the old South including Oklahoma and Texas plan to plant soybeans as a valuable alternative while state departments urge steps to offset disruptions.
Reports from Abiquiu in Rio Arriba County describe the Hermanos de Luz Penitentes enacting Holy Week rites including flagellations dipped in brine and a crucifixion scene on Good Friday. Tourists witnessed two nude men on a crude cross for about 30 minutes, bleeding but not fatally injured, amid other scenes from Gethsemane to Calvary. The Penitentes, a long‑established religious order in New Mexico, reportedly guard their rites closely, with outsiders rarely seeing the ceremonies.
A long church notices page lists many local denominations with pastors, Sunday school times, morning and evening services, prayer meetings and special events. It includes Zion Reformed, First Brethren, Everybody Church of the Brethren, St Johns Episcopal, Seventh Day Adventist, Grace U B, Presbyterian, First Christian, First Baptist, Washington Square M E, Christ Reformed, Salem Reformed, Christian Science Society, Trinity Lutheran, St Marks Lutheran, St Pauls United Brethren, St Pauls M E, Antietam Street A B, St Johns Evangelical Lutheran, Mt Carmel and other nearby congregations with service times and upcoming anniversaries or observances.
Offer to mail a slip to Foley Co for a trial package of Foley's Honey and Tar Compound Foley Kidney Pills and Foley cathartic Tablets advertised for coughs colds rheumatism backache kidney bladder ailments constipation and biliousness Sold everywhere
The Rexall pharmacy named Rudy's Rexall announces a three day sale running April 21 through April 23. A promotion titled Get Wise Doug is coming offers discounts and special deals for shoppers.
The ad touts Olive Tablets as the gentler substitute for calomel to cleanse the liver and ease indigestion. It claims the tablets wake the liver’s functions, banish stomach troubles, and relieve bilious feelings with olive oil content noted by color.
An International News Chicago digest notes peak engagement season from April to Christmas and peak wedding period Easter to July based on ring sales. It cites psychology and seasonal mood as driving factors behind marriage trends, highlighting Christmas sentiment and spring home-building as nudges toward nuptials.
A Moundsville West Virginia woman tells how two years of irregular periods and pelvic pain ended after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She urges other young women to try the remedy and contact Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co. Lynn Massachusetts for confidential help.
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