21 Apr 1938
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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 1938
Page
1
Large crowd attends the Commercial Electric Show at the State Armory sponsored by Potomac Edison Co. The exhibit runs daily 1 to 10 p m through Friday with free admission. Highlights include a 50 000 watt electric lamp, a cathode ray oscilloscope, a stereoscope, and demonstrations of home and store electrical equipment.
An old fashioned health ad promoting Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a remedy for female nervous disorders and general well being. It claims to improve sleep, reduce distress from female functions, and help women feel better, with a promise of decades of trusted use.
James Roosevelt, secretary to the President, urged Middletown Democrats that public works and work relief lift incomes and move toward a balanced budget. He warned tapering federal spending risks lower income and further budget imbalance, arguing government spending can lift the economy while cutting support can plunge it.
Resolutions from Morris Frock Post of the American Legion protest a 37 year maximum age for appointing extra Hagerstown police members. The document notes the Legion’s program to engage industry in employing qualified workers.
The meeting of the Legion Post supported resolutions calling for reassessment of street improvements and a broader recognition of veterans over forty with special training. Cant C W R Knight reported on postwar measures and urged the Street Commissioners to reconsider planning decisions.
The ad touts quick acting prescription type ingredients in the BC formula for relief from nerve headaches neuralgia muscular aches and nervousness. It urges readers to try BC for speedy relief with 10¢ and 25¢ sizes or by the ca stions at fountains.
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