12 Aug 1926
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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1926
Page
1
A large Maryland crowd attended Robinsons Circus despite intense heat. The show featured Miss Nell Roth with royal Bengal tigers, acrobats, trained animals, and a range of acts including ponies, elephants, and clowns. The program also noted a historic library drive and ongoing book donations for Sharpsburg.
The Sharpsburg branch reports the book drive has reached 500 volumes with a donation of five dollars for the book replacement fund. Katherine F. Adams, librarian, notes appreciation from the Washington County Free Library for fifteen years of service and support to the community. The branch, started by Miss Boulah K. Byerly, fostered a reading program and growth in local library use.
An efficient worker and health advocate, Elizabeth Chamberlain of Unionall Factory Trenton New Jersey credits Lydia B Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with wonderful results. She urges fellow workers to protect their health as a priority and a smart business practice.
Maryland's 1925 taxable basis stands at 2,466,081,233 dollars, up 177,066,776 from 1924 as announced by the State Tax Commission. The 1924 base had risen 507,391,349 over the previous year, with increases shown in nine property classes except distilled.
Reports from Moscow dated August 10 describe revolt fiction as summer intrigue like a sea serpent off American shores. Press correspondents who investigated note errors in dispatches claiming Stalin was murdered, a claim contradicted by other sources.
William Cautner Chapin, 92, a renowned Indian fighter, died in San Francisco. The longtime veteran, once celebrated for frontier exploits, passed away peacefully on August 10.
Anown 8 a winning man and publisher died today after a sickly illness. The notice mentions a colonel in the United States Army and his ties to capital, with reference to fighting Sioux Indians in a historical context.
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