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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1933
Page
2
The article extols pewter and simple wares for table settings emphasizing modest, informal elegance. It describes red and white tab lescloths, fringed napkins, pewter goblets and mugs, a plain pewter fruit bowl, and matching salt shakers. The white service plates with red and blue borders complete a practical, family friendly display.
Railroads announce a special round trip fare to be used for travel to and from school during Christman holidays. The offer aims to encourage students to ride the rails for the holiday period.
Miss Janice Wilson of Hagerstown and Miss Ethel Emery of Shepherstown attend World’s Fair in Chicago. Local families host visitors from Baltimore Roanoke and Charles Town as Rev Paul Ashby fills Trinity Lutheran pulpit. Dozens of attendees from Hagerstown and nearby towns visit relatives, with trips to Washington Caledonia and Johnstown noted.
Misses Laura Funk Mary Funk and Mrs Mabel Startzman hosted and attended dinners in Fairplay with multiple local family visits. Local residents visited relatives in Brownsville Boonsboro Sharpsburg and Baltimore while attending church events horse shows and the Century of Progress Exposition in Chicago.
In Washington on August 17 a group of top bituminous coal operators reportedly decided to uphold the open shop clause in their code of fair competition despite President Roosevelt warning it did not align with the administration policy.
A vintage pie guide offers several pear based desserts. One method fills a pastry lined tin with pear, sugar and nutmeg then bakes in a hot oven. Another peach pie with meringue tops the fruit and bakes until golden. A prune walnut pastry and cottage cheese cream serve as alternative finishes.
The Union services of several local churches will be held at the Lutheran church in Bakersville Sunday evening at 7 p.m. and will continue throughout August. A Sunday school convention was attended by several locals in Brownsville. Various guests visited the Buharp family for Raymond Buharp’s 22nd birthday.
Aug 16 St James letter reports a preaching service at Bakeravilla on Aug 20 the third of the Churches of the Brethren in the area. The entry lists visitors from McAllsterville Pa Isabel Van Ormer Olive Jamison Jay Jamison and others plus a sequence of visits to residents around Downaville Hagerstown Keedysville Mt. Morris and Chicago Century of Progress trip.
Incomplete text notes Mr and Mrs Bes Shank and their son Robert Shank spending the week at the Shank home. Another item mentions Mr and Mrs Myron Bloom visiting with Mrs Lie Poffenberger in Boonsboro during a Sunday gathering.
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