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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1921
Page
2
A rambling column surveys wartime economies and royal pageantry, noting cuts to excess profits tax, government spending fears, and the public mood. It reflects on currency history from barter to coin, cites the Reich of Britain King George era, and muses on future global monetary systems and barter possibilities.
Washington’s visage as captured by Houdon in marble remains a benchmark, with bronze copies in London and Fontainebleau, and Versailles housing a copy. The Richmond Capitol preserves the original, while Houdon’s realism shapes later sculptors. Washington allowed the mask process. while an American artist failed, Houdon’s flawless mold endured for generations.
Reader queries cover cheese weights groundhog lore Lincoln death illiteracy and city government. The Q and A format provides brief factual answers with names places dates and numbers such as 200 to 250 pounds for the Swiss cheese Lincoln dying at Ford’s Theatre 1865 and the Colossus of Rhodes tall about 100 feet with a 12 year erection period.
Grafton Roulette traveled to Baltimore on Theaday with George Snaveley and family members visiting Sharpsburg. Edward Moge and Mrs Pry with daughter Loufre and Miss Snavely attended a Sunday excursion to Washington. Robert Thomas of Porterstown, recently carpentering in Carlisle, spent weeks with his family. Mrs Graves and kin from Steerton Pa visited Wm Marker. Mack Johnson of Parkersburg and cousin Herbert Hart visited with Uncle Staub. Howell Orim and Carney Hoffmaeter from Washington are on a bye at a relative’s home.
Dr William E Barton notes hot summers worldwide and praises Californians for their sunny resilience. He observes locals insist their climate is best, that heat is offset by cool nights, and that the world’s heat cannot outdo California. He urges readers to adopt a similar calm and to keep cool regardless of season.
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