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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1927
Page
12
Prices for corn bran middlings lard and dairy feeds appear alongside poultry rates from Maryland Poultry Co. Old hens young colored chickens and Leghorn stock are listed with per pair and single unit pricing. Miss Mildred Thomas returns home after a week at Blue Ridge College conference.
New York trading shows opposing speculative forces at work with major speculation up while the weekly steel reviews note little change. The 20 leading industrials reach a new all time high as freight car traffic for the week ending Aug 18 rises but lags 1925 and 1926. July railroad earnings also disappoint compared with last year.
Chicago August 24 cattle receipts 10 000. trade generally steady to strong with lower grade natives weak. Choice yearlings and light steers up. best heavies 14 65. medium weights 14 00. yearlings 13 85. most fed steers 11 25 to 13 25. western grass weight 10 65 to 11 20. stockers steady. vealers 60 cents lower.
Baltimore market update notes No 2 red wheat spot at 1.44 and garlicky wheat at 1.36. No 2 white oats old at 59.5 cents per bushel and No 3 white old at 57.5 cents.
The Pennsylvania Railroad announced a second attempt to destroy a bridge near Mayview suburb, with dynamite found under a span. Days earlier a small explosion at the same bridge triggered an investigation that uncovered three quarts of nitroglycerine.
Robert W. Maust age 25 of Bloomsburg Pa and Viola J. Cook age 20 of Cata wissa Pa are listed. Walter L. Steiner age 21 and Helen R. Hoover age 18, both of York Pa, appear in the same docket.
A scrambled wartime president of France and a wide range of clues test knowledge of geography language history and famous names. Questions cover Mecca pilgrimage sea coasts Denmark and Sweden, church officer, pronouns, roots, birds, inventions and more with signals pointing to a solution of yesterday's puzzle.
The War Department allotted $210,000 for maintenance and improvement of the inland waterway from the Delaware River to Chesapeake Bay, Delaware Maryland, as announced today.
The Rev. F. B. Myer of London told a Bible conference at Stony Brook that women wear fewer clothes, noting a fancy dress ball features less attire than street wear. He urged stronger moral standards in public dress.
Lycurgus Oates aged 68 a wealthy farmer and fruit grower was killed instantly on his Hamp shire county West Virginia farm when a belt from a feeding machine snapped breaking his neck He was alone at the time Oates had large fruit holdings around Martinsburg and near Winchester
Hardware dealer Harry C. Main announces a closing out sale on refrigerators at cost. Limited stock remains at 13 15 East Franklin Street.
Local ad note highlighting Neal R Dorsey Market locations at 214 Frank Street and 449 West Wash Street with phone numbers to reach the store for quality and service.
The college announces total abolition of athletic scholarships after October 1 and immediate abandonment of football and other scouting activities as decided. The move affects all intercollegiate and scouting programs nationwide.
Mrs. Florence Buck of Grimm's Landing West Virginia was strangled to death while asleep in the Park Central hotel in Gallipolis Ohio. Eddie Peppers, a Black man, is accused in the crime.
The Pennsylvania State College forms a newly organized board of control of athletics as Coroner James T. Hanson delivers the verdict today in a related case.
A Hagerstown Tire Co at 153 South Potomac Street advertises a large assortment of good used tires always on hand at reasonable prices. The notice emphasizes immediate availability and affordable options for customers seeking tires.
In a terse exchange the Gumps decline a selecting action and issue a single word farewell before parting. The brief remark leaves the exact sentiment unclear but caps the encounter with a curt signoff.
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