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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1933
Page
2
Instructions for preparing cold salmon with mayonnaise and several hot fish dishes. Includes boiling halibut with lemon and onions, steaming, broiling and pan frying salmon and lemon sole, and codfish balls with potatoes. Serves on hot summer menus with sauces and garnishes.
In Sharpsburg on August 22 a surprise birthday party honored Mrs. Maggie Hoffmaster on her seventy fifth birthday. Pink and white decorations graced the event as she received many gifts from family and friends including guests from Washington, D C and Virginia. The Willing Workers class picnic followed in City Park Hagerstown with a radio string orchestra and games. Numerous locals attended and extended well wishes.
A long list of people visited relatives and friends over the weekend. Names include Miss Florence Himes in Philadelphia, Rev H D Chapman’s family in Chesnee South Carolina, Miss Frances Mumma from Hagerstown, and many others from Millville Martinsburg Roanoke Philadelphia and Frederick.
Cearfoss notes evangelistic meetings at Broadfording with strong attendance. Local residents, including Miss Helen Eckstine, Hazel and Hilda Wishard, and families of Mowen, Cunningham, Palmer, Zimmerman, Pittenger, and Carbaugh, are mentioned among visitors and greetings. Sylvia Pittenger is listed as ill. several social calls occur at area homes.
Iowa Helle, a wilt resistant watermelon developed at Iowa Stone College, is reported doing well in disease infested fields in eastern Iowa, suggesting strong field performance and resilience.
Readable items include but not limited to Butter Eggs Lard Potatoes Chickens Country Bacon Hams Sweet Potatoes Onions New Apples Green Beans and Blue Plums with price ranges per unit or per bushel. Wheat prices are listed but unclear in amount.
Cattle bulls good to choice fetch 3.25 to 3.50. steers 5.50 to 6. Medium to good cows 3.25 to 3.50. Hogs lights 4.85 to 5.20. medium 5.40 to 5.20. pigs 4.50 to 4.80. Calves good to choice 7.0 to 7.50. common to medium 4 to 6.
Shiloh updates include August 23 services for Bunday with no evening worship and a church lawn festival September 2. Reports mention attendance at the Christian Endeavor convention, local visits, park concerts, and a funeral in Hagerstown. Several residents are listed as visitors, hosts, or attendees with multiple family names included.
A string of social notes lists visits and gatherings among residents of Myersville Hagerstown and surrounding towns. Names include Mrs Zack Ridenour Mr Clarence Thomas Mr and Mrs William Streyer Mr and Mrs Harry Nesdy Iris Trovinger Marguerite Trovinger Gertrude Wills and others. Also fifty acres were set aside in Golden Gate Park San Francisco for diverse tree planting.
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