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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1939
Page
4
The column foresees cautious planning and watchful waiting with mixed planetary influences. It notes patriotic debates abroad, potential matters on the European stage, safe sea travel homeward, autumn shipping risks, thrift, and demand for nurses and public service workers. It cites a Mississippi farm yielding 350 bushels of sweet potatoes per acre.
A Republican New Hampshire senator faced indictment over involvement in an oil deal tied to the so called hot oil act. The report notes Italy and Il Duce era diplomacy context and a Goshen New York horse trotting race as unrelated items. The piece reflects political tensions and foreign minister links while asserting the senator’s party and state.
Prices paid to producers include wheat 70 and 69 cents per bushel at mill and barn respectively, corn at 9 to 12 cents, butter 20 to 26 cents per pound, country bacon 16 cents, eggs around 40 cents, onions and potatoes about 60 cents per bag, ham and lard figures, and a note that Mississippi State College houses the world's largest one building dormitory.
London report from Ealing borough librarians claims the wealthiest readers are the most prolific thieves of books. A librarian notes magazines on expensive interior designs and luxury garden layouts vanish fastest, attributing the losses to prosperous people. A closing line promotes using the classified section to find rooms or apartments.
An archival notice explains classified advertising rules in detail including cash in advance rates per line and frequency discounts, office hours, ad deadlines, and the alphabetical index of classifications for quick reference. The text covers rates for one, three, and six insertions, a single line count method, and guidance for preparing copy.
Classified fragment lists bicycles for hire at Delphey’s 31 E Franklin St with a phone, roofing and chimney cleaning services by Bills Ronnie Co, a lost beagle hound found notice at 401 Ridge Toward, and automobile notices including a 1935 Ford Coach in good condition, a Bactor running condition Irvin Strite near Leitershurs, and a Terraplane sedan with low mileage at 6 Bellevue Ave.
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