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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1948
Page
2
Fragmentary text notes describe parts of the rice plant and their uses including the stem and seeds. It mentions busks and general cultivation terms, suggesting a horticultural or agricultural description. The readable portion implies practical applications but lacks full context.
The Joseph c Herbert Post No. 222 of the Legion banned the word comrade from its records amid the Russian menace and Communist links. Members will adopt a more democratic greeting such as yours in Legionship or Le gionnaire. The action followed a Clearspring Legion meeting featuring films and an invitation to a Sunday service at St Peter's Lutheran Church in Clearanning.
Martinsburg faces severe finances with potential layoffs for police and firemen before June 30. An injunction suit over a municipal sales tax continues as workers, earning about 49 cents an hour, press for higher wages amid the money shortage. The piece also notes the term caribou for the American reindeer.
The People's Tabernacle, a local religious group, now operates two buses to transport children to Sunday school. Pastor Rev Chester A Billman invites needy families to call 1712-W for weekly home pickups. The church also supports evangelistic services with speaker H A Batty of Trenton, N J each evening at 745. Trustees named Frances Billman Lillian Barker Dorothy Moninger Josephine Grimes and Mary Ziegler with Mary E Morgan as secretary-treasurer.
Housewives in the Fountain Head section complain about out of state firemen offering lawn dirt at high prices. One woman says the price after completion nearly made her faint. She labels the truck operators as fast talking super salesmen.
The report notes cruelty as the leading reason for about half of divorces with desertion and neglect following. It details the order of frequency for other cited causes in the domestic breakdown.
A Clearspring woman fell from her porch yesterday sustaining slight injuries. Mrs. Reba Atherton fractured her right arm and was treated at Washington County Hospital where a cast was applied. A St. James School student, Jordan Waite, fractured his left hand and received hospital treatment.
Charles Ducky Sherman operates a newsstand in Public Square it is deemed illegal by local officials yet taxable. The Street Board announced the stand is not legal to operate in Public Square though the operator claims county tax assessment at about one hundred dollars.
Harry W. Dengler a former Countian and state extension forester writes in Forests magazine about the Christmas tree history. He notes the modern custom likely began in Strasbourg Germany in 1604 and that ancient peoples brought boughs for Yule at the winter solstice. Fire nationwide totaled 709,621,000 dollars in the past year.
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