Doctor touts fat-reduction cure with pay-when-reduced plan
Dr R Newman of New York announces a rapid fat-reduction treatment claiming thousands cured without diet or exercise and offers free trials and a pay-when-reduced option. Separately, Hugh L McDaniel of Tacoma Park is sentenced to 15 years for robbing Silver Springs National Bank of 2200, collapsing in court as verdict is read.
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Re Newman
Fifth Avents
New York
R. Newman
Fifth Avenue
New York City
Dept. R—Adv
Hugh McDaniel
Silver Springs
Rockville
Hugh L. McDaniel
Tacoma Park
Maryland ‘Penitentiary
Silver Springs National Bank
McDaniel
Marmola tablets promise weight loss by scientific method
An old advertising piece touts Marmola prescription tablets as a science based fat burning method. It claims 20 years of use and millions of boxes sold, inviting readers to ask their physician for a $1 box while stressing safety and visible results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ggist
Grange Elects New Officers in Frederick Region
Frederick Pomona Grange elected new officers with Washington county members named to posts. I Keller Shank became chaplain and Eleanor Toms was chosen Ceres. Treasurer Malay shared insights from a South American farm trip. Other officers include Pomona Master Austin Renn and secretary Hazel Holter. Board of Education meets. public school holidays run December 21 to January 2.
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Frederick Pomona Grange
Smithsburg
Leitersburg
Washington County
I. Keller Shank
Ballenger Grange
F. Haller
Middletown
Mrs. Davis
New Market
David Fry
Jefferson
Howard Smith
Braddock
Thomas Culler
Ballenger
Hazel Holter
Maynard Buckey
Mt. Pleasant
Pomona
Lillian Henry
Lewistown
Flora
Ruth ‘Holter
Vera Buckey
Braintree Angling Festival Ends Without A Catch
London report notes thirty entrants in the Braintree Essex festival fished four hours without a catch. Medals and cups remain packed for next year as the prior festival saw awards for a single fish.
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London
Braintree
Essex
10 000 Skinny Men Wanted To Put On At Least 50 Pounds
An old fashioned advertisement promises rapid weight gain for underweight individuals. It promotes Kieffer's Tablets with yeast iron and cod liver oil as a miracle weight producer and tonic. The offer guarantees a refund if no gain of at least five pounds in 30 days.
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Kieffer
Cauffman
Norfolk and Western
Budapest Doctor Settles in Hagerstown Ideal City
Dr Irving Meisles born in Austria Hungary says Hagerstown is an ideal American city with welcoming spirit and plans to settle permanently after touring Europe and the United States. He studied at Columbia Johns Hopkins USC and the Los Angeles School of Optometry and led the Young People’s Synagogue here. Florence Palmer and Mrs George Arnold are mentioned in local social notes.
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Meisles
Budapest
Austria-Hungary
Hagerstown
Europe
United States
Mexico
Cuba
Dr. Meisles
Columbia, University
New York
Jewish Theological Seminary
California
University of Southern California
Los Angeles School of Optomery
Baltimore
Baltimore Jewish Voice
Johns Hopkins University
Letter Golf A Neat Par Six Test
A reader challenge explains letter golf: change one word at a time to reach a target in par strokes. Each step must be a real common word. slang and abbreviations are excluded. Example shows COW to HEN via HOW HEW HEN.
Spickler Notes and Thanksgiving Visits
Spickler reports a series of genteel social visits and family gatherings during Thanksgiving week. Emma Mullen of Clearspring stayed with her niece Mrs John Yeakle. Grover Forsythe and wife visited Mr and Mrs Roy Forsythe. Mrs Henry Everitts and children visited her parents Mr and Mrs James Hull. Walter Mish of Washington is spending holidays with Mrs Grove. Henry Kratz suffers from a badly infected hand after a steel puncture. St Pauls Christian Endeavor held a Thanksgiving social in the Sunday school room Friday night. Ruth Carbaugh of Blair’s Valley visited Gladys and Helen Shoemaker, with several Shady Bower girls meeting the Shoemaker sisters.
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Spickler
Emma Mullen
Clearspring
John Yeakle
Grover Forsythe
Roy Forsythe
Dry Run
Henry Everitts
James Hull
Walter Mish
Washington
Grove
Henry Kratz
St. Paul’s Christian Endeavor al Cietly
Ruth Carbaugh
Blair's Valley
Gladys
Helen Shoemaker
Marie
Catherine
Minnie Wiles
Shady Bower
Nellie Marie
Hazel Frush
Shoemaker
Durham church serves 18 denominations since 1650
In Durham New Hampshire the city home to the University of New Hampshire hosts a church where 18 denominations worship together without a function. The church was founded in 1650.
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Durham
N. H
University of New Hampshire
Varicose Veins Promise Quick Relief and Money Back
An old advertisement touts Moone's Emerald Oil for varicose veins claiming rapid size reduction after a few days of nightly and morning applications. It markets the product as powerful, with a small bottle lasting long, and lists Wareham's Drug Co. Cauffman's Cut Rate Store and H. R. Rudy as sellers.
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Moone
Wareham's Drug Co
Cauffman
H. R. Rudy
Sunday Morning Ambush: 20 Ambushed on Way to Church
A Sunday morning in early days saw 20 people ambushed and scalped by Indians while traveling to church. The incident underscores frontier dangers and colonial tensions in early settler history.
Misa Edmonds Returns from New York After Thanksgiving
Misa Alice Edmonds of the King’s Daughters has come back from New York where she spent Thanksgiving week.
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Misa Alice Edmonds
The
King’s ‘Daughters
New York
Famous trainer Mike Martin offers rheumatic relief
For 25 years Mike Martin has worked with athletes to relieve rheumatism gout neuralgia sciatica and neuritis. The wartime style promotion seals a 2 ounce liniment for 65 cents and 4 ounces for one dollar with a free relief folder, available through druggists or prepaid by mail from Mike Martin, Trainer, Ball Park, Washington DC.
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Mike Martin
Mike
Martin
Uke
Herb
Pennock
Cobb
Geo
Sisler
Lea Meadows
Bucky Harris
Ray Kremer
Walter Johnson
Alexander
Coveleski
Ball Park
Washington, D. C
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Hoffman
Chevrolet Sales ‘ (Incorporated
Washington St
Ian
Harry S. Myers
Kodak Picture Developing
Heidwohl
Weat
Maryland
House of Courtery _ age
Uee
Commercial Service & Credit Co
Edgar C. Jones
Mer
Heer Service
Sounqa
Grange
Board of Education
Ana A
Norfolk
Western
IDR
Irving
Florence Palmer
George Arnold
Burkittsville
Rowland
Irving Meisles
McFaddin’s Sport Shop
Jonathan Street
Wareham Drug Co
Offman’s Cut Rate Store
Hart, Schaffner & Marx
Walla
Ford Chevrolet Hagerstown Battery Co
Baltimore Street
Rexall
Rudy’s Rexall Pharmacy
Hamilton Corner
Washington Baseball Club
Hagerstown Bank
First National Bank
Nicodemus National Bank
Maryland Surety & Trust Company
West End
Boonsboro
Maugansville
Peoples Store
W. Washington
the Washington Restaurant (Incorporated
University Clothes Inc
Public Square
Hase
Jacobson’s Furniture Store
W. Franklin St
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