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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1928
Page
3
New York faces a vicious cycle of crowded subways and costly new subways driving up real estate values. Critics say growing transit chaos may deter expansion and warn other American cities could imitate Manhattan's traffic jams.
Tuberculosis Christmas seals set forth tiny ships bearing messages of friendliness health and hope. Dr R H Riley Maryland Health Department urges all Marylanders to invest in the seals as part of a long campaign to defeat TB which now ranks third in deaths behind heart disease and chronic Brights disease.
Dr Charles Norris, head of New York City medical authorities, says North American Review reports alcohol deaths may top 126 000 this year. He argues mortality from drink is rising not falling with prohibition, due to tainted liquor and long term harm. private physicians often avoid certifying alcoholism, but Norris insists the estimate is accurate.
The Army completed a 2000 mile overland journey from Maryland to Texas with a new motorized cavalry unit. Troopers ride in light autos armed with shields machine guns and one pounders. Officers praise the efficiency and predict a possible shift away from horse mounted units. The change risks losing the colorful sight of cavalry parades and lances clattering down streets.
The Bush Terminal docks in Brooklyn receive ships from the West Indies carrying lignum vitae, the hard heavy wood used to make police nightsticks. The wood is so dense it sinks, polishes well, and can mark even the toughest skulls. The nation’s crime prevention push fuels its import.
Rebecca West returns to London from America with a distasteful portrait of American women living in skyscrapers. She claims most Americans are in tall apartments, unable to keep a dog or family, a view she deems exaggerated and misleading. The piece argues such skyscraper fantasies are inaccurate and notes many Americans own homes.
A Philadelphia municipal budget includes a $100,000 line for a Bureau of Music. Officials say it exists to satisfy needs, while other notes joke about seasonal acts and peculiar local trivia. A mix of odd facts and quips follows about police, weather, and distant river rumors.
NEA report summarizes eight years of farm census data showing a net farm population decline of 3,283,000, with annual cityward migration averaging 2,000,000 since 1922 while 1,000,000 to 1,400,000 move from city to farm. In 1927 net loss fell to 192,000, signaling a possible easing as mechanical power reduces labor needs and regional farming needs vary.
The poem notes Christmas Eve draws near as children mind their spinach and manners and families feel a warm glow. It recalls December shopping days and parents sharing smiles at their well behaved tots and the hopeful mood as the holiday approaches.
In New York on December 7, theater figures are cited for eccentricities and contract quirks. Jeritza performs card tricks, Richard Bennett dyes his hair for roles, Katharine Cornell seeks a 20 percent play stake, and Astor hotel tablecloths are laundered for pen and ink figures. Respighi’s Sunken Bell pleases the Metropolitan, Tony Sarg debuts his costly Christmas window, and the era coins新 terms like dantresses emerge to describe chorus girls becoming leading prospects.
Dr Morris Fishbein discusses unerupted teeth in adults, their health risks, and the shift to routine dental X rays. He notes modern dentistry often removes unerupted roots to prevent infection, links tooth issues to head and neck pain, and urges early and regular X rays for monitoring mouth health.
In subterranean basements the New York Life building hosts multi story depths with a tube room serving as a pneumatic hub. Tubes roar as containers shoot through them while hundreds of staff operate chutes, delivering dispatches across offices in a futuristic underground system.
An advertisement claims Lea's Hair Tonic restores hair to its youthful color without dyeing all hair the same. It promises red or other natural hues based on original color and offers prepaid bottle delivery from Lea's Tonic Co. Brentwood Maryland for one dollar. It also notes American workers today produce about four times the output of British workers.
A marketing piece claims Marmola prescription tablets offer a simple method to reduce fat without exercise or diet. It touts 20 years of use, includes a book in each box explaining the formula and its alleged effects, and urges readers to ask their druggist for a one dollar box.
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