This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 7 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1928
Page
3
The Sugar Institute warns that dieting harms health and that a boyish figure is perilous for many. Medical authorities say many adults injure themselves with starvations, denying motherhood for weight ideals. Eat a varied diet, enjoy sugar as a flavor and simple, affordable food.
In Cumberland the council rescinded authority over the police department from Herbert Lee Blye and placed executive control with Chief Oscar Eyerman. Blye will handle only administrative duties, claiming Eyerman will not cooperate. Mayor Thomas Koon opposed the move as other officials approved it.
The Sunday school schedules a Christmas evening service. The Mission Study Class met at the parsonage the last Tuesday in November with Rev. W. S Baker leading and attendees including Mrs. Baker and several others. The Woman's Missionary Society met at Mr and Mrs Joshua Longs Downsville on Thursday Dec 6 with sewing, a devotional program, scripture readings and prayers.
Numerous neighbors recount visits and gatherings across Downeville and surrounding towns. Families such as Sperow, Myers, Poffenberger, and Sensenbaugh hosted dinners, hosted guests from Williamsport and Hagerstown, and assisted in hog processing.
Police found a woman beside an auto on the sidewalk who says she does not know how to drive and that the car started by itself and kept running all night waiting for the gas to run out. A separate note shows a star map from London inside an umbrella taken to a Glasgow meeting of the British Association.
Lawrence Young of Sleepy Creek West Virginia was fined 50 dollars plus costs and sentenced to ninety days in jail by Justice Hobday after conviction for driving while intoxicated. He was fined one dollar and costs on the related intoxicated charges.
James Walter Hancock drove with Young and another man and two Martinsburg women when police detained one member of the quartet after a crash. The report notes one person was arrested. Details on charges or injuries are not provided in the fragment.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.