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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1924
Page
5
Society items report births and hospital updates including a daughter born to Mr and Mrs Fred Cole of Williamsport. Several residents like Elisabeth Oka and My and Mrs Harry G Maugans are noted for health, travel, and visits. Many entries detail dinners, visits with relatives, moves, and local hospital recoveries across Williamsport and nearby towns.
Local county women’s clubs cancel their twice monthly meetings due to schedule conflicts resuming after January 1. Funkstown and Pecktonville clubs hold afternoon sessions with plans for a Christmas party and at home demonstrations. Marriage licenses issued to several couples and H E Robinson celebrates his seventh birthday at the Patterson Hotel. Jabot fashion news notes continued excellent style with uninterrupted lines.
A garbled holiday catalog lists items for Mother Father Sister Home and Dad or Brother with a variety of gifts such as leather purses gloves beads lamps and household goods. The text enumerates suggested presents including pocketbooks gloves linen towels desk items and silken apparel with prices around eight dollars in a promotional style.
Dr C Hoffman hog cholera specialist is on vacation from December 16 to January 2. He will be away at College Park for part of the trip. Reports of sickness among swine arrive as the lead veterinarians monitor conditions during his absence.
Charles Davis at Tighmentar butchering party slaughtered three fine hogs on Friday. The largest weighed 18 pounds. A large crowd attended and enjoyed a sumptions dinner.
The Epworth League at St Pauls M B Church held a Christmas session featuring The Otherwise Men by Henry van Dyke read by Misa Margaret Harp. Pastor Vernon N. Ridgely spoke on Gene Stratton Porter and her religious lessons. Next Sunday night the league will sing carols in front of the church.
Spirit of Christmas dominated both services at St. John’s Lutheran Church. Morning sermon by Dr. Harms on The Christmas Evangel urged preparation for Christ’s coming. evening featured The Virgin Mother. Choirs under Prof. C A Roderick performed anthems and the Vesper service. Next Sunday’s service will present a cantata The Coming of the King by Dudley Mack.
The Empty Stocking Association announces this year’s Christmas event for poor children with a moving picture show a tree and filled stockings at the Palace with 450 seats but 600 children to be served. Funds from 1917 cover the cost. Mrs. Coffman presides and Mrs. Be a Beachley elected VP. Investigations prepare lists of eligible children and stock filling happens at Mrs. Coffman’s home with a 4 percent interest balance reported by Treasurer Harman.
A fragmented column by Cynthia Grey offers playful, misspelled musings on dieting, tennis, and dining. It weaves quirky humor with advice snippets about plates, spinach, and garments while riffing on aging and social eating.
Household hints advise that cotton dish towels are less satisfactory than enamel cloth for wall covering and suggest using dried orange peel powder as a flavoring for puddings. A popular model for keeping lemons involves a hat with a feather pompon, designed to hold fruit and keep it fresh for months.
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