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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1928
Page
11
A state health official warns the common cold spreads by respiratory discharges and urges strict hygiene. He stresses that germs spread when people are careless, sharing towels or cups, and urges fitness, nutrition, outdoor exercise, water intake, proper dress, and hand washing to bolster resistance.
Edwin Layton of Schneckville Pennsylvania near Allentown reports major health gains after using Ten Herbs for indigestion and nervous fatigue. He credits improved appetite, regular bowels, pain relief, better sleep, and renewed energy. Sold at Warehims Pharmacy in Hagerstown and other area drugstores.
Public health guidance urges coughing into a paper handkerchief or sleeve and destroying used items after use. A small paper pouch beside the bed or in a pocket can hold germ laden handkerchiefs, reducing spread.
Boston Red Sox junior infielder Buddy Myer becomes a hot commodity as managers express desire to sign him. Reported chatter suggests Myer, considered one of the league's best third basemen, faced earlier questions about form during his Washington stint, with a salacious yarn cited by an American League insider.
A clipped radio schedule lists programs on December 18 evening across multiple stations. Shows include Mediterranean airs, light opera, minstrel acts, and comedies with stations WBZ WHAM WTIC WTAG WGY WRC WJAS WEAN and others providing the lineup.
A lively reminiscence recalls bench jockeys in the American League pestering stars like George Moriarty with verbal assaults until a controlled eruption at the field. Cleveland’s acquisition of veteran Jim Zinn from Kansas City is noted as part of a larger bidding war among clubs for aging talent.
The Indians arranged a transfer with Kansas City involving a pitcher and $10,000 payable if he fails to perform by July 1. The Yankees desired him late last season before facing Lefty Heibach but balked at the price. Air Matador: pilot Albert Fisher lands a plane after engine trouble claiming the bull as a field hazard. the bull dies, Fisher unharmed. Hog attack in Tennessee leaves farmer John Potts fatally injured.
In Carbondale Illinois on December 17 a bloodstained coat was found in the home of Dector Hundley who is held as a suspect in the murder of his father and stepmother.
SPICKLER LETTER describes Mr and Mrs John Yeakle and their young son Leon visiting the moving of Mr and Mrs Fleming on Monday. It also records Mrs Ebersole and relatives gathering at Clearspring, Almira Dennis visiting Ha erstown, Mrs Sellers and Miss Lilie Mitchell at Conococheague, and Christian Ebersoles visiting Rev W K Diehl at Clearspring.
St Louis Dec 17 Fred Haney third baseman has been purchased from the Indianapolis American Association team. The deal was for cash and no players were involved according to Clarence Lloyd secretary of the St Louis Cardinals. Lloyd refused to name the price.
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