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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1921
Page
4
Mr and Mrs Drank Smith hosted a surprise birthday party at 16 Center Street for their son Demar celebrating his birthday. Festivities featured a beam-topped birthday cake with twelve lit candles, games, music, and refreshments. Guests included local relatives and friends from Pittsburgh, Baltimore, and nearby towns.
A quiet wedding took place last evening at St Fanl s Church at 7 o'clock. Miss Mary L Weigand daughter of Mr and Mrs MW C Weigand of Neue Hagerstown became the bride of Mauries 8 Juliaton son of Mrs lodinnols dobuston 824 Mulberry Ave. The bride wore white and carved white roses. The ceremony was held quietly due to the illness of the bride s mother. The bride worked in the clipping department of Crome Brow Sk MIE and the groom is a chemist at Bing Ice Cream Company. They plan a trip to eastern cities after Christmas and will live on Mulberry Ave.
Local churches schedule Christmas services and children's programs. Lutheran Willaneport plans a Christmas Eve service at 7 o clock, followed by A B Willimasport and Paul Union schools with exercises and a Santa Claus gift distribution. Public invited to all events.
A fragmented public letter style essay discusses gender roles and the wife’s financial dependence. It critiques the traditional wedding contract and the wife’s economic vulnerability, noting how employment and personal autonomy affect marital stability and moral expectations.
A local feature proposes lighting every window with a Christmas Eve candle in Hagerstown. The piece cites English customs and parallels in Baltimore and Marion Ohio, noting Mrs Casey and Mrs Ziegler as observed supporters. It urges a united effort to brighten the town and spread seasonal cheer.
Readers learn why women say just because with Professor Bowman noting many reasons from laziness to habit. The piece surveys cultural norms and defense tactics while suggesting the phrase's use varies across eras and individuals. Knights report Christmas observance and donations.
The Smithsburg High School senior class presented a two night class play on December 16 and 17. The production showcased strong music from the orchestra and glee club and featured a large cast including Katherine Henderson, Katherine Baker, Frederick Henderson, Ralph Sigler, Mrs Wigeing, Mabel Backs, Obadiah Stump, John Martin, Frances Whittaker, Grace Veity, Rosie Otis, Hertha Falumey, Mr Bobba, Leonard Unger, Jean Graham, Miriam Palmer, Marston Bobb, Kletter Wolfinger, Celesta Vandarpoo, John Peras, Katherine Martin, plus stage managers and promptors.
Christmas observances unfold tomorrow with MacClintock School pupils performing a morning Kinder Garten show at 10 00 and an afternoon cantata from 2 30 through eighth grade plus a Christmas tree and gift exchange under Miss Winifred Campbell. The event highlights student talent and festive playwork.
Little Hock Maryland December 22 a famous author Bernie Babcock claims babies brought her success as a novelist author of The Soul of Ann Rut lenge and The Coming of the King She says five children kept her focused while writing in the dishpan or with a sleepless infant Her widowhood and hardships led to her writing career later she held an editorial post and started a magazine Now her children are grown with two sons in college In New York City Yan McCrory founder of McCrory stores visited Hagerstown expressing pleasure with the store system built over 20 years into 200 U S stores
The Woman's Club reports continued donations with a new china closet added to the dining room by Miss Rena Smith and a mixing bar and egg heater donated by Mrs B. Kinter, enriching the club house's facilities.
The Sunday School meeting of the Elaes group at Mrs Attert's home 2884 South Locust Street in Nome will be postponed indefinitely due to illness. Roller skates noted as D. McKeb.
A widow Mrs. Shapiro of New Brighton Minnesota donated a diamond ring and other jewels to the Peace Aid Society to fund food for starving children in Eastern and Central Europe. Proceeds totaling 434 will be given to American Jewish Relief Committee for Minnesota’s quota in the $14 million Eastern European relief drive led by Louis Marshall of New York.
February 20 and 21 at the Maryland Theater mark the Alsatia Minstrel Show plans under Millar Producing Company of New York with Charles Ganin at the helm. The revue promises new stage settings and lavish entertainment, aiming to be the club’s most spectacular production yet.
An old ad lists a Turkey Dinner on Christina Day from 9 30 p m to 10 00 p m at Castello Restaurant Potomac Street. Prices set at 1 00. Also mentions local shops Peoples Pharmacy and Gold Pencils, plus toy trunks and doll coaches.
A fragmented text discusses beauty in design and harmony in creation, noting elements of style and convention. It mentions bat and leiuse imagery, a hint of Nitosin, and references to Gardenlouse and Behi with a clever yaricarn motif. The piece reads like a playful critique of aesthetic balance.
A fragmentary program from Broadway High School describes a Christmas event with the Girls' Glee Club assembling in the corridor for carols and scenes. It lists multiple vocal solos, a Latin carol Adeste Fideles, and a performance of The Birds by Kate Douglas Wiggin with Act I synopsis.
The readable portion shows a dated set of admonitions about behavior in public spaces. Instructions emphasize posture, distance from an escort, and maintaining a proper, restrained pace when entering churches or tidy areas. The fragment hints at ceremonial or moral guidelines from a past era.
At yesterday afternoon’s Chamber of Commerce meeting the board elected Emmett W. Gans president Dr. Victor C. Milles vice president and Roy A. Leiter secretary A special committee was named to study accounting methods and another to work with the president on a new executive secretary The election also set two year terms for new members including Harry E Bastar J Ferguson Dr J Edward Harms Col William P Lane John Porter Charles A Ritchey J Forady Young Robert W McCauley Louis Fadt Louser Roy Leiter C M Buckel Dr Victor D Miller Emmett W Dana and others, with reappointment of W W Benet and W Subion for further terms
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