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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1934
Page
4
Betty Brainerd essay on Christmas goodwill contrasts with a Dunkirk homicide case where Mrs Schoch killed her ex husband and three children then took poison. Detective Murren notes the weapon purchase in Dunkirk and careful home preparations.
A nurse, Mrs Schoch, shot her sister in law Mrs Hughes and three Dempsey children and wounded Mrs Dempsey while the family slept after a Christmas visit. Police say she then killed herself with a pistol purchased in Buffalo under a fictitious name. The Dempseys included Walter 42 a welfare worker Robert 12 Thomas 15 months and Walter Jr 10. Mrs Dempsey survived after escaping to a neighbor’s for help.
A scrambled puzzle page lists across and down clues with garbled phrases about Christmas themes. The mixed entries reference gifts, decor, phrases in multiple languages, and items like tree lights, carols, and a crossword solution hinted by mentions of Bondman and topaz.
Grain quotations from Producers' Co operative Assoc list prices for wheat corn and young chickens. Wheat price appears unreadable while corn and chicken prices are shown as cents per pound. This clipping records local agricultural market quotes from a rural community page.
Turkeys cost 20 cents per pound with a few prices listed for tenders. Butter, lard, bacon and hams show various small price notes. Produce includes apples onions Irish potatoes and sweet potatoes with price ranges per bushel or per pound. The Classified Ads promise farm equipment bargains and invite readers to explore.
The Christian Workers Class of the Brethren church met at the home of Mr. and Mrs. L. Frank Carbaugh last Wednesday evening with attendees including Daniel Rauth Raseel Ocker and many couples. They noted attending Bruce Bair sale at Fort London and a Sunday visit by Preston Myers to Chewsville.
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