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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1927
Page
2
A fragmented oddball notice page mentions The Mall Publishing and various ads, with stray commentary on news services and the Associated Press. It includes a long paragraph: discussing car accidents, Native American issues, a Buffalo meat gift to the Osage, and tribal royalties, all in a satirical mixed tone.
Jennie Lynch, a long time New York City teacher, dedicated half a century to guiding students. She faced harsh days, sleepless nights, and unruly classes, yet persisted with humor, humanity, and patience, viewing her pupils as a divinely entrusted charge.
In Chicago a scheme to punish unsafe motorists would require offenders to surrender license plates and wear badges marked with red numbers for six months. The plan labels careless drivers as dangerous and subjects them to public shame while driving. It argues that fear of social disapproval will spur safer behavior.
A rumor of a professor noting larger animals wave develop instincts and intelligence. The dialogue compares chimps to chickens and mentions a fox and digger animals. The piece ends with a quip about why a chicken crosses the road.
Scraps mention Mail Pouch HeadMne Chicagoay Kil 4 by L Tral and a query on a Ford open road speed. Vague lines reference a Southern university, park benches, a Sunday morning tune, a Missouri man walking 12 miles on a birthday, a Chicago cafe shooting, and a plan to tour the shooter to radio stations.
A verse by Edgar A. Guest contrasts Mary and Kitty and their spouses. It weighs wealth against happiness, noting Kitty wishes for wealth like Jim and Mary while Mary finds contentment in love despite money. It ends with a moral about choosing a partner and the happiness or missing something in riches or poverty.
ROONEY DUTCHER discusses the strained cycle of campaigning for Congress, noting representatives must campaign long before taking office and endure a lame duck period after election. He cites Rathbone of Michigan and McCormick as examples of how early campaigns compress the time for actual governance and promise-making. The piece critiques the idea of a two year or longer term and the Norris amendment proposals to end lame duck sessions.
In New York a critics notes that the younger generation shows a hardening in the face of city life. He observes fewer fragile women arriving on Broadway and more rise to other pursuits after failed musical stage attempts.
Gilbert Swan writes on the decline of traditional trades in Manhattan as horse-drawn work fades and urban life shifts. He notes artisans from the anvil to the charnut counter fading, with waterfront trucking lingering as a last holdout amid a modernizing city.
Dr Morris Fishbein notes cosmetic makers face dangerous dyes in hair dyes and face creams. He urges clear ingredient labels to protect public safety, citing lead mercury and creosote in some products. Most makers support labeling but a few oppose, echoing past resistance to pure food and drug act pricing.
A Monday dispute at a home on West Antietam Street led to arrests and fines in Police Headquarters. Tortice Richard Duffey fined Jonayn Zepp five dollars and son John Zepp two dollars on disorderly conduct charges after drinking and threats to women in the household. Officers Heund Sergeant Brown and Patrolman Trumpower effected the arrests. In other notes, the Friendship Men’s Bible Class of Grace A. B. Sunday school elected officers for the coming year, including Rev. G. Rider as assistant teacher and C. Elmer Extracope as president, with Earl Stouffer secretary and B. F. Bloyer treasurer.
Two vacant Crestline lots were sold for 63 dollars by auctioneer J C Snyder in front of the courthouse yesterday tied to a tax sale for nonpayment of taxes.
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