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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1929
Page
2
Ralph Lohr of 132 Wayside avenue fired through a store window as two burglars escaped by auto after forcing a lock. The family on the second floor woke to gunfire and reported a car seen nearby. Police scoured the city but found no trace of the getaway vehicle.
Mrs May Davis of Washington DC out of work ill and frightened offers her body to any medical or scientific organization for inoculation with disease germs excluding cancer for experimental purposes. She asks twenty thousand dollars and has two children.
Fire yesterday morning at Main's Garage office, 609 West Washington, caused substantial damage. The desk chairs and all the records were destroyed, with the office walls scorched. counters and cash registers were unharmed.
Palmer Tennant of Hagerstown describes wartorn China in a world tour letter from Peking dated December 8, 1928. He details a Kobe to Taku voyage, storms in a monsoon and typhoon off Japan, and emphasizes courage to reach Peking amid pirates, bandits, and fighting soldiers.
The narrator arrives in Peking in December to find vast city expanse and deep poverty. He notes mass illiteracy, four centuries of foreign influence, and the shifting seat of government toward Nanking. He observes ricksha porters, high walls surrounding all major buildings, and a market where goods tempt from afar, amid worsening business and stark inequality.
An advertisement touts Dr Edwards Olive Tablets as a gentle remedy for constipation to restore vigor and vitality. It highlights vegetables, ease of action, and long use replacing calomel, urging readers to know the olive colored tablets and buy them at 18c 30c or 6dc.
Miss Mattie Wilson, a 1925 University of Oklahoma graduate and the Altus Times-Democrat city editor, has been named the state’s only female deputy sheriff by Jackson County Sheriff Sam G. Banks. The piece shifts to a travelogue praising Beijing’s historic sites, especially the Forbidden City and Dragon Screen, noting imperial grandeur and ancient artistry.
A fragmented travelogue describes China s Great Wall Ming Tombs and guardian statues at Nankou Pass. It notes a fire at a Kyoto college and the Shanghai opium smuggling scandal leading to a Shanghai mayor s resignation. It ends with reports of the President Garfield sinking near the Bahamas and a Michigan college head s impending resignation.
A vintage health advisory urges two measures to avoid influenza: protect nose and throat with Mistol and keep the body in good condition. It recommends daily use, morning and night, to clear the head and soothe the throat, plus Najol to strengthen the system during epidemics.
Take Nujol and Mistol as a combination treatment to prevent illness. The ad claims the duo strengthens resistance to influenza and colds, urging readers to start now and buy at all druggists. It emphasizes safety, warns against disease, and presents the products as harmless and beneficial.
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