Local Audit Bureau notices and circulation figures
The notice from the Audit Bureau of Circulation appears as a terse header about communications to the editorial and circulation departments. It mentions a general manager and an entry at the Hagerstown Post Office as second class matter, with figures like total path circulation and mail numbers referenced in a shorthand, likely for internal records.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Audit Bureau of Circulation
B. Philiaps
Hagerstown Postoffice
E & PF
Statues at Gettysburg Reflect on Memorial Impulse
The piece discusses South Carolina’s new Gettysburg memorial by Gutzon Borglum amid many on the battlefield, arguing memorials reveal our desire to preserve past greatness. It argues Gettysburg teaches peaceful remembrance, not glorification of war, and notes the enduring presence of statues among the Pennsylvania fields.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Carolina
Gettysburg
Gutzon. Borglum
Pennsylvania
Fragmentary Death Tribute Echoes Through Time
A fragment recalls how past generations faced destiny and peril without fear, describing endurance, confrontation of destruction, and ascent past the last fiery heights in a terse, reflective line.
Economical movable coast defense forts developed by U S Army
The U S Army develops movable coast defense forts using fourteen inch guns on railway trucks with placements planned at 140 Atlantic ports. The system aims to repel invasions by shifting heavy artillery quickly to sectors most in need, reducing the cost of building a vast fort network.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LU. S
Atlantic
Aviation's Laboratory Endurance Flights Advance Flying
Aviation endurance flights across the nation function as laboratories for the field. Flyers pursue new records not merely for spectacle but to gain fame and fortune while advancing aviation. Each endurance attempt sheds new light on the business of flying and solidifies aviation progress.
Quirks In The Law On Capone and the fair trial question
The article notes Al Capone was arrested in Philadelphia for carrying concealed weapons, pleaded guilty, and was jailed. His lawyers then filed a brief seeking release, arguing his trial was prejudiced, a point perplexing to nonlawyers.
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al Capone
Chicago
Philadelphia
Pedestrians Shouldn’t Kick in Weird Echoes of News
A garbled mix of remarks mentions Pauline losing, a Postmaster General Brown cooking up a challenge with 5000 dollars for a Welsh phrase, rewards for stamps, and a clergyman among 21 arrested in Arkansas raids. Robert Lister and Alice Butcher’s London wedding ends when he is found to be already married in Halifax, the wedding party dispersed.
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Brown
Arkansas
Nol
London
Robert Lister
Alice Butcher
Middlesbrough
Halifax
Wardman Park Hotel: Washington social hub for officials
In Washington a community clusters at Wardman Park Hotel where cabinet members, Senators, diplomats, and celebrities live year round. The complex houses about 3000 residents with lobbies, pools, riding club, beaches, theatres, shops, and extensive annexes. Prominent figures from government and diplomacy mingle privately within this social enclave.
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Wardman Park Hotel
Washington
America
Wardman Park
Connecticut Avenue
Rock Creek
Muddy Ruel
Edith King
Stimson
Parrot
Brown
Commerce
Robert P. Lamont
Navy
Charles Francis Adams
John Marshall
George R. Farnuni
Grant
John M. Bartlett
W. Irving Glover
Treasury
Harry K. Daugherty
The
Carl. Schuneman
Mint
Robert ¢. Grant
Internal Revenue
David H. Blair
Mark Peter
J. Varela
Leonard Wood
Marjorie Stinson
Aviatrix
Blair Coan
Robst L. Owen
Oklahoma
Rudolph
Senator Borah
Quotations on humanity, business, and ideas from periodicals
A mixed collection of quotations from Scribner's Magazine The New Republic Forbes Magazine The American Mercury and other sources. Notable lines discuss humanity converting miracles to commonplace public spirit in business and academia.
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R.E. Sherwood
Scribner's Magazine
Just Fouks by Edgar A Guest
Nellie voices a spinster ideal of life free from husbandly toil then admits the truth of a watching partner. The speaker reflects on marriage, freedom, and the subtle pull of domestic duties as Socks and duties bind.
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Just Fouks
Edgar A. Guest
Western Maryland traffic gains in coal shipments
Western Maryland Railway reports a turn for the better in earnings as coal freight receipts rise 16 percent in the final week of June, matching a 3 percent gain for the month. First half 1929 gross earnings total 9,014,968 versus 9,125,183 for 1928, down just one percent.
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Western Maryland Railway
Vicar Pays Toll to Enter His Own Home in London
The vicar of St. Bride church on Fleet street must pay a toll to reach his front door due to Bridewell Place, built on land once owned by the Bridewell Foundation, blocking a right of way to the vicarage. A visitor, Mr Dolan Shank of Hagerstown, was present with the Trumps and Gordens.
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London
St. Bride
Fleet Street
Bridewell Place
Bridewell Foundation
Going Places and Seeing Things in Los Angeles
A lively slice of Los Angeles life in July, spotlighting cafes, hotel lobbies, beachfront views, and the vibrant convention decorating industry. Observations cover local attractions, celebrity culture, and the flood of press agents shaping Hollywood publicity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Montmarte
Harry's Pits
George Clark
San Diego
Victor Hugo
Tait's
Mentone
Santa Monica Hills
Jack Dempsey
Estelle Taylor
Perspiration and its role in disease and cleansing eyes
Dr Morris Fishbein reviews how perspiration helps regulate body temperature and its variable composition in arthritis kidney disease and uremia. Sweat baths are linked to health but do not alter perspiration during inflammatory conditions. The piece notes sweat content and the body s self regulatory mechanisms. Also advised: never rub an eye. rinse with boracic acid solution using an eye cup to remove foreign bodies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Presbyterian Hospital
Philadelphia
Bright
Street railways carry 15 billion riders in past year
Electric street railways and buses carried 15 billion riders in the past year, more than seven times the world population, underscoring rapid urban transit growth and dependence on electric public transportation.
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Mail Publishing Co
Jonathan St
Hagerstown
A. Hawken
Ingle
Poreign
Burke Kuipers & Mahoney, Inc
Graybar Building
Lexington Ave
New York
Wabash Avt
Constitution
Atlanta
Georgia
Mender
Associated Press
Amerionas
Army
Aviation’s Laboratory
of Aviation
Pauline
Henry Mason Day
Messrs. Sinclair and
Capone
Jwwashington
Rooney Dutcher
NEA
Edna Lonigan
the New Republic
Benjamin A. Javits
Fodbes Magazine
Elsie McCormack
James A. Tobey
American Mercury
David Starr
Joddan
Glenn Frank
Nellie
Maryland
Dolan Shank
Calvin Trumpower
Mrs. Dolan Gorden
Hollywood
Fairyland
Jack
Prince of Wales
Africa
Shriners
Elks
Legion Convention
Louisville
Jones
Fantasy Land
Equity
Prealthes
Morris Fishbein
Journal
American Medical Association
Hygtia, the Health Magazine
Community Finance Service, Inc
Grand Building
F. & W. Grand
W. Wash
Feld's
W. Franklin St
Maryland Motor CO
Q. A. Highbarger
Howard
Purina
Balto. St
W. Washington St
A. E. Lutz
Cor
Baltimore and Locuat’ Sts
Challenger Flying Service, Inc
Hagerstown Airport
Housekeepers Personal Finance Co
Washington Street
Wetherill
R. D. McKee
N. Potomac St
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