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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1921
Page
2
Berlin reports a population, once famed for weight, now swelling as heat rises and postwar malnutrition lingers. Banting ideas and dieting programs resurface, with theatregoers noting German women still suffer. Weight loss clinics reopen, magazines push How to Get Thin, and turnips emerge as a simple remedy amid shortages.
Paul Redington District United States Forester reveals a plan to deploy large squads of firefighters into the Western mountain forest reserves to prevent brush fires. He explains the atmometer records evaporation of moisture from air and ground, with serious fires tied to rapid evaporation readings.
Mia Dwire of Latrobe area was attacked while driving a cow home when a bull charged and gored her. Her husband Harry Dwire arrived and saved her life at the scene. The report notes other items about medical remedies and outdated ads.
In July a new cave opening is being explored on lands of Janes and Thomas Brown in the northwest suburb, with Brown brothers directing daily work at the base of a hill. Local tradition has long hinted at an underground cave, and workers have descended deep in search of wealth and wonders, despite skeptical neighbors.
The game commissioner announced eight black bears will be trapped in Potter County for stocking the Pine Grove Furnace State Park. Bears expected by November 1. Trees and berry bushes planned to offset prior food shortages in the Pine Grove preserve. 108,862 Ford models produced in June at Detroit and 22 plants set a monthly record. Bates College coeds Nellie Milliken and Elizabeth and Caroline Chase to tour England on foot with Dr. Phoebe Du Bois in summer, visiting Scotland.
Hy International News reports in Brand Missouri that 68 year old Mrs. Amanda Martin has given birth to a fine healthy boy for her 70 year old husband. Neighbors presented a new suit of clothes to the Martins. The baby is Mrs. Martin's thirteenth child.
A Manchester England paper calls renewed cultivation of old fashioned medicinal herbs in English gardens. In the United States herbs have become rare in small gardens yet remain imported in large quantities from Turkey India and China for commercial use. Their medicinal value is recognized by leading physicians. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound is cited as a successful medicine for women's ills containing no narcotics or harmful drugs and recommended for afflicted women.
The Stage and Screen notes audiences at the Colonial Theater will see The City of Silent Men featuring Thomas Meighan. Prison scenes in Sing Sing entertain prisoners who witnessed the escape depicted, using a packed box and a four-horse truck. The article recalls a historic escape by Thomas Murray in 1887, and describes the film’s dramatic tension and domestic angles.
The Mutiny of Elsinore adapts Jack London’s London novel for Metro at the Palace theatre tomorrow. A big Metro production with an all star cast portrays gunmen attempting to seize control of the ship Bilisnore on a voyage around the Horn, followed by pistol and rifle battles with officers.
The stage hit Just a Wife stars Charlotte Walker in a photoplay adaptation at the Palace. Written by Magen Walter the drama follows Richard Emerson a career man who marries a fiery southern woman and then relies on his secretary Eleanor Lathrop, creating an eternal triangle.
Miss Calhoun corrected a youth and instructed him in horsemanship while George L. Sargent, director, had to intervene several times as she rode too expertly during the lesson.
Berlin reports a new social service enterprise the Death by Own Action Bureau offering open daily hours with church and medical advisers available to counsel those tired of life. The initiative marks a step in suicide prevention and support for at risk individuals amid ongoing public discussion.
A quirky personal note describes a rural dwelling named Reemer Fort lamenting loneliness until new tenants moved in. The owner recently rented the space, paying a week in advance, prompted by a first time room for rent ad in the Herald Mall classifieds. The piece shifts to a London history line about Smithfield meat market from 1253.
Mrs. Mary H. Hill of Route 1 Marmaduke Arkansas boosters Thedford's Black-Draught as a trusted family medicine. She cites its gentle liver action and quick aid for biliousness sour stomach and headaches. The ad urges keeping a package at home noting its 70 years of use and urging purchase with the label Thedford's Black Draught.
Albert J Byrd of 1004 EB Street Washington died shortly after treatment at Casualty Hospital Washington. He homeward bound to Oak Grove Louisiana. Mrs Gosts, who left three weeks ago, is alleged to be involved in the incident.
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