14 Jul 1926
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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1926
Page
1
The Board of Street Commission announces the resignation of C. A. Tenney as superintendent of Streets effective August. JO McNheran of the Board read the resignation. Commissioners ordered repairs to eight traffic signals at Washington and Donarhan streets to rectify dangerous crossings. signs were shipped but not yet received.
The Street Commissioners proceed with widening the Slarsburg Pike by sixty feet, taking on land from one side with damages paid, while owners on the opposite side receive compensation. A request for a new city light plant faced delays as an environmental review paused the project. Police records show forty nine speed violations and $169.04 in fines collected over a two week period. Farm harvesters near Lyons are nicknamed “ppy” for snappy work, with bread baked from the harvest. Dr Ruby Huling departed Hagerstown for a two week vacation.
A Washington County Sunday School Young People's Division picnic ended yesterday with Rev W F Reansberg of Monkstown leading vesper prayers. Delegates from Leatenrog participated. Miss Parks won a prize in a Camp Mire Cowbell activity. Rev Mr Remeberg Kr Dutton and Dr Ruxgell judged the program.
Four percent improvement bonds were sold today at the courthouse by auctioneer Sogegh Murdock. The issue raised $19,000 with prices ranging from 93 to 106 cents per dollar. Two one thousand dollar bonds from Hagerstown and Pred anivk Stoway Co. sold at 1002 dollars. The sale also included bonds for W G Boyer and J Buyder executors of Lydia A Harr estate.
James Granite par Gricius, linked to the three slayings in Cicero Sunday night, was caught by police tonight in the act of holding up a pedestrian. He reportedly confessed to the slayings.
An advertisement from Gauffman's Cut Rate Store in Hagerstown Maryland promotes TONALL a treatment claimed to help with various ailments. The copy asserts TONALL strengthens nerves purifies the blood and aids digestion while offering money back if results are unsatisfactory. testimonials from unknown individuals are cited to endorse the product.
A fragmented notice recalls Aunt Winnie a freed enslaved woman born in Arkansas before the Civil War. She remained alive decades after emancipation, survived by years beyond her enslaver’s death. The piece mixes oblique dates and unclear details with a personal memorial tone.
An evangelist Dr Henry W Stangl preaches healing by prayer at the Community Tabernacle on Summit Ave tonight inviting the sick and afflicted to attend. A temporary structure may become a shrine for cripples from Hagerstown area amid broader remarks on faith, mind power, and parental discipline.
The report lists upcoming church activities at St John’s Episcopal including a boys and girls Sunday school program and related feasts. Names like Dan Namber Font and W D Campbell appear among organizers and leaders.
A garbled promotional feature touts a “quick way” to gain energy and weight for frail individuals. It claims a first package is free, with products like cod liver oil and iron pills, promising rapid improvements in strength, appetite, and appearance for “thin sickly children” and adults alike.
Fujers, led by Ward Evans and Linton Wells, aim to end their flight today from Chanute West, attempting a world distance record. They plan dawn takeoff and a nonstop trip to New York, expected to take about ten hours, with arrival around dusk on the 28th.
St Louis July 3 Prohibition agents facing intoxication while on duty were charged with driving drunk Everett Graham and Federal agent were arraigned. The judge ordered a £100 fine and thirty days in the workhouse after testimony that the agent became intoxicated while gathering evidence at technical bars.
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