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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1929
Page
2
The Daily Mail edition from South Jonathan Street in Magerstown announces its established status in 1828 and its publication schedule as an evening paper, clarifying Sunday release and ownership by The Mail Publishing.
A compact quotation argues women should wear modest apparel with shamefacedness and sobriety and avoid braids, gold, pearls, or costly array. It then quotes a maxim about a maiden’s virtue surpassing locks, bolts, or bars for security, attributed to Cervantes.
The article argues endurance flights reveal personal limits and human stamina more than aircraft capabilities. It defends the value of risking fatigue and danger to prove men can endure extreme conditions, drawing parallels to ocean and sailing ship feats to boost faith in humanity.
A defendant admitted to killing a gangster but argued the act served society by removing an undesirable citizen. The jury returned a manslaughter verdict instead of murder, questioning the value of private citizens taking justice into their own hands and the role of courts and police.
A Chicago millionaire takes a cross country pleasure flight with a family on a Sikorsky amphibian plane in New York departure. The piece predicts air vacations as a luxury trend likely to spread in coming years as planes offer real comforts and the wealthy lead the way.
Fredericksburg Virginia plans self guided tours for visitors. City officials distribute small maps marking historic sites with numbers and descriptions so tourists explore at their own pace. The scheme pleases tourists and benefits the town by reducing bus crowds and scripted commentary.
The piece contrasts the S 4 disaster off Provincetown with a British sub mishap, noting Britain also suffered peace time sinkings. It lists British losses H4 in 1922, M 1 in 1925 with 68 dead, 15 f in 1921 with 57 seamen, and a total of 14 submarines lost since the war, arguing the risks are universal and not a sign of slipshod navies.
Washington notes the National Commission on Law Observance and Enforcement works despite not meeting in Washington. A dozen staffers organize a large crime study with ten divisions including prohibition. Key experts Bettman, Warner, Harrison join as Lowenthal coordinates, and the panel maintains a non political stance.
The text notes the inherent danger of sea boats and the inevitability of losses even under good management. It emphasizes the submarine as an essential navy asset and describes efforts to improve safety through ongoing work and innovation to protect sailors and vessels.
The note discusses shipping second hand airplane engines to Europe to aid Atlantic flights. It recalls Harry Sinclair and Dr. Morris Fishbein praising friends’ influence. It comments on changing money value, youthful living, and Secretary Stimson proposing a new Washington role as treaty editor, likely from a weekly comic source.
A youngster asks what captains must do before commanding a ship. The captain recounts climbing from deckhand to Number One of the Number Seven boat, serving as petty officer, second mate, and vessel’s mate, proving worth through years of toil and storms before earning the braided uniform.
Blair's Valley July 14 church gathering led by Miss Leah Rep featured songs It's Just Like His Great Love and When I Get to the End of the Way with a prayer by the president Mrs Admiral Sword. Scripture Luke 4 15 22 read by Mrs Admiral Sword. Discussion on The Christian Sunday What It Is War and Why with John Clopper David Clopper John Carel Paul Suffecool and Mary J Steele contributing. Duets by Dorothy Poole Mrs Julia Payle and by Mrs John Sword and Mary Sword. Next week's topic Every Day Citizenship. Planning for annual Sunday school picnic Aug 10. Preparations for Rev CW Fink preaching Sunday. Building to get a new coat of paint. Myrtle Hall taken to Washington County Hospital for treatment.
The travel piece compares Agua Caliente Mexico to Monte Carlo with casino glamour and Ti Juana’s rough edge, noting dull sedateness, colorful decadence, and a casino boom. It then ponders San Diego’s La Jolla and Old San Diego, describing Spanish architecture, beaches, and a desert-to-ocean contrast, ending with a mood of carefree escape.
Dr Morris Fishbein explains insidious kidney diseases and Brights disease, how early stages go unnoticed, and the role of simple excretion tests in life insurance exams. He outlines acute, subacute, and chronic nephritis, treatment focusing on infection control, hygiene, diet, and laxative elimination, with a sample restricted diet across meals.
A collage of quotes from C C Little Grantland Rice C V Drysdale Heywood Broun Owen D Young and notes on India's roadways. Topics touch education birth control boxing poverty industrialist praise and critique transportation.
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