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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1921
Page
3
Readers note apology for lack of a 440 yard cinder track at City Park during the county athletic meet. Officials expect a cinder track to be built by next summer and ready for fall school athletics, promising safer events and fewer crowding hazards.
The navy dirigible Shenandoah departed from Lakehurst for Albany to take part in the centennial of the capital city. The craft carried a crew of thirty four and performed with ease in near ideal atmospheric conditions.
Washington June 3 showers expected this afternoon or tonight mostly along the Atlantic while the Middle Atlantic and North Atlantic coasts may see continued showers on Wednesday. Temperatures unlikely to change significantly. winds light to moderate varying by region with overcast skies and possible local showers along the South Atlantic coast and eastern areas through Thursday.
Scrambled early returns from the Iowa state primary show Senator Smith W. Brookhart leading former Congressman Burton H. Sweet by a small margin in the Republican senatorial race. Captain Stock of Ottumwa and John D. Denison of Des Moines top the field for the Democratic nomination as Charles K. Keleh trails in Des Moines.
Fragmentary reports say rebels besiege Tirana Scutari and Durazzo as the uprising gains momentum. About 1000 government troops reportedly join the revolt, two Albanian chamber deputies alleged to lead, priests on both sides recruiting reinforcements, with preparations for a decisive battle in northern Albania.
Butter five dollars and four cents per half pound or pound? Eggs twenty five cents dozen. Home grown strawberries twenty five cents and a box. Chickens twenty seven cents per pound. Potatoes one dollar fifty cents per bushel. Cabbage nine cents. Turnips forty cents per peck. Asparagus ten cents per bunch. Lettuce sixteen cents per head. Apple butter thirty cents per quart.
Government moves to slash 1923 income taxes by 25 percent starting July 1 under the new law. The fastest effect is relief on the current year through two methods of prepayment. Full-year impact includes a 50 percent tax-rate cut on 1924 incomes, with higher surtax rates reduced for upper brackets.
Local Dobbles and members of two Pythian lodges traveled to Frederick last night for entertainment hosted by Mountain City Lodge Knights of Pythian. Edward Wooden Jr BL Bailey Bart Harrie and G H Landa were present as guests.
Benjamin F. Walty prominent Waynesboro citizen died Saturday night from complications. He taught at Greencburg in early life and later lived with his uncle near Ringgold before settling in Waynesboro. John Ramaburg, one of Frederick's oldest residents, founder of Ramaburg Fertilizer Company and bank director, died yesterday at his Frederick home after a brief illness. born March 1884 on the Neameburg homestead to Milas and Catherine Ramaburg.
State attorneys prepare to present confessions and details to a grand jury in the Leopold and Loeb case. Officials emphasize capital offenses including murder kidnapping for ransom and a statutory crime of violence. Defense lawyers contest confessions, noting sleep deprivation during questioning while attorneys represent the defendants Cavalry and Narrow Bachrach.
A motivational note urging readers to banish anxiety and fear, maintain self belief, and guard against worry. It emphasizes staying level headed, continuing efforts, and trusting the Herald-Mall's Classified Ads for guidance and opportunities.
Two kidnapped missionaries Dr. H G Miller and Dr Jaffray, later released, arrived at Wuchow after a harrowing journey across desolate mountains hearing a ransom demand of 100000 dollars and fighting materials. brigands warned other captives would be released only upon payment. Building permits list Lloyd E Bowans 428 Cook street garage Tox1K Charles Pemsbury 131 East Washington street garage 20x20 B FL Warner 225 Kuhn avenue garage 12326
New York markets show wheat steady with July at 104 percent and December at 108 percent, corn easier with No 2 yellow 86 percent and No 2 white 90 percent, oats fairly steady with various grades, rye weak at No 2 Western 76 percent, straw steady for rye, flour prices at mills varied by grade, live poultry broilers bid 8 to 45 cents, butter returns steady with creamery high scores, milk wholesale price listed at 1.86 per 100 pounds for 3 percent milk in the 201-210 mile zone.
New York June 3 President Coolidge's tax reduction sign caused mild optimism in forenoon trading. Volume rose slightly from yesterday's dull totals as big dividend payers and rail shares edged higher, motor stocks led by General Motors amid hopes for auto market gains. Low priced rails and iron and steel remained cautious though some improvement in leather and tires appeared.
General chairmen of Western Maryland rail unions met at Hotel Bennett in Baltimore with national railroad officials to decide how to answer Maxwell C. Byers on a 6 percent wage request. Byers' counterproposal was unanimously rejected by employees in Hagerstown Cumberland and Elkton. Talks have been cordial with no strike, and a settlement is expected.
The M B P Moller Company won a contract to build a three manual pipe organ for the Peabody Conservatory of Music in Baltimore, a prestigious project highlighting the organ maker’s national reach with many schools using Mollers. A note also covers stock transactions and local grain prices, with a medical pitch for McCoy's Cod Liver Oil Tablets as a vitamin rich tonic.
The First Brethren defeated Trinity Lutheran by a score of 3 to 0 at Willow Lane yesterday. Burger and Marilan provided highlight pitching and batting with a home run off the right field fence. Also notes on Williamsport trolley schedule changes effective May 20 and a June stockholders meeting for the Agricultural and Mechanical Association of Washington County Maryland.
The Williamsport Motor Company Inc is chartered with authorized capital of 25000 dollars. Officers include Roger G Charlton president Albert H Rauth secretary treasurer and C Walter Baker vice president and attorney who also serve as directors. The firm takes over real estate merchandise and fixtures and will operate on Potomac Street in Williamsport where Charlton Bros formerly did business. MG and Mrs Max Lyon welcomed a baby boy born this morning at Washington County Hospital.
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