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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1921
Page
2
A long-winded column contrasts 1917 Wilson war messages with 1921 Harvey statements. It highlights how the nation justified entering World War I to defend democracy and peace, then notes modern misgivings and shifts in sentiment. It also profiles Amos Grant Batchelder, a road-building advocate who rose from a farm boy to a leading autos and good-roads pioneer.
The article honors a long-time road advocate who pushed for federal aid and a national highway system. It notes his 40000 miles of travel yearly promoting better roads for military and economic reasons, his role with AA A, and a proposal to builds a Batchelder Highway on Baltusrol Mountain as a memorial and proof of a federal highway commission plan.
A reader inquiry provides trivia on U S timber use and forest decline, sweetness of saccharin, origin of John Doe, and butter grading. Answers explain forest area, annual timber consumption, saccharin’s sweetness, the John Doe lineage, and that first and second grade creamery butter are both pure though production methods differ.
A reader posed questions covers Declaration signers ages the first overseas shipment 1919 20 Kipling Kim Australian Alps Kosciuszko Mount 7328 feet earth velocity about 66000 miles per hour and a pound of gold versus feathers. Answers note 56 signers ages ranges youngest Edward Rutledge 27 oldest Benjamin Franklin 70.
The Cumberland district report says President Arthur Hoffa of the Cumberland and Georges Creek League decided to call off Sunday baseball on or before June 25 after a row at the Cumberland Frostburg game. The pledge for weekday games received hearty support.
Dr William E Barton analyzes a case of a Chicago registered man later found in Macomb who enlisted as a lieutenant colonel. The War Department affirms he remained a deserter due to failure to notify changes of address, despite his service. He may face no prosecution but bears lifelong stigma for neglecting duty.
During the last day of term and after planning a summer vacation, J. Audrey Ensor, 14, a student in the elementary department of the State Normal School at Towson, was almost instantly killed yesterday afternoon when struck in the head by a batet baseball during recess.
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