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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1921
Page
7
Miss Bertie Stevens, 46, committed suicide by hanging in the wagon shed at her Creagerstown home on Sunday afternoon. Her brother George Stevens, returning home, found her body after going to fetch stock. She had planned to leave for health reasons.
The Pen-Mar Improvement Association announces park improvements including clean up and blooming urns along paths. Hagers Florist Bester did the work. A successful card party at Crout's Hotel was held. Wiring and lighting work are planned with Waynesboro Electric, pending Western Maryland Railway permission for a June 17 pavilion event with tickets to fund Pen-Mar improvements.
Alvin T Hast, 50, Republican national committeeman from Kentucky, died suddenly in Washington at the New Willard Hotel. He had come to attend the Republican National Committee meeting and was believed to have suffered apoplexy. He collapsed on a train Sunday night and had been confined to his hotel room since.
Geneva June 7 The Assembly of the Union of League of Nations Associations adopted a resolution in favor of admitting Germany to the League of Nations.
A public testimonial from Marvin DeLong of 821 Bellevue Avenue Hagerstown credits Plant Juice with curing years of stomach pain catarrh and weakness. He reports relief from head pains dizzy spells insomnia and improved appetite after using the product sold by D C Aughinbaugh & Son at 64 W Washington Street Mageratown.
An advertisement touts a pill named Hom-Roid as a complete cure for piles with quick action even in chronic cases. It emphasizes that the first box proves its efficacy and notes the treatment targets the underlying cause. Aughinbaugh Kneéisley Drug Stores sell and guarantee it.
Medical authorities warn about the flood of baby care books and mixed guidance. Charlie Chaplin’s The Kid at Colonial Theatre contrasts chaotic motherhood with his foster son’s care, while Henry Arthur Jones, famed playwright, signs on to write for Paramount pictures and discusses his career and notable works.
The article describes a screening at the Palace theatre where the stage comedy Parlor Bed room and Bath by W Bell and Mark Ewan will be shown alongside a projection addressing a young man’s dilemma about finances and devilishness, promising resolution tomorrow.
Herbert Rawlinson stars in Stuart Blackton-Pathé photoplay showing today at the Palace Theatre. Three character types stand out: Nighty the cabman, Pine the valet, and Samuel Burns the derelict. Tow Lewis, William Ferguson, and Dick Lea are praised as ideal types for these parts.
The Hagerstown Dairy Company paid a $15 fine to Justice Halm in Police Court after being found guilty of letting water run over the pavement in violation of the health ordinance. They were ordered to appear by Motorcycle Patrolman Divine.
A homemaker venturing into ads in the Herald-Mail finds help for a general housework job after a friend mentions the classified section. The next day a candidate is chosen from several applicants, with downtown inquiries about the position.
Hampton Va June date reported two aviation cadets Noel R Thompson and D A Bowen were killed when a Dex Haviland plane crashed at Langley Field. The aircraft struck a tree top during flight, detonating bombs and causing a fatal fire that badly mangled the bodies.
In Logan County Kentucky on June 8 a miner named Alexander Lovejoy was killed when dynamite stored in his pocket exploded after being removed from a Wood ene Company mine at Freeze Fork. His dismembered body was found in a woods near Ethel after a search prompted by his mysterious disappearance.
Charleston June 8 West Virginia prohibition officials report May enforcement of liquor laws led to the confiscation of 81 stills 500 gallons of whiskey and 10 000 gallons of moonshine destroyed, under state and federal officers.
Mrs C D Cook of 1912 Whitty Street says four months after marriage she suffered severe back and hip pains that left her bedridden briefly. After using Cardal for several days she recovered, guiding others with Cardui as a safe vegetable remedy for womanly troubles.
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