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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1921
Page
6
Washington on June 9 observed a calm capital as President Coolidge settled in to await Cleveland convention backing and draft his platform for November. With Congress adjourned, the city emptied of politicians, leaving Washington quiet and undisturbed while Coolidge prepares.
The Rev Father Murray of Boston Maia conducts a mission at St Augustine's Church Williamsport this week. The sermon series began Sunday with a large audience and continues this week at 730 PM each evening inviting public participation.
Philadelphia police and state investigators massed resources across cities east of the Mississippi in a bid to identify a three year old boy found dead Sunday. The child underwent surgery for a swollen gland but died from a knife wound in the neck. his body bore bruises and multiple broken limbs, and he was wrapped in a perfumed sweater and heel.
Washington June 9 Maryland will get 625,945.01 in federal aid road money for the upcoming fiscal year starting July 1, with Virginia at 1,448,662.55 and West Virginia 798,275.47. The Agriculture Appropriation bill allows immediate apportionment of 76,000,000 from Pontoffles and 12,000,000 more ready, others to follow. A special mayor and council meeting tomorrow will reveal the city levy, with Tax Collector Downin citing about 33,000,060 taxable base.
The forecast indicates unsettled weather with showers tonight or Tuesday east of the Mississippi River, except in New England and South Florida. Temperatures will dip in Virginia and the Carolinas tonight and in the northern Gulf states Tuesday. Coastal winds stay moderate with overcast skies and possible showers from the North Atlantic coast to the Carolinas. A note mentions a machine recently perfected to measure the 600,000,000th part of an arc.
In Williamsport the Knights of Pythias prevented an outdoor event and held the memorial in the Pythian Castle hedge. Sydney J. Conley presided, with Vice Chancellor Russler of Cumberland delivering the address. Roy R. Manley offered the invocation and the Knights of Pythian band provided music. A committee decorated graves at Riverview Cemetery with flowers and flags.
Ten year old Charles H K Reecher Jr son of Mr and Mrs D R Reecher of Randolph Avenue finishes his second consecutive scholastic year without missing a day as a fifth grade student at Broadway school.
Obituaries list Emily L Barnhart seven year old in Leitersburg area with funeral at Cedar Grove Cemetery Greenlawn. Ella R Imlar of Halfway age 61 and family details. infant Mary H Buorsole. Clarine Marshall of Philadelphia transported to Hagerstown for burial. Mary E Seibert of Audubon New Jersey with relatives. Hallie Louise Gloss of Trego with family and Bethel Church service. additional minor notices include families in Boonsboro and Robersville. Also a short fashion item describes a pink chiffon frock.
A Baltimore reader reports ten years of constipation stomach troubles and rheumatism eased after taking Tanlac. He notes better appetite less indigestion and improved energy and work capacity and urges others to try the medicine as sold by druggists with a Tanlac table claim.
A busy parade through Hagerstown features the Pennsylvania Railroad band leading local boys from Publis Square to City Park. Eligible youths aged 9 to 13 may join a Washington trip with no cost to participants, funded by Rotary Kiwanis Lions and Elks.
In a discussion on Republican delegates eastern favorites Hoover and Dawes hold sway while Good of Iowa and General Harboard surface as potential compromises. The White House influence hints Hoover as the president's first choice as a party rift tests strengths between regions. Eight boys paroled for trespassing Cresay plant after partial restitution.
A thousand buttons ordered for the Dolcides ceremonial were recalved and go on sale today. The celluloid buttons bear the Dokklé insignia and a suitable inscription for the occasion.
Cleveland Ohio June Senator Henry Cabot Lodge of Massachusetts declined any post at this year’s convention. For nearly a quarter century he has held a partisan role at Republican gatherings, but today he rejected both national and state delegation positions. Lodge was offered the Massachusetts chairmanship but refused.
The state uses handwriting notes from Leopold and Loeb to argue they acted with legal sanity and culpability. It contrasts youths moves before and on the day of the slaying with their denials that the other committed the murder.
New York markets show steady to firmer tones for grains and dairy. Oats, hay, straw, flour, poultry, butter, and milk prices are listed with various grades and ranges, reflecting regional wholesale movements in the 201 to 210 mile zone.
New York forenoon trading showed prices moving in a very narrow range with a slight downward tilt. Industrials faced renewed pressure on reports of steel mill cutbacks and a looming U S Steel tonnage figure. Baldwin and others slipped, while copper and motor shares held steadier. Call money at 24 1 2 percent.
Prank Bornhofer of Tabasco Illinois keeps over 200 honey bee colonies and rarely gets stung. He demonstrates a helmet made from flying members of his hives, showing his calm handling of the insects.
Elizabeth Bugley, 60, of Nan Orleans, died sheltering in a car as a fierce storm struck near Mount Vernon Virginia. A party of Baltimoreans hosted by her was present. The storm swept Virginia and reached Washington and nearby counties, uprooting trees, damaging homes and crippling communications.
Wheat and corn futures opened mixed with July and September positions noted. The report lists varied percentages for wheat, corn and oats, mentioning Harry W. Anglo holding a contract on a city project and noting Portugal’s wine-making as a principal industry.
Senator William Borah stated no formal tender has been made to him to run as vice president with Calvin Coolidge. He added he does not want the job and could not definitively reject it unless an offer is presented. The remark comes as students of medicine rise in the country.
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