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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1923
Page
4
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A wandering meditation on why people risk their lives to save horses and dogs in fires. It traces a deep inherited impulse from ancient times when animals were essential for survival, arguing that even modern spectators respond to primal urges to protect beasts that helped humans endure harsh journeys.
The President and Secretary of the Treasury support abolishing tax exemption for state and municipal bond income while Secretary Metton's recommendation stalls in Congress. A tax on such income would raise borrowing costs for states and municipalities, increasing interest rates and altering investment incentives.
The Department of Agriculture reports producers receive steadier declines while consumers pay higher prices for meat and vegetables. Beef cuts rise in cost though farmer receipts lag, with cabbage up 27 percent and potatoes up 14 percent from March to April, as potatoes at farm level averaged 56 cents a bushel in 1922.
Prices of wholesale commodities and the cost of living rise to 59 percent above pre-war levels, according to the National Industrial Board. The board has issued new figures reflecting a higher burden on households as inflation tightens budgets. Existing incomes and wages face pressure from the sustained price surge.
A playful wartime style poem depicts children singing farewell to arithmetic spelling and geography as they leave school for the outdoors. Teachers share a knowing smile, understanding the longing for rest and play while the schoolhouse doors close on a schooldays era.
The monthly index shows a 43 point rise in a typical family budget from two years ago, with April 1923 prices 6 points above April 1922. Weather in April was cooler than last year, aiding profiteers to gauge consumer demand as clothing costs climbed 12 points versus April 1922.
Frederic J. Haskin discusses a looming shortage of unskilled labor and the plan to relieve it by large scale Mexican immigration. He cites Eugene Grace of Bethlehem Steel and Judge Gary of United States Steel Corp noting substantial Mexican hires and positive results as the nation seeks to populate industrial centers in the East.
Figures from the Immigration Bureau of the Labor Department show a steady rise in Mexican workers entering the United States nearly every month. Last February 448 Mexicans crossed seeking work, about five times the number a year earlier, with over 32,000 admitted in six months ending December, ten times 1921’s comparable period. The article notes the immigration law’s Western hemisphere exception and cites concerns over radicalism fears fueling restrictions. It discusses labor market demands, wage levels, and the long history of immigrant labor. It also includes a satirical, cautionary digression about misinformation and a jumble of unrelated advertising-like text.
A fragmented column questions honest politics and personal design, batting around Irish identity, national symbols, and social roles. The piece muses on housework labels, currency imagery, and the idea of public virtue, while stray lines hint at a local sports note about a team scheduled to play at home.
A long reader Q&A section covers household tips and trivia including fixing a kettle with sal soda, distinguishing real Chelsea china by three unglazed spots, origin of terms in card games, admiral titles, casing head gasoline, and the derivation of renig. It lists names and questions about Washington, Key, Panama, and New York water supply while offering practical advice and quirky facts.
In Italy pastel drawings appeared as study pieces as early as the Vth century but the credit for invention often goes to Germany where Thiele lived 1865 1762. New York houses a large school with about 000 pupils and 285 teachers. A Tolingon notes savage eating and claims he sings pictures on a voyage to the South Seas showing cannibalism.
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