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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1928
Page
2
Preparations for Flag Day observance by Hagerstown Lodge of Elks are underway with services at 8 under Rev. W. B. McKinley delivering the principal address. Calvert K. Hartle, past exalted ruler, will recount the flag's history as Boy Scouts and Elks members attend.
County Agent Milton D Moore issued directions for control of rose pests and diseases. For mildew and fungi use bordeaux mix or powdered sulphur. For foliage eating insects use arsenate of lead. For sucking insects use nicotine sulfate or liquid pyrethrum. All-in-one dusts combine all three groups. Begin spraying or dusting when leaves develop and repeat every ten to fourteen days. For brown rot and other cankers, cut out diseased parts and burn.
Fleigh Motor and Tire Co, local Studebaker and Erskine dealers, has purchased the Holzhu building in Cumberland. The three story structure will house sales and a service garage with new improvements for unloading cars directly from freight cars. The firm has occupied the building since 1923.
Chief of Police Thomas H. Barber urged the Board of Street Commissioners to appoint an additional officer for night duty. With William L. Middlekauff ill, the commissioners took no action. Barber reported $247 in fines and 57 arrests in the past two weeks, a record two-week collection.
A vintage ad touts Fletcher's Castoria as a tonic for infants and children addressing feverish spells colic and diarrhea. It claims specific fluid intake for babies and recommends weighing to gauge intake with a vegetarian formula on the wrapper and a gold standard signature. It notes a forty cent bottle contains thirty five doses and includes a motherhood guide.
Funeral services for Dr William Mann Irvine headmaster of Mercersburg Academy will be held tomorrow at 11 oclock from the Academy Chapel. The earlier report notes fines collected rose due to more people paying penalties rather than heightened police activity. The commissioners considered laying a two inch asphalt surface on worn streets where the base remains sound.
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