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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1921
Page
3
Fragmentary report notes Walter Rathenau and a German minister discussing present developments in the relationship between party sections and government. The text hints at debates over policy direction and the status of international ties. No firm conclusions are provided in the preserved excerpt.
John N. Mackall, chairman of the State Roads Commission of Maryland, reads a call for a conference of all Maryland members of Congress in the city on Friday to discuss road matters and policy.
Elmer C., 26, regained memory after a blow in a downtown incident. He was wandering and thought to be a victim of amnesia. Investigators note the assault may be linked to a bandit who stole his clothes. Mary L. Titcomb of Ampecott, Massachusetts, attended a related librarians’ event.
A fragment notes a claim that a product named Outgro helps with ingrowing nails and reduces iron and pain. It mentions a chiropodist ready antiseptic, directions inside a drug bottle, and rapid outward nail growth with skin tenderness.
The piece catalogues noble fish such as pompano shad brook trout and imported English sole while naming aristocratic kingfish Spanish mackerel striped bass sea bass bluefish chicken hali but whitebait salmon and salmon as top tier. It also lists popular varieties cod carp eels sheepshead white perch pickerel salmon trout tomcod flounders haddock pollock muskalonge pike and various shellfish.
A famed swimmer advised that in attempting the English Channel one should be a swimming machine, not feel or think. He spent 22 hours in the water and warned that realizing the enormity of the task would force surrender, urging minimal use of senses and brains.
A historical catalog describes a state banquet from Nero’s time where diners ate reclining on cushions as feathers cleared the throat. The list spans hundreds of dishes from cormice in honey to fried snails, turtle soup, chitterlings, bear haunch, and more, washed down by over a hundred wines.
In Keyser West Virginia a 10 acre reservoir crowded with black bass faces a mass die off and cannibal clashes. Keepers report hundreds of large fish dying from injuries as smaller bass are consumed, leaving the lake teeming with life yet starving fish and ongoing underwater warfare.
Richmond Va June 15 Peanut growers of Virginia and North Carolina representing half of the peanuts grown in the two states have signed a seven year contract based on the California plan. The exchange board fixed July 5 for director elections in the counties involved. The new exchange will exceed 5000 members, each owning $50 par value common stock.
In Massachusetts Hospital School the team, all crippled players, played at Franklin Park in Boston. Sunny Jack Guiney pitched from the slab during the cheerfully titled game and photo, showing resilience amid hardship.
Washington June 15 government regulation of the packing industry heads to a Senate vote. Leaders doubt whether the Senate will pass the agriculture committee bill or adopt the House measure with minor amendments. Proponents see the House version as less drastic. opponents prefer the Senate plan.
An old advertisement touts Foley Kidney Pills as cleansing the blood of impurities that cause rheumatic pain backache and swollen joints. A customer from Middle town N Y testifies the pills eased her lifelong kidney trouble and revived kidney health.
James H Allen suffered for years with rheumatism and created a prescription he claimed dissolves uric avid deposits in joints and muscles. He offered his discovery to others with reported success and appointed a local agent who promises to refund money for buyers who saw no benefit after two bottles.
J D Douglas of Ashland recalls weighing 128 pounds after recovering from the flu and credits Nerv Worth with a 22 pound gain after using the remedy. He praises the tonic as a time tested builder, says his wife urged use, and notes it is sold by Wareham and others in first class drugstores.
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