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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1928
Page
2
A Washington commentary argues that Hoover’s nomination reflects zeal and conversion but warns that single party rule risks arrogance. It urges two capable parties to govern with integrity, saying periodic party change is essential to check corruption and uphold republican ideals.
A garbled transcript recounts Rev. Wheipley’s sermon pitch on New York’s crowds and vice. It depicts cab rides past speakeasies, nightclubs, and plague of temptations as he claims city residents live by a rule not to get caught. The piece questions whether the preacher embellished his tale for a sensational service.
Montana born Thomas Campbell, a graduate engineer and farmer managing 9,000 acres, writes in Magazine of Business about industrial farming. He argues financing is a chief hurdle, praises science and businesslike farming, warns of mass migration to cities and corporate control eroding the independent farmer’s spirit.
A column notes warm weather myths and delegates at Heflin speech from the Democratic convention. It cites raindays delaying street repairs in Hagerstown, with resident official H E Rhodes trimming crews. It also mentions Amelia Earhart’s 1918 visit and a driver denied recovery after railway crossing neglect. Mr and Mrs Louise Lowman and family visited Martin Buseard.
A speech to the convention shows Hoover criticizing the notion that the Republican party alone can administer the nation. The rhetoric questions the virtue of one party claiming exclusive trust and recalls Wilson era wartime policies as a cautionary example.
In New York a Manhattan rambles diary recalls Joe Ravens a 17 year stage doorman at the Winter Garden. He remembers Al Jolson Kitty Gordon Stella Mayhew and Gaby Deshys era and the backstage chatter. He notes current Broadway gossip expansion of magazine gossip sections and his talk with Leslie Fenton about Countee Cullen and a Maryland pickaninny tale. He signs off returning to write Gilbet Swan.
Olive Roberts Barton argues that modern parenting must base child training on truth and health. She notes rapid societal change, increased openness and self defense, and warns against relying on old precepts. Training starts at birth with health, shaping character before habits.
A historical advertisement offering transport to Beautiful Rest Haven Endowed Cemetery. The notice lists contact at Telephone 1469 and an office location at 32 North Jonathan Street inviting visitors to arrange service.
Dr Morris Fishbein explains the arterial changes from aging and arteriosclerosis. Elastic tissue thins with age, replaced by fibrous tissue, raising blood pressure. Fatty deposits and calcium can calcify vessel walls causing severe hypertension and potential brain hemorrhage. Proper hygiene throughout life helps control these conditions.
The poem presents two views of a dining room in contrasting moods. It begins with praise for beauty, flowers, goblets, and the joy of a shared meal, then shifts to a bleaker scene where the once delightfully lit room feels ghastly and dull as the feast ends and departure follows.
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