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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1922
Page
3
Fragmented OCR text shows a 1922 postal and circulation related notice with references to The Daily Mall and department mail handling in Hagerstown. It mentions an editor and circulation bureau contact, a Bay area deviation note, and a nonpayment reference with a sale figure of 748.
The piece surveys proposed national flower choices from the daisy to the violet, arguing any selection must be native to all states. It notes sectional loyalties like the Magnolia in the South and the Gunflower in Kansas, and critiques the feasibility of a universal emblem amid agricultural politics and regional favorites. It closes reflecting on historical greats and the role of invention.
Fragmentary reminiscences mix pointed social critique with glimpses of bygone manners and modern leisure. The narrator muses on dancing, flirtation, and indolence, contrasting old Europe’s entertainments with present fast living. A passing note on a coal and railway strike hints at national action.
Saginaw dispatch reports Joseph Fordney will not seek re election while North Dakota insiders doubt McCumber’s nomination. The New York Herald blasts the Fordney McCumber tariff plan as dynmite that could wreck the party as candidates brace for November.
A fragmented column riffs on language and restraint, pondering if less is more and why “don’t” shapes daily choices. The piece weaves odd metaphors about bars, doctors, and fuel substitutes, hinting at humor and social commentary amid scatters of garbled phrases.
Wry observations compare American life to dirt made men and ordinary craftsman experts. The piece notes hot weather mood, rushed efficiency, and the idea that many people chase nothing, while a prophet and jitneys are cited in light of prohibition and social burdens.
Frederic J. Haskin notes that using 1981 average duty consumption and 28 cent gasoline, the U.S. pays nearly $3.8 million annually. A one cent price increase adds $123,726 daily. a seven cent rise costs $986,084 daily, totaling about $216 million yearly. He recalls prices a decade earlier ranged 12 to 18 cents. The piece cites demand-driven price hikes and anticipated legislative probes with strong legal backing.
A discussion on job motivation given as a primer for workers contrasts with a broad note on gasoline’s role in American life. It details gasoline’s origins from crude oil, its volatile nature, and the need to capture light fractions at the casing head as wells expand output. The piece notes Senate hearings will raise costs for government and producers, with public prices bearing the burden.
A playful pair of rhymed poems express, in bright doggerel, the tug of summer heat and the fantasy of a blizzard. The speaker longs for cool shelter while imagining snowy relief, then desists at the thought of a heavy winter.
A long reader Q and A column answers queries on treasury letter timing, fires in stables, father of Greater New York, Libby Prison escapes, slander versus libel, Liberia’s government, and number of vaudeville venues. Notable answers include postmarking bonds for western states to inform all, fly repellent recipe, Clarence Lexow’s link to Greater New York, Libby Prison escape counts, and about slander.
The article explains bank clearings via the city clearing house as the net total of checks drawn on other banks and deposited with a bank. It notes daily and monthly comparisons show business volume and discusses how booms inflate clearings while normal times can still keep high turnover with fewer dollars exchanged.
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