09 Mar 1921
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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1921
Page
1
A New York woman details how she dressed for a year on three dollars weekly. Mary Worth explains she balanced costs by prioritizing versatile pieces, noting prices for cotton waists to silk blouses and a range of garments, plus how a $25 jersey suit replaced pricier options after discounts.
Improvement in traffic on the Western Maryland Railway, especially the Connellsville Division from Dickerson Run to Cumberland, noted by officials. Freight movement is chiefly miscellaneous goods with prospects for further gains as regular crews log more time. If coal rolled normally, Dwelness on that railway would be the heaviest ever. Sunday dispatch was nearly normal.
Chicago March 9 Sinclair Lewis editor of Main Street and ex editor of Yale Literary Review contends Americans mislabel complex fiction as good. He asserts readers prefer simple works and ignore highbrow literature, praising authors like James Cabell Joseph Hergesheimer William Allen Lloyd Douglas Dell as shaping a new era.
A March 9 crash near Jefferson Read Bridge killed Joseph Bowles at City Hospital from a broken back. The auto, carrying Frederick and others, struck a curb, tipped, rolled into a stream, then overturned. All occupants were thrown into water before the vehicle righted.
Despondent Mrs Margaret Stewart, 18, wife of Robert Stewart, shot herself at her parents home near Brownsville after failing to find a house. She is reported dying at Brownsville Hospital.
A noted authority explains kidney and bladder irritation from uric acid causes burning sensations and nighttime trips. Advice promotes four ounces of Jad Salts dissolved in water, taken for two to three days to neutralize urine acidity and ease irritation.
Mrs Margaret Davies of 122 Waller Street Birmingham Alabama describes long stomach trouble with gas headaches and fainting spells. She states a 85 foot tape worm was expelled after using Plant Juice and she recovered enough to eat sleep and work again. Ad cites D C Aughinbaugh Son's Drug Store in Hagerstown Maryland as seller.
Joliet March 9 rouge lipstick and half hose hinder applicants for housemaids says Catherine Langdon head of the woman's division of the Illinois employment bureau. She notes that well dressed, attractive maids are hired quickly but many housewives prefer to do without help rather than hire dolled up girls.
Harry Mullen of Cumberland was found guilty by a U S Court jury in Haltimone on two indictments under five White Slave laws. Judge Rose sentenced him to six years in two concurrent terms at Atlanta Government Prison, with the second term to start after the first. The indictments allege he brought Mrs Geraldine Rackley to Baltimore from Washington on December 26 and took Miss Rose McFaul from Baltimore to Washington on January 34, with promises to marry both women.
Weakened and run-down resident Weasley Mabe near here says Cardui lifted her spirits and strength after a year or more of fatigue poor appetite and nervousness. She reports improved eating sleep and energy after using Cardui.
Boston officials report a large rat problem with hundreds of plague potential carriers being trapped daily. H C Mosman of the State Department calls the effort efficient but stresses ongoing precautions and extensive waterfront work funded by a recent legislative appropriation to prevent an epidemic.
An old advertisement touts MorthoSulphur as a quick cure for fiery itching eczema. It claims germ destroying action, soothing relief, and healing when applied like cold cream, urging sufferers to obtain a jar from any druggist.
At Kilrush Fair soldiers compelled anyone wearing clothing resembling uniforms to remove them. An old man from the remote country had to peel off his dilapidated khaki trousers and go home barefoot, to the crowd's amusement.
Mrs J T Schaff of near Upton quietly marked her 85th birthday at home on Friday with few children present. She regretted missing her yearly horseback ride due to cold weather and a spirited horse, while her husband, previously ill, is improving.
In Bellaire Ohio on March 9 Walter McCrohn an auto salesman believed a deal was closed. A neighbor advised him he could obtain an auto for 20 000 chewing gum wrappers. The matter remains unclear whether a real sale occurred.
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