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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1921
Page
2
The Democratic list shows nominees for City Council by ward: First Ward Edgar, Third Ward Harry Schueler, Fifth Ward Dudley M. Brewer. The article also covers political finance matters, tariff debates, and remarks on postwar economic policy, noting Proctor’s campaign expenditures and criticism of the Fordney tariff bill.
Washington, March 28. The Salvation Army opens the Dewey hotelConverted into a home for 189 rooms to shelter and comfort 200 local working girls including telephone operators and war workers. Managed by Staff Captain W. H. Helift and his wife, the residence aims to be self supporting but philanthropic with any surplus reinvested. officers' modest combined salary echoes service above profit. The Army also runs wounded soldier visits to Atlantic City and offers services for relatives of fallen soldiers arriving for interment at Arlington Cemetery.
In a crowded page letter, a displaced editor urges landlords to act fast as 1200 idle workers in Hagerstown seek new jobs and relocate. A second note from a married woman insists a wife may work and save, vowing to keep earning despite criticism.
Reader Q and A from The Daily Mail Information Bureau share concise replies on topics from presidential line of succession to US shingles production. Notable entries include succession order established in 1885, 1918 US shingles production figures, methods to clean gold lace, and meanings of AU C. The piece also covers pacifier concerns, rural free delivery start in 1896, chimney swallows migration, and the smallest Army unit, a corporal squad.
London on March 28 reports a night census finding 1035 men 216 women and 22 children without bed or in free shelters while 6041 paid a small fee for beds in charitable shelters. Churches are urged to open their doors to shelter the homeless.
The essay praises Saint Augustine’s Ladder of five rungs I Am I Know I Can I Ought I Will as a simple guide to self awareness intellect will and a sense of duty. It cites Woodrow Wilson on decision power and argues the ladder yields a practical mental framework for personal and leadership success applicable beyond theology.
In Cumberland on March 28, bands of youths described as hoolygoolies rock the roads. Dr M J McDermott of Midland escaped serious injury when a rock shattered his windshield while responding to a sick call. Frostburg and Lonaconing motorists report nightly stone bombardment as they pass through the area.
The Los Angeles Board of Education released January permits showing nearly 700 children obtained approval to work in the motion picture studios. Dr. B J Lickley notes more youths work in pictures than any other Southern California industry.
A Cumberland man reports his mother in Myersdale, Pennsylvania, improved after taking Dreco. He notes restored appetite, better sleep, and increased strength, attributing the change to the herbal remedy. Dreco, advertised to aid liver and blood, is sold by local drug stores including D. C. Aughinbaugh & Son and West End Pharmacy.
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