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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1929
Page
5
A reflective maxim cites Luke 14 28 about planning to finish a tower. It cautions never to begin after age forty five and to count five years of income as a cushion before laying a brick. The adage urges calculating expenses at double the estimate.
A mid western city hosted a week of grand opera in a grand hall, drawing wealthy patrons and costly vehicles. Across the street a city run free employment office drew ragged, discouraged men daily, highlighting stark contrasts between affluence and poverty and provoking reflection.
A New York man accused of strangling his wife and burning her body protests his innocence, claiming deep love. The editorial notes such pleas often follow violent crimes, questioning their credibility. It also discusses Congress facing knotty taxi reform issues and fears a tariff on Philippine sugar could spoil improved relations and independence momentum.
The Department of Commerce notes England has become the leading foreign market for grapefruit. Last year over 421000 boxes shipped to England, up from 15000 five years ago, benefiting British households and American fruit growers by expanding a breakfast staple market.
The piece surveys rising jail counts in Kansas during prohibition and contrasts wealth and poverty beside a Chicago setting. It notes Hoover press questions, a frugal Illinois mayor, Ruth Hanna McCormick’s rural claims, and a Missouri girl selling Paris style shoes, framing broad social contrasts.
Congressman Montague of Virginia pushes a plan requiring cabinet officers to attend Senate and House sessions on specified days with right to debate and answer questions. Assistants may attend except when personal presence is requested. Policy aims to quicken legislation, raise cabinet knowledge, and open executive legislative relations. Montague notes past support and potential objections about heckling and accountability.
Poem ponders how beauty grows from common ground and everyday effort. The author argues that greatness comes from ordinary clay and shared resources, not from superior materials.
New York gossip notes Rudy Vallee and other pop jazz leaders invading Broadway. Paul Whiteman Vincent Lopez and George Olson profiled with origins, families, and early gigs. Olson links to Elsa Shutta and Tin Pan Alley innuendo ends with Gilbert Swan’s closing remark.
Dr Morris Fishbein reviews how pre modern plumbing spread odors and disease. He explains people wrongly blamed sewer gas for illnesses like typhoid and dysentery while noting real links to putrefaction. The piece traces historical beliefs about sanitation and the emergence of germ theory.
The text warns that typhoid arises from carriers or contaminated food water or milk, not sewer gas. It notes sewer gas itself does not spread disease, only causes nausea by odor, and emphasizes correcting plumbing defects.
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