10 May 1929
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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1929
Page
1
The Washington County Hospital reports for April show 233 patients treated, 174 admitted, and 151 discharged during the month. As of midnight Saturday April 20, 82 remained in the hospital.
Former Southern Association baseball player Pug Allen is named head professional at the Deland Florida golf course. He brings years of professional play to the club and assumes duties guiding instruction and course operations. The appointment marks a transition from Major and minor league baseball to resort and golf course leadership in Florida.
The new Hagerstown Civic Orchestra makes its first public appearance tonight at 8 in St John’s Lutheran auditorium. Formed last fall with fifty members under Peter Buys, the group has trained through winter and aims for a full-capacity opening. Earlier Y M C A and Stouffer classes performed, with soprano Doris Ruse substituting for Lana Chaney and violinist Yacob Gendolo from Dickinson College assisting.
Straw Hat Day arrives with men shedding felts for straw headwear. Local merchants display about 35 styles with wide price ranges. Straws feature slightly narrower brims and dark bands. favored types include Panamas Leghorns Milans and stiff straws. Hagerstown merchants offer nearly indestructible rain proof straw hats.
Experts estimate Halley’s comet tail mass could reach one million tons if composed of fine dust particles, but if the tail consisted of gas molecules the total weight would be no more than 100 tons.
Ramey Mason of near Berkeley Springs will be the first person to stand trial under the Jones law in Morgan County. State police and prohibition agents pursued him after he was seen driving east of Berkeley Springs. He fled into the hills with two pint liquor bottles, one hurled into a rock pit and the other broken during a struggle with officers. They seized enough liquor for evidence.
An advertisement promotes Tanlac as a natural tonic for indigestion constipation and general weakness. It claims the root bark and herb based formula cleanses digestive organs boosts appetite and weight with no minerals and a money back guarantee if it fails.
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