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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1925
Page
2
A paper by Hey Pimor presented to Trinity Lutheran Sunday school honors mothers on Mother’s Day. The speaker expresses reverence, gratitude, and praise for mothers’ selfless care, sacrificing love, and the example they set in home life, acknowledging their impact on family and faith.
A church sermon titled Mother and I urged devotion to mothers and living out love through obedience and service. The evening talk, The True Worth of a Man, followed with emphasis on honoring mothers through selfless actions and restraint from rash youth.
Preliminary work on the erection of the new Company UD Armory on North Potomac street will begin today with actual construction starting after building plans are approved. John J. Vandergrift of Cumberland is contractor in charge, stating monitors will be drawn from Hagerstown and Cumberland workers will be used as carpenters and masons. A crew of Hagerstown artisans will be hired as needed, with materials gathered locally. The armory is expected ready for occupancy before December 1, with dedication ceremonies planned featuring an address by Governor Albert C. Ritchie. The building will cost a sizeable sum as billed by Vandergrift.
A scrambled crossword style puzzle lists numerous mis-spelled clues and partial entries. It mixes numbers and letters for many across and down hints, including terms related to nautical, facial features, tools, and objects, with unclear or corrupted wording throughout.
Mr and Mire D Frank Aull and family were called to a sunny afternoon gathering. Mrs John Miles and Mrs Annie Snyter attended from Shady Bower during the outing.
Law dean Mackall announces seeking a state law to force railroads to cover half the cost of eliminating grade crossings. The plan would push smaller lines to match the three large carriers Baltimore and Ohio Western Maryland and Pennsylvania, who agreed to cover half of about 20 million dollars, with a 10 year timeline.
Washington county students at the University of Maryland earned signal honors in the student body elections. From Hagerstown and surrounding areas, two were elected to high offices and one will be faculty-edited as editor of the Diamondback. Names include Miss Katherine Baker Edgemont secretary to the Students Assembly Milford Sprecher Sharpsburg news editor and Charles Futterer Kenneth Stoner of Hagerstown program.
Miles Balke, a student leader, received one of the highest honors from the university's Student Assembly. He is the son of Adeline Baker of Edgemont and Kenneth Stoner, among others, with Balke serving as news editor of the Diamondback and poised to become editor-in-chief as officers assume their roles.
Fragmentary OCR hints at a reflection on secrets of success and a reference to the 1525-38 term, noting that most successful men are unable to conceive these secrets. The legible text centers on belief and effort as keys to achievement.
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