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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1928
Page
2
Mayer Bowman announces city street department will remove rubbish on scheduled days in sections of Hagerstown. Citizens urged to clean yards and premises, fostering civic pride and healthier homes. Keep front and back yards clean year round to improve property conditions.
The Democrats pick Claude G. Bowers editor and author as keynoter at the Jackson Day dinner in Washington. He faces scrutiny as a nonpolitician with strong literary credentials, while Republicans settled on Senator Fess known for the draft Coolidge era.
The Sinclair trial exposes flaws in criminal procedure and suggests the legal machinery may need revision. Prosecution blocked by procedural rules, jurors uninformed of key facts, and public perception of high priced legal play prompt calls for bar associations to push for changes to restore focus on guilt or innocence.
A fragmentary comic column mocks Chicago politics and national events noting no word from Thompson since the Chicago election, urges more elections, mentions a motorist trading his car for clothes, and jokes about morale under the Midwest. It flits through a London court ruling and Primo de Rivera’s press fine, ending with a quip about pneumatic bread headlines.
Senator J Boomboom McWhorter welcomes a Senate probe into presidential campaign funds and offers to split any large contributions. The piece lampoons his tariff bills and constant photo ops, noting only minor personal expenses like a $3 98 shoe purchase and taxi fares as possible reportable costs.
A fragmentary poem recalls Shakespeare fellow Edgar A Guest and his Stratford townspeople. It notes neighbors doubting a writer’s livelihood and the early gossip about scribbling plays for actors, while imagining present pride in his work.
A Stroudsburg party touring New York for 100 dollars each spends a day riding Fifth Avenue sightseers buses, touring Riverside Drive, Broadway, and seeing a matinee and movies. The piece notes tipping practices in New York eateries and suggests trimming the movie or theater visits.
Dr. Morris Fighbein urges safeguards for summer camps including site inspection, water safety, sewage disposal, food protection, and cleanliness before operation. Maryland requires certification for camps hosting ten or more people or six day outings. Emphasizes milk refrigeration, fly control, mosquito nets, first aid kits, and sunburn relief to prevent disease.
A travel reminiscence extols New York by mood and landmarks noting Times Square, Battery, Gramercy Park, and the pushcart belt while contrasting a day in the city with a Wyoming elevation fact. It reflects on diverse urban scenes, from stock exchanges to art venues, and closes with Laramie Wyoming’s elevation of 7165 feet.
The Junior Fire Company held its regular meeting and considered attending the upcoming Firemen's convention in Taneytown. The group voted to purchase new uniforms, expected ready in about a month, and one membership application was received. Twenty six thousand can stand in St Pauls Cathedral London.
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