17 May 1922
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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1922
Page
1
May 27 open day at the University of Maryland to showcase farm work. Visitors may tour barns labs dairy and network plots with demonstrations in wheat and orchard work. College campus will highlight agriculture programs and public service.
An agricultural day at the University of Maryland Experiment Station will feature tests on Mammoth Red wheat, poultry plant inspections, Holstein breed demonstrations, beekeeping meetings, and exhibits for tobacco growers and horticulturists. Sydney Anderson will give the address as livestock men attend demonstrations and free lunch is offered. Motorists report cross-country traffic with some good conditions.
London May 17 a university of London junior chemistry professor George Joseph Jones was dismissed by the board after being charged with taking pupil Miss Margaret Hughes Brown into a bar and kissing her. Jones sued claiming wrongful dismissal but lost.
The focal authorities were yesterday asked to watch for Jennie Ponettis a 7 year old school girl who ran away from her Baltimore home several weeks ago. Described as two feet two inches tall with brown eyes a fair complexion and chestnut colored hair authorities warn she may be in danger and ask clues from the public.
Mrs Laura G. Neimer of Wheeling West Virginia testifies that Dr Pierce s Favorite Prescription helped during pregnancy and afterward easing suffering keeping her strong through expectancy and aiding recovery from a nervous breakdown due to inward weakness she notes she would recommend it to friends and mentions Bailey Electric Co advertising electric washing machines and the address 220 No Wabash Electric Washing Machines Bailey Electric Co
Radio has grown steadily over the last decade though public excitement rose only recently. Experts report 13 560 licensed U S stations in 1921, up 3 000 from 1920, with 604 000 to 1 000 000 receivers in use today versus 60 000 a year ago. The peak licensed count was 4 600 in 1916, a wartime drop followed. Production value for radio telegraph gear rose from 114 900 in 1904 to 7 600 508 in 1919. merchant ships with radio numbered about 3 000 in 1931.
May 17 in Chicago reports heavy supplies but slow demand in cattle alleys. Cattle sales mostly short, bulk around 7.50 to 8.00, heifers and cows steady, bulls fair. Calves higher, hogs slow, with packing hogs at various alders. speculative note unclear.
Two American men involved in a wireless betting scam linked to Paris and Vienna raced into action. A Viennese bookmaker accepted bets then betrayed the system, paying out to Birgesun multiple times before alerting authorities. The pair were arrested for the fraud.
Jo H. Gerber, Mienes Marty Gerber, T Hhae Gerber and Minhle Gerber with Louis Gerber on South Potomac Street traveled to Cincinnati Ohio to attend the commencement exercises of Cincinnati Medical College where Samuel R Gerber received his degree of doctor of medicine at Mantuy eve ning.
A fragment cites a wife and mother overwhelmed by duties and pain. It promotes Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as restoring health and happiness, citing many women reporting relief in ads. The piece urges readers to trust the product with testimonials.
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