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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1923
Page
3
The Herald-Mail records include mail subscription rates and a Bureau of Circulation entry. It lists annual and weekly rates, a 2 cent description rate, and mentions the paper’s office and circulation department details. It notes the paper entered as second class matter and provides April 1923 circulation figures and changes.
A local discussion argues that plain clothes police could deter robberies by avoiding target appearance. It claims home and store thefts in Hagerstown rise as uniformed officers are more obvious targets, suggesting test of plain clothes patrols to assess effectiveness.
The auction sale of government-pawned vessels by the United States Shipping Board closes next Monday with few bids. Washington says more vessels may be sold but buyers fear the ocean trade remains unprofitable due to government obstacles and high tariff policies that deter investment in ships. If buyers stay landbound, the government may be proven right in its stance.
An op-ed voice criticizes prison cruelty and political use of confinement. It argues society bears fault for inhumane treatment, calls for humane policies, and condemns sensationalism while urging moral responsibility toward inmates and families affected by crime and divorce. It notes a New York hospital plan using radio headsets to ease patient sleep and previews a court drama aimed at unhappy marriages.
Cumberland's Chief recommends plain clothes for the entire force except traffic officers and patrol drivers to aid crime handling. The proposal contrasts with uniformed patrols at headquarters, aiming to curb thefts and evasion, and prompts debate on practicality and public safety.
A NYU Hall of Fame ceremony unveiled seven eminent Americans with director Robert Underwood Johnson noting a lack of regional bias in honors. The event featured cheers for Lincoln and Grant while the Robert E Lee bust drew mixed reactions as Gloria Trumpeters played Die. The gathering sparked debate over which figures represented national memory.
Frederic J. Haskin writes from Washington on how short wave radio and directive apparatus could one day match or exceed telephones for mobile individuals. He discusses Experiment progress, congestion, and the potential for personal, safe, within-vicinity calls from moving ships, planes, and vehicles.
A fragment argues routine patterns govern daily life from work to meals. It notes people such as lawyers artists drovers share similar acts and chafes at being stuck in repetitive cycles. The text references a global drift toward sameness and endurance of daily structure.
The text presents a jumbled, era flavored mix of political disdain, social critique, and oblique remarks on governance and society. It references adaptability, endurance, and manners in a tone resembling a late 19th or early 20th century column, with scattered phrases about taxes, leadership, and public decorum. The excerpt remains cryptic and fragmentary.
A reader query column offers answers on batting averages, odor absorption of tar paper, the US dollar’s origin, timber supply timelines, Buffalo Bill’s death, New Orleans river level, a house in Hamilton Ontario, papyrus history, and the original Mount Vernon estate name.
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