Local newspaper masthead and circulation figures
The item lists the Hagerstown Mail publishing details with editor A Hawken and general manager E Phillips. It shows pricing for subscriptions, foreign representatives, and offices in New York Chicago and Atlanta. It notes the paper is entered as second class matter and gives total paid circulation figures for April 1929 and April 1928.
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Burke Kuipers & Mahoney, Inc
Graybar Building
Lexington Ave
New York
N. Waebash Ave
Chicago
Constitution Bldg
Atlanta
Georgia
Audit Bureau
Daily Mal
Cirabla Eer
E. Phillips
Éirs
Rights and use of AP news dispatches notice
The Associated Press holds exclusive rights to news dispatches credited or published locally in this paper and reserves republication rights for special dispatches.
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Associated Press
Mothers Blessing Celebrated In Poetic Tribute
A reflective verse tribute echoes Proverbs and Mrs Hemans praising a mother's love. The lines emphasize a mother's fount of deep, deathless affection amid a cold world. The piece frames maternal devotion as timeless and revered in daily thought.
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Mrs. Hemans
Modern feats as romance replacing river legends
In a reflective essay, the author argues modern bridges and dams symbolize mankind's triumph over nature, contrasting romantic steamboat lore with Detroit's new bridge to Windsor and Boulder Canyon's dam. He extols ongoing engineering feats as defining our era, portraying humans as masters of creation and matter.
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Mary Twain
Boulder Canyon
Ford on food as sin chief cause of crime says Ford
A clipped political cartoon style note reports Henry Ford claiming wrong food as the chief cause of sin disease and crime. It mocks President Hoover’s crime commission and shoals of dispatches on Tacna Arica settlement, noting uncertainty over objectors and preferences for sulphur and molasses. An ounce of prevention is favored over an official probe.
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Henry Ford
Hoover
Hoover picks praise worthy law enforcement commission
Noteworthy is the fact that none of those chosen is known as an ardent worker for or against prohibition. All commissioners can be expected to approach the subject with an open mind. President Hoover has made an excellent set of selections and the country will await the commission's report with eagerness. The names will assure the most skeptical American that the commission will do a thorough, capable, unbiased job.
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Hoover
Commission
Law Enforcement Commission
Grounds for hope in human relations progress
They give grounds for hope that some day we shall be able to do equally well in the tangled, tragedy strewn field of human relations.
Too Much Arithmetic Economics in Public Schools
A Columbia University professor argues that daily life requires far less arithmetic than taught in public schools. He notes arithmetic is a burden for many students and causes failures, while most practical tasks rely on simple calculations or banker guidance. The piece suggests a broad backing from current and former students for reducing arithmetic emphasis.
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Columbia University
Lfe
Columbia
Chinese Who Don’t Eat Rice
A Commerce Reports bulletin shows North China with 150,000,000 people who eat corn wheat and beans instead of rice. The article notes climate resembles the American Midwest and that China’s vast size leads to varied agricultural practices.
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China
Commerce
LA. 8
Department of Commerce
United States
North China
Middle West
Brand Opposes Prohibition Killings in Congress
Georgia Congressman Charles H. Brand, long a dry advocate, argues that killing fleeing bootleggers by police or prohibition agents is murder. He cites legal precedents, notes broad public sympathy for restraint, and urges adherence to law while leaving open support for change if killings persist.
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Rodney Dutcher
NEA
Washington
Charles H. Brand
Athens
Brand
James Cannon
Methodist Episcopal Church
I . South
Cannon
Superior Court
Hoover
Commission
Congress
Ciry
Georgia
Georgia State Senate
Western Judicial Circuit
Built-in hotel near Jungfrau opens after ascent
May 27, a five story hotel carved from the mountainside beneath the Jungfrau peak in the Alps opened. The structure, largely powered by electricity, represents a notable engineering feat in a challenging alpine location.
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Switzerland
Jungfrau Peak
Alps
Memorial Verse Calls for Deeper Duty Beyond Remembrance
An editorial poem by Edgar A guest urges turning Memorial Day reflections into action. It laments minimal gestures of memory while praising the sacrifice of the fallen who fought for liberty. The piece ends noting Mr. and Mrs. John Stonebraker and Mrs. Charles L Howell returning from New York State.
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John Stonebraker
Charles L. Howell
New York State
Barber Oasis Amid New York Skyscraper Swank
Gilbert Swan muses on rapid city change and a luxe barber shop on the New York Central building’s fourth floor. He recalls old Oxnard, notes walnut walls, rare engravings, a barber museum, and a rule forbidding chatter with patrons despite sports or world events.
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California
New
New York Central
the Waldorf
London
British Academy of Medicine
Gilbert Swan
Healthie View on Music and Lung Health by Morris Fishbein
Doctor Morris Fishbein argues music does not harm lungs and may improve them through exercise. The article satirically notes popular superstitions about instrument players and hair loss, wealth of players, and the impact of brass and cornets on lung condition.
Trombone and Oboe Myths Debunked by Orchestra Leader
An experienced orchestra leader debunks health superstitions about wind instruments, stating trombone and oboe players are as healthy and long lived as others. The spread of the myths is attributed to neighborly irritation and dubious practicing claims, with no solid evidence. Mr and Mrs Paul Leichel celebrate the birth of a baby girl named Amela Ann in Washington County.
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Paul Leichel
Amela Ann
Washington County
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Lord
Bares
Tacna-Arica
WOO Letter
Eudorf Ramsay Richardson
North American Review
B. Franklin Royer
The
National Society For the Prevention of Blindness
Ernest Bloch
Masel
Will Durant
Edna St. Vincent Millay
Thomas Edison
Edgar A
Peoples Store
Washington St
Guasser
DH. BR. A. Highbanger
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Stu
Beard’s Ice Cream Co
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Community Finance Service, Inc
Grand Finilding
F. A& W. Grand
TA W. Wash
Niles
Woolworth
Europe
Bay
Rip van Winkle
Police Gazette
Oxnard
Calif
Healthie
Morris Fishgein
Journal
American Medical Association
Hygeia the Health Magazine
Danzer Metal Works
W. Lee ST
R. D. McKee
Blue Ridge Egg
D. A. Stickell & Sons
Frederick Pierce
New York - Fhila
Balto
BECK
McCrory Bldg
W. R. Spielman & C
Wareham Building
Chiscgo
Kelvinator
BRE
Lia B Lie
Kelvinator Bohman CO. Inc
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