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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1951
Page
5
The notice outlines subscription prices for The Daily Mail of Hagerstown including weekly 26 cents, monthly options, and six month and yearly rates. It notes a carrier city rate and foreign mail options and states Associated Press membership rights.
The Blatons a middle aged married couple feel compelled to live by faith though they are not well educated or able to preach. They seek guidance from 1 Corinthians 13 and St Therese to make daily acts a prayer. They emphasize small, patient, unselfish deeds as a path to God.
Icelanders, famed for defending freedom since 9th century settlement, welcomed U S forces under the Atlantic Pact as only 200 arrive to man bases and listening posts. Iceland remains a republic without its own armed forces, trusting U S protections and shared commitment to liberty.
A spectacular fire reduced Guy’s General Store a St. Mary’s County landmark to charred ruins. Damage estimates reach about $300 000. The fire was reported near May 28 in Clements Maryland. The article notes the first photograph in America by B F Morse in 1839 as a side reference.
Washington reports on agricultural science progress in pest control. Entomologists promote DDT and new insecticides, plant resistance, and feeding-system methods to reduce crop losses. Bee pollination and foreign insects are discussed alongside quarantine inspectors guarding ports and airports.
The column notes six new city police officers due to pressing times. It reports James Henry leaving Cumberland for a draftsman post with the W M Railroad in Hagerstown and cites his prior work with Westinghouse in Pittsburgh. Funkstown election winds up a tie with Edgar L Knode winning 64 votes. Charles Fahrney becomes judge and Charles Smith clerk. Z Hanhecker resigns after forty years with the South Penn Railroad. Charles K Swarts buys the Newcomer tobacco store on North Jonathan Street opposite the Hamilton.
Some opposition develops to Sunday baseball and petitions circulate to bring the issue to citizens in the 1932 election.
The poem argues that true rest comes from peace of mind after a day well spent. It contrasts earned satisfaction with pharmacological sleep aids, praising living righteously and facing duties without lingering regrets.
Twenty years ago fire blamed on wiring gutted the Samuel Foltz residence at Woodpoint. Loss was estimated at 3500 dollars. Diplomas were awarded to ten nurses at Washington County Hospital graduation exercises. Principal speaker was Dr. Peregrine Wroth. Names listed include Irene Yotman and Charlotte Currans.
A columnist recalls yearning to look tweedy and tests style tricks from growing hair to buying a pipe. He notes the casual air of tweediness, teasing from his wife, and how others comment on his appearance as he adopts the pipe smoking persona.
Officials of the local American Legion post approve a $50,000 annex. A bid for a one story brick building will be opened after modifications required by the National Production Authority are completed.
Medical column reviews procaine as a local anesthetic for dental and surgical use, noting rapid tissue diffusion, nerve blockade, low lethality, and fewer aftereffects. It cites industrial and clinical cases, discusses intravenous use, and mentions arthritis, burns, muscle spasms, and injections with tetanus antitoxin.
KF notes: hot water helps remove pus better than Epsom salts. The magnesium sulfate in bath salts gains power from heat, while the earth's axis remains fixed in its current direction.
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