The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1952-11-20

l am still looking for old news
papers, and have been able to get
hold of a few. If what have been
able to get is indicative of old pa
pers, 'The Globe" must have long
since become a collectors item"
for in my small collection, "The
Globe" far outnumbers all the rest
put together.
The oldest papers in this lot are
seventy three years. One thing that
you would notice at once is the
quality of the paper. Naturally
some, in fact many, of the older pa
pers are yellow. But one lot of the
very oldest Of my papers are still so
white that they could hardly ever
have been any whittier. 1 do not re-
call seeing any present day papers
so white.
One of my old Globes" dated
July, 1885, claims as its editor, Mr..
Ira w. Hays, and locates itself at 10
West Washington Street. This was
''The Evening Globe" and fine print
indicated that the same people also
published the weekly Globe"
In this paper Mr.. Hays used as an
editorial a reprint from "The Cen
fury" on a military subject: What
Gave Gen. Grant His Great Vic
tories in War" Now remember, this
was long before anyone had heard
the term world War;" but, of course,
there is never any period of any
length that has not had some strife.
was particularly interested in the
advertisements. Mr.. Hays ran a
cryptic little note in his paper of
1885 that would no doubt ring the
bell with editors of today He said:
"It'S funny that when you ask a
man to advertise he generally de
clines with the statement that no.
body'll see it. But if you advertise
some little caper Of his in the news
column gratis, he gets indignant
over the certainty that everybody'll
see it."
The advertising is quite different
from today. Only few pictures,
or rather sketches, and much giant
type, And great variety of kinds
of type. One of these ads, by Mil
ton Kohler, Jeweler, on the front
page, shows one of those very small,
thin-framed pair of spectacles, and
goes into details about the System
for fitting eyes" A one column
wide, by two inches high cut of
horse, advertising E. w. Cushwa's
livery stables, makes up the rest of
the illustrations on the front page,
that is three-fourths ads.
One of these front page elaborate
ly describes wallpapers. This is w.
L. Hays & Son, and they have this,
in part, to say:
wall paper gives you more for
your money than any other kind of
decoration, and its great beauty can
not be denied" They add that the
designers draw their inspiration
from "all things in earth and Heaven,
the stars, the snow-fakes, =" and
go on to name just about everything
that might appeal to ones magma
ton, from green meadows" to "the
aerial depths of space" They say
that in the old days, the colors and
patterns of cheap papers were
"hideous," that they "acted like
pail upon the spirit. We CROPPED
in the darkness of the maroon; moths
corrupted them, and we all breathed
freer when they were scraped off our
walls and flung away" Then they
went on to offer the Perfect wall
papers.
W. H. Seidenstricker called out in
large print, "HO! THIS WAYP' for
his. cakes and candies, opposite the
Market House.
I think it interesting to note some
of the names of advertisers, and
I1elI lOCdIlOIlJ III 1000 "a lew VI
them are still with US, and many
will be remembered by those who
have lived here since those days.
There was Dr. H. D. Small, Home
opathic Physician, at 40 Prospect ST.;
J. c. Dayhoff, contractor, at 40 S. Po-
tomac ST.; DR.. Hollenberger, OPP
posite wman's Confectionery;
Updegraffs, ready made clothing;
''Knobby, Fashionable, Low Shoes"
for Young Men, at Owners; and 20
for 5 Cigars" at Geo. w. Riley's, opp.
c.. v. r. R. Sta.
The ads mentioned so far are all
on the front of the paper, besides
others of similar nature. On the
back we find more cigars, by "Grove's
Pluck; watches by A. A. Ankeney,
IS West Washington; "Slessingers
Tender Feet Shoes" by R. B. M.
Reno. at a shop next to the Market