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Denton News Highlights From Army Dirigible Visit to Langley Field
The 25 year old column notes an Army dirigible C2 passed over Denton from Langley Field Virginia with greetings dropped. Col Arthur G Fisher a former Denton resident aboard. It also reports deaths including Chester town farmer Clifton L Jarrell found dead in Baltimore's Emerson Hotel, ages around 40, and funeral notices for S Irwin Jopp mourned with American Legion honors in Denton Cemetery. Other items cover Edna Hobbs from Johns Hopkins Hospital, local travels, a Bridgetown baseball score, a Middletown Del. death, a destructive storm strike on several farms, and a rare calf birth joined at the breastbone observed by Dr. J W Corrigan.
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Langley Field
Denton
Col
Arthur G. Fisher
Clifton L. Jarrell
Chestertown
Emerson
Baltimore
Jarrell
John C. Jarrell
Caroline
Fred Flounders
Ridgely
S. Irwin Jopp
France
M. E. Church
J. L. Nichols
W. E. Hills
American Legion
Samuel F. Jopp
Chester
Pennsylvania
St. Mihiel
Henry Irwin
Edna Hobbs
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Willie
Ernest Watson
Roy Watson
Lillian
Philadelphia
Fin
C. D. Sharpless
Northrup
James M. Hill
Federalsbug
E. R. Cohee
Harry Sullivan
New Bridge
J. W. Corrigan