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DAUGHTER FINDSBODY OF MOTHERHANGING IN STABLE5MOTORBOAT RACESFURNISH THRILLSFOR GOOD CROWDWith plenty of thrills the motor boat races held Saturday afternoon on the river in front of the Kittan-ning park proved to be highly entertaining for the hundreds that lined the park way to watch the races. A total of 22 speedy boats had I been entered in the various events and some fast time was made and two upsets furinshed a lot of excitementThe entries wen1 from boat clubs widely scattered tnere being five entries from the Lake Milton Yacht Club, of Youngstown, O. three from the Erie Yacht Club, five from the Lake Lynn Boat Club, of Morgantown. W. Va., two from the Clarksburg Yacht Club of Parkersburg, W Va., four from Bracken-ridge, two from Tarentum and one from McKees RocksThe fastest time was recorded inthe Class D Race 7.39 or 40.05 miles per hour. Herbert and Henderson had surveyed the mile course over which the races were run so the records will stand.Following were the official summaries:lt; LASS B 0kFI R3T HEA T1. Schrader, S-58-O, time punts 200.Coroner A. W. Dosch was notified Tuesday that Mrs. Margaret Myers, a well known resident of Elder-ton, had ended her life by hanging at an early hour that morning. Mrs. Myers had been in failing health recently and her death is attributed to that fact. The coroner visited El-derton during the day and conducted an inquiry but decided an inquest was not necessary.Mrs. Myers and her daughter. Miss Freda Myers, lived directly across the street from the Elderton postoffice Tuesday morning when the daughter arose she discovered her mother was not in the house. Going to a stable at the rear of the premises she was startled to discover the lifeless body of her mother hanging from a joist. Indications were that a sheet had been torn and fastened to a ropf by the deceased.Besides her daughter, Mrs. Myersis survived by one brother, T. H. Elgin, of Elderton, and one sister .Mrs. Agnes Baker, of Vandergrift.H.M. BOOHER DRIVESHIS TROTTER TOBRILLIANT VICTORY9:000:17,Stone boro, Sept. 2.—With a crowd stimated at 60,000 attending the opening day’s program of the sixty-second annual fair here today the rcature was the staging of three aces with some s|x*cUcular run-ling by the horses imported here or the biggest fair western Penn-vlvania has seen in recent years
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Kittanning Simpsons Daily Leader Times
Kittanning, Pennsylvania, US
Tue, Sep 03, 1929
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