Old Country Good but America Best Adds Girls
A fragmentary local notice listing names such as Myersville, Swartzan, Robert Ridgely and William Thomas. Describes a shooting incident where Thomas, thirty-nine, shot himself after threatening to reform a drunken life. he died soon after at City hospital. Also mentions smallpox quarantine cases linked to Reading and train passengers, and notes on quartz use in industry and dental detergents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William
Thomas
Tela
Ware: & Hudson “Company
Pottsville
George G. Rieter
Reading
Lincoln
West Schuylkill
Kiefer
Ind
Maryland Militia Officers Learn To Fortify Position
In Belair Maryland on July 25 militia infantry officers studied a War game under regular army observers. Major Alexander led a tactical ride focusing on an interior regiment on a general defensive line. Colonel Little Neement and others observed the exercise, noting the emphasis on fortification and defense planning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belair
Maryland
Alexander
Tela
Little i Neement
Wada
Sim
Fire damages playhouse as neighbors help subdue flames
A small blaze behind a house near the playhouse was checked by Mrs Butcher who alerted Mr Hedges at the Children's Playgrounds. He and water buckets held the fire while workers from Charles H Klipps’s crew and others assisted. Windows shattered by heat, house charred but the playhouse wrecked yet the toss remains light.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keefer
Vatican Swiss Guards Mutiny Disarmed by Pope
In Rome July 1945 the mutinous Swiss Guards are disarmed by the Pope. Details remain sketchy as the Vatican responds to the upheaval within its personal guard amid tensions surrounding the Holy See.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vatican
Local residents take summer visits and attend funerals
Many townspeople vacationed locally and visited family and friends in surrounding counties. Notable trips include Mary Grumbaugh and Margaret Küfer attending a funeral, Bruce Bret and Mrs Spencer at Walkersville, and several families visiting Columbia and York counties.
Local Jail Wardrobe Release Under Habeas Corpus Worthington
William Moore, jailed five months on a charge of assaulting colored persons near Brunswick, was this morning brought before Judge Worthington under habeas corpus proceedings and released on his own recognizance. Reno Harp acted as his attorney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Moore
Brunswick
Worthington
Reno
Harp
Arm Caught in Shaping Machine at Ox Fibre Brush Works
Kent Greenwall of Madison Avenue suffered a right arm injury when caught in a shaping machine at Ox Fibre Brush Works yesterday. The wound extended about three inches near the wrist and required two stitches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kent Greenwall
Madison Avenue
yesteMay
Freckles: Get Rid of Ugly Spots With Ethine Treatment
Advertisement claims ethine double strength removes freckles and fighter canes, urging purchase from a druggist. Instructions: apply two tiny doses nightly, one ounce usually enough, money back guarantee if it fails. Read as a beauty remedy pitch from an old newspaper ad.
Take Corduiin Surrender Plea Delayed Outside LW Aman
Fragmentary OCR hints at a plea or surrender demand linked to Corduiin, with bystanders outside LW Aman. The text is incomplete, but suggests a confrontation or standoff centering on a surrender instruction and a location.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corduiin
Bell monopoly suit targets intermountain telephone firms
The U S government accuses the Bell System of monopolizing communications between Oregon Washington Montana and Idaho. The brief seeks a judgment declaring the acts illegal and enjoining them plus forcing the Bell companies to dispose of stock bonds and physical properties of rival systems to restore competition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iérican
Pele
Graph Company
the Bell
Oregon
Washington
Montana
Idaho
Bell Companies
President Frees Dying Confederate inmate Washington
President Wilson commutes the life of George W. Nunley a Confederate veteran dying in Paducah Kentucky jail to expire at once reducing his one year sentence for making a false pension claim Nunley had been confined since November 1912 for the alleged pension fraud
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
George W. Nunley
Paducah
Wilson
Rattlesnake King Three Fatal Bites in Townsend
Knoxville July 25 Three children of Mr and Mrs John Cooper of Townsend Tenn were fatally bitten by rattlesnakes. Mrs Cooper searching for them kept an infant by a stream bank which fell into the water and drowned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knoxville
Tenn
John Cooper
Townsend, Tenn
Memory Verses and Moses Prophecy in Sunday School Text
The commentary notes Moses and Aaron delivering God’s word to Israel. It recalls Israel’s freedom from Egypt, their longing for food, and the Lord’s faithfulness to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. It contrasts Moses’ reluctance with Isaiah’s obedience and quotes prophets about God’s call and messenger responsibility.
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Moses
Gorda
Israel
Egypt
Abraham
Isaac
Jacob
Megea
Jehovah
Jeremiah
Isaiah
Damaged Text Fragments Describe Unclear Scene
Fragmentary OCR notes depict scattered phrases about damage and noise. Mentions of Quebec and May appear, but details are obscured, leaving an unclear incident summary with several garbled terms and incomplete names.
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America
R. J. Ridgely
Europe
Myersville
Swartzan
Ridgely
Martha Washington
Barner’s Drug Store
Belair Camp
Robinson
Jackson
Exchange
Thia
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
F. J. Cheney
de Reve
Tim
Walding, Kinnan, & Marvin
Hal
Druegiais
Take Bells Fame
Rome
Pamard
Wichelberger
Margaret Kéefér
T We
John M Schick
Mary Grumbaugh
North Bentz Bret
Roy
Brnner
Walkersville
John Baer
Marie. Baer
Water Street
Columbia, Pa
Jesse J. Hoover
West Patrick Street
Penn Grove Camp
York County
J. D. Baker
Chautauqua, N.Y
Messrs
H. S. Hatin
L.H Miller
Pen Mar
J. F. Harkins
Pauline
Baltimore
Charles F. Brenner
East Second Street
Herman Koehler
T. H. Bussard
Urbana
Laura I. Cook
HH. Walter Cook
Eloise and
Inez
George W. Lerch
Charles 9. Herbert
Dar
Emma+Crampton
Mt Zion
John H. Glass
Shamokin
Northumberland County
J. A. Kidwiler
West South Street
Glass
Gettysburg
Washington, D. C
Charles A
Samuel Strack
Frysinger
Food College
Schwartz
York
Hotel Braddock
Fieft
Geltisburg
Trenton
N. J
State Board of Health
Quarte
M. Stearns
Tinay Panessof Ghiss
Peing
Alunes Ss
Quebec
Ohio
Nagar Els
Don Frederick
S. Marino
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