Hagerstown Youths Shine At Fort Uife Camp Awards
Four week training in Eustis Virginia ended with Hagerstown and Baltimore unit Company A earning top honors at eel camp. Ted Myers and Robert McCauley led in backstroke and relay events while Clarence Steele and Charles Wantz topped rifle and mile run. Most cadets earned marksmanship medals and promotions, with Vincent Hart advancing toward second lieutenant and Vernon Nichols earning high rifle scores.
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Gutivens
Eustis
Washington County
Fort Uife
Hagerstown
Haggerstown
Baltimore
Eel Camp
Ted Myers
Robert McCauley
Myers
McCauley
Tex
Nchors
Clarence Steele
Charles Wantz
Vincent Hart
Vernon Nichols
Bailey kills wife and foster son then dies by suicide
Charles K. Bailey aged 62 shot and killed his wife Irene 40 and his foster son Henry Clay before shooting himself in Kingston. Police say the double tragedy ends Bailey's involvement in state sporting circles.
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Kingston
K. C
Charles K. Bailey
Welt
Reece
SESW
Irene
Henry Clay
Deaths Cast Shadows Over Local Families in Boonsboro Area
Multiple obituaries from Locust Grove Boonsboro Pinesburg and nearby communities mark the death of Mrs Mary F Poffenberger aged 67 at Locust Grove after seven months illness. Also noted are infant Mary Elizabeth Higgens of Pinesburg and Amelia Alverta Snavely of Boonsboro with funeral details. A two year old Verzi child from Lyon Park is reported ill. A local Trinity Chapel festival notice requests attendance for Aug 1 2.
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Mary F. Poffenberger
Lawrence Poffenberger
Locust Grove
Elmer
Keedysville
Alvey
Charl
Boonsbayo
Austin
Layrette Hutzell
Park Hall
Charles Turner
H. E. Chapman
Mary Elizabeth Higgens
David Riggens
Pinesburg
Martha
Francis
Ruth
Robert
Penecostal
Herbert Nunny
Williamsport
St. Paul's
Amelia Alverta Snavely
Hezekiah M. Snavely
Boonsboro
Boonsbera
Keedysville Reformed Church
M. Augusta Jones
Washington, D. C
O. Theodore
R. W
Davis
W. Va
Elizabeth Kefauver
St. Louis
M. A. Ashby
Boonsboro Cemetery
Teressa
Joseph Verzi
Lyon Park
Verzi
Hagerstown
Hog cholera absent again in Maryland swine herds
Washington county reported no hog cholera in July with the Bureau of Animal Industry noting only six outbreaks statewide. Carroll county led with three outbreaks, five backyard, one on a breeding farm, attributed mainly to feeding infected pork parts. University of Maryland estimates about 30,000 farms breed hogs, yielding about one outbreak per 4,709 farms since January 1 after excluding garbage-feeding incidents.
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Washington County
Bureau of Animal Industry of
Maryland
Carroll County
Prince Georges County
Caroline County
Department of Agricultural Economics
University of Maryland
Marriage Licenses and Resignations in Washington
Marriage licenses listed include Herman Turner and Lorena G Clopper in the city, Leroy E Brewer and Odessa M Green in the city, Lawrence L Walters from Berryville and Dora E Lanham of Charles Town, Luther H Henry and Mildred E Fleet from Strausburg, and John W Racer of Berryville with Iva V Ramey of Charles Town. Thomas F Woodlock resigns from the Interstate Commerce Commission. Charles Mahaffie named as successor. Includes local notices on a comic section promotion and cards of thanks and memoriam for Cora A Deckman and Lester Reel.
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Herman Turner
Sharpsburg
Lorena G.clopper
This City
Leroy E. Brewer
Odessa M. Green
Lawrence L. Walters
Berryville
Dora E. Lanham
Charles Town
Luther H. Henry
Mildred E. Fleet
Strausburg
John W. Racer
Iva V. Ramey
Barnard Declares Candidacy in Sixth District primary
Cumberland reports Fuller Barnard Jr a former Allegany County State's Attorney filed papers for Democratic Congressional nomination in the Sixth District. Barnard opposes prohibition seeking repeal of the eighteenth amendment and Volstead Act. David J Lewis likely to seek the seat and announce soon. Barnard rumored to have McMullen circle support. Allegany leaders wary.
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Cumberland
Fuller Barnard
Allegany County
Barnard
Feaders
Washington
Frederick
Montgomery
David J. Lewis
Lewis
Allegany
McMullen
Sheriff Kline Celebrates 69th Birthday in Washington County
Scott McClellan Kline, sheriff of Washington County, turns 69. Born August 2, 1861 at Indian Springs, he has worked as a boatman, farmer, rural mail carrier at Hancock, and postmaster at Millstone. He is finishing his second term in county office as relatives and friends plan an outing along Conococheague Creek.
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Scott McClellan Kline
Washington County
Indian Springs
Sheriff Klines
Conocacheague
Sherif Kine
Hancock
Millstone
Sheriff Kline
Cave Collapse Kills Sixteen in Spanish Morocco Town
In Benibuidar Tensaman, sixteen natives including teen women died when a cave collapsed during a clay extraction for washing clothes. About twenty others were inside the cave at the time of the accident.
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Melilia
Spanish Morocco
Benibuidar
Tensaman
Slayer of 7 Held Naraja
Police in Naraja Romania report arrest of a farm laborer for slaying his employer, the employer’s wife, and their five children. He confessed to the killings, authorities said.
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Naruja
Romania
Price of Ice Change Notice in Williamsport
The undersigned announce an immediate change in the price of ice for routes and places of business in Williamsport proper. The new prices are 30 cents for a trio and 15 cents for a single unit.
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Williamsport
Everything Is Free In True Romance Club Circus Day
Enthusiasm grows for True Romance Club as Sparks Circus and Daily Mail arrange an afternoon program. Couples married 40 years or more by 1888 or earlier may join with no red tape to enjoy free events and reserved seating on circus day Thursday in August.
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True Romance Club
The
Daily Mail
Sparks Circus
Sircus
Muade
Traders Pass Up Exchange In Uncertain Market
Traders largely ignored the stock market as bears closed out shorts ahead of Sunday. Utility shares showed modest improvement while leading stocks in utilities and industrials rose about a point. Weekend reports offered no clear direction amid uncertain trade. The New York Fed monthly survey noted continued satisfactory credit and banking conditions.
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New York
Shorts
New York Federal Reserve Bank
Certain Woman Murdered in Baltimore Area Case Shifts
Baltimore police report new information in the Virginia Matrazzo case after an autopsy found internal injuries from chest trauma as the coroner had suggested an automobile cause. James Pincus, a bus driver, claimed a man and a woman fought near the road where the body was found, potentially shifting the investigation perceptions. Maxwell Richards was named to fill a vacancy on the Republican State Central committee of Washington County after Emmett M. Hoffman’s death. Richards is president of the Hancock Bank.
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Baltimore
Virginia Matrazzo
Philadelphia
James Pincus
Maxwell Richards
Hancock
Republican State Central Committee
Washington County
Emmett M. Hoffman
Richards
Hancock Bank
Notice to Clearspring Taxpayers Tax Collector Appeal
Taxpayers in Clearspring are reminded that corporation taxes are due in August. Please call and pay CHAS T. Kreigh, Tax Collector, for payment instructions and deadlines.
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Chas T. Kreigh
Stock Quotations From Hemphily Noyes Co
Daily quotations furnished by Hemphily Noyes & Co Grand Building West Washington Street provide a snapshot of stock prices and market activity for today. The note shows the firm as the source of the quotes.
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Hemphily Noyes & Co
Grand Bldg
Washington St
Chicago Markets Furnished by Eastern Grain Growers
Eastern Grain Growers announces market shipments from Wareham Building in Hagerstown Maryland. The notice highlights Chicago market access and regional distribution channels. Information outlines supplier partnership and shipping logistics for local farmers seeking grain storage and sale opportunities.
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Eastern Grain Growers
Wareham Building
Hagerstown, Md
Shriners to Hold River Stag Party
The Nobles of the Mystic Shrine will host a private river stag at Bowman's clubhouse on the Conococheague August 12. About two hundred Shriners are expected for a daylong program with outdoor sports, boating, swimming, and a sumptuous supper to cap the event.
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Mystic Shrine
Bowman's
Conocochéague
City Market Prices Flash: Fruits and Vegetables Listed
Prices for huckleberries two for 25 cents and berries mixed across boxes. Peaches nine options including quarter peck and box choices. Corn 20 to 36 cents a dozen. Butter 45 to 50 cents per pound. Eggs 25 cents a dozen. Dressed chickens range 40 to 50 cents per pound with young birds at 30 cents and old at 25 cents. Tomatoes priced per pound.
Bodies of Two Women Found Along Ohio Roads
Authorities in Cleveland area report the discovery of two young women’s bodies within hours of each other on country roads about 25 miles apart. Both victims show bullet wounds. One was found near Wadsworth yesterday afternoon. the other near Berea this morning. The Berea victim was well dressed, five feet tall, dark hair and eyes. The Wadsworth victim wore a black crepe dress, flesh colored stockings, five feet five inches, about 140 pounds.
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Leveland
Wadsworth
Berea
Cleveland
Keep Cool at Conomac Park Picnic and Games
Fragmented notice invites families to Conomac Park for swimming and wading in clean running water with a refreshing shower. It promises shade spots, free parking, and weekly events including ball games Sundays and dances on multiple days with Dixie Ramblers playing.
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Conomac Park
The
Dixie Ramblers
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