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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1923
Page
6
Harold Lynn aged 14 residing at 434 MtoDowyavence was struck by a moving car driven by J Myines 76 Rhode Valend. He was taken to Officer Frank Diving’s hospital with minor injuries not deemed serious. The boy stepped from a parked car directly into the path of the vehicle, which was traveling slowly.
Testimony before the court revealed that dividend checks for preferred shareholders in the Phoenix Portland Cement Company of Oslo were not warned by the Dollings companies. Receivers testified that a composite fund funded dividends and that stock sales involved Ohio and Pennsylvania investors. The matter centers on financing tied to the Phoenix Portland Cement operation and related plant leases in Nazareth and Pittsburgh.
Preparations for the first annual colored horse show to be staged next Wednesday and Thursday August s and 8 at the Tarrgrounds, with horses from Montgomery Baltimore Frederick and Washington counties Md as well as London and Clarke counties Va expected to attend. Officers include President Richard Barowil Vice President William Tucker Treasurer Wilson Barnum Secretary Robert Bravanson and Manager John Dewy.
A faulty OCR item reports a stop sale under Blue Sky Law involving Hamlin Holmen Motor Company and Hawtin Co sales agents. It cites Alexander Armstrong as attorney and alleges fraudulent activity, with no attorney general action recorded.
Comet Hebb, famed espionage figure tied to Bhacpebarg, died yesterday evening at Me G4 Upad. The brief notice notes his long career as a spy and hints at recent covert missions, naming no further details.
This eyewitness account recalls President Warren G. Harding dying at 7 30 p m in a hotel suite. Doctors attributed a cerebral apoplexy stroke as the cause and Blue Room aides signed the official bulletin while Cabinet members and family faced the sudden loss during a rapid Alaskan tour.
News from Plymouth Vermont reports Calvin Coolidge assuming the presidency after President Harding dies unexpectedly. Secret Service guards are dispatched, dignitaries arrive, and Coolidge travels to Washington by train after word of the death reaches across the nation. Mrs. Coolidge expresses sympathy for Mrs. Harding as the nation contemplates the sudden transition.
A farmer from the Chenaville district, heading to the Court House on West Washington Street, tossed three addressed letters into the garbage box by the main mail box, mistaking it for the main receptacle and walked away without realizing the error. A local tax driver's retort occurred earlier in the morning.
Arthur C Hewitt longtime Herald Malt Printing Department manager resigns to move to Washington and open a radio broadcasting shop at Eleventh Street NW. Hewitt an electrical engineer plans a large, leading shop with expert service and broad client base in the capital.
President Coolidge issued a statement mourning the death of President Harding, calling him a great and good man and pledging to carry forward his policies for the American people. The elder Coolidge watched the news on his porch as neighbors spoke, while John Coolidge administered the oath in a plain rural setting near the Green Mountains. The scene contrasted with Washington ceremonies, recalling earlier moments in U.S. history.
Across the weeks a Cleveland store promotes seven models of top coats and other goods as prices rise. B.F.B. Lowers is listed as an agent, with contact via Box 347 or Saturdays at the Patterson Hotel to arrange orders.
Miss Laura King, aged 86, donated a large ostrich egg to the Washington County Free Library for display. The egg, sent by Canton Ostrich Farm of South Pasadena, Cal, measures about the size of a large fruit, with a small hole at one end and a shell roughly an eighth of an inch thick.
W. W. Miller requests an addition to a coal house at 36 South Mulberry Street measuring 8 by 10 feet. Thomas A. Kratz seeks a concrete block garage on West Side Ave WUP sized 12 by 18 feet.
Winchester hosts a major dirt track championship auto race on Friday August 10 featuring professional drivers from Virginia and a four-state invitational. The event, staged by promoter Harry Lee, anticipates a record turnout with an exhibition race aimed at setting a Virginia-speedway record and draws hundreds from the region.
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