Pageant to Feature at Keedysville Homecoming
A Friday August 9 pageant Americain Music will be staged at Keedysville Homecoming. Ten sections honor American music across historic periods with songs by Clifton Smith and lines by Emma Burtner. Performers include Elizabeth Poffenberger Catherine Wyand and many Wyand family members plus local entertainers. Boonsboro band will provide music and public recognition will honor former residents.
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Keedysville
Clifton Smith
Emma Burtner
The
Pilgrims
Roscoe Hammond
Louise Burtner
Fred Scheller
Russell Geeting
Elizabeth Pofffenberger
Catherine Wyand
Mary Coffman
Evelyn Line
Jean Scheller
Sonny Rees
Elwood Athey
Leo Wyand
Harold Kretzer
David Hite
Edna Lowe
Pauline Hines
Dorothy Wyand
Lela Wyand
Frances Weaver
Ezra Baker
J. B. Reed
George Buxton
Roger Burbner
Catherine Snively
Junior Eavey
Alice Baker
Elizabeth Poffenberger
Margaret Wyand
Pauline Wyand
Julia Coffman
Louise Kefauver
Louise Baker
Mary Jane Knode
Frances Nally
Dorothy Thomas
Alice Virginia Remsburg
Bobby Hammond
Wyand Rohrer
Donald Kretzer
Leon Hines
Arthur Rohrer
Buddy Wyand
Robert Line
Boonsboro
Caleb Rohrer
Baltimore
Harry Snyder
City
Alice Buxton Mills
George Buxton, Jr
Washington, D. C
Cerpha Leatherman
Lee Mullendore
Frances Mullendore
Kemp Kretzer
Billy Miller
Harry Wilhide
Rohrersville Band
Old Home Week in Greencastle Opens with Services and Band
The twelfth Old Home Week in Greencastle features a weekend of events led by a memorial service at Green Hill cemetery with Judge Wat son R. Davison delivering the speech and the municipal band playing. Today includes a baseball game against the Mount Cobbles, a 7 pm fire drill at Centre Square, and an 8 pm prize fight on the Jerome King playground following a morning band concert.
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Hagerstown
Greencastle
Green Hill Cemetery
Watson R. Davison
Centre Square
Burgess David W. Shinham
Howard Omwake
Catawba College
Salisbury
N.C
Antrim Township
Paramount Cobbles
Jerome King
Elks Hold Opening Day At Havre de Grace Convention
Havre de Grace Maryland August 6 a mammoth tent near the race track hosted the gathering for the fifteenth annual convention of the Tri State Association of Elks. No sessions today as members registered and toured sights. Tomorrow begins the first business sessions.
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Havre de Grace
Havre de Grace Race Track
Tristate Association of Elks
Dashing Sport Blouse Featured by Columbia Educator
A description notes a designer blouse worn by an Assistant Professor of Household Arts at Teachers College Columbia University New York during a feature on fashion. The item highlights the era’s style and professional attire for university staff in the city.
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Teachers College
Columbia University
New York
N. Y
Adorable inexpensive blouses offer quick pattern options
Fashion note promotes Style No. 2625 blouses in white lilac navy linen and pink crepe silk with belts. Sizes 14 to 42 inches bust. yardage details for short and long sleeves included. Send 15 cents for pattern and 25 cents for the Summer Fashion Book. Orders go to the Daily Mail Fashion Dept in New York.
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Daily Mail
Fashion Dept
Hagerstown Mail
Fifth Ave
New York City
Urges Calling Off Of Scout Jaboree
Rep Rankin calls for canceling the Boy Scout jamboree in Washington due to the infantile paralysis epidemic spreading through the region and threatens public health. He urges the Public Health Service to act as Virginia authorities advise avoiding attendance by state youths.
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Washington
Rankin
Miss
Public Health Service
Virginia
North Carolina
Picnic at Mountain Lock Draws Brownsville Residents
A Sunday all day picnic at Mountain Lock offered swimming boating and fishing with plentiful refreshments. George Fouch won for swimming and John Hahn led in fishing. Attendees included Mr and Mrs John Hahn Mr and Mrs Merle Hahn Charles Hahn of Brownsville L P Kaetzel Mrs Amanda Palmer Mr and Mrs George Low.
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Mountain Lock
George Fouch
John Hahn
Merle Hahn
Charles Hahn
Brownsville
L. P. Kaetzel
Amanda Palmer
George Low
Ha rgerstown families named in regional notice
Mr and Mrs Harry Hahn and children June Virginia Dorothy and Claude of Hagerstown join Mr and Mrs Charles Kaetzel and children in Ha gerstown. also listed are Mr and Mrs Frank Curfman and daughter Anna of Dellinger Pa and George Hahn Jr of Kentucky.
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Man
Harry Hahn
Charles Kaetzel
June
Virginia
Dorothy
Claude
Charles Spessard
Leon and
Lewis
Hagerstown
Frank Curfman
Anna
Dellinger
George Hahn, Jr
Kentucky
Mrs Slough Resigns as Nurse Superintendent
Mrs Ione Slough resigns from her post as superintendent of nurses at Washington County Hospital a position she has held since June 1 1934 The resignation has been accepted by the board of trustees with no successor yet named.
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Ione Slough
Washington County Hospital
Slough
Fresno Millions of May Files Blow In
A sudden windstorm sent millions of May files into Fresno California where they settled overnight. Residents reported the unusual event with curiosity as the scattered papers covered streets and yards, prompting cleanup crews to gather and sort the debris.
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Fresno
Calif
Health Heads To Meet August Ninth In Baltimore
Maryland health officials and county officers plan a meeting in Baltimore on August 9 to discuss the current spinal meningitis outbreak and nearby infantile paralysis cases in surrounding states. Dr. Riley reassured Maryland residents that importation is unlikely and noted two new paralysis cases in Anne Arundel County.
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Baltimore
Maryland
Public Health Service
R. H. Riley
Riley
Virginia
Naval Academy
Anne Arundel County
Cases In Virginia Paralyzes Reported Across Counties
Seven of 11 infantile paralysis cases reported to the State Health Department came from Albemarle County, where over one fifth of the total since July 1 has centered. Greene Rockingham and Roanoke counties each reported one case.
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Richmond
State Health Department
Albemarle
Greene
Rockingham
Roanoke
Plans for Maryland dairy and animal husbandry growth
H C Byrd acting president of the University of Maryland announced expansion plans for the dairy and animal husbandry departments. Two Howard County farms totaling 378 acres are being purchased for teaching research and negotiations are under way to buy another 212 acres near College Park. Byrd said the program does not plan to increase personnel, except for one new staff member.
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Baltimore
H. C. Byrd
University of Maryland
Byrd
Howard County
College Park
Mildred Davis as Harold Lloyds leading lady and hostess
Mildred Davis retired from films to become Harold Lloyds real life leading lady and chatelaine of a grand colony estate. Blonde blue eyed and humorous she enjoys social life and play while managing a large family and hosting with warmth and grace. She dislikes sham and riches, cherishing friendships across the spectrum.
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Mildred Davis
Harold Lloyd
Harold
Hollywood
Mt Bethel M E Sunday School Picnic News
The 51st annual picnic of the Mt Bethel M E Sunday School will be held in the grove adjoining the church on Saturday August 10. Music by Waynesboro High School band. A trophy presents to the person from the greatest distance. Dr P E Holdcraft of Emmanuel AB Church Hagerstown will be principal speaker.
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Mt. Bethel M. E
Waynesboro High School
P. E. Holdcraft
Emmanuel A. B. Church of
Slack wire performers avoid flat wire in stage acts
The article notes that slack wire artists avoid using flat wire for performances citing safety and technique considerations. It emphasizes traditional tight wire and suspension methods preferred for stability and authentic display.
Lawyer Ferris Claims Dickinson Shot Himself in Car
Detroit August 6 William Lee Ferris 26 hotel patron on trial with three former burlesque dancers for the hold up slaying of New York attorney Howard Carter Dickinson testified Dickinson shot himself in Ferris’s automobile in Rouge Park June 26 He said the confessions read into the record were obtained after four days of near continuous questioning with alleged beatings and little food He described a ride after a drinking party saying the women and he stopped the car when one of the sisters requested it He claimed Dickinson fired a shot in the back seat then fired again as he grabbed the gun and Dickinson slid from the car with his feet on the fender
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Detroit
William Lee Ferris
Howard Carter Dickinson
New York
Dickinson
Ferris
Rouge Park
Florence
Loretta Jackson
Jean Miller
Aged woman dies in Bloomington owner of Pantagraph
Bloomington August 6 Mrs. L B Merwin 90 longtime owner and principal stockholder of the Daily Pantagraph died last night from a heart ailment. She was the granddaughter of Jesse W Fell a noted Illinois pioneer and philanthropist influential in Lincoln's 1860 presidential nomination.
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Bloomington
Ill
L. B. Merwin
Daily
Pantagraph
Merwin
Jesse W. Fell
Abraham Lincoln
Regenstein Village Claims Tiny German Town Status
The village Regenstein in the flat mountains with five inhabitants asserts it is Germany’s smallest town, a claim noted amid regional interest and local pride.
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Regenstein
Flatz Mountains
Greater Net Power and Clean Burning Guarantees
The brief notes a claim of greater net power from gasoline plus clean burning, asserting superior performance and enhanced efficiency. This compact item presents marketing language focused on fuel qualities and performance assurances.
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Baltimore & Ohio
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Chicago Met. CO
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ELKS
Axminster
Velvet
Wilton
Amer. Orn
Mrs. Slough
Ane
KAY Jewelry CO
Caskey’s
Caskey Baking CO
MT. Bethel
William L. Ferris
Lux
Maine
Florida
American O8 Co
AIREC
American Oil Company
Amoco-Gas
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