Yankees Split Doubleheader With Nationals In DC
In Washington on August 7 the Yankees won the first game 54 to 3 after a ninth inning rally, then lost the second 6 to 3. The defeat shifts the pennant race with Detroit to a game and a half behind Mickey Cochrane’s Tigers. Bronca and McFayden pitched in the opener. Jorgens, Stewart, Russell and Sewell appeared in the field. Divorced: Mrs. Conrad Nagel in Juarez Mexico.
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Washington
Yankees
Yanks
Detroit Tigers
Mickey Cochrane
New York
Bronca
McFayden
Jorgens
Stewart
Russell and Sewell
Barn Destroyed On Roderick Farm Near Kabletown
A barn on the B E and B p Roderick farm near Kabletown in Jefferson County burned Saturday night with all contents. Firemen from Charles Town prevented the fire from spreading to adjacent structures. owners had no insurance.
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B. E
B. P. Roderick
Kabletown
Jefferson County
Charles Town
Local crow shooting contest winner claims top prize
Baltimore on August 7 reports Paul E. Plutchak of Preston won first prize of 50 dollars in a crowd shooting contest judged by State Game Warden E. Lee LeCompte. Plutchak killed 549 crows, nine more than runner up W. C. Reynolds of Hikton.
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Baltimore
Paul E. Plutchak
Preston
E. Lee LeCompte
Plutchak
W. C. Reynolds
Hikton
Local notes and mixed items in Williamsport paper
A satirical prophecy by Prof. William Maccabees foresees Parker’s political fate. Williamsport council declines a water works franchise due to limited legislative power. A Fortunes-telling tale, a boarding house narcotic scare, a major train wreck near Pueblo with many missing, a Mt. Airy post office burglary, a bank stock sale, grape crop forecasts, and St Matthew’s Lutheran School reorganization are reported.
Stine reunion and local visits across towns noted
Reid Aug 3 notices show several family gatherings and visits. Mr and Mrs Daniel Boward and family attended a reunion at Red Bridge Park. Oberholzers and foster son Richard visited Amos Lehman at the State Sanatorium. Numerous cousins and friends in Leitersburg Leitersburg areas and Williamsport visited households in Hagerstown Waynesboro and Middletown with multiple named individuals and residences.
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Violet Morris
Williamsport
Ralph Morris
Charlotte Lawson
John Cook
Nevin
Halfway
Roy Thomas
Hagerstown
Alvey R. Cook
Otho Rice
C. E. Shank
Mary
Clementine
Gordon
Harold
West Milton
D. M. Boward
Orville Myers
Earl McCauley
Katherine Adams
Samuel Scheller
William Beachley
Doris Troups
Grower Leatherman
Leitersburg
Jacob Oberholzer
Richard
Annie Oberholzer
Amos
Lehman
James
Adams
Washington
Daniel Boward
Alvey Showalter
Adam Martin
Betty
Alice Hykes
Waynesboro
Gladys Cook
Charlotte Law
Reformed Churches Reunion Attendees Named
Sunday evening reports list 30Haniss Violet Morris and Mrs C E Shank with Abram Shank and Lois Shank attending the Pen Mar reunion of the Reformed churches. Other attendees include Miss Elizabeth Ridenour Miss Alice Ridenour Miss Helen Rodgers of Philadelphia and Miss Margaret Barnhefse with Mrs Norman Fahrney and Mrs J R Laugh.
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Violet Morris
C. E. Shank
Abram Shank
Lois
Elizabeth
Alice Ridenour
Reformed Churches
Pen Mar
Helen Rodgers
Philadelphia
Margaret Barnhefse
Santa Monica
California
Norman Fahrney
J. R. Laugh
LOCAL QUOTATIONS Prices Paid Farmers and Guests
Local social notes list dinner guests and visits among families in the Cham bersburg and Hagerstown areas including Linsey Beachley Burkholder Troupe Shank Reynolds Oberholser Weyant Lawson Marros Cook and others. An unrelated line notes Nehemiah as a fifth century B C Hebrew leader.
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Carrie Shank
Ida Weyant
Charlotte Lawson
Violet Marros
Pauline
Gladys .Coook
Vaughan's homer defeats Bruins for Pirates 4 to 1
Vaughn's smoking homer into right field stands in the first inning with two aboard gave the Pittsburgh Pirates a 4 to 1 win over the Chicago Cubs. Cubs fall four games behind the speeding Giants in the National League pennant race.
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Pittsburgh
Atky Vaughan
Pirates
Chicago Cubs
Giants
Baltimore Livestock Market Report Highlights Steady Prices
Baltimore cattle and hog markets show stable to firm tones on August 7. Cattle prices span good slaughter steers 6.00 to 7.50, cows 2.75 to 3.25, vealers 5.00 to 6.00, hogs 4.80 to 5.60 per hundred, and sheep with top lambs at 7.75, reflecting steady demand across weights and grades.
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Baltimore
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EL Paso
Tex
Conrad Nagel
Juarez
Mexico
Nagel
R. ‘D. Keller Granite & Marble Co
Bullling Stone
U S. Pot
Stone Water Coolers
Harry S. Myers
Breies Road
Eed
Wiliam Maccabees
Luke Broughton
Alton B. Parker
U. S
GC. E. Foltz
Missouri Pacific Flier
Pueblo
Col
Mt. Airy
Frederick County
Walter R. Rudy
First National Bank
J. A. Fisher
Cavetown
St. Matthew's
Frederick Schleicher
Justus Heimel
Reid
Might
Jack
Nya
Yacl
Bumsteads Worm Syrup
Angel of Mercy
Philetelphia
Nehemiah
Reeve
Peters
Gert
E. Oscar Hitt
Ben
Hull
Vaughan
Bruins
Baltimore Livestock
Ayers Bros
Steffey Co
Building Coal Supplies
Resisterea U.5
Stanley
Fuler Fadds
Poreck
Stanleg
Popeye
Mazilia
Esavages
E. C. Segar
Ery Ito
Scorchy Smith
Pr Cevcier Des Sur
John C. Terry
MR. Further
Scorchy
Ann
Bradenton
BRICK
Bradford
Robby Thatcher
William Ritt
and Clarence Gray
Dom Kopf
Carrenda
George Storm
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