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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1901
Page
3
Fragmentary readable items mention a barometer and a sale action related to Grover and a strictaid. Names and places are unclear but imply a local notice about a sale or equipment related to water works and meteorological gear.
Fragmented OCR lists estates and legal matters including Peisty Spickler, Barcy Myers, and Thomas Stoops with various disputes. It mentions wrested charges, court dates, funerals, and interments, along with scattered anecdotes about local people, a cemetery company, a plumbing issue, and unrelated reflections on life, travel, and education.
Jitu A Sicodenus, known Eduement fruit grower, was struck by a vehicle and fatally injured while walking home. Investigators note a heavy impact and a fall as onlookers observe the scene near Mite Parkage. Authorities continue to document the incident.
Fragmented OCR yields names and events including a May resignation by M. Clywiet amid church improvements. References to dedication ceremonies feature Robkerk Bridges and others, with garbled phrases suggesting planning and reunions around a parish project.
An assault case unfolds as a colored youth pursues William Deeter and others to a barn where a girl is found frightened. Authorities intervene after a confusing chase and an ensuing investigation at a nearby home, with details unclear due to damaged text.
An irregular report describes a county convention scene with leaders, delegates, and tense votes. The text notes Cap'n Cable and P. Tater presiding, a long wrangle over motions, and hands being shaken as delegates departed with factions in the balance.
A chaotic, fragmentary report recalls a late convention scene at Plain Tall. George A. Davis convened order, Dy Wagaman elected temporary chairman, and a long list of district nominees and officials follows with scattered names and vague actions during the gathering.
A report details electric wiring costs and fittings for a new library installation. The work uses a cumbwt system with combined chandeliers described as beautiful. Matin Moele is supervising, with safety and efficiency emphasized amid local bid discussions. Funeral notices and police involvement referenced in unrelated segments.
Infant son of John and huey Sodegeten dies at two weeks in East North Street area. Funeral today. Notices mention various local names and a freestanding medical salve advertisement. historic text contains garbled OCR with references to Woitersberger, Schemnes, and Warebaniy Chey Pharmacy among others.
A drowning incident near York involved Miss Maury Luntiack, whose body was recovered after divers failed and a $25 reward was offered. Workers from Waynesburg used dynamite to locate the body, but the rescue party faced dangerous conditions and a coroner’s inquest determined accidental drowning as the cause.
Two well dressed travelers stopped near a roadside inn and asked for aid. One man appeared injured and claimed to have been in a strange accident while en route from Witgtois. Police or locals did not confirm the fate of the men or their claims.
Ot Mined, Me Deri Deiter and two dated tors Mies Nounle dviter and Miss Dat Telter leave Kangar City Mo for Mexico in their private car. They intend to spend the late summer there working. The Misses Leiter plan to travel by horse back while in Mexico.
Ducky Plaher DG and Gannells Lis return to base in Ashlington near the Potomac from a Ree dy chub, with notes of a quiet homecoming and familiar surroundings.
The text presents a garbled, archaic sounding monologue with references to packing, wages, taxation, and a mock court scene. Names and places are obscured by corruption, but the piece echoes a satirical or theatrical lament about labor, finance, and social roles in a bygone era.
A disturbance erupts on the Pike as Sammie Cline and family quarrel with neighbors. Fists and a club clash, a man falls, and a woman strikes back. warrants follow and a constable intervenes. Squire Adams fines the offender and releases the minors under law. String mentions charges against the family and possible restitution.
A garbled list of social notes records Miss Maye Dorsey visiting Miss Myron in Winter Street, Mr. Joseph J. Seruedly and Mr. I A Porterfield in Washington, and many others visiting relatives in towns including Williang port, Thurman, Ocean Po May, Waynesboro, Philadelphia, and Jersey coast. The item reads as a daily society brief with scattered names, places, and travel mentions.
Mr Kirley Te Kirtley died at his home the Green House 5 Wale Uorst after a brief illness. He had been ill for some time and left a wife Bertie withers and sisters Job Henry tires Dr ME Bleley and others. He was aged and the obituary notes family sorrow and local distress.
An undated report notes a Smith wanuraecking company receiving an order for Kee Aine College batiugs and etx platform Iamdings and ladders. The shipment is to be ready within ten days, with Kee Mar in a new bagils remodeling project and a plan to place it on a larger wagon for the Wuilien Waynesboro area.
This morning at Wd mm Misa William AL Rogers and Mr dobbe G Wurpen were invested at the Bvanechea parsay with Rev A T Irvine. Both parties are Tra Poilidelptia.
An assortment of 19th century patent medicines is advertised. The copy promotes Chainteriahys Stomach and Liver Tablet for health regulation, a remedy for headaches neuralgia and heartache, with alleged daily doses and prices. It lists vendors including Warcham's, Gigs Pharmacy, and Central Drug Co, and mentions various preparations by B F Schindel.
A fragment describes a young girl subjected to a brutal amputation on a public platform as onlookers watch. Her parents’ breath fades while she endures with bravery, thought of being crippled rather than dancing, and is later taken home after a traumatic journey by train. Two men with hidden motives supposedly plotted to stop the violence.
The obituary notes the death of runt Youn, sister of H R the Uris rity, wife of Honj, mother of several children, and widow Mrs. McThirly. She died suddenly at home near Cherry Run on a Sunday, aged 7 years. Funeral arrangements pending.
Strenmy Oy reports the Potowne area creek has risen four or five feet after recent rains, flooding nearby shims in AeA Stride. The Antictuin is nearby and up several feet, hampering local access and prompting cautious repairs.
Gly Hoke Clyde Lesher and the ten laborers' son of forty aid Annie Hoke of Maulison died Monday from spinal ataxia. Funeral details follow as authorities report the incident occurred Wednesday at MW o'clock.
An array of marriage licenses names Toho AG Torpen and billio Mt. Mogers with Browneville residents and other notices appear amid local business ads. The Berkeley County Fair at Tywood Park opens today and runs until Friday, while ads promote King’s New Discovery for coughs, Kadol for dyspepsia, and various merchants from Wareham to Danville offering goods and services.
Market inspector Willows notes best market day of the season with high peach and cantaloupe prices. Reports show peaches at 10 to $4 per basket, cantaloupes $20, eggs 14 and 13 cents. A man named Lewis from Gur Held is accused, while health officials warn about seed sellers. Local officials, lawyers, and postmasters are listed among yesterday’s business and notices.
A garbled ad fragment mentions remedies for sickness and travel details, listing Chamberlain's Cough Balsam and Diarrhoea Remedy, sums and routes to Baltimore and Williamsport, with round trip fares and druggists named, amid unclear dates and places. The readable parts reference Pharmacy firms Warehives City and The Cotton Drag Go, plus a cream festival and drug sales.
Advertisements dominate the page with piano sellers Welch and Lester claims, DeWitt’s medical salves, wine and tobacco claims, car paint pitches, muffled obituaries, and various store promos. It cites Wareham’s City Pharmacy, Central Drug Co, Hines Lawn, and music stores amid notices of deaths, sales events, and fashion items.
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