Collector Turns Safe Razors Into Museum
Rotary Club interview with Stanley Wilmoth of Wagers town reveals his life story as a razor blade collector. He began after marriage, filled his home, built the Wilmoth Museum of thousands of old safety blades, and plans a new gallery addition next month.
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Rotary Club
Stanley Wilmoth
Wagerstown
London
England
Ontario
Mr. Wilmoth
Bret Rena
Wade
Wilmoth
Mr. Wilthoth
Diplomacy and Mischief in a Quirky Exchange
A fragmentary dialogue shows Veoy and Bob Pontes discussing an eye injury with evasive terms. A teacher remarks on bad behavior while a student jokes about fixing things. A home brewed explosive tale surfaces and a late night chat recounts rumors and a shy man’s changed manners after a silver purchase.
Pardon Me Professor Acknowledges Propotional Marriage Plan
The speaker informs the professor that his daughter agreed to a proposed marriage. He asks if there is insanity in the family. He notes an incident where Roderick Braaf fell fifty feet from a crowded car but was unharmed.
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Roderick
Ballad of a Three Letter Word Meaning Lunatic
A poem recites a puzzle carried by a speaker who laments an unanswered two letter word and the elusive Jugo-Slavic bird. An aging raving man by a gate narrates a quest through crossword clues, with humor on verb forms and winged words, ending where it began in Bellavie J room.
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Winged Thinge
Bellavie J Room
Claasawkord
H. D
The Setting Son and the West End of a Boy
A small middle western daily prints a sharp proofreader tale about Willie Brown the boy burned by a live wire. The next day a reporter receives a frigid note asking which is the West End of a boy, answered swiftly with a pun about setting sun.
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Willie Brown
West End
Boss berates coworker over language and role
The Boss questions Toy Haines about his tone and management status. Haines denies being the manager, while the Boss challenges his behavior and asks why he talks as if in charge.
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Roy
Toy Haines
Ike
In Bygone Days A Swede At A Saloon And Other Bits
A humorous collage of old time quips and sketches. A Swede visits a saloon asking for wood old squirrel whiskey while the bartender touts Old Crow. A crowd shepherds a man to a gallows as someone asks what’s happening. Various quick vignettes touch on marriages, shopkeepers, and social banter in a period newspaper vibe.
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Ibn Mgeiusts
N.potomac ST
Hagerstown
Lincoln
Fordson
Hagerstown Motor CO
America
Stieff
The
Alsatia
Chas. M. Stieff, Inc
S. Potomac St
Hagerstown’s
Diplomacy Veoy
Bob Pontes
Hier
Bad Boy
Newt
Dave Sneckenberger
Nfalt
Irl
Seigman
W. Franklin St
Sen
Yen
Danzer Metal Works
Sheet Metal Specialists
Maryland
J. Grason Steffey
Coal
West Antietam Street
Sta
Hagerstown Auto Supply
Car
Potomac and
Baltimore Streets Distributors of
Federal
Norwalk
Hotel Potomac
North Potomac Street
Barger
Doc Horst
Bobby
Robby
Albertl
Cook
Home: Furniture Company
Fridinger & Company
North Mulberry Street
D. N. Henson
S. Cannon
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!