Governor Ritchie to Dedicate Williamsport Park on Saturday
A large Fourth of July celebration continues in Williamsport with Governor Albert Ritchie scheduled to dedicate the new community park and playground at 2 30 PM. He will lead a parade featuring floats and fire companies, be introduced by Mayor William D Byron, attend a luncheon, and stay through Sunday evening. The day includes a 7 PM fire company demonstration and an 8 PM band concert at the community park after an ox roast and street festivities.
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Ritchie
Williamsport
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Nor’ Ritchie
William D. Byron
Univa
Shain
Conoh Park
Sr Fire Company
Seagrave
Meeting on the lawn at Belleview hosts naval talk
Rev Dr and Mrs Walter Byron Steh and Mrs Louisa Boteler attended a D A R meeting on the lawn at the Belview home of Mr and Mrs Rowland Ringgold overlooking the Potomac. Admiral Latimer of the U S Navy delivered an address on the 553 naval agreement. Refreshments were served.
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Louisa Boteler
Sto
Shepherdstown
D. A. Eld
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Jacksonville Bank Closed in Gainesville area?
Jacksonville Fla July 5 A notice posted on the People's Bank and Trust Company door said the bank was in the hands of state bank examiner G C White. Bank resources totaled 1 199 000 with deposits 1 577 481 77 and capital 300 000 at June 29.
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Jacksonville
Fla
People’s Bank and Trust Company
G. C. White
State Bank Examiner
Flying Milk Wagon crash halts refueling flight
A refueling plane nicknamed the Flying Milk Wagon cracked after a lightning strike upon landing. All three crewmen were uninjured. A new plane joined the mission at dawn while 75 gallons of gasoline plus oil and water were transferred. Basham guided Mitchell and Newcomb to inspect the wreckage as the monoplane had been aloft 160 hours.
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Firework fatalities and July 4 injuries across states
Ample reports show fireworks injuries and deaths across Michigan New York and Illinois with stricter laws cited as reducing harm. Michigan enforcement credited as most effective while Chicago suburbs show ample cannons despite bans. Snowstorms and record cold disrupt July in Speculator Adirondacks and Grand Haven reports note ten drownings at Municipal Beach. Bait for sale live bait advertised at Byron’s Tannery Williamsport.
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Fla
Michigan
Chicago
New York
Speculator
N. Y
Grand Haven
Mich
Hubs Opening Drive to Save Hagerstown Baseball Franchise
Hagerstown faces a one week deadline to raise 3000 dollars to retain its Blue Ridge Baseball League franchise. Chris Rowland chairs the effort with George Lindsay assisting. Booster Day set for July 13 offers field-day events and $1 tickets as locals urged to buy or sell passes through multiple city outlets and to recruit workers in plants.
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Lindsay
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Hamilton Cigar
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McFaddin’s
The
Elks, Nagles and Moose
Christ Rowland
Stunts and baseball mark Williamsport Old Home Week
Williamsport yesterday hosted Old Home Week featuring two baseball games at Conomac Park. The morning contest saw the Wildcats beat Martinsburg Hose No. 5, while the afternoon game ended with Quincy defeating the Wildcats. After the games, races and stunts attracted many spectators as the Williamsport Community Band played. Participants included Lew Spig ger and George Mum ma in the peanut and one legged races, Paul Lowman winning the hundred yard dash, with prizes donated by local sponsors.
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Martinsburg Hose.'Co
Quincy, Pa
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Conomac Park
Special Duck Dinner at Becks Restaurant and Arcade
Milk fed Long Island ducks featured at Becks Restaurant and Arcade Dining Room on Sunday July 7 with 50 cent price.
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Beck's
Long Island Ducks
Arcade
Cars Stoned and Plan to Operate Ends
A clash between strikers and police resulted in many injuries and damaged car barns as flames grew after streetcar officials rejected the union intimidation and demanded workers return by 6 p.m. under a proposed contract or cars would run without them. The union argued the contract denied proper recognition and a voice in arbitration over suspensions and dismissals.
Italian Marchioness Kills Children Then Self on Promenade
In Leghorn Italy on July 5, the Marchioness Strozzi Malaspina fatally shot her eight year old son Alarico and her two and a half year old daughter Rosanna during a late afternoon promenade before killing herself.
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Italy
Strozzi Malaspina
Alarico
Rosanna
Firework injuries plague Martinsburg area during Fourth
Fireworks caused numerous injuries as spectators and riders tossed giant crackers and torpedoes in Martinsburg. Victims included Charles Spigler, Martin Whitmore, and Robert Boyle among others. police plan stricter sales limits to curb dangerous devices.
Hit by Automobile Injures Mapleville Local Girl
Verle Gross of Mapleville daughter of Mr and Mrs Elmer Gross was struck by a car several days ago and sustained numerous bruises but is recovering at home under family care and in good condition attending to minor injuries.
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Mapleville
Milk Fed Long Island Ducks Becks Restaurant
Milk Fed Long Island Ducks faces a dining venue named Becks Restaurant in a local item. The brief mentions service and possible venue use with no clear outcome or date. The fragment hints at a sponsor or supplier connection to a restaurant setting.
Stultz in Fatal Flight Found Very Drunk
Dr Goettler’s chemical analysis of Wilmer Stultz and two passengers’ vital organs, ordered by Nassau officials, reports a large amount of alcohol in the stomach and brain and concludes the flier was very drunk at the time of death. The accident occurred near Roosevelt Field during a stunting maneuver at about 300 feet.
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N. Y
Alexander 0. Goettler
Wilmer Stultz
Nassau County
Goettler
Phillip Huntington
Ex President Receives 24-Pound Salmon Gift
In Northampton Massachusetts on July holiday dinner, former president Calvin Coolidge praised a 24 pound salmon over three feet long, gifted by Robert Walton Goelet who reportedly caught it in Canada. The fish completely filled the kitchen sink, symbolizing a generous local custom.
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Northampton
Mass
Galvin Coolidge
Robert Walton Goelet
Canada
Coolidge
Electrical shop opens tomorrow at 33 Washington street
The Martz-Gigons Electrical Company, recently incorporated, will open for business at 33 East Washington Street tomorrow morning. Joseph C. Martz will head the firm which will deal in electrical supplies, contracting and wiring. All former employees of Martz Electric Company have been retained.
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Martz-Gigons Electrical Company
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Joseph C. Martz
Martz Electric, Company
Wheat market and festival note from town pages
Market quotes for July September and December wheat show open high low figures, with July at .119 182% and Dec around .132% 134. A festival notice highlights Troop 12 Boy Scouts hosting an Ice Cream and Cake event Friday July 5 at Summit and Garlinger Ave with a rain date Saturday.
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Wareham
Weat
Washington St
Boy Scouts
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Garlinger Ave
Baltimore Woman Re-elected at Catholic Daughters Convention
In Galveston Texas on July 6, Catholic Daughters of America reelected most officers at their thirteenth biennial convention. Mrs Jennie B Greene of Baltimore was elected Vice Supreme Regent replacing Miss Frances Mahar of Pennsylvania.
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Galveston
Tex
Catholic Daughters of America
Jennie B. Greene
Baltimore
Frances Mahar
Pennsylvania
Mrs Mariel Vanderbilt Revives Newport Society Spirit
Newport July 5 Society cheers as Mrs Mariel Vanderbilt leads uplifting outings for high stepping boys. She guided a party to open the Newport airport and another to the country club along Ocean Drive, sparking civic pride and social enthusiasm.
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Newport
Mariel Vanderbilt Church
Ocean Drive
Marine General Eli E. Cole Dies at 62
Major General Eli E. Cole, commandant of the U S Marine Corps Department of the Pacific, died of heart disease at the Presidio in San Francisco. He was 62.
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San Francisco
Cal
Eli E. Cole
U.S. Marine Corps
Department of the Pacific
Presidio
Helen Wills Wins Wimbledon Final Again
Helen Wills defeated fellow Californian Helen Jacobs in the British women's singles final with scores of 6 1 and 6 2 at Wimbledon England. Baseball festival notes show Security Saturday evening.
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Helen Jacobs
U. S
Wimbledon
England
Helen Wills
Helen “Jacobs
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