Government Control Of Mine Industry Sought By Congress
Washington July 12 Government control of the coal industry to protect the public during clashes between miners and operators was planned in Congress. A plan would place coal mining under either the Senate Labor Committee or a joint House Senate committee. Another proposal mirrors a bill introduced months ago by Senator Frelinghuysen of New Jersey.
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Digging for gold on the Potomac bank
Senator William J. Wittiam of Utah opened the Virginia Gold Mining and Milling Corporation venture at Bull Neck Rim on the Potomac yesterday morning. He wielded a hydraulic hose nozzle and panned river sand while the company plans to strike shafts and sample ore to determine value. Milling machinery, a 10 ton plant and an air compressor are ordered and due in six weeks to two months.
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Washington
Wittiam J.ig
Utah
Virginia Gold Mining and Milling Corporation
Bull Neck Rim
Potomac
Lydia Pinkham Vegetable Compound Ad in Chicago
Mrs Mary Enrico of Chicago testifies that Lydia Pinkham's Vegetable Compound helped her with female ailments and fatigue from work as a sewing machine operator and mother. The ad promotes Lydia Pinkham's medicine as reliable for women's health and urges others to use the product to stay well.
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Lydix B. Finkham
Taniy
Docreca
Jall
Lydia Pinkham
Amin
Mary Enrico
Carpentier St
Illinois
Lydia E. Pinkham
Enrico
Breaks Out Jail With A Yardstick In Winchester
Joseph Doran and William Stroker escaped from a Winchester jail using a broken yardstick to pry open a time lock and scale a wall. Doran, serving twelve months for stealing his employer’s money and for revolver theft, had planned the break during a bath. He had previously escaped Huntingdon Reformatory last year during a ten year sentence for horse stealing.
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Joseph Doran
William Stroker
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Eight Convicts Freed by Board of Parole
The Advisory Board of Parole released eight inmates from the Penitentiary yesterday. Three were serving 18 year sentences for second degree murder, the maximum penalty. Two had ten years, and the remaining three eight years or more. All had excellent prison records and were recommended by the Penitentiary authorities.
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St James Brethren Church Service July 16 List of Visitors
Sunday notices from St James detail a breaching service planned by Pastor King for July 16. The column lists numerous visitors from Hagerstown and nearby towns, including families and several local residents, with brief notes on evenings and Sundays spent with residents. A hay accident injures Norman Shervin. doctor treatment reported.
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Leiter ‘King
Mary Etkelberger
Hikelberger
Hagerstown
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Howard, Reichard
Rowland Ratehord
Harvey Marlin
Wilson
Samuel Mongin
Samples Manor
Hantily
Richard Bloom
Mongan
Edward Stockslager
George Howland
Sperow
John Sperow
William Rhodes
Norman Shervin
Rhodes
Zimmerman
Mr. She
Hart’s Spectacular Production Captivates Audiences
Baise holds the stage with spellbinding flair as Hart delivers a top production. Eva Novak leads as the leading woman with strong support from Leo Willis Antrim Short Alfred Allen and Bert Sonotte, praised for highly artistic performances.
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Mr. Hart
Eva Novak
Leo Willis
Antrim Short
Alfred Allen
Bert Sonotte
Snake explodes near Bedford farmer in July incident
Cumberland July 13 Mahlon Wineland, cutting wheat above Bedford, heard a blasting sound and found a blown up viper snake dead. The snake exploded when the machine approached, startling nearby farmhands as wheels rolled over it.
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Mahlon Wineland
Bedford
Mystery Photoplay At Colonial Theater Draws Crowds
A two day run of Find the Woman at the Colonial Theatre thrills audiences with a murder mystery built around a theatrical agent’s death. Stars Abna Rubens, Eileen Hudson, George MacQuarrie and others deliver tense situations under Tom Terriss direction. The Sleep Walker, starring Constance Binney, explores the stark clash of convent life and dramatic consequences.
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FMD
Colonial ‘Theatre
Paramount
Abna Rubens
Tom Terriss
Miss Nubens
Eileen Huhan
George MacQuarrie
Harrison Ford
Norman Kerry
Ethel Duray
Arthur Donaldson
Henry Sedley
Sydney Deane
Constance Binney
Convent-Bret
The Sleep Walker at Palace Theatre
Aubrey Brander wrote The Sleep Walker now showing at the Palace Theatre. Wells Hastings directed from the script, delivering a period play amid local theatre notices and ads for hair care products and pharmacy sales.
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Palace Theatre
Wadiona
Aubrey Brander
Beward le Soint
Wells Hastings
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