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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1922
Page
6
Rochester July 4 A farmer Sharien Johnvos trapped a huge rattlesnake in a box after catching it near Clyde. A potato pit duel ensued as the rat attacked the snake with ferocious bites and a neck grip, finally choking the rattler to death amid cordwood and straw.
Read like a rural legend, a farm story recounts a rat exposed to a snake’s poison yet remaining alive. The animal was allegedly fed bread and cheese, then relocated near Montezuma swamp for its freedom.
Four men die and several others are injured as a wall on the eleventh floor of the Old Odd Fellows Temple collapses this afternoon. The seventh floor cracked and bricks tumbled to the street, heard for miles. Fire crews cordoned off the area as fear grew the wall might fail.
Miss Gladys Lynchai and Miss Pauline Snyder visited Maryland State University in College Park. Rev. Simon Wyand of Minnesota and Rev. Fred Wyand of Virginia spoke at local church events. Mrs. Mary Burtner Young and family visited relatives, and a festival for the Athletic Association drew crowds. Keedysville beat Sharpsburg in a Saturday ball game. A brass button found in Fairfax county connects to historic George Washington insignia.
William S. Hart stars in O'Malley of the Mounted as a Gaoadian mounted police officer who tracks a murderer and falls for the quarry owner’s sister. The film features notable action sequences and a strong supporting cast including Lea Villa Antrim Short Alfred Allen Bert Sprotte.
Baltimore July 13 market items show Beel and other livestock quotes by quality including calves sheep and hogs with varying prices. A vessel bound for India carried a traveler bitten by a venomous reptile. a native herb remedy from Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound was credited with saving the man’s life per letters of recommendation in the paper.
A 12 year old girl overcome by persistent stomach and intestinal discomfort was unable to attend school for nearly a year. After trying Mayr's TM Wonderful Remedy, she regained health and returned to classes. The product claims to remove mucus and inflammation of the digestive tract with a money back guarantee after one dose.
William Farnum stars in Perjury at the Colonial Theatre for a two day run. The photodrama adapts Victor Hugo like pathos as Farnum portrays Robert Moore from success to twenty years in prison, revealing his gentleness under strain. Cast includes Sally Crute and Wallace Irskine. production directed by Harry Millarde.
A melodramatic tale unfolds with a hero, a vigilant girl, and a gang in the slums. Helene Chadwick appears helping, while a planned revenge drives the tense plot toward a peaceful onstage finale.
The Span ish Jade photographed in Spain with exteriors filmed in Carmona near Seville. The town provides authentic Moorish atmosphere with cobbled streets gates and gateways. David Powell Marc MacDermott and Evelyn Brent star in the cast for John H Robertson’s latest feature screened at Nixon's Academy today and Saturday.
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