Barn Blaze Destroys Pittman Farm Near Mercersburg
A large barn on the Hassler farm tenanted by Russell Pittman, three miles from Mercersburg along Fort Loudon road, burned last night at about 10 30. The roaring blaze drew hundreds of motorists who lined the roads as livestock were in the fields and machinery grain and other farm goods were destroyed. Cause unknown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell Pitllman
Mercersburg
Fort Loudon Road
Hassler
Pittman
Farmer Benjamin Baker Faces Careful Care After Good Samaritan Act
Benjamin Baker, a farmer near Boonsboro, recounts aiding a man who stayed the night after being fed and given lodging. The next morning the visitor vanished along with Baker's trousers containing his cash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benjamin Baker
Boonsboro
Youth Wins Tip Prize For Noting Fire Rescue
A Chestnut street youth won first prize in the Daily Mail News Tip Contest for reporting a house fire near his swim area. He carried a tip pad from the scene to the Daily Mail office, arriving first under deadline. Second prize went to a Mulberry Avenue resident who reported the rescue of a young girl.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chestnut Street
Two Famous Women Speak at Jefferson County Event
Mrs Woodrow Wilson widow of the war president and former Governor Nellie Taylor Ross led a large turnout at Belleyne Jefferson County for the first Jefferson Wilson Women’s Democratic Club gathering. Democrats from Maryland and Virginia attended as Attorney General Lane Senator Byron and Colonel Rowsgell spoke and praised the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodrow Wilson
Nellie Taylor Ross
Nevada
Shepherdstown
Jefferson-Wilson Women’s Democratic Club
Jefferson County
W. Va
Belleyne
R. G. Ringgold
Wilson
Ross
Ringgold
Maryland
Virginia
William P. Lane
William D. Byron
Williamsport
Rowsgell
Winchester
Harry F. Byrd
Lane
Young clown kills youth in neighborhood circus
A nine year old boy playing a greasepaint clown killed playmate Louis Sedley with a thrown stone during a neighborhood circus. Juvenile authorities faced decisions as the clown was held for questioning after Louis died from a brain blood clot days later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Louis Sedley
Louis
Willard Interview Reveals Western Maryland Absorption Likely
The Daily Mail reports ICC approval of the Baltimore & Ohio and Western Maryland consolidation and discloses an interview with Daniel Willard of B&O. Excerpts indicate Western Maryland will likely be absorbed by B&O, a move debated as potentially advantageous to Harpers Ferry area interests.
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Daily Mail
Baltimore & Ohio
W. M
Interstate Commerce Commission
Western Maryland
Marylnd
Daniel Willard
Jaily Mail
John B. Ferguson
Chamber of Com
Willard
Maryland
Baltimore
Ohio
Haserstown
Daily Mall
Boast Cost Him His Life in Jewelry Store Shootout
Los Angeles reports W J Kirkpatrick bragged he would not submit to robbers. He entered a jewelry store as three robbers began their raid and calmly turned to leave when they opened fire, killing him.
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Los Angeles
W. J. Kirkpatrick
Girl Injured In Collision In Hospital
Catherine Morgan aged 18 of 432 Cook Street is in Memorial hospital Cumberland in serious condition with head and arm lacerations and shock. Her escort Walter Offutt, 25 of Fairmont West Virginia, sustained a fractured arm and body injuries after a motorcycle crash with a car driven by S L Wolfe of Reisterstown Maryland on the National Highway between Green Ridge and Polish Mountain. The car swerved to avoid a pole, throwing the riders over 30 feet along the road bank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Catherine Morgan
Cook Street
Memorial Hospital
Cumberland
Walter Offutt
Fairmont
W. Va
S. L. Wolfe
Reisterstown
Green Ridge
Polish Mountain
Miss Morgan
Offutt
Wolfe
Dog Bites Little Girl In Halfway Yard
Christine Olson, six year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Arthur Olson of Heisterboro road Halfway, was severely bitten in the arm by a stray dog while playing in a neighbor yard. Residents fired guns but the dog eluded them and authorities search continues fear rabies. The child will receive Pasteur treatment. Halfway has seen stray dogs in packs all summer creating danger for children and keeping the community awake with pleas to eliminate the nuisance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christine Olson
Arthur Olson
Heisterboro Road
Halfway
Pasteur
Stxray
Tiffany woolen plant opens full time in Webster
Webster Massachusetts July 25 the Tiffany woolen plant at Berryville started full time today providing work for at least 200 people from Webster and Dudley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Webster
Mass
Tiffany
Berryville
Webster and Dudley
Three Found Fatally Shot in Saginaw Home
In Saginaw Michigan on July 25 James F Jackson age 45 and his two children Margaret 12 and James 11 were found shot to death at their home. Police say the children were killed by the father who then killed himself after leaving a note claiming his wife had deserted him for another man.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saginaw
Mich
James F. Jackson
Margaret
James
Jackson
Roosevelt to Meet Backer of Al Smith
Governor Roosevelt returns to Albany after Hyde Park to accelerate his campaign. He schedules a meeting with Governor Joseph Ely of Massachusetts and awaits Walker's reply. Ely’s stance remains pivotal as Farley arranged a Roosevelt and Ely meetup for next Wednesday amid Smith’s defeat and Be Ely’s possible support.
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Roosevelt
AL Smith
Albany
N. Y
Hyde Park
Joseph Be Ely
Massacsetts
Walker
Ely
Smith
New England
Chicago
John N
Iarner
James A. Farley
Heated quarrel ends with police escort to HQ
Sylvester Vilmik and Charles Wilson fought in the South End at about 9 this morning. A hatchet was flourished during the dispute. Police escorted the pair to headquarters and, after questioning by Justice Richard H. Sweeney, they were dismissed with a warning to bury the hatchet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sylvester Vilmik
Charles Wilson
South End
Richard 4H
Sweeney
Condon Garage Destroyed By Fire In Boonsboro
An oil can explosion sparked a blaze that leveled the double garage owned by Robert Condon on North Mulberry near Wayside. The shop housed repair equipment. firefighters arrived to find flames consuming the building and saved adjacent property. Three boys alerted Condon to the fire. In a separate note, H E Hutzell of Boonsboro found a large black snake eating eggs in a chicken coop and killed it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Condon
North Mulberry Street
Wayside
Condon
Mr. Condon
H. E. Hutzell
Boonsboro
Man Dies Kissing Blarney Stone in Cork Drop
James Burke of Charleville died after attempting to kiss the Blarney stone without support, slipping from a parapet and falling about 100 feet at the ancient castle. The Irish Free State report notes the stone's tradition promises eloquence and persuasion.
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Cork
Irish Free State
James Burke
Charleville
Depositors Begin to Receive First National Bank Dividends
Scores of depositors at the First National Bank received the initial installment totaling about 417000 for over four thousand accounts. Checks drawn on Riggs National Bank Washington were cashed locally with a slow process as receipts were signed. Many funds were used to pay debts and taxes while merchants noted looser spending. Further installments are planned over 66 to 90 days, with Mechanics Loan and Savings Bank expected to issue a similar first dividend next month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First National Bank
Claude Gilbert
Riggs National Bank
Washington
D. C
U. S
Mechanics Loan and Savings Bank
Bull in Deep River Pasture Destroys New Autos
In Deep River New York a bull damaged all new autos parked for a picnic in his pasture. He smashed the shiny cars but spared the rusty gas buggies. The mischief followed the bull’s disturbance at the sight of the polished vehicles.
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Deep River
N. Y
Daly
Ted
Chest Found by Workmen in Bank With Old Banknotes
Workmen uncover a heavy iron chest in the old Hagerstown Bank building during renovations for the Board of Education. The chest held obsolete banknotes of 5 10 50 and 100 dollars and engraved plates, plus a ten share Schnebley stock receipt dated 1807. The discovery coincides with Hagerstown Bank and Trust Company’s 125th anniversary.
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Hagerstown Bank
Board of Education
Hagerstown Bank & Trust Company
Schnebley
David Schnebley
Nathaniel Rochester
Hagerstown Bank and Trust Company
German Aviator Von Gronau Reaches Greenland On North Atlantic Route
Captain Wolfgans von Gronau, the German aviator attempting a staged crossing to Chicago, arrived at Ivigtut Greenland after a six hour inland ice flight. He departed Reykjavik yesterday and plans to continue toward the American continent via Iceland Greenland and Labrador, according to wireless dispatches.
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Berlin
Wolfgang von Gronau
North Atlantic
Ivigtut
Greenland
Copenhagen
Wolfgans von Gronau
Germany
Chicago
Kvittut
von Gronau
Reykjavik
Iceland
Labrador
United States
Boy Re-injures Arm While Helping Dad Clean Car
Leon Spessard, son of Mr and Mrs Charles A Spessard aged 11, had a previous arm fracture healing after five weeks. While helping his father wipe off a car for a ride he slipped and re fractured the same arm, delaying his return to baseball.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leon Spessard
Charles A. Spessard
Leon
Phantom rifleman haunts hilltop priest home in Hornell
In Hornell New York a bullet shattered Pastor Hendersons hat as he stayed at a hilltop house believed to be haunted by a phantom rifleman. State police Lt Gerald Waine said the unseen marksman aims to keep the place unoccupied while signatures claim multiple tenants fled in fear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hornell
Gerald Waine
State Police
Terman Lee Henderson
Waine
Merksman
Henderson
Plant Extends Shifts At Norwood Factory
Officials of Remington Rand Inc say the Powers Accounting Machine plant at Norwood has operated on a full time schedule for six months, increased its workforce, and begun night shifts due to rising orders, with continued operation through December.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnath
Clals
Remington Rand, Inc
Powers
Norwood
Holding Boy for Killing His Father
Nineteen teen Tony Centanni of Paterson New Jersey is held in a police cell charged with homicide after allegedly shooting his father Alphonse Centanni 49 in Long Island City. He said he killed his father to defend his sisters Helen 16 and Antoinette 15 from abuse.
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New York
Tony Centanni
Paterson
N. J
Alphonse Centanni
Long Island City
Helen
Antoinette
Beauty Brings Bitterness for Disfigured Wife
In Los Angeles on July 25 Mrs. Virginia Rae, 27, faced bitterness as her husband Henry warned she was too beautiful. After repeated admiring glances from other men, she smeared a strong caustic on her face, and a police surgeon said the disfigurement will be permanent.
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Los Angeles
Virginia Rae
Henry
Radicals of group leave their camp near White House
Washington July 25. Scuffling occurred as police faced the radical wing of the bonus marchers near the White House. Two left wing members were arrested after traffic was blocked while John Pace of Detroit led a parade toward the executive mansion. Police warned they would halt any demonstration in the White House vicinity.
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Washington
15Th
New York Avenue
Bonus
White House
Bonus Army
John Pace
Detroit
Executive Mansion
Couldn't Keep This Cob Down
Les Young of 134 South Locust Street reports last winter he stored corn cobs for fuel. Yesterday he found the cobs sprouting with green growth, saying only the cob itself grew sprouts after grains were removed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Les Young
South Locust Street
Greencastle Man Shot Found in Haystack
The body of Frederick Peter Poward, about 49, was found yesterday morning in a haystack on the Carl place, half a mile north of Greencastle, with the top of his head blown off. He had been missing since Friday morning. The shooter used a single barrel shotgun. Survivors include his wife and one sister, Nora.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick Peter Poward
Washington Street
Greencastle
Carl Place
Kieffer Snyder
Farl Holiinger
Roward
Nora
Youth Falls From Leiter Bros Truck Injury Hospitalized
Hubert Mayer on Elizabeth Street fell from a Leiter Bros truck after climbing aboard with companions. He was taken to the hospital with a head injury and possible concussion, the extent of which was not yet determined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hubert Mayer
Elizabeth Street
Leiter Bros
Fliers escape tale after jungle crash recounted
Clarence McElroy of Medaryville Indiana, rescued near San Geronimo after a week in the jungle, told how he and Roy Gordon of Tegucigalpa Honduras were struck by a fierce storm while flying toward Honduras. He described paralysis and insect bites as their plane failed to land.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico City
Daly
Clarence McElroy
Medaryville
Ind
Elroy
San Geronimo
Roy Gordon
Tegucigalpa
Honduras
McWlroy
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Blarney
First National
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Yvonne Vallee
Sister
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