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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1921
Page
4
In what may be the last game before a two week break the Alsatia Fiveet meets the Merticsiurg Allstars at 8 oclock tomorrow night at the Fair Grounds. The visiting lineup includes standout forwards and a slate of promising Colts home for the Easter holidays.
In Virginia on March 23 one of the Goiter brothers won the bantamweight wrestling title at Washington and Lee University after the heavy gymnasium meet. The referee and student body dispute which brother earned the laurel as Henry Gotten and Nichol as Gotten, both weighing 199 pounds, resemble twins. Their identical appearance and similar names caused confusion among professors and students during the final rounds.
A fragment from a March 23 report notes a youth standout in an athletics camp failing to deliver big hits. The observer mentions the tree tops scene, mumbles about drives, and contrasts with expectations from the American League. Named participants are unclear due to garbled text.
Harvey W. Snyder confessed at 17 to setting two barns near Gettysburg to frighten his parents into moving. His 19-year-old brother George DP Snyder is jailed, allegedly egging the younger on. The first fire burned Arthur Shields’s barn and its contents, including an automobile, a week earlier. A second blaze at Alexander Collins’s farm was quickly checked, with the boy claiming he left bed to start it before joining his father in the effort.
Paris March 25 Upper Silesia will be partitioned with coal rich districts going to Poland based on plebiscite results. The boundary runs Rosenburg to Kronpitz then south along the Lauter river to Ratibor. All land west remains Germany while the eastern area with coal deposits joins Poland.
A historical comparison notes that one thousand cubic feet of candle gas equates to just over seven gallons of sperm oil, illustrating an old unit relationship used in energy and lighting contexts.
The piece muses on the fast pace of training and the return of players like Hagen Haig and Mack. It notes the lure of multiple sports, the pathways from the Texas leagues to the majors, and the surge of rookies likely to break in this year in both major and minor leagues.
Discovery that Thomas Ryan three times mayor of Syracuse and wealthy president of the Thomas Ryan Brewers Company left a third will fuels a long legal battle. Mrs Jenny Ryan widow contends against Florence May Ryan Myron ward of Ryan in a dispute tied to upstate power and influence.
A lengthy estate dispute centers on the Ryan family with a 509000 value left by Henry Ryan. The third will, prepared February 18 this year, may mirror a 1920 will naming Mrs Myron as chief beneficiary. Probate moves seek to challenge the 1914 Ryan will and adoption conflicts involving Florence Ryan Myron. A separate note mentions a planned triangular track meet in Washington on April 23 involving George Washington, Catholic University, and the University of Maryland.
Five boys ages up to seventeen publish a weekly two page paper from the Boys Hotel in Kansas City. The Globe News covers hotel news, boys welfare work and feature articles with twenty five copies printed each Sunday. Three serve as reporters while two act as editors.
Elizabethtown Ky March 23 Mrs Juranda Wethington of Clementsville is cutting her third set of teeth. She is 82 years old.
A Nevada spring is reported to color water jet black, a striking natural phenomenon noted by locals. Observers describe the spring’s water turning deep black, with no clear explanation or confirmed scientific analysis provided.
An ad touts S.S.S as an internal remedy to cleanse blood and ease rheumatism. It urges readers to buy 8.8.8 from a druggist and send a case history to the Chief Medical Advisor at 877 Swift Laboratory, Atlanta, Georgia.
Purify your system to renew health and relieve biliousness colds constipation headaches stomach liver and blood troubles. Genuine packages sold for 35 cents with warning to avoid imitations.
Harry T Lamey of Chester Pa was sentenced to three months in Mercer County jail Trentno New Jersey after pleading guilty to threatening Samuel D Riddle and his racehorse Man o War. He admitted writing a letter to Mrs Riddle demanding 10000 dollars claiming he would harm the horse if not paid. He said the plan was to force payment but only out of curiosity.
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