Allied Forces Battle Polish Upper Silesia Death Toll
In Upper Silesia over the past 24 hours Seventy five Allied soldiers were killed and 150 wounded in fighting with Polish forces. Italian sorties across the Oder were repelled and Italian artillery captured. The Polish authorities declared acts of resistance amid martial law threats as tensions rise. The piece also notes a local anecdote about Mrs Hisse Haterbury Morris starting a facial treatment shop in New York.
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Berlin
Upper Silesia
Oder River
Ratiber
League of Nations
Allfies
Supreme Council
Kerfanty
Werlin
Aldebert Kerfanty
Warsaw
Mrss Hisse Haterbury Morris
Lgouverneur Morris
New York
Flood threat passes as Potomac crest tops 12 feet
Potomac River crest reported at Williamsport this noon after days of heavy rain. Water rose about six inches an hour then fell overnight. Cushwa lowlands flooded halfway to the canal bank but the canal remained intact. Conococheague and Antietam creeks also peaked and stopped rising as rain ceased.
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Potomac
Williamsport
Cushwa
Conococheague
Antietam
Ports Feeling Pinch of the Marine Strike
Washington May 6 Ports on the Atlantic Pacific and Gulf Coasts begin to feel the pinch of the marine strike as efforts to end the controversy are renewed. A further meeting is set between the secretary of interior Admiral Benson and marine engineers leaders with shipowners possibly joining the talks.
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Internnational News
Washington
Antic
Pacific
Gulf
Maine
Indor
Admiral Benson
Marine Engineers
Thief Grabs Hand Bag From Baltimore Woman
Miss Mamie Ardinger of Baltimore, formerly of Williamsport, was robbed on a city street last Saturday night. The thief grabbed her handbag containing money, pursued by witnesses and a police officer, but he escaped. Ardinger, sister of Mrs. Florence Wilson, remained nervous after the incident.
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Mamie Ardinger
Baltimore
Williamsport
Miss Ardinger
Florence Wilson
Postmaster Urges Clear Return Addresses on Mail
Postmaster Tennant urges the public to follow government guidance by writing the return address on letters, upper left corner or back of the envelope. He says this helps letters reach destinations quicker and can beat a special delivery stamp, citing a morning example of a letter with no address.
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Tennant
Martinsburg Firm Purchases Valuable Business Property
Kirson Bros of Martinsburg acquire Street Commissioners L J Orrick property on North Potomac Street Hagerstown. Building will be improved and partially occupied, linking the Hagerstown store with their Martinsburg Waynesboro Hancock and Berkeley Springs properties. Owners Noah Kirson and sons Max Wolf Daniel operate multiple outlets.
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Kirson Bros
L. J. Orrick
North Potomac Street
Hagerstown
Potomac Street
Nith Franklin
Martinsburg
Star Candy Company
Middlekauft's Drug Store
Bentz and Mundey, Jewelers
John W. Feldman
Kirson
Real estate deal closes on Randolph and Locust corner
Dr J Pitsnogle sold a property at the Randolph Locust corner to Thomas McNeal. The meat market, apartments and Uyine quarters are included in the parcel. Grice handled the sale on private terms.
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Dr. Pitsnogle
Thomas McNeal
J . Pitsnogle
Randolph and
Locust Streets
Grice
Army Men Held After Hold-Up At Camp Dix
Two Camp Dix soldiers Sergt Irving Brown and Private Jenny Holcombe were arrested after a hold-up at a Trenton saloon. They admitted assault on owner Paul Palinski and Patrolman Frank B Knosky near Crosswicks Bridge but denied earlier robbery of the saloon.
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International
Trenton
N. J
Camp Dix
Sergt
Irving Brown
Jenny Holcombe
Paul Palinski
Frank B. Knosky
Crosswicka Bridge
Plans to call Mrs Bergdoll in draft dodger case
Washington May 6 Mrs Emma Bergdoll the mother of Grover Cleveland Bergdoll escaped Philadelphia draft dodger is expected to be summoned by the House Investigating committee Chairman Peters said those connected with the case would be called Mrs Bergdoll awaits sentencing in a conspiracy to aid her son evading the draft proceedings.
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House
Washington
Mra
Emma JC. Bergdoll
Grover Cleveland
Bergdoll
Philadelphia
Peters
Berlin Ultimatum Text Agrees With Allies Demand
Berlin reports the allied ultimatum to Germany was received at 10 am and announced by the foreign office. An unconfirmed note claims President Boert offered the chancellorship to Prince Buelow, longtime ally of the former Kaiser, as coalition leaders meet at Reichstag to form a new ministry.
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International Wevks
Berlin
Germany
German
Foreign Office
Oert
Prince Buelow
Neuwe Berlin
Boert
Kaiser
Reichstag
Memorial Grove for Heroes on Mountain Top
The Hagerstown and Frederick Railway Company honors Frederick County WWI heroes by establishing The Grove of the Golden Stars at Braddock Heights Park. On Memorial Day May 30, 93 Norway maples will be planted, each tree dedicated to a fallen hero with a marker, centered by a flag pole bearing the national colors.
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Frederick County
Peace prospects rise as Irish talks move forward
London May 6 The government signals support for Irish party talks and a possible visit by de Valera to London for a weekend conference with Cardinal Bourne to oversee peace efforts. A meeting with Sir James Craig is anticipated as Viscount Fizalan arrives from Dublin after a long session with Premier Lloyd George. Local labor report notes unemployment in Hagerstown centers on steel silk rail and gravel plants with city improvements aiding unskilled labor. Emma Joch of Philadelphia buys Hillsboro hotel and moving picture parlor at public auction for 3300.
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London
Movement For
Downing St
Ireland
de Valera
Bourne
Westminster
James Craig
Ulster
James
Cuestlays
Belfast
Fizalan
Dublin
Lloyd Cadge
Department of Labor
Hagerstown
Emma Joch
Philadelphia
Hillsboro
To Be a Spender Poem by Berton Braley
A compact notice advertises Braley's Daily Poem To Be a Spender with the line IN THE SPLENDOR OF YOUR YOUTH and invites readers to see page 4 of today's Mail for the full verse. It appeals to all readers including fathers and mothers and mentions borrowers and bankers in a literary feature.
Missing Marion Butterworth May Be Abduction Case
Vermont authorities broaden the missing girl inquiry into an abduction after initial searches. Bloodhounds from Boston will aid the case and a $1000 reward is offered for information leading to her recovery.
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International Veer Proctor
Marion Butterworth
Celal
Emily D. Proctor
Vermont
Boston
Early Wheat Heads Seen In Hagerstown Area
Elias E. Baker of Beaver Creek reports several early wheat heads in Hagerstown this morning. He notes the crop is at least three weeks ahead of schedule due to mild winter and early spring conditions.
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Hagerstown
Elias E. Baker
Beaver Creek
Baker
Robbers Loot Cearfoss Store In Early Morning Heist
Thieves broke into the Cearfoss store of Harnish last night, taking 150 pounds of butter, cigars, canned meat, watches, stamps and cash totaling around 200 dollars. A hot pursuit across Maryland and Pennsylvania followed as deputies searched Wishard’s woods and the Ford used in the escape.
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A. Harnish
Cearfoss
Pennsylvania
Maryland
H. Noble
Commissioner of Motor Vehicle
Baltimore
Clearspring
Ford
Thropp loses license after tack scheme over love rival
Trenton May 6 Peter D Thropp, 16, son of Peter E Thropp, a wealthy manufacturer, had his driver's license revoked and faced a half hour with State Motor Vehicles Commissioner Dill after he laid long tacks on a road to harm a rival. Robert Bell Sr of New Egypt stopped him and forced the youth to pick up the tacks. Thropp and a girl from Bordentown had argued over which of two admirers would accompany her home from Burlington college. The rival allegedly betrayed the plan, prompting the tack incident.
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Trenton
Peter D. Thropp
Peter E. Thropp
West State Street
Robert Bell
New Egypt
Thropp
Bordentown
Burlington
Dill
Bell
Shipping Board Officials Fired Upon In Savannah
United States Shipping Board officials were fired upon in Savannah as strikebreakers were loaded to depart for Charleston. Fred Dickson Jr. was struck on the head by a brick amid a mob of about fifty striking workers and police. The auto carrying officials and police sped away as missiles flew and damage was light. Submarine chasers at Annapolis, premounted guns aboard, arrived in Baltimore harbor to protect Shipping Board vessels during the strike, slipping in under cover of darkness.
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Savannah
United States Shipping Board
Beamen
Charleston
Fred Dickson, Jr
Shipping Board
Baltimore
Annapolis
U. S
Bomb suspect Tito Lil sentenced to one year in Harrisburg
International News reports Tito Lil of Scranton was sentenced to one year imprisonment for evading the draft and believed linked to the Wall Street bombing. Judge Whitman said he could extend leniency to aid federal officers and opened a personal investigation into the case.
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International News
Harrisburg
Tito Lil
Scranton
Wall Street
Whitman
Ligi
Strike cripples Boston coal supply amid harbor crew walkout
Boston on May 6 faced a coal shortage as engineroom firemen and harbor deck hands of thirty tugs walked off strike in solidarity with marine workers. The harbor fleet fell to five active craft, with Robert T. Bayle reportedly absent after recent travels to Faun and Johnstown.
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Boston
Engiroara
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Silesia
Korfanty
P.M. Tennant
Ebert
von Buelow
Mountain Top
Berton
Braley
Braley’s Daily
The
Daily Mail
Mr. Harnish
Duffey
Wishard’s Woods
Stora
Susvician
Stean
Crampton
Harry
Wishard’s
Pennsylvania Constabulary
Chambersburg
Cables
Fred Cunningham
A. C. Harper
Cunningham
Fred Dickson
Robert T. Bayle
Faun
Johnstown
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