Bootlegger Beard sentenced for liquor raid and assault
Harvey Beard of Greencastle formerly of Hagerstown received two and a half years in jail for liquor possession and one year for assaulting his wife, with sentences to run concurrently. The case followed a raid on his home near Greencastle where 83 quarts of whiskey were found under a floor. Mrs Effie Johnson, present at the house, was charged with possession of war but released on a suspended sentence. Beard was ordered to bond 3500 to keep peace and to pay 7 weekly to support his family. He has a wife and several children. Beard, dubbed Prince of Bootleggers in Pennsylvania, lived on West Franklin Street. He had prior liquor law violations and previously operated a meat market and store on West Franklin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben’ Harvey
Beard
Greencastle
Hagerstown
Devison
Chambersburg
Bessie Beard
Effie Johnson
Jeard
Pennsylvanis
Prince of Bootleggers
Franklin
West
Wyand Elected Burgess in Keedysville Election
Chester Wyand was elected burgess with 40 votes out of 63. Patterson Roulette won assistant burgess with 38 votes. Carl Rowe led commissioners with 52 votes, joined by A. H. Snively and Roy Line. A late ticket with Roy Reeder and Herbert Snyder earned seven votes. Russell Geeting retires after five terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester Wyand
Burgess
Keedysville
Patterson Roulette
Carl Rowe
A. H. Snively
Roy Line
Roy Reeder
Herbert Snyder
Russell Geeting
Burgees
British naval supply ship Bacchus reaches port after collision
The British navy supply ship Bacchus arrived at Portland harbor following a collision with a Greek steamer. No injuries are reported and the incident is under investigation by port authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Eng
Bacchus
Wanted 50 Thousand Skinny Men Ad for McCoy's Tablets
An old Atlantic City anecdote promotes McCoy's Cod Liver Oil Tablets promising weight gain. It claims a thin man gained 28 pounds in two months and offers a guaranteed return of purchase price if not gaining at least five pounds after specified box purchases. The ad targets underweight individuals seeking energy and health improvements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic City
McCoy
America
Ady
Missing Students Feared After Lake Erie Plane Crash
Cleveland May 7 The plane that plunged into Lake Erie off Long Point Ont may have carried John Rosecrans 22 Milwaukee Law student and James M Latey Buffalo both reported missing. Rosecrans had left Milwaukee for Cambridge earlier, witnesses say the engine ran before the crash as the lighthouse keeper saw the crash and an explosion lifted wreckage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Lake Erie
Long Point
Ont
John Rosecrans
Milwaukee
Harvard University Law School
James M. Latey
Buffalo
Rosecrans
Cambridge
B. Cook
Ruth
J. Dirrel
Primary Election Notice for Washington County
A notice announces a Democratic and Republican primary on May 7 from 6 AM to 7 PM across Washington County Maryland precincts. It lists multiple polling places from Red Men’s Hall in Sharpsburg to various halls in Hagerstown, Williamsport, Hancock, and more, naming precincts and locations for each party’s voting, with officers ensuring direct voter choices for U S Senate, State Senate, and party conventions. The document ends with endorsements by Dewitt Ellington and J. Taylor, a true copy by Clerk Robt B Boelf.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington County
Maryland
Democratic Party
Republican Party
United States
Public
Square
Sharpaburg
N. Sonocochenue St
Williamsport
Conococheague St
Antietam
Summit Ave
Hagerstown
Rinehart Smith's
Baltimore and Potomac
Ostar Wendeler
Baltimore St
Boonsboro
Earl Watson
Smithsburg
New Town Hall
Rohrersvil
Jr. O. U. A. M. Hall
Lestersburg
Red Men's Hall
Funkstown
Sandy Hook
Edward le Davis
Tilghmanton
Jacob Miller
Cearfoss
J. P. Bell
Ringgold
Earl Yeakle
Indian Springs
Beaver Creek
M. L. Watkins
E. Franklin
J. Harry Schuelers Cinar
Lee St. Hagerstown
Max Gerber'soom
East Lee St. Hagerstown
John W. Ca_ble
Chewsville
Serstown
CC. Fechtig
Potomac
C. W. Bower
N. Mulberry
Fairgrounds
N. Mulberry St
Wilson's
Washington Sales Agency
W. Washington St
Hagerstow
Western Enterprise Fire Hall
Washington Square
Woessner
J.T. Ylor
Harry
Pepe
Robt, B
Boelf
Fasted student regains hearing after month without food
J C Fowler 22 of Mendoza Argentina, a Georgia Tech student, completed a 30 day fast with only water and citrus juice. He regained hearing once impaired since youth, lost 23 pounds, and kept perfect class attendance while building strength. He plans a gradual return to diet as physicians note improved vitality. His parents are Baptist missionaries in Argentina.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
J. C. Fowler
Medoza
Argentina
Georgia School of Technology
Fowler
Methodist Conference Acts on Cigarette Issue
In Kansas City on May 7 the quadrennial general conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church deferred action on a proposal to ban smoking among women. The resolution was referred to the committee on prohibition and public morals after a debate led by Rev. David H. Hargle of Philadelphia. He lamented increased female smoking on trains and called for limits on the practice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
General Conference
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
David’ H. Hargle
Philadelphia
Delaware
Two Men Charged With Driving Drunk Fined $100
Two men charged with operating vehicles while intoxicated were arrested Saturday night by State Policeman Cabbage and fined $100 plus costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cabbage
Names Arraigned for Drunkenness and Fines Proclaimed
Ten men charged with drunkenness appeared before Justice Bitner and were fined five dollars each with many sent to jail for default. Two men named Simmons and Lutkin failed to pay their fines. Separately H B Boward Watte Williams L E H Semler and Fred Boward gathered 1189 mushrooms yesterday, producing over a bushel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
JH. Bittner
An James ‘Simmons
Oliver Lutkin
H. B. Boward
Watte Williams
L. EH. Semler
Fred Boward
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Bayer
Bayne
Bayer Manufacture
World Peace
American Peace Society
Tsuneo Matsudaira
Fridtjof Nansen
League of Nations
Theodore FE. Burton
Society
Baron Friedrich
Wyand
Whitman's
Mammy Lou
Co Money
Hagerstown Loan and Thrift Corporation
Grice
Lesace
Mighbargep
Potomac St. City
Colonial Theatre
Polly Preston
Etrotg
Arch
McCardell Bros
Innession
Frederick
Talmore
Cauffman & CO
East Washington Street
J. ¢. Fowler
Dizzy
Manbecks Bread
Martz Electric CO
Jonathan St
Central Garage
Stickell’s Seafoam
Hoffman's Style Shop
Sele Distributors
Ollansbee Forge
Best Roofin Danzer Metal Works
Kodak Picture Developing
Hiedwohl
Weat
Washington St
Rudy’s
Rexail Pharmacy
Hamilton Cornar
Salem Ave
A. W. Triesler
Salem Ave. Puesing
Theatire Family
Lyonore
Lyonore Metal
Frank H. Miller
Ik. H. Minor
K. Sanm
Hageratown
KR. Wagner
Uxurious
Victor
Jeters
K. Washington St Hopeeien Md
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