Lottery Heads Being Sought One Arrested
Heads of an international lottery scheme sold in Hagerstown for months are being sought after two Ocean City arrests. The New Louisiana Lottery netted leaders a fortune in six months. Mrs. Josephine Keegan of Ocean City identified a winning ticket but failed to collect the prize. John A. Leahy, Ocean City agent and barber worker, is jailed on 25000 bail. Police seek Robert Jogellin in New York and Chicago connections. Local fraud has fleeced Hagerstown residents for thousands, with another smaller lottery rumored locally.
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Hageratown
Ocean City
Hagerstown
Josephine Ekeghan
John A. A Leahy
Leahey
New York
Chicago
Robert Jogellin
Ring
New York City
Fegerstown
Jake's Fish Market Ad Promotes Fresh Seafood Buys
Advertisement from Jake's Fish Market at 518 N Mulberry E t promotes Buck and Roe Shad Flounders Red Bass Trout Butter fish and crab meat with contact phone 1530.
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Jake’s Fish ‘Market
N. Mulberry
Florida
Sunkist
Calif
Naval Oranges
Sunkiat
Will Arrest Liquor Buyers Campaign Initiated in Illinois
Aurora May 10 422 George Carbury a Kane county prosecutor launched a campaign to hold liquor buyers as liable as sellers Mrs Halen Ambrose operator of a Elgin hotel was arrested as the first person charged under the Illinois liquor buying ban Ambrose confessed to purchasing liquor and plans to plead guilty Carbury pledged equal energy against buyers and bootleggers
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Aurora, II
George Carbury
Kane County
Lillian de King
Halen Ambrose
Elgin
Illinois
Carhary
Man Dies by Own Shot Near Antietam Furnace
Earl H. Hetzel a 33 year old tenant farmer near Antietam Furnace committed death by own action last night by shooting himself in the stomach with a shotgun. Despondency is believed to have prompted the act. He had been drinking and sent for his wife before the shooting. The body was found about 300 yards from the house. a gun lay 50 feet away. Justice Duffey deemed an inquest unnecessary and returned a verdict of death by own action. He left six children.
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Earl H. Hetzel
Antietam Furnace
Richard Duffey
Charles Cushna
Hetzeli
Donald
Hetzell
Hetzel
Justice Duffey
Sayers Hetzell
Rickard's Curios to Be Auctioned in New York
Curios collected by Tex Rickard valued at $100,000 will be auctioned. Items include an office chair of horn given by cowboys, Indian relics from Alaska days, 15 fighter portraits, a gilded grand piano, and various antiques. May 10.
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New York
Tex Rickard
Alaska
No Right to Kill Washington in Prohibition Debate
May 10 representative Brand a Georgia Democrat argues in the House that an arresting officer has no right to kill a Prohibition law violator except in self defense preserving judicial process and limits on use of deadly force in enforcement debates.
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Washington
Brand
Georgia
House
Deaths Harry S Woolley Dies After Week Illness At 80
Harry S Woolley died at his granddaughter Mrs H P Whipp 549 Guilford Ave at 12 15 yesterday afternoon after a week long illness of paralysis aged 80 He leaves wife Catherine a daughter Mrs Marie Marlowe a son Otho E Woolley four grandchildren and one great grandchild Funeral service Saturday at 2 PM Coffman Funeral Home conducted by Rev F H Snuavery Interment Rest Haven Please omit flowers
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Harry S. Woolley
H. P. Whipp
Guilford Ave
Catherine
Marie Marlowe
Otho E. Woolley
Coffman Funeral Home
F. H. Snu
Green Castle Planning for Annual Old Home Week
Greencastle plans for Old Home Week include a Thursday parade, a afternoon baseball game, and an evening fireworks display at King Playground. The Echo Pilot reports a $889.55 treasury and notes plans for speakers and a June 4 meeting. Music Week events at Greencastle Grade Schools charmed audiences with operettas Land of Dolls and Under the Sea directed by Miss Dorothy Brindle.
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Greencastle
Echo Pilot
Charles W. Gaff
Harrisburg
Max Pensinger
York
B. F. Palmer
Baltimore
C. P. Omwake
Philip Baer
Fred Ziegler
Association
Greenbastle
Gem Theatre
Dorothy Brindle
Grailes
Santa Lucia
RE. P. Wine
Landis Tool Company
Charles L. Strite
Wine
Waynesboro
Rescue Hose Company
Washington Street
E. A. Wainwright
Mary Harris
Priscilla Friedly
John Friedly
Antrim Township
Kohl Frozen Custard Manufacturing Company
Atlantic City
Miss Friedly
Greencastle High School
Thompson Business School of
Frank L. Carbaugh
American Legion
Monnday
P. E. Carl
South Carlisle Street
Rosemont
Presbyterian
W. W. McKinnie
H. A. Grove
Kathleen
Martha Bitner
Hostetter
J. Gilmore Wietcher
Manor
Fag Cut Rate War Will End
Wall Street reports an expected rise in cigarette prices ending the cut-rate war after recent talks among reading producers. Chain-store competition among tobacco retailers is also said to be near a solution. Marriage licenses issued to Thomas T. O’Haire Jr. and Eugenia J. Rist of Washington and William W. Vess and Armmeda Noel of Collierstown. Peter Rufner buys the G. H. Sprecher farm near Gricea on private terms.
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New York
Wall Street
Reading
Thomas T. O’haire, Jr
Eugenia J. Rist
Washington, D. C
William W. Vess
Armeda Meda Noel
Collierstown
Noel
Sells
Peter Rufner
G. H. Sprecher
Gricea
Health meeting on proposed full time officer plan
Community talks next Monday to decide on funding a full time health officer for Washington County and the city. Officials cite scarlet fever diphtheria and smallpox rates as justification. State supports the plan with matching funds if local share is provided. Attending are County Commissioners Bennett and Carl, City Councilmen Schueller and Harbaugh, Dr. Riley Maryland Public Health director, and Dr. Campbell.
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State Health Department
Washington County
Maryland
Board of County Commissioners
Perry ¥. Prather
State Board of Health
Frank L. Bennett
Carl
J. Harry Schueller
Alan H. Harbaugh
R. H
Man who took Ford wheel and tire at 910 Washington St
A notice states the man who took a Ford wheel and tire from 910 Washington Street on May 9 is identified. If the same person returns the items at once, no prosecution will be pursued. Ady.
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Ford
Washington St
Ady
New insanity defense saves mother and daughter in New York
In a groundbreaking case, Clara Fischer and her daughter Ethel were found guilty of murder while insane after claiming joint insanity, a defense labeled Fole A Deux. They killed their husband Jacob Fischer on April 19 believing he led a cult and cursed them, with Dr. Francis J. Gerty describing their shared delusion. Judge John S. Sullivan ordered the mother committed to the State Asylum for the Insane.
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Chicago
Snyder- Gray
New York
United States
Clara Fischer
Ethel
Jacob
Francis J. Gerty
Phychopathic Hospital
Gerty
Refuses To Serve Plan New Election In Keedysville
Keedysville will hold a special election on May 25 after A B Snavely the newly elected burgess refused to serve. Snavely had first refused to swear in prompting notices for another election. Burgess C H Wyand will retain office until vacancy is filled with other officers Eavey Kefanger Rowe Line elected with Snavely on the same ticket.
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Burgess Charles Kefanger
Carl E. Rowe
Roy Line
Barbers Open New Shop in Hamilton Basement
George M. Hornbaker and J. G. Keckler announce ownership of the Sanitary Barber Shop located in the Hotel Hamilton basement and invite customers to visit. Hair cut 35 cents and shave 20 cents with a cordial invitation to all to be treated right.
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George M. Hornbaker
J. G. Keckler
Sanitary
Hotel Hamilton
Army to Use Talkies in Training
In New York on May 10, Major Walter E. Prossar said the Army will use talking motion pictures in training. He told the Society of Motion Picture Engineers that the Pictorial Service will oversee the program.
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ARMY
New York
Walter E. Prossar
Pictorial Service
Society of Motion Picture Engineers
Markets and Lutheran Merger Meeting Ad
Markets data from W F Spielman shows wheat corn quotes with bids and asks. Mention recalls the 1918 armistice day merger meeting at Waldorf Astoria New York where United States Senator Simeon D Fess delivered the opening address.
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General Synod
General Council
United Synod
Waldorf Astoria Hotel
New York City
United States
Simeon D. Fess
Senator Fess
Bulls Again in Control Rally Spurs Dow to New Highs
New York May 10 Bullish turn on credit developments and a 6 percent call money rate for the first time in over two months sent buying into the market. Scores of issues climbed 2 to 10 points with some hitting new yearly highs. GE moved up nine to a record 268 amid rumors of a 4 for 1 split.
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New York
Wall Street
New York Federal Reserve Bank
General Electric Company
Injured Youth Improving After Automobile Collision
The young son of William Hutzel Spielman is improving after a Sunday automobile accident. He sustained a deep gash in his face when the machine driven by Mrs William Moats collided with a Virginia car, leaving him able to be about again.
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William Hutzel Spielman
Willam Moats
Virginia
Baltimore Marine Thought Death by Own Action
A Marine Corps board of inquiry investigates the death of First Lieutenant John R. Street whose body with a gunshot wound was found at the San Diego base. Police and Navy officers say he likely died by his own hand though no motive is given. Street leaves a widow and his mother, Mrs. J. R. Street of Baltimore.
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San Diego
Calif
Marine Corps Board of Inquiry
John R. Street
Marine Corps
Navy
Street
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Great Reductions
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Rickard
Roosevelt
Davila
Hoover
Theodore Roosevelt
Porto Rico
Fred. Y. Mills’ Music Store
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Columbia
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Alexander ON the Square
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Sen_ Bass
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Ariz
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Mid Con Pete
ELS
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Penne
Repb Iron & Steel
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Stewart Warner
Texas Gulf
W. FR. Spielman & Co
Presbyterian Service Guild
West Baltimore
Wholesale & Retail
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Jersey
California
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Cassidy’s Restaurant
W. Antietam St
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Ludwig Tire & Parking CO
Am St
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Franklin St
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Air
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K. T. Hager
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