Fergu son Leads Sterling in Texas Gubernatorial Primary
Texas returns show Miriam A Ferguson leading Gov Ross Sterling by 2398 votes for the Democratic nomination with many precincts still incomplete. Sterling says he has a majority of lawful votes and accuses illegal ballots and counting errors. Official tabulation resumes Saturday as county reports arrive.
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Dallas
Tex
Texas Election Bureau
Miriam A
Ferguson
Ross
Sterling
Tubbs Defeats Shortridge in California Primary
In San Francisco on September 1, Tallant Tubbs won the Republican nomination for California Senate, facing Democrat William Gibbs McAdoo who, at 68, trails senior Senator Samuel M. Shortridge defeated. With 336 precincts still to record, the tally shows Tubbs leading McAdoo as California’s primary turnout nears 2.7 million voters. Tubbs, 25, began in the state senate at 26. McAdoo and Tubbs head toward November race for Shortridge’s seat.
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San Francisco
William Gibbs McAdoo
Woodrow Wilson
Young Tallant Tubbs
California
Senate
Samuel M. Shortridge
Tubbs
McAdoo
Shortridge
State Senate
Death notices for Wilson Baby and Martin from Maryland paper
Deaths report Mrs Cora B Wilson widow of Dr S K Wilson aged 71 of Baltimore with 4 sons 1 daughter 10 grandchildren and a Boonsboro sister. Funeral 10 am at home then Boonsboro cemetery. Also Raymond Francis Baby New York broker died in Shepherdstown funeral 11 am St Agnes Church interment Elmwood Cemetery. Mrs Carrie M Martin died of heart trouble at 215 North Cannon Avenue funeral 2:30 pm Rose Hill Cemetery.
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Cora B. Wilson
S. K. Wilson
Hagerstown
Springdale Avenue
Baltimore
Eewin
Nicodemus
Chicago
Mary Davis
Boonsboro
Boonsboro Cemetery
Raymond Francis Baby
New York
Shepherdstown
St. Agnes’ Catholic Church
Elmwood Cemetery
Mr. Baby
Raymond A. Baby
Josephine Chaperon Baby
Sarnia
Ontario
Michigan
Emily Guest
Detroit
Guy Barham
Los Angeles
California
Melville F. Riley
William T. Hamilton, Jr
Peregrin Wroth
Carrie M. Martin
North
Cannon Avenue
A. B. Miller
Rose Hill Cemetery
Anna Robinson
Funkstown
Second Christian Church
Asop. Edwin
Rev. Robinson
Rose Hill
Card of Thanks from the Johnsons
Mr and Mrs C H Johnson thank friends and neighbors for kindness during illness and death of their daughter Edna. They appreciate flowers and use of automobiles as well.
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Edna
C. H. Johnson
Adv
Tremors Felt In Ceorcetown Linked To Subsurface Activity
Residents reported a distinct tremor in Ceorcetown prompting questions if blasting near Security caused the shocks. Seismographs at Georgetown confirmed the tremors, which are common worldwide and usually non damaging. Local geology with caverns and underground streams in Hagerstown could underlie rock shifts impacting the area. Contractors working on the sewer system noted water and unusual rock layouts underground.
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Security
Georgetown
Hagerstown
Farmers Strike Truce Struggles Across Midwest Fronts
The National Farmers' Holiday Association led a day of truce violations as picketers and truck drivers clashed near Omaha and South Sioux City. Sheriff deputies and escorts moved trucks through blockades while a protest aimed at raising farm prices continued in the region. A midwest governors conference was set for Sioux City on Sept. 9. A festival advertisement for St. Mark's Lutheran Church appears on the page.
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Milo Reno
National Farmers’ Holiday Association
Sioux City
Omaha
McDonald
South Sioux City
Neh
Waine County
Nebraska
Eclipse Shadows and Skyward Shots Mark 1930s News
In the shadow of the eclipse reports describe aerial observations from Whitefield New Hampshire with Dr Clyde Fisher Casey Jones and Navy Northwestern University planes at altitudes to 10000 feet. Charles F Brooks records a seven degree temperature drop at Concord while fringe events include a bedlamb robbery and a public dance in Smithsburg Maryland.
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Clyde Fisher
American Museum of Natural History
Casey Jones
New York
New Hampshire
Navy
Northwestern University
Portland
Charles F. Brooks
Weather note and rain hope as heat persists in region
Mercury hits 100 degrees at noon marking a continued warm spell with a fifth consecutive abnormally warm summer. August rainfall 1.91 inches, corn crops damaged in parched areas. some sections better with more rain. Reading Company announces recall of over 2,000 workers for locomotive and car repair shops in Reading and St Clair, Pa, costing about 1.2 million dollars over several months.
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Weather Bureau
Mississippi Valley
Middle West
Rocky Mountain
Pacific Coast
Reading
Philadelphia
Reading Company
St. Clair
Charles H. Ewing
City Ends Storm Alarm After Rope Stolen In St Petersburg
St Petersburg experiences storm trouble as thieves steal the storm signal rope prompting the aerial fire truck to be used to raise and lower warnings amid a tropical disturbance. In Flandreau South Dakota five gunmen robbed the First National Bank, kidnapped a girl clerk, knocked out a customer, and fled with about $2000.
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ST. Petersburg
Fia
Flandreau
8. D
First National Bank of
Fugitive Spriggs Caught in Sharpsburg Returns to Morgan Jail
Walter Spriggs alias W W Springer escaped from Berkeley Springs jail last January while awaiting Morgan county grand jury action on robbery charges. He was captured in Sharpsburg by State police, and is back in Morgan County jail awaiting September circuit court trial. The grand jury had issued a felony indictment previously, and Spriggs fled the state after escaping. He reportedly lived in Morgan Town before moving to Sharpsburg where he had been for two months.
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Walter Spriggs
Berkeley Springs
Morgan County
Grand Jury
Here
Cleve Mecham
Sharpsburg
Spriggs
Morgantown
One Dead In Gulf Coast Hurricane Damage
A tropical storm moved slowly northward along the Mississippi Alabama gulf coast causing one death and substantial property damage. Gusts reached 70 mph as the storm center passed southwest of Pensacola late last night, threatening Mobile's wholesale district with tides and flooding.
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Mobile
Ala
United States
Babman
Florida
Mississippi-Alabama Gulf Coast
Gulf
Pensacola
Fla
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Texas
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Pi Ford Hover
Neb
Agricultural Credit Organization
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Reconstruction Corporation
Seibert’s
Nat's Dank
Hankey
Enter Street
Ady
Williamsport
Georgia
K. T. Hager
Prospect Ste
Southern Paint & Nursery Co
Baltimore St
Roessner
Coalco
Tom Cross
William G. McAdoo
Sydney
N.S
J. A. Mollison
England
Quebec
Ceorcetown U
St. Mark's Lutheran Church
Associated Press
Mountain View Hotel
Whitefield
N. H
Henry Lapham
Newton, Mass
W. , Weller
Mermont
Mass
Gloucester
Macinder
Pnp
Wasminulua
Hoover
Hanford MacNider
Canada
St. Lawrence Waterway
Smithsburg
Howard's
J. W. Rohrer
Kenny’s
Rooster
C. D. Kenny CO. Phowe
Elberta
Garden Hour Bros
Chewsville
D. Paul Oswald
ODAY
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Boyce
McComas-Armstrong
Canae
Amer. Tel
Tel
Anaconda
Beth. Steel
Chrysler
Consol
Dupont
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All Penna, R. R
Radio
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Steel
Chicago Grain Market
Stickell Sales Corporation
Washington St
Springer
Tropic
Gulf Coast
Movile, Ala
Virginia
Crouse Produce
W. Franklin and
Hagerstown Clearing House
Ass’n the
Hagerstown Bank & Trust CO
Second National Bank
Nicodemus National Bank
Farmers & Merchants Bank
Potomac Edison CO
Log Cabin Ice Cream Co
Antietam
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