Canadian wilds find two Bennett Cup balloonists
Ward T. Van Orman and Frank A. Trotter, missing since Sept 2 after leaving Chicago, were found in Ontario by a telephone line repairman near Sudbury. They survived on berries, suffered poisoning, and wore out their shoes and clothing. The discovery completes reporting on all Bennett cup racers.
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Sudbury
Ont
Ward T. van Orman
Frank A. Trotter
James Gordon
Lineman
James Barrett
Hineman
Ontario _ Hydro- Electric Company
Van
Orman
Trotter
Chicago
Franciszek
Hynek
Zbygniew
Burzynski
Poland
Riviere A Pierre
van. Orman
Balloonists abandon attempt after crash in remote canyon
Found erman Barrett encountered two men near Tower No. 38 after a U S balloon team cut a pole on September 10 to aid their escape toward civilization. The pair complained of poisoning and illness and warned rescuers with a three gun salute. Their damaged balloon descended from about 8 000 feet following a pine toppled by the airship.
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Erman Barrett
Sud- 1 Canyon
U. S. Goodyear
W. T. van Orman
Frank Trotter
Williamsport Officials Resignations and Local Credits
Do You Recall David M. Tice Sr resigning as police magistrate of Williamsport. Patrolman Jake Sailes credited with the Fe lice Headquarters flower garden. Harry P. Hawes commissioned as first lieutenant in the air service. The barbers union elected Sensenbaugh president Miller vice president and Harbaugh secretary. Headlines warn of Austria Hungary food riots and mutinies. Pet rograd flames and German retreat plans in Belgium.
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David M. Tice, Sr
Williamsport
Harry P. Hawes
The
Air Service
Barbers’ Union
Thos. Sensenbaugh
Frank Miller
H. Harbaugh
Austria-Hungary
Petrograd
Belgium
Grammar School Literary Societies elect officers
The Male Grammar School Literary Society elected J. Frank Elliott president William Horne vice president Lawrence McCoy secretary Robert Cartee set at arms and Homer Midlekauf journalist The Female Grammar School Society elected Cornelia Orrick Maud Clopper Hoover and Mary as officers The Irving Literary Society elected Lawson Reichard president John Elliott secretary and Helen Odell treasurer Mercury fell to 68 degrees overnight with ample overcoats left out.
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Male Grammar School Literary’ Society
J. Frank Elliott
William Horne
Lawrence McCoy
Robert Cartee
Homer Mid ®Lekauf
Grammar School Literary Society
Cornelia Orrick
Maud Clopper
Hoover
Mary
Irving Literary Society
Antietam Street
Lawson Reichard
John Elliott
Helen Odell
Local Quotations Prices for Farm Produce
Prices paid to farmers for eggs butter lard chickens and produce range from 17 cents per dozen for eggs to 1 dollar per bushel for New Potatoes and New Apples priced between 50 cents and 100 cents per bushel or per box. Several items show small to moderate price spreads and some entries are partially illegible.
Robbery at Mulberry Street Apartment Reported
Robbers gained entrance to Gertrude Malley’s apartment at 15 North Mulberry Street by removing a screen and broke open a small chest taking 24 dollars. Detective Peters investigates as Hagerstown hosts the fair with added police presence and precautions urged for residents and businesses. A note states a deer can run at 355 miles an hour.
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Gertrude Malley
North
Mulberry Street
Peters
Hagerstown Fair
Ministers Discuss 18th Amendment Repeal Impact
Rev. Dr. J. M. Gillum led a Washington County Ministerial Association discussion on the repeal of the 18th Amendment. He urged continued temperance work and said education through churches and groups will highlight alcohol harms regardless of voting outcomes.
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Washington County
J. M. Gillum
Girl Takes Life At Charles Town Horse Show
Dorothy Dunn, 17, committed suicide in a stable at the Charles Town Horse Show yesterday morning. A coroner’s jury found death by her own action with a .32 caliber revolver. no motive was found. The orphan had lived in Charles Town with her aunt Mrs. William Zeis for several years.
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Dorothy Dunn
Charles Town
Groun
Gir
William Zeis
Kentucky Forest Survey Progress Kept Secret in Draft
Notes show a woman directing her personal effects amid an estate process. A survey team completes acreage assessments, totaling 78 00 acres, for a national forest project in eastern Kentucky.
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Kentucky
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Canada Wilds
van Orman
Bikilerssis
Potomac
W. Washington
McCardell Bros
Puoke
Tristate Electrical Supply CO
Eveemeves
Mass
Jake Sailes
Felice
Mercury
Hoffman Chevrolet Sales (Incorporated
Washington St
John.d. Myers & Co
N. Potomac &T
Gertude Malley
Clarence G. Emmert
Emmert
Fair Association
Police
BY Oscar Hitt
Melive
Horseferth
Githett
Ayers Bros
Atette, Co. Coal
Ae Phone
Frigidaire ‘Potomac Edison CO
Patent
Stanley
Stub Stevens
Awi
Lez W. Blinley CenTrAl Press
Popeye
HS Dome
E. C. Segar
Aly
King Ber
Scorchy Smith
Consarky
StraiGut
Bobby Thatcher
John C. Terry
Jake
George Storm
Optician
Ando
BRICK
Bradford
Sandy
Elgief
William Ritt
and Clarence Gray
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