Save Lives But Lose All Else After Florida Hurricane
Fragmented wartime like account describes Bir and Mrs Chester A Cromleigh displaced by a Florida hurricane. They barely escaped with their lives, borrowing clothes as water and wind devastated their town. A letter details grim experiences and neighbors seeking safety as storms raged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bir
Chester A. Cromleigh
Mageratown
Florida
Mr. Cromleigh
Uur
Slater
T. A. Warner
West
Strapl
Miami
Weather Disaster Memo Irregular Report from Damaged Area
A fragmented account describes a severe wind event that toppled a roof, damaged kitchens, and forced evacuation to another house. It notes shifting winds from north to south, structural failures, and widespread destruction with people lacking clothing and supplies after the storm.
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Hruncos
Amber
Fraser Revival Nears End With Sunday Closings
Evangelist Edward Fraser plans a Sunday program at 2:40 pm at the Community Tabernacle marking the final day of his Hagerstown revival. He will recount his life story and world travel, while Mrs. Roy ShReiver of Bethlehem testifies on cancer healing.
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Edward Fraser
Community Tabernacle
Hagerstown
Mambays
Fraser
Shanghai
South America
Roy Shreiver
Bethlehem
Agen
Warren
Physical Education Planned Through Play Feature
Athletic director Charles G Harris announces a new youth program named Phyalent Education Through Play. He aims to teach basic skills and promote informal athletic activities, with plans to start next Monday and ramp up over about two weeks. Mrs Moffett and Miss Elizabeth Lee traveled to Washington for Miss Mary Frances Barr's wedding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles G. Harris
Harris
Features Galore Booked For Fair Reopening
The Ha verstone Fair plans a revival after years of abandonment with a daily band concert in Dublin Square each morning. Duke H Wilson will headline a duke horse contest while Mulberry and DC acts headline a large midway with fourteen shows and four rides. Weir's Baby Elephants and the Great Curran are among attractions, plus Brown and Dyer Shows and music by Dagmar and Castilltuna in front of the Grandstand.
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Haverstone
Brown
No Service Sunday At Reform Church
Absence of the pastor Rev J Stewart Hartman leads to no services at the Re formed Church Leliursburg on Sunday Sept 26. Rev Scott R Wagner of Zion Reform Church Hagerstown will conduct services at 2 20 p m with Sunday school at Caretown 1 15 p m.
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J. Stewart Hartman
Reformed Church
Leliursburg
Mrally
Cayetown
Scott R. Wagner
Zion Reformage Church
Hageratown
Caretown
How I Improved My Health by Lydia Pinkham’s Medicine
Mrs Lawhox Weaver of Mt Pleasant Pa credits Lydia Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound with boosting her health after months of weakness. After a few weeks she slept better and gained strength to care for three children. She urges other women to try the remedy and share their questions.
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Weaver
Lydia B. Pinkham
Lawhoxce Weaver
Smithfield St
Mt. Pleasant
District level revisions across multiple Maryland towns
An extensive 1926 notice lists district by district locations for revision hearings on October 12, from 3 AM to 7 PM, with scattered rooms in Sharyabure, Wilian Port, Antietam, Ungaratown, and nearby towns. It names numerous district numbers, rooms, and local streets, including Hagerstown, Mary Schual ere Clete Store, and Frank Tasamnger areas, detailing adjourned sites and participants in the public square and council rooms.
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Acts of the General Assembly of
Maryland
Bagby
Board of Supervisors of Election
Board of Registry
Washington County
Public Square
Sharyabure
Canorheague St
Wilianport
Mid
Sirowen D'Raek Toom
Canocheague Sty Wiast
Teen Ratate Vo
Hancork
Vinnouel
Patong Ore Veont
Garryiltry
Lteward Fords Tisont Mali
Taonshore
Tistrict
Wishmas Tote
Smithshang
Diatriet No
New Town
Lal
RidraraviNe
Viarrot No
Viarrot No. Vall
Lellorsburss
Thauriot
Frank T. Tasamnger
Punkstowt
Mab Waniel No
Deed
Yolen Hekls
Tiehenntone
Atria
Cenrtsns
Hell
Helton
Togmy
Prandin
Hagerstowe
Maryland Stage and Screen Splendid Vaudeville Show
A crowded Maryland theatre offers a varied vaudeville bill led by Hert Hughes and Company with Basketball on Bicycles. Brown and De Mont perform as a joyful duo, Wird and Raymond present Mirthology, and Bert Lytell with Miss Dapent star in That Majel From Paris. The European novelty excites the crowd and the show overall is excellent entertainment.
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Maryland
Hert Hughes and Company
Wird
Raymond
El-iott
West
Freedman
Pera
Ilver
Bert“Lytell
Miss Dapent
Majel
Paris
The Last Frontier Filmed at Gap Arizona Posts Scene
Metropolitan Pictures chose Gap Trading Post as the filming site for The Last Frontier, a screen version of a story by Courtney Ryley Cowper. The lonely outpost, 23 miles from Tuba City near the Navajo reservation, is described as the world's loneliest spot with limited utilities and high prices.
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Gap Trading Post
Metropolitan Pictures Corporation
Courtney Ryley Cowper
Academy
Tuba City
Arizona
Marmont and the Mantrap at the Academy Theater
Marmont, a young bachelor-lawyer weary of women, seeks escape in Canada but becomes entangled in a divorce plot with Clara Tow. The film adaptation of a Sinclair Lewis story, directed by Victor Fleming, unfolds with humor and thrills culminating in a forest fire.
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Sinclair Lewis
Marmont
Woodbury
Eugene Pallette
Clara Tow
Gil Tives
Reed
Victor Fleming
Maui
Paramount
GENE TUNNEY AT COLONIAL AND HURRICANE KID RUNS
Colonial presents Gens Tunney world champion in The Solided Marine first episode amid fight night crowd with plans for ten weekly matinees. Main Street Theatre features The Hurricane Kid with Hoot Gibson at breakneck speed and Marian Nixon in Western tale directed by Edward Sedgwick with Will Lambert story. cast includes William A. Sirele, Hid Homes, Violet Lal Piante.
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Colonial Mz
Seaoh
Gens Tunney
Neatsyweisk
Damminn
The
Colonial
Main Street
Hoot Gibson
Universal
Marian Nixon
Hitler
Edward Sedgwick
Will Lambert
William A. Sirele
Hid Homes
Violet Lal Piante
Samera Fight In Battling Butler Ends Bloody Display
Rusty knocked out Francis McDonald after a ten minute fight in a studio scene that resembled a real battle. McDonald suffered a battered face and a dislocated arm while both men required medical attention. Crowds and boxing celebrities watched as Buster Keaton supervised the production.
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Samera
Butler
Mickey Waler
Junk Kearns
Walker Angefetwhiie
Jack Dempsey
Pedy Trayes
Warner of Champions
Buster Keaton
Rustar
Francis McDonald
Aater
McDonald Swan
Buster stars in wild rink tale at Colonial Theatre
A garbled review item cites Buster and McDonald in a chaotic scene promising a sensational struggle. The piece mentions a Sunday Colonial Theatre appearance and a loud crowd reaction, with quoted lines about a great battle and a fight club vibe.
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the Coliseum
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Buigeover
Antietam
Stewart Warner Products
Westinghouse Batteries A
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Baltimore
Locust Ste
Hagerstown Branch
Potomac St
Phono
Underwood
Herrerstone “Paarentand Hn J
Washington
Womens SH
West Washington
Suen Ua
T. W. Boyer
Whitman's Chocolates
Wudy's Rexall Pharmacy
Hamilton Corner
Oats
Rasers
Registration of Voters
Diateiet No
Schualere Clete Store
B. Lee Hugeratown
Diatrict No
Sepres K. Suéckenverger
Chowsyilte
UW. Snivelys
Reedynville
Iawan Kessel
Hig's Ream
Downsville
Mil
Lyon's
Mito
Frankly
Hagarastown
Mia
Pechtig's
Potomac
Bermtown
Mintrict
Franklin
Iagerstown
Wertoen Laneterprise Fira Wall
Warhington
Dalelel No
Winn T Wiibo
Wish St
Tagowarnwa
Harbar
Jaseph Marti
Church
Lay Weekley
Virginia Ave
Martin Mi i
Tyomer Af
Beart
Clinton RF
Milt
Fketers
Adole
Tudiu EL
Raris
Toplay Jndlang
Playera and
Technical Ff
Gap
C. A. Brown Optometrist Southwest Corie Public Square
Sweet-Orr
West Franklin
Gentral Garage & Electric Supply CO
Pot
St. Phane
Hoffmans’s Style
Neeries Ae
Percy Murntont
Gene Tunney
Marguerite DE LA Motte
Nixons
Richmond
Wash
ST. Reg
Goodyear Tire
Raybestos
Lambert
E. Franklin St
Roy Phillipy
North Potomac Street
Harry C. Main
Franklin Street
Cleanspring
bin Amdsing
Lovely Rin
Fue
Honor
Howevorether
Reginald
Tunney
News
Keith-Albee
Maryland Concert Orchestra
Bert Hughes & CO
Brown & Demont
Dianards
Ward & Raymond
Bert Lytell
Miss DuPont
Wai Oear Meatish Bull Paint and Glass Company
Shoes
Bentz & Dunn
House of Shoes
Nash Motors Inc
North Locust Street
Talking Machine Shop
Ny Md
Colonial Theatre
Buster
McDonald
Paige and Jewett
Triumma Motor Co
Frederick Street
Nixon’s Academy
William Boyd
LAST
Alan
Marguerite Delamotte
Farrell Macdokain
Jack Hoxie
Will M. Ritche
Courtniy Ryley Cooper
Semgeren
George B. Seitz
heTropuitan Pictures Corporation
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