Elks Open Eighteenth Annual Convention in Hagerstown
In Hagerstown Maryland the Beare Delaware and Columbia Association opens its eighteenth annual Elks convention with about one thousand members registered for a three day session. A bathing beauty and swimming contest is on the program at the municipal pool this afternoon while five boxing and two wrestling matches are slated for the fairgrounds tonight followed by dance and entertainment.
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Hagerstown
Elks
Beare Delaware and Dis- Columbia Association
Fairgrounds
Novel Way To Make Them Pay
Camden New Jersey grocer Robert Bierbaum displays a public debt list in his store window to collect 2700 dollars owed by customers. The sign states the store is forced to close due to bad debts and lists names addresses and amounts owed, with the display up after a warning to debtors.
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Camden
N. J
Robert Bierbaum
Bierbaum
Sun Goggles Aid Sensitive Eyes and Migraine Sufferers
Dr. Clendening explains how sun goggles protect sensitive eyes from glare on mountains and snow and reduce headaches and reflex digestive upsets. He discusses ultraviolet rays, Crookes glasses, and Polaroid lenses used by aviators and motorists, noting evolving lens technology and practical readers.
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Logan Clendening
M. D
Meta Rosenthal
Freuzel
Paris
William Thompson
Philadelphia
Thompson
Star Job Print Promotes Letter Heads and Envelopes
An advertisement highlights Star Job Print offering letter heads envelopes bill heads sale bills and related print services for businesses. It promotes customized stationery and bulk pricing.
Rev J T Owen to Preach This Week at Tabler Church
Reverend Julian T. Owen, Presbyterian pastor from Stephens City Virginia, will preach each evening at 7 30 during the week at Tabler Church in Martinsburg West Virginia. Announcement from pastor Rev J R Rogers notes services began August 8 following Sunday night August 7. All Tabler area residents invited to attend.
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Tabler
Julian T. Owen
Stephens City
H. E. Owen
West King Street
J. R. Rogers
Owen
Martinsburg
Negro Tries Bridge Cable Climb On Williamsburg Span
An African American man attempted to scale a suspension cable to a tower on the Williamsburg Bridge. Police emergency squad members climbed the cable, stopped him mid ascent, and he was taken to a hospital for observation.
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New York
Williamsburg Bridge
East River
Catholics Honor Methodist Clerk
The Rev. Delphin D. Dillon a Methodist Episcopal pastor from West Elizabeth Pennsylvania was among 95 graduates at Dequesne University summer school commencement. Officials noted Dillon may be the first Protestant clergyman to earn a degree from the Catholic university.
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Pittsburgh
Delphin D. Dillon
West Elizabeth
Dequesne University
Dillon
Catholic University
Security Numbers In Demand
A wave of applications for social account numbers marks the start of the canning season. Agricultural workers moving to factory jobs can build wage records under the Social Security Act, making them eligible for old age insurance at 65.
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Ding ‘ Shingleton
Martinsburg
W. Va
Social Security Board
Shingleton
Woodstock man confessed to wife murder in alley shooting
George W. Smith known as Buck Green is jailed in Shenandoah county charged with fatally shooting his wife Genevieve Smith 40 the mother of ten children in Woodstock late Saturday night. He admitted the crime after six hours of questioning in the presence of Commonwealth's Attorney William H. Logan and County Coroner Dr. Harold W. Miller who signed the confession. Motive cited as jealousy and marital trouble. Logan will seek a murder indictment at the September Shenandoah circuit court grand jury. The slaying is said to be Woodstock’s first in 35 years, occurring near the Hotel Woodstock and Hisey building within 50 feet of Main street.
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Woodstock
George W. Smith
Colorea
Buck Green
Shenandoah County
Genevieve Smith
Smith
Commonwealth
William H. Logan
Harold W. Miller
Logan
Shenandoah Circuit Court Grand
Hisey
Main Street
Heat Wave Report From Philadelphia Port
Captain Johannes Gebrielsen of a Norwegian freighter arriving from Greenland said the heat wave there was unbearable. He reported the temperature at 55 degrees.
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Philadelphia
Johannes Gebrielsen
Greenland
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