New Attractions Planned for Hagerstown Fair 1932
Plans for the seventy seventh annual Hagerstown Fair and racing meet were approved for September 19 to 24. The five day event features seven horse races daily on a reputed half mile track plus an expanded live fish and game exhibit by the Maryland State Game Department and US Fisheries and Biological Survey. A large flower show dog show live stock and horticultural exhibits, midway shows by the Greater Sheesley Shows and nightly fireworks are scheduled to attract crowds.
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Hagerstown Fair Association
Sport of Kings
Maryland
Maryland State Game Department
United States Bureau of Fisheries and Biological Survey
Sheesley
Trustees Named To Care For Gainesboro Cemetery
Through cooperation of Gainesboro residents and the Hopewell Monthly Meeting of Friends a board of trustees is appointed to renovate and care for the Friends graveyard at Gainesboro. The land around the former church is added for cemetery use with a new fence planned to improve the burial ground for posterity. Contributions may be sent to Mrs Walter Adams Gainesboro Virginia.
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Gainesboro
Hopewell Monthly Meeting of Friends
Friends
Frederick County
Walter Adams
Prayer by Stevenson and Dutch School Fashion Noted
The article cites a Stevenson prayer beginning When the day returns and describes Hol land country school attire. It notes girls in long dark dresses white aprons snowy Dutch caps and wooden shoes while boys wear loose trousers jerseys and soft caps with caps kept on during school hours.
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Holland
Acme 14 Ton Truck Up For Public Auction
Public auction will sell an Acme 1% ton truck Motor No 8R21763 in front of the Court House on Saturday September 3 at 11 oclock under a reserve lien. Signed H W Ebert. 8-24-2p-91
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ACME
Court House
H. W. Ebert
Rally for Boy Scout support in Shenandoah area
Community urged to generously fund the Shenandoah Area Council Boy Scouts of America and its Scout office. Harry F. Byrd chairs the local finance committee as Hoover era appeals praise Scout work, character building, and council growth from 200 to 1000 members in four years.
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Boy Scout Movement
Shenandoah Area
Boy Scouts of America
Scout Office
Harry F. Byrd
Red Cross
Congress
Shenandoah
United States
White House
Hoover
Inevitable Accidents Described as Vis Major in Civil Law
The term vis major denotes an inevitable accident not avoidable by care, arising from natural forces. It covers events where nature's forces drive harm despite reasonable precautions.
Gulf of Mexico Becomes Highly Saline in Heat Wave
The Gulf of Mexico shows elevated salinity as extreme heat drives evaporation. Each 1,000 grains of seawater contain about 36.5 grains of dissolved solids due to the ongoing high temperatures.
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Gulf of Mexico
Mrs Ritenour to Direct T B Stamps Sales
Mrs Ritenour of Winchester will supervise tuberculosis Christmas seal sales in Shenandoah, Rockingham and Page counties through Miss Preeman and Eula Wightman. She has chaired Frederick county sales eight years, aiding TB patients with sanatorium treatment. Shenandoah county per capita sales stand out at 14 cents versus 8.6 in Frederick, 2.4 in Page, and 1.9 in Rockingham.
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Preeman
Virginia Tuberculosis Association
D. W. Ritenour
Winchester
Shenandoah
Rockingham
Page
Shenandoah County
Frederick
Performances At Capitol For Benefit Of G A A
The Girls Athletic Association sells tickets for screenings of Dr X at the Capitol Theatre today and tomorrow. Proceeds support the club house while tickets are sold with Warner Bros theatres cooperation. Dr X is a Technicolor mystery thriller from First National Pictures Warner Bros subsidiary.
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Girls Athletic Association
Capitol Theatre
Warner Bros. Theatres
Gideons Founded to Distribute Bibles in Hotels
The Sons of Gideon formed on July 1 1899 to unite Christian travelers and place a Bible in every hotel room across the continental United States. The statement notes Alaska and other non contiguous territories are excluded from this scope.
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The
Sons of Gideon
America
Continental
United States
Territory
Alaska
Eclipse Safety Demonstrated by Cleveland Girls
Two Cleveland girls Miss Mildred Cribfield and Miss Eleanore Burnett show safe eclipse viewing methods. They advise using smoked glasses or a section of exposed photographic film to protect sight during the Aug 31 eclipse.
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Cleveland
Miss Mildred
Cribfield
Eleanore Burnett
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Hagerstown
Old Cemetery
Robert Louis Stevenson
Hollanders
FORD
Main & Cork Sts
Bickers
Gulf
Goodrich
Silvertowns
Cammer Tire CO
Braddock & Boscawen
Sts
Twin City Oil & Gas Corporation
Shell Station
Martinsburg Pike
Amherst & Boscawen Sts
Valley Ave
Braddock St
Mrs. Ritenour
Capitol
Fraternal Order of Gideons
Studebaker
Dellinger Brothers
E. Piccadilly St
U. S. Royals
Herrell Sales Corp. Distributors
S. Loudoun St
R. B. Rogers
Dellinger Bros
Maytag Company
Newton
Iowa
Philadelphia
Maytag
Broad St
Penn
Nalco
Nish Dea Laladn
Lroner
Valley Maytag CO
Swat
Tuars
Myzas Tosacco
Yesteyfeld
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