The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1922-09-22
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Mr.. Roland Stump, of Baltimore,
was a weeks END guest of Mr.. and
Mrs. H. l. Reindollar and family.
DR.. Merritt Burke, wife and child.
New Port. Delaware, paid her broth
err. AIR. ". A. Bower and sister. Mrs.
VIM. f. Bricker, a flying visit Satur-
day and Sunday.
Miss Frances Shoemaker spent Sat
urday and Sunday in Hagerstown.
Mr.. VIM. Giids, OF ely, Pa, spent the
weeks end with his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs Sherman Gilds.
Mr.. and Mrs Daniel Young and
Mrs. Harriet Petry, OF Westminster,
,nent Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs. Day
id Hahn.
Mrs. Thee. Burlington is the guest
Of her daughter, Mrs. Iohe, of Balti-
more.
Mrs. John Hockensmith spent Mon
day in Baltimore.
Our town was again visited by
thieves on Monday night, or early
TUESDAY morning. They took the top
windshield from Miss Elizabeth Crap
ster's Ford car and some inner tubes.
They seem to have a spite at Eliza
beth, as they stole her Ford car about
two wears ago and she never heard a
WJrG from it. She purchased another
/ one and now they are paying their
respects to her again. At > a. m.
nelghbors heard a noise at s. c. OTIS
Grocery Store and made an investiga-
ton, and found thieves ranSaCkinS the
store Wallace Reindollar shot and
scared them out of the store, and
several citizens aroused at the shot,
went in pursuit but they made good
their escape. They entered the store
through a window in tLa Ice cream
room from the yard of Mrs. Laura
Reindcllar, and sacked up their b0otie
( in sugar and coffee sacks, and had
moved all but the last one to the alley
in the rear of the store, intending to
gather il IN later in a truck. but were
scared away, no doubt by Mr.. W. \.
Bowers patroIling the street and al
[ ley in his car. lie made a circle in
the alley and on the street for some
time making it impossible for the
/ thieves TO gather un their plumber
{ The next morning. neighbors living
along the Frederick street alley no.
titled Mr.. OF OF several sacks full of
goods stored at the old Fink
blacksmith shCp and Mr. A. G. Riff
fie and Mr. OFT began gathering up
the goods along the alleys in Rifles
truck, which was scattered along the
alley from Mr.. Otis store to the resi-
dence of Mr.. J. ". Withcrow. Eleven
bags in all were gathered up, and one
containing soap was found sitting in
the store tied shut Goods amounting
to thre or four hundred dollars
were recovered, and included loo
pound sack Of sugar, hosiery. COT
fee, candy and canned goods. No clue
to the thieves were left in their
tracks. This kind of work always Oc-
ours close to the Fair, but is getting
too frequent to be done by any of the
people connected with the Fair, and
/ is evidently done by people who are
acquainted with the stores and places
! they rob. and not by strangers.
/ Mrs. Fred Helms, Jf Troy, y. Y, is
| the guest OF her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs Thos. Shoemaker.
/ Rev. W {. Wachter. whose illness
/ was reported last week, does not I'M
prove as he should.
/ Mr. Richard Hill returned from a
visit to New York and New Jersey
/ well DledSeu Win His Trip.
Mrs. Leah Koontz and Mrs. Frank
Grouse are on the sick list.
On Monday while coming to the
! Grain and Supply COS warehouse
/ for some feed. the team driven by Mr..
/ John Polaski. ran away, throwing him
to the ground. tearing the ligaments
of his left ankle and cutting his leg
severely. Dr.. F. T. Elliot was sum
imoned and rendered the necessary
aid, and he was removed to his home.
The wound is quite painful.
/ Mr.. Harvey Stultz and Mr.. +. NJ.
Dutterer visited the formers brother,
Dr.. David NJ Stultz, OF Gainesville,
who is quite i'll.
Mrs. Sue Crapster, of the KelsO
Home, Baltimore, is spending
weeks vacation at her home here.
Miss Myra Grove, OF Glenn Rock,
is the guest of Miss Mary Hesson.
Mr.. and Mrs. VI. \. Rooms and two
sons, spent Sunday with the formers
mother, Mrs Sarah Rooms, OF keymar.
DR.. Il. F. Wells took Mr.. Harry
Reck to Baltimore Hospital on
Monday. suffering with a sore hand
OF long standing. He underwent an
operation and returned home the
same evening.
Mr.. and Mrs Wilbur Shorb and
Mrs H. C. Brendle and daughters,
Mildred and Katharine, motored to
Harpers Ferry Sunday.
Mrs. Leslie Fox and daughter. OF
Rocky Ridge. spent last week with
her sister. Mrs. Clarence Dorm, and
attended the Fair.
Mrs. Isaac Shelter of New Wind
sor. spent Thursday last with her Sis
ter. Mrs. Norville p. Shoemaker.
/ Mr.. and Mrs. Oliver Koon1z, OF
I York, spent last week with her sis
ter, Mrs. Byrn Stull, near keysville
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