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The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1939-09-01

Peter the Great, $500 pound
hippopOtamus of the Bronx Zoo,
celebrated his 36th birthday re-
Gently by eating his usual ration
of more than 200 pounds of food.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1939-09-01
ROOFING Thinning

l.. H. Miner, Johns-Mansville and
Carey Approved Roofing contrac-
tors; timing and sheet metal
work. Stag roofing, spouting. fur
naces, skylights, metal cornices.
Office at 35 Wayside Ave-; shop
at Locust and Broadway.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1939-09-01
COFFEES, TEA, Etc.

See w. D. Cunningham for Kennys
Coffees; As hours from the roast
or. 81 East Franklin Street. Tele-
phone 4S8.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1939-09-01
MARKETS

See Abe Martin for the best in
Meats, Groceries, Vegetables. 16
Public Square, Hagerstown. Tele.
phones 2510-2511-2512-2513.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1939-09-01
DRUGS, Etc.

Warren Pharmacy, Drugs, Pre-
scriptiOns, Cosmetics, Magazines,
Candy, Cigarettes. 240 Jefferson
st. Phone your order, 927.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1939-09-01

thinks he isn't telling on a friend
when he merely tells his wife and
lets her tell it.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1939-09-01
MONEY TO LOAN

Money to loan on first mortgage,
s per cent. George D. Hicks, Ha-
gerstown Trust Bldg. Phone 3018.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1939-09-01
FRUITS, VEGETABLES

Fruits, vegetables and all kinds Of
green groceries, etc. E. e. Cronice
81 West Franklin Street.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1939-09-01
CLASSIFIED
COFFEE SHOP
REAL ESTATE AND LOANS

Tive Per Cent Interest, 10 to Is
gears to pay. L. S. Spangler,
End. floor, Second National Bank
Building. Telephone 1886.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1939-09-01

Clarence Peddicord, %, blind OPP
rator of a candy stand in Vancou-
YER, Wash, was one of the many
unsuccessful applicants for the posi-
ton of executioner at Sing Sing pris-
on. The position was left vacant due
10 the illness of Executioner Robert
Elliot. Peddicord is pictured with
lis "Seeing-eye" dog.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1939-09-01
FOR SALE

Nice selection Of building lots and
homes. Also full line Of insur-
ance. Charles e. Fry, 100 Hami1-
ton Boulevard. Phone 238i-J.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1939-09-01

Reform is difficult. You see, de-
Gliding to reform makes you feel 80
righteous that anything more
seems unnecessary.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1939-09-01
AUTO SERVICE, USED CARS

Diamond T Motor Truck Sales
and Service-Poe's Garage, rear
of 115 E. Franklin st. Hagerstown
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1939-09-01
TO LATE TO CLASSIFY
COUNTRY LARD FOR SALE

Special prices on quantities as
we'll as small lots, at Martins
Country Produce Stalls, southwest
corner Market House. every mar
Met.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1939-09-01
REAL ESTATE INSURANCE
LOANS

Real Estate and Fire Insurance.
Money at per cent loaned on
first mortgage. Brewer and Lind
sey, PA Second National Bank
Bldg. Phone 2481.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1939-09-01
ICE CREAM

Mains Ice Cream for Quality. At
your merchants.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1939-09-01

GLOBE ADS PAY DIVIDENDS!!
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1939-09-01
POULTR nv

Choice frying and roasting chick
ems. wholesale and retail. Foltz
Poultry Market, 20 High Street.
Free delivery. Phone 177S.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1939-09-01

Meet Your Friends At
NJ c. r @ r Y s
FIVE &, TEN CENT STORES
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1939-09-01

A husband is person who
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-09-21
Egyptians Construct
AH-W Gather HigI. way
Across Biblical Sinai

Across the desolate sand dunes of
Sinai, historic peninsula which links
the continents of Africa and Asia at
the head of the Red Sea. Egyptian
authorities are building a new road.
This road is planned as a strategic
route over which to move troops
between Palestine and Egypt, with
out the usual handicap of weather
delays.
Beginning at Ismailia on the Suez
canal and reaching across the wide
northern stretch of cone-shaped ST.
nai,, the new road is expected to be
less susceptible to sudden washouts
(the terror of construction in these
parts) than is the present route to
the south which now runs FROM Suez
TO the Palestine border. Not far
away is one of the worlds most ia
NOUS paths, the ancient and much
travelled Biblical route between
Egypt and Palestine Along this
way came two Josephs of the Bible.
one sold into Egypt by his brothers,
the other, husband of Mary.
To the south, along the pathway
of the Children of Israel, lies Mount
Sinai where Moses received the Ten
Commandments Today, although
airplanes fly over the peninsula and
trains whistle along its northern
coast, life as whole in Sinai seems
title changed from the time when
he israelites first saw il
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-09-21

In a game as thrilling and as
closely contested as any in the many
years of traditional rivalry between
Bluffton and Pandora, the Pirates
fought their way to 6 to 0 victory
over Pandora last Friday night un-
der the foodlights at Harmon field.
Bluffton gained its one-touchdown
margin by virtue of sustained
scoring drive about midway thru the
second quarter, and the locals played
headsup defensive ball thereafter to
protect the advantage.
From the opening kickoff there
were thrills aplenty, with both
teams putting forth their best efforts
to win the traditional contest.
Pandora's most dangerous bid for
victory came on the opening play
of the game. With the ball on the
Pandora 5 yard-line, for the first
regular play, G. Geiger, back, ran
to the Bluffton one-yard stripe be-
fore he was spilled.
A clipping penalty in midfeld,
however, took the ball back to that
point, and Bluffton hackers breathed
easier. The visitors continued to
dominate the play thruout the re-
mainder of the period, however, and
the Pirates definitely were on the
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-09-21
College Gridders To Open Season
Against Kenyon Saturday At Lima

Bluffton college gridders, with
less than two weeks practice behind
them, are rounding into shape for
their opening contest of the season,
in which they will meet a strong
Kenyon aggregation under the flood
lights at Lima stadium this Satur-
day night.
The game at Lima is being spon-
sored by the Lions clubs of Bluffton,
Lima and Celina, and the crowd is
expected to be one of the largest of
the season for the Beavers.
Kenyon will place veteran team
on the field against the Burckymen,
but Bluffton prospects so far this
year appear the brightest in many
a season, and plenty of fireworks
can be expected.
The Beavers will go into action
with less than two weeks of practice,
but every man Coach Burcky plans
to use has had previous experience
on college squads, or was a consist
ent player in high school, which
gives the mentor an advantage he
has not had in recent years, par
ticularly with reference to reserve
strength.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-09-21

Americana
Mill Hitched to the Moon
BY Elmo Scott Watson

Mill r1IlCHeQ TO the MOOT
. EMEMBER the old admonition to
N "hitch your wagon 10 STAR?
Caleb Hodgdon did better than that.
He hitched his mill to she moon and
for Ill years the moon has been run
ming the mill for him and his descend
ants.
1t was back in 1925 that Caleb, sail
Ing down the coast of Maine. reached
the mouth of the Damariscotta river
and saw a 40-acre natural pond which
opened into the river through very
narrow outlet. This perfect tidal basin
was filed and emntied twice a day by
the sea, and since the moon controls
the tide, II is literally true that Caleb
Hodgdon hitched his mill TO the moon.
Caleb built dam and bridge which
are still in use today. He installed the
old type rndershot waterwheel to run
his mill and used 1t as power for grind
bought acres of timberland. sent crews
into the woods to fell the trees. snake
them down to the river with oxen, then
at high tide float them into his mill
pond. Next he added shipyard and
built ships from the lumber which he
had sawed.
Later generations of Hodgdons con-
finued to operate the mill and shipyard.
and one of the products of the latter
was the schooner, Bowdoin, which
Commander Donald B. Macmillan used
in his Arctic explorations. Later Hodg-
6ons also replaced the undershot water
wheel with a turbine hut the principle
Of operation of the mill Is the sam"
with it as with the waterwheel When
the tide rises. II forces open the gates
In the dam which Caleb built and fills
the pond. When the tide is on the ebb
the doors automatically close AMI the
water is prevented from flowing ont o.
the pond except through the turbines
of the mill m 5na
GO to East Ronthhay, siaine. today
and. you can .seeoi HE mill which Caleb
Hodgden built and hitched 10 the mnnlt.
, s.as G Western Newspaper Union,
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-09-21
Bluffton High Bests Pandora, 90,
In Traditional GridirOn Battle Here

defensive, and had little chance to
show anything in the way of ground
granting attempts.
In the second period, the Pirates
finally got their attack under way,
and mixing passing plays with off
tackle and end runs, the Dillermen
marched to Pandora's 15-yard line.
From that point Herman fiipped
a short pass to Santschi, who eluded
three wouId-be tacklers to scamper
acros the goal. The try for the
extra point failed.
Bluffton played conservative ball
thereafter, using its passing attack
very rarely, altho the threat of it
kept Pandora jittery on the defense.
1t was in this department especially
that Bluffton showed marked super
iority over the visitors, for Pan
dora's aerial attack lacked the decep-
ton and precision seen in that of
Bluffton.
Unseasonahly hot weather tired
the players of both teams early in
the contest, altho Pandora appeared
to feel the effects the most, because
of a lack of replacement strength.
Bluffton looked very promising il
the tilt, and if the team lives up te
hopes the Pirates will be one of the
strongest outfits in this area.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-09-21

Bluffton's starting backfeld lineup
this Saturday likely will find Back
ensto at quarter; Radulovich and
Swank, at the half back positions,
and Mel Yoder at fullback.
Other backs who will probably see
action include Vogelgesang and Lu-
binsky, promising freshmen; Fellers,
Basinger, Grow, Huntsberger, Grace
and Suter.
At center, Coach Burcky will use
either Mclaughlin, Lehman or Rice,
with the former likely to get the
starting nod. For guards the men
tor will choose from Fretz, Deeds
and King, last years holdovers, and
Naum and Dave Yoder, newcomers.
A real scrap is ensuing for the
tackle posts with Shook and War
ren, holdovers, being crowded by
Fretz and Jones, promising first-year
men. For ends the coach can draw
from a group made up of Soash,
Luginbuhl, Sommer and Holcomb.
With nine lettermen in their line
up, Kenyon will come here with an
experienced team. The team has
six tackles, all of whom tip the
scales at more than 200 pounds.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-09-21

the number of German-stock inhabi-
tants, with more than a. million.
Among Germans who have made
the United States their permanent
home are outstanding figures in all
phases of national life. In govern
ment there is DR.. Heinrich Bruen-
ing, former chancellor of the Ger
man republic, now teaching at Har-
ward university. In the arts, Lot
tie Lehman, famed Wagnerian So
prano, has taken out her final citi-
zenship papers. Marlene Dietrich,
German-born movie star, has also
become a United States citizen.
In Latin America, where the Swas-
tlka competes for front-line trade po-
sitlon against the Stars and Stripes
and the Union Jack, there -
roughly 100000 people of Germ
blood
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-09-21
SHORT SPORTS

Plenty of music is being arranged
for Bluffton colleges tilt with Ken
yon at Lima, Saturday night. The
crack Celina High school band will
play and parade, and an additional
feature will be the Bluffton Dutch
Band.
SIDE CHANCES
Kenton broke Forest Highs 13-
game winning streak last week, 70 to
O.. Forrest still has their star half
back of last year, Packer, and he broke
loose for one 36-yard run for the los
ers' lone tally. =. Bellefontaine looks
strong again this season, having beat
en- Urbana last Friday, % to b..
The Logan county crew won the west
ern Buckeye League championship
last year Kenyon will have SIX
tackles ready for action against Bluff
ton college Saturday night, and all
will weigh more than 200 pounds. -.
Blufton's heaviest gridder is Ben
Rice, center, who tips the beams at
21O. :. Those who like to go to foot
ball games without making the ac-
quaintance of the ticket seller Will
take none TOO kindly to the new high
fence erected around Harmon field.
1t has a barbed wire strand around
the top and served its purpose well at
last weeks Bluffton-Pandora contest
Lima South scored in every quarter
last week to wailop St. Marys by a
score of 54' to t.. Coach A. G.
Bhrcky of Bnffton collge and J. r.
Cutler, athletic director at Kenyon,
have been summer school classmates
at Ohio state university for the last
two years, leading to the Scheduling
of this falls tilt between the Beavers
and he Gambler outfit.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-09-21

Football games to be played in the
Lima stadium this week by Bluffton
High and Bluffton college teams will
be broadcast by Radio Station WLOk,
of Lima, the first time that the per-
formance of either crew has been de-
scribed over the air. As a buildup
for Fridays tilt between Bluffton and
Lima Central at Lima, Faueulty Man
ager Sidney c. Stettler, of Bluffton,
appeared in a 15-minute interview
over the radio station Tuesday even
ing.
With starting berth cinched for
last Friday nights tilt between Bluff
ton and Pandora High School elevensi
Fred Fritchie suffered an attack OF
appendicitis Friday morning that put
him on the shelf. Fritchie had been
drilled all week as the starter in the
blocking back position and Blufftor
was hurt by his loss.
Van Buren pulled the biggest sur.
prise of the first weeks round of GRID
tits by trouncing Ada, 21 to O.. Most
of the crack players Ada had last year
were lost thru graduation, and pros
poets are none too bright for the crew
at present. Columbus Grove beat
Lima St. Rose, IL to z.
An added feature at this Friday
nights tilt between Bluffton and Lima
Central at Lima. will be demonstra-
ton at halftime by the Button col.
lege football squad. The performers
will demonstrate, in slow motion
style, the mouse trap, the split buck
the log roll, ETC., thereby giving the
spectators an opportunity to see what
goes on ahead of the ball carrier.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-09-21

What likely will be one of their
most severe tests of the 1889 sea-
son will await Bluffton High grid
ders this Friday night when they
journey to Lima to meet Lima Cen
trail in a nocturnal tilt at the East
High street stadium.
Coach Dwight Diller, however, has
hopes that his team this year will
come as near as any in recent sea-
sons to matching the strength of the
Lima aggregation.
In last Fridays tilt with Pandora
the Pirates demonstrated they can
play heady, well groomed ball, and
should they continue to show the
improvement promised by last weeks
performance Lima Central will find
the assignment tough one.
1t will be the Dragons first start
of the year, whereas Bluffton al
ready has one game played, a cir
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-09-21
Leases Signed For
685 Acres
Continued on page 81

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the new area being opened in this
vicinity.
One of the wells at Dupont,
brought in last week is reported to
be good gas producer.
Revival of Drilling
Oil was first found about 45 years
ago in the 685-acre area, which has
been leased by the group this month.
Wells soon were abandoned, however,
principally because the price of oil
was too low to permit pumping in
anything but the very best fields.
About a dozen wells were drilled
in the same area now being re-
leased, but with oil bringing Is cents
a barrel at that time, it was found
that pumping was not a paying
proposition. Today, however, the
price is 80 cents a barrel.
The first we'll in the section was
that put down on the old Chris Zim-
merly farm, now occupied by Ardon
Zimmeriy, about 46 years ago. OH
was found : butF because of the low
prevailing price the well was plug
ged 'ands never was pumped.
Sam Turner, of New York City,
we'll known in this area in the oil
boom days made the lease, represent
ing a New York syndicate. Later
the same group put down another
well on the Isaac Habegger farm
about one-fourth mile east of Zim-
merly. This farm is now owned by
William Habegger. This well was
good gas producer, but was plugged.
Some gas still seeps thru the ground
near the old well, it is said.
Many Wells Drilled
Other wells in the same territory
were drilled about DO years ago by
John Steiner and Eph Locher, both
deceased, and ]. F. Swank, now of
Joinerville, Texas. They also drilled
for New York capitalists.
Some of the farms on which drill
Jig was done were those of Abe
Lugibill, now the John Welty farm
occupied by Lee Welty; John Diller,
now owned by Memo Schumacher;
Amos C. Diller, formerly the tile
mill farm; Peter Oberly, now owned
by Memo Burkholder and occupied
by Stanley Bixel.
All of the farms were about one
mile south of the Zimmerly land.
Altho price of oil in those days
was not high enough to permit
pumping anything but the exception
ally good wells, it is believed that
today's price of 80 cents barrel,
six times as much as that prevailing
45 years ago, may make the revival
of drilling here a paying PROPOSE
tion.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-09-21
New Stadium Is Built for
International Sport
ing Event.
pre,.rad bv National Geographic Society.
Washinrton. d. C.-WNU Service.

prenared by National Geographic Society.
Washington. D. C.-WNu service.
Finland and its capital Hell
sinki (Helsingfors) are busi-
" making preparations for
the 18th Olympic games,
opening there in the simmer
of 1910. IL 4pe bLeseuF konfe &c
Recent reports indicate
that Films are studying Eng
lish. the official language OF
the Olympics, in order to ia
cilitate relations with their
visitors. Many Helsinki store
keepers have enrolled in one
wear courses in English and
German, and special classes
are being held for railway
employees, street car con-
ductors and the Helsinki po-
lice force.
Members of the "Lotta Svard,"
woman's auxiliary of the Finnish
National Guard, are learning to
make the favorite foods of the vari-
Gus countries whose nationals will
participate in the Olympics.
Stadium Completed.
The Olympic stadium, on the out
skirts of Helsinki, was begun in 1884
and completed last year. Several
athletic events have already been
held there. It was built to accom-
modate 10000 spectators, but it has
been enlarged, in preparation for
the Olympics, to take care of $4,000.
The elliptical running track with
in the stadium, where the world
will perhaps see the making OF new
records, is 400 meters in length; in
side the area occupied by the pow
dered-brick track lies large. we'll
kept grass plot on which football
and other games will be played.
The games will begin June 20,
when the Finnish climate is most
favorable for the contests. Nearby
lakes keep Helsinki cool in the sum-
mer and extended daylight dur
ing the summer months adds to its
attractiveness as setting for the
Olympics. ,-,------@s-
Paavo NErmi Spectacular.
Interest in physical culture dates
from the early days of the last CEN
tury when Finland was made a vas
sal of Russia. A Finnish gymnastic
and athletic association was formed,
only to be banned by the Russians
as soon as it was well-established.
The Films, however, persisted in de-
veloping fine athletes, who were rec
ognized in European sporting cir
cles. In Stockholm, at the Olympic
games of 1912, Hannes Kolehmainen
ran Finland onto the map" This
brilliant runner and Paavo Nurmi
are the most spectacular athletes
the country has produced, though
Firms have won laurels in variety
of other sports-among them discus
throwing, javelin-throwing, high
jumping and shot-putting.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-09-21
Uncommon
Americans


HE WAS baptized as Charles
Il Farrar Browne but the whole
nation once loved him and laughed
with him under the name of Arte-
mus Ward. Born in Maine in 1884,
Browne served an apprenticeship in
a print shop and then became a
journeyman printer. Finally he
wandered to Cleveland, Ohio, where
he became a local reporter for the
Cleveland Plain Dealer and invented
the character of "Artemus Ward" ;"
supposed to be a travelling show
man, writing to the paper to give
information and to ask for it. Read
ers of that paper roared over art
emus Wards" bad spelling and
humorous descriptions of his ad-
ventures and it was not long until
Browne got call from New York
to become editor of Vanity Fair,
a comic paper.
But this editorship did not last
long for the wandering foot of the
former journeyman printer soon be-
gan to assert itself. He published
"Artemus Ward, His Book" which
had a phenomenal sale. Then he
took to the lecture Platform and
"Artemus Ward" until now a ficti-
tious character, became living
reality to thousands of Americans.
One of Wards devoted readers
was President Lincoln and his book
played a role in an historic scene
at the White House during the Civil
war In September 1852, Lincoln
called a meeting of his cabinet
members whom he astonished by
reading excerpts from Wards book.
When they failed to join in his
laughter, Lincoln threw down the
book and said Gentlemen, why don't
you laugh? With the fearful strain
that is upon me night and day, if
I didn't laugh, / should die and you
need the medicine as much as DO"
He then told them the real pur-
pose of the meeting which was to
read to them paper he had pre-
pared and which he proposed to
issue when the time was ripe. That
paper was the Emancipation Proc
lamation. When he had finished
reading it, Secretary Stanton ex-
claimed "Mr. President, if reading
chapters of Artemus Ward is a pre-
lude to such a deed as this, the book
should be filed among the archives
of the nation, and the author can
onized."
The author was never canoniZed
but before he died in 1867, Artemus
Ward had not only become Ameri-
cas- favorite jester but he had won
fame as a humorist in England suct.
as no other American before him
had ever known.
C Western Newspaper Union.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-09-21

Sugar bought for boarding by Ohio
people caused temporary shortage
that prevented many housewives
from getting sugar to can peaches.
This interference with the market
ing of peaches cost Ohio farmers
thousands of dollars because most
homemakers have forgotten that
fruit may be successfully canned
without any sugar.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-09-21

s@~~ - - - = -
ture and tradition of
their own, different
from that of their
racial cousins. Such,
for example, is the
German group set
tied along the mid
die Volga river of
Soviet Russia. and
comprising more
than half the popu-
lation of the autono-
nous Volga-German
republic. Another,
nearer to the Reich,
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-09-21

ureS, are some 49,
100000 inhabitants,
not counting the citi-
zens of Memel (also
largely Germanic)
and those of the for
mer Czecho-Slovaki-
an prov..lces of Mo-
ravia Bohemia (al-
most entirely non
Germanic.)
In other European
countries, the Reich
claims blood kinship
with so-called Ger
man poinoritioc 0f