The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1943-07-08

horses were thrown
and dragged some
distance. No one
was hurt but the account stated that
they had very narrow escape.
Mansfield monument on the An
tietam battlefield, was dedicated by
Mansfield Post, of Middletown, and
Sons of Veterans, Hagerstown. Adj
dresses were made by Mayor Schin-
del and City Attorney Mason. The
monument is located at the corner
of Smoketown and Keedysville
roads, six or 10 feet from the spot
where General Mansfield fell as he
came out of the woods on the day
of battle. The monument, made of
two kinds of granite, was erected by
the State of Connecticut, to the hon
or of Major, General Joseph K S.
Mansfield, who commanded the 18th
Army Corps of the Potomac.
A total of $4,000 in purses was
offered by the Maryland and Vir-
ginia Trotting Circuit, covering a
period of Is weeks continuous rae
ing at IA racing points. Hagerstown
offered one of the largest purses.
1917
Hagerstown's Chautauqua week
was announced for June IA to June
10, inclusive. One-half the single
admissions for the first day was
given to the Red Cross. It was
stated it was one of the purposes of
the Chautauqua to bring war condi-
lions to the public.
w. NJ Rohrer, son of Daniel A.
Rohrer, Rohrersville, employed with
R. j. Funkhouser & Co., left for
Washington to accept a position in
the adjutant generals office of the
War Department
Miss Mary Boyer who sprained
her ankle at the senior class picnic
at Braddock Heights, was able to
be about and to resume her duties at
the Academy.
! A force of men and teams were at
work excavating for an additional
long siding to be constructed by the
N. & w. Ry. Co. below the trolley
crossing at the Williamsport pike.
A dispatch from Washington said
that two-thirds of the men register
ing for service under draft were
claiming exemptions. Maryland's
returns from the draft to June, 1917,
were 10000.
A display announcement urged all
citizens to be patriotic and buy 1917
Liberty Loan bonds. The appeal
was signed by the following banks:
Hagerstown Bank, First National
Bank, Mechanics Loan and Savings
Bank, Maryland Surety & Trust Co.,
Second National Bank, Peoples Ma
tional Bank and City Savings Bank.
Advertisements: Ernest w. Mil
Ter advertised pineapples for only
$3.50 per case. P. Nicklas' Sons, 80
West Franklin street, were closing
out their furniture business Public
sale of ST. Matthews Lutheran
Church property in Hagerstown, on
the southeast corner of East Ante
tam and South Locust streets, signed
by John G. Ernst, John Shubert and
Conrad L. Wagner, trustees, with
Jacob E. Fisher, auctioneer. Lance
lot Jacques, ST., Smithsburg, had
for sale an eight-acre fruit and
truck farm, improved by an eight
room house and other outbuildings,
near Pondsville. price $2,400. H. E.
Bester offered for sale four choice
lots on Oak Hill avenue and seven
choice lots on Hamilton boulevard.
R. H. Smith was offering his livery
outfit at Smiths Livery Stables, for
sale. Included in the sale were sew
en- head of horses, 10 buggies, most
ly rubber tires; six rubber-tired
hacks, two rubber-tired runabouts,
one Dayton, one Victoria, one Con-
cord runabout, one spider phaeton
for two horses, two transfers, open
surries, 10 cutters, sleigh and lot
of harness.