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and walked through the hospital came to be on the boat. The last
wards and looked at John Does in thing he remembered was speaking
the morgue. with Helen Rouzer, formerly
No sign of him could be found. of Thurmont, in a Baltimore
Ten days later, Grace Firor department Store.
received a telegram from her He also had taken sixty dollars
by James Rada, Jr. husband. He was in Jacksonville, with him to Baltimore when he left
Florida. Thurmont. It was all missing when
“Losing all trace of his identity,
1915 — David Firor’s Missing Days knowing nothing whatever of he reached Jacksonville. He didn’t
remember what had happened to it,
his whereabouts until he was put but since no orders were delivered
ashore, penniless from a dredge to the store, he apparently didn’t
boat at Jacksonville, Florida, and spend the money on what he had
On March 2, 1915, David Firor Rumors began to run rampant. cared for by a family of Italians, intended.
kissed his wife goodbye and told He had met with foul play in David Firor, of Thurmont, last Some people suggested that he
her that he would be back on the the streets of Baltimore. He was Tuesday for the first time in a may have been robbed. While this
evening train from Baltimore. Then running from creditors because his week realized who he was,” The is a possibility, Firor still had his
he headed into the city to buy business was about to go bankrupt. Gettysburg Times reported. gold pocket watch on him when he
Easter items for his store on East Both of these rumors proved false. The cause of the problem was found. It seems unlikely that
Main Street in Thurmont. Firor’s brother, J. W. Firor, was was what Firor called “sleepy- a robber wouldn’t have taken it as
That evening, “The train came, a professor at the University of headedness,” and the doctors called well.
but Dave did not come home, and Athens in Georgia. He took a leave aphasia. In recent months, he had Firor apparently never solved
it was taken for granted that he of absence from his teaching to join started sleeping a great deal of the the mystery of what had happened
did not get to finish his shopping his family in Thurmont. Then he time, and when he slept, he was to him during the missing days. He
and remained until next day as he set off for Baltimore to search for nearly impossible to wake. His didn’t even know whether he had
had done on future occasions,” the his brother in hospitals and other mother even said that he could fall been conscious for most of them.
Catoctin Clarion reported. institutions. asleep talking or standing up.
When he failed to come home Firor was thirty-one years old Even after being found in
the next day, Firor’s wife and and had a medium build. He stood Jacksonsville, he had an attack Drop Your Change
mother began to worry. They five feet, six inches tall and had where he slept for eighteen hours Don’t forget to
began to make inquiries at the black hair and dark eyes. He wasn’t straight. drop your change
places where he typically went, but particularly distinguishable from When asked about what had to beneit area
no one could help them with any among hundreds of men in the city. happened to him, Firor said that food banks.
information. J. W. made his inquiries, though, he couldn’t remember how he
and walked through the hospital came to be on the boat. The last
wards and looked at John Does in thing he remembered was speaking
the morgue. with Helen Rouzer, formerly
No sign of him could be found. of Thurmont, in a Baltimore
Ten days later, Grace Firor department Store.
received a telegram from her He also had taken sixty dollars
by James Rada, Jr. husband. He was in Jacksonville, with him to Baltimore when he left
Florida. Thurmont. It was all missing when
“Losing all trace of his identity,
1915 — David Firor’s Missing Days knowing nothing whatever of he reached Jacksonville. He didn’t
remember what had happened to it,
his whereabouts until he was put but since no orders were delivered
ashore, penniless from a dredge to the store, he apparently didn’t
boat at Jacksonville, Florida, and spend the money on what he had
On March 2, 1915, David Firor Rumors began to run rampant. cared for by a family of Italians, intended.
kissed his wife goodbye and told He had met with foul play in David Firor, of Thurmont, last Some people suggested that he
her that he would be back on the the streets of Baltimore. He was Tuesday for the first time in a may have been robbed. While this
evening train from Baltimore. Then running from creditors because his week realized who he was,” The is a possibility, Firor still had his
he headed into the city to buy business was about to go bankrupt. Gettysburg Times reported. gold pocket watch on him when he
Easter items for his store on East Both of these rumors proved false. The cause of the problem was found. It seems unlikely that
Main Street in Thurmont. Firor’s brother, J. W. Firor, was was what Firor called “sleepy- a robber wouldn’t have taken it as
That evening, “The train came, a professor at the University of headedness,” and the doctors called well.
but Dave did not come home, and Athens in Georgia. He took a leave aphasia. In recent months, he had Firor apparently never solved
it was taken for granted that he of absence from his teaching to join started sleeping a great deal of the the mystery of what had happened
did not get to finish his shopping his family in Thurmont. Then he time, and when he slept, he was to him during the missing days. He
and remained until next day as he set off for Baltimore to search for nearly impossible to wake. His didn’t even know whether he had
had done on future occasions,” the his brother in hospitals and other mother even said that he could fall been conscious for most of them.
Catoctin Clarion reported. institutions. asleep talking or standing up.
When he failed to come home Firor was thirty-one years old Even after being found in
the next day, Firor’s wife and and had a medium build. He stood Jacksonsville, he had an attack Drop Your Change
mother began to worry. They five feet, six inches tall and had where he slept for eighteen hours Don’t forget to
began to make inquiries at the black hair and dark eyes. He wasn’t straight. drop your change
places where he typically went, but particularly distinguishable from When asked about what had to beneit area
no one could help them with any among hundreds of men in the city. happened to him, Firor said that food banks.
information. J. W. made his inquiries, though, he couldn’t remember how he
