Handley High School LI Defeats Chambersburg In CVL Opener
Handley High School of Winchester defeated Chambersburg 18 to 8 in a Cumberland Valley League opener. Patton limited Chambersburg to three hits as Poole collected five of six at bats and Ockman added a double while Hartzell Smith Miller and others provided fielding and hitting for Handley.
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Winchester High School
Chambersburg
Maroons
Snyder
Hartzell
Patton
Pool
Smith
Hner
Tuns
Incaeras
Anderson
Miller
Chambersarg
Poole
Jett
Ockman
Firemen to Celebrate Annual Maryland State Convention
Firemen from Maryland Pennsylvania Virginia West Virginia and Delaware will attend the Maryland State Firemen's Association convention in Frederick June 6 7 and 8. Frederick firemen will spend about one thousand dollars on prizes and rations funded by local business leaders. A highlight is an exhibition of one of the oldest fire engines in the country the Friendship Voters Fire Association engine purchased by George Washington in 1774, a treasured firefighting relic from Alexandria Virginia.
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Maryland
Pennsylvania
Virginia
West Virginia
DelaWare
Frederick
Friendship Voters’ Fire Association
Alexandria
George Washington
United States
Sisters of Klan Stage a Parade in Tulsa
White robed and hooded lady Klansmen of the Ku Klux Klan paraded through Tulsa's business district last night in their first public appearance. Estimates of spectators ranged from 30 000 to 50 000 as the women marched without torches or cross fiery displays, receiving only occasional claps and shouts.
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Tulsa
Okla
Ku Klux
Frightful Damage from Russian Earthquake Report
Moscow dispatch says an April 15 quake hit Petropavlovsk Kamchatsky causing two factories to be swept into the sea and multiple casualties, with numbers not yet learned.
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Associated Press
Moscow
Il 15
Petropaviovsk
Kamps
Robbers Shoot and Kill Office Watchman in Philadelphia
In Philadelphia on April 21 a man identified as Fred Pfiock was shot and killed by robbers in the office of a soap maker. Authorities say the watchman surprised the intruders who had entered the office after the safe was opened.
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Associated Press
Philadelphia
Safers
S and Company
Soap
Fred Pfiock
Bones found in Crisfield pond raise infant death mystery
April 21 Crisfield Md Authorities discovered handfuls of infant bones in a pond bed near Crisfield following the discovery last Thursday of headless bodies of two colored children in a sack with three heads. Police say a third body was not recovered and locals suspect voodoo legends. Dr Collins testified the children likely died about six months ago.
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Crisfield
James W. Kirwin
Cc. B. Collins
Dramatic Empire season nears close with Julius Caesar
The Empire Theatre plans the final week of its 3rd season closing Monday April 30 with The Cat and the Canary and Julius Caesar starring Fritz Leiber as Mark Antony. The Newark Ohio company travels to New York after Winchester engagements as George Ford and Helen Ford headline the bill.
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Empire Theatre
Community Playhouse
Wis
New York City
National Theatre
Metropolitan
Emily Taft
Taft
Ameri
Shakespeare
Julius Caesar
Fritz Leiber
Marc Antony
Leiber
Middle West
Pacific Coast
Newark
Ohio
George Ford
Mr. Leiber
Helen Ford
New York
Broadway
Empire
Winchester
the Bat
The
Circle
Charlotte Walker
Amelia Bingham
Wilton Lackaye
Norman Hackett
Henry Dixey
Greenwich Village
McIntyre and Heath
de Wolf Hopper
International Grand Opera Company
Lassies
White’s
Minstrels
Shubert
Kingsbery Foster
Three Dancers Ill in Hospital From Contest
Three dancers were sent to a hospital after collapsing during a long competition in the capital. Florence Gentry was exhausted and hysterical before midnight, followed by Mr and Mrs Wallace Mendenhall later. Six of the original 87 entries remained active despite the incident.
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Florence Gentry
Wallace Mendenhall
Elsie Webber
Baltimore
Death of David Lowry in Dayton Ohio at age 29
David Lowry died in Dayton Ohio on Sunday April 15 at age 29. He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. E. Lowry of Cedarville Ohio and is survived by his parents his wife two young daughters and two brothers. He was formerly from Berkeley county and a nephew of Mrs. Mary Sherrard and Mrs. A H Griffith of Garrardstown.
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Dayton
Ohio
David Lowry
E. &. Lowry
Cedarville
Berkeley County
Mary Sherrard
A. H. Griffith
Garrardstown
Abshire Slonaker Nuptials in Martinsburg Ceremony
Miss Helena V Abshire daughter of Robert and Ella Abshire of Gerrards town and Hubert G Slonaker son of J S and Ella Slonaker of Gerrardstown married Thursday afternoon at the parsonage of the First Methodist Episcopal Church Martinsburg WV. Rev Frank Steelman officiated with Lydia Slonaker and Ernest Abshire as attendants.
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Helena V. Abshire
Robert
Ella Abshire
Gerrardstown
Hubert G. Slonaker
J. S
Ella Slonaker
First Methodist Episcopal Church
Martinsburg
W. Va
Frank, Steelman
Lydia Slonaker
Ernest Abshire
Voting novelty wanes among Virginia women in 1921 poll taxes
Richmond dispatch reports Virginia women owe more than 557000 in unpaid poll taxes for 1921, with white women far behind men in payment. Specter of primary in August and general election looms as auditors note delinquency, while debates grow over female candidacy in Richmond and Norfolk races.
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Richmond
Virginia
Moore
Harry Winchester
East State Senate
Norfolk City
John A. Lesner
B. B. Munford
Italian Banker Baldie Home Bombed in Roxborough
A bomb damaged the home of C. A. Baldie banker and Italian colony leader in Roxborough. No injuries occurred bricks and stones shattered windows. Police suspect an anti fascist act Baldie was abroad returning from Italy at the time of the attack.
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Eo Jated Press
C. A. Baldie
Roxborough
Chevalier Baldie
Bale
Baldie
Italy
Mr Jolley Dies at 75 From Acute Indigestion
John Jolley a respected farmer from near Reynolds Store in this county died at midnight on Thursday from an acute indigestion attack. He was 75, survived by his widow a son George Jolley of Berkeley Springs West Virginia and a married daughter. Funeral was held at Wesley Chapel at one this afternoon with burial in the nearby cemetery.
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John Jolley
Reynolds Store
George Jolley
Berkeley Springs
W. Va
Wesley Chapel
Women’s Democratic Club Meeting Set for Handley Library
The Women’s Democratic Club will meet Tuesday at 8 P M in the Handley Library Auditorium to discuss party activities and community issues. All members are urged to attend.
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Women’s Democratic Club
Handley Library
School levy set in Shenandoah County unchanged plan
Woodstock Va April 21 The Board after receiving a budget from the County School Board laid a school levy of 57 cents same as last year. A 65 cent levy requested was refused. The general county levy stays 66 cents with an added five cents for courthouse improvements ordered by Judge Whiting. Road levy unchanged.
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Woodstock
County Schoo Board
General County
Whiting
Hall Moncure Wedding Staged at Widewater Home
Neville G. Hall youngest son of Rev and Mrs N N Hall of Front Royal married Agnes Moncure at the bride’s Widewater West Virginia home on Thursday afternoon. They left for a honeymoon trip immediately after the ceremony.
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Neville G. Hall
N. N. Hall
Front Royal
Agnes Moncure
Widewater
W. Va
Doctor Maphis Presides at National Extension Conference
Dr Charles G Maphis of the University of Virginia has traveled to St Louis for the eighth annual conference of the National University Extension Association where he serves as president Thirty seven universities and colleges belong to the association which seeks to bring university spirit to those outside campus boundaries Maphis will give the welcome address from the mayor at the opening session
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Charles G. Maphis
Extention
University of Virginia
St. Louis
National University Extention Association
Oas
Gee Ee Saare
Maphis
Commoner Final Issue End of Bryan Editor's Paper
Governor W. J Bryan announced The Commoner monthly, edited with his brother William Jennings Bryan, would cease publication with the April issue due to lack of time. The Lincoln based paper has run for 22 years.
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Lincoln, Neb
Co. W. Bryan
The
Commoner
William Jennings Bryan
Prominent Shenandoah Farmer H. H. Wisman Dies at 70
H. H. Wisman longtime Shenandoah county farmer and financier died Thursday at his country home near Tom’s Brook at age 70. He was son of the late William and Mrs. Wisman of near Woodstock. Surviving are his widow Miss Kate Pifer Wisman and daughter Mrs. Newton W. Borden of Melford Oregon. He leaves brother Josiah F. Wisman supervisor of Edinburg and sisters Mrs. Luther Neeb Woodstock and Mrs. Dellinger White Post.
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H. H. Wisman
Shenandoah County
Tom’s Brook
Wisman
William Wisman
Woodstock
Kate Pifer
Newton W. Borden
Melford
Ore
Josiah F. Wisman
Edinburg
Luther Neeb
Dellinger
White Post
Court proposal endorsed by Speaker Gillett in Wash.
President Harding's plan for the United States to join the League of Nations court won full support from Speaker Gillett who blamed a misunderstanding for opposition voiced by Representative Wood and the Republican campaign committee.
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Associated Press
Washington
Harding
United States
League of Nations
Gillett
Wood
Republican Congressional Campaign
Harding appoints Collier U.S. Marshal for Maryland
President Harding appointed George W. Collier as United States marshal for the district of Maryland on April 21, marking a key federal enforcement posting.
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Associated Press
Washington
Harding
George W. Collier
United States
District of Maryland
Three Die In Talc Mine Cave In
Three persons were killed when a talc mine in Moore County caved in Raleigh North Carolina on April 21 according to information received here.
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Associated Press
Raleigh, N. C
Moore County
Chapman Auto Sales Advertisement in Winchester Va
Used Fords 27 available with prices from 100 to 475 dollars. Two Dodge Tourings priced 350 to 450 dollars. Buick Six Touring 450 dollars. Packard Twelve at 850 dollars. Vehicle condition described as splendid with new paint and easy terms. Chapman Auto Sales location 70 to 21 Winchester Virginia.
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Buick
Packard
Chapman
Winchester
Men and Black Cat Plunge Into River Car Crash
Travelers watching near Shenandoah River in Shenandoah county saw a large car leave the road at Red Banks Mount Jackson and tumble down the bank. Two Baltimore men and a black cat were rescued as the car stretched along the river, then surfaced after being raised by block and tackle. Both men sustained minor cuts and bruises and the car, damaged but operable, was driven away.
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Shenandoah River
Shenandoah County
Baltimore
Red Banks
Mountackson
Hundreds Attend Julius Caesar Showcases at Empire
The Empire hosts multiple theatre parties for Fritz Leiber's Julius Caesar. Handley High School Dramatic Club plans a box of sixteen and honors Mrs. William H. Baker. Charlestown's St Hilda's Hall sends fifteen, Wardensville adds twenty five by private car, and guests arrive from Martinsburg and Clarke County among others.
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the Empire
Fritz Leiber
Julius Caesar
Dramatic Club
Handley High School
William H. Baker
St. Hilda’s Hall
Charlestown
W. Va
Mercer Williamson
Wardensville
Winchester and Western Railroad
Marvin Long
Williamsport
Martinsburg
Theodora Cox
Millwood
Robert C. Randolph
N. B. Page
Roy. C. Mitchell
Clarke County
Marjorie Daw Marries Alfred Sutherland
Los Angeles April 21 Motion picture actress Marjorie Daw and screen actor director Alfred Edward Sutherland were married last night They postponed a honeymoon due to engagements and returned to work today on new pictures.
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Associated Press
Los Angeles
Cal
Marjorie Daw
Alfred Edward Sutherland
Stork Brings A Boy To Roy and Larrick Family
Mr and Mrs Roy Larrick of 13 South Main Street welcome a fine boy born April 16. Mrs Larrick was formerly Mrs Golden Pingley. Mother and baby are doing fine.
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Roy
Larrick
South Main Street
Golden Pingley
John Mann M. E. Church Sunday Services
John Mann M. E. Church lists 11 a.m. service led by the pastor 2:30 p.m. Sunday school 7:40 p.m. song service and 8 p.m. sermon by the pastor All are cordially invited Joseph Wheeler Pastor Sunday notices continue.
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Joseph Wheeler
Norvices
High Grade Railroad Shares Suffer Losses
In New York on April 21 operations reversed earlier strength as high grade railroad shares fell one to three points. Industrials including equipments steels oils and motors also declined. The session closed heavy with about 657000 shares traded.
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Associated Press
New York
Highgrade Railroad
Russian Singer Zachareff Arrested for Peach Brandy Transport
Pennsylvan ia Railroad detective C. Richardson detained Dementer Zachareff at Chambersburg station. Three gallons of peach brandy were found in his luggage amid claims he bought it in Charles Town and intended to share with friends. He is held on $1,000 bail awaiting further hearing. Sheriff Mayer arranged the custody.
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C. C. Richardson
Pennsylvania Railroad
Dementer’ Zachareff
Chambersburg
Boston
Penn Hall
Richardson
Zachareff
Charles Town
W. Va
Miller
Mayer
Flood Threats Hit Portage la Prairie Manitoba City
The Assiniboine River overflowed its banks flooding Portage la Prairie. Trains halted in Portage yards and the national station flooded. Bridges washed away and houses weakened as residents used row boats to seek safety.
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Associated Press
la Prairie
Portage Yards
Canadian National
Winipeg
Manitoba
Portage la Prairie
City Council approves jitney operator license applications
Notice states that licenses to operate jitneys and other passenger vehicles require City Council approval. Application links available at the issuer's office, 21-1p-21 4. L. Map his.
FOR SALE Poultry Sheep and Hiring Notice
FOR SALE Cheap to quick buyer 14 pullets and I cockerel Barred Plymouth Rock Thompson strain. WANTED 2 first class Paper Hangers Bring hand tools References required Frank M. Weadon & Son Winchester Va. Sheep for sale 35 ewes and lambs. B. H. Harper Wadesville Va FOR RENT Residence 8 South Washington St Robt T Barton.
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Plymouth Rock
Thompson Strain
Joseph Hodgson
Frank M. Weadon & Son
Water St
Winchester
B. H. Harper
Wadesville
South
Washington St
T. Barton
Young Men's Bible Class Welcomes Attendees Sunday
United Brethren Sunday School extends a warm welcome to attendees at the Young Men's Bible Class. GEO. MILLER serves as secretary.
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United Breve
Geo. Miller
Odd Fellows to Hold Sermon and Anniversary Service
The Odd Fellows announce an annual sermon at the Christian Church in the Odd Fellows hall at 7 p.m. Sunday April 22. The following Monday night April 23 at 7 o'clock will feature their anniversary service. All Odd Fellows invited.
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I. C
Odd Fellows Hall
Christian Church
Odd Fellows
Richards Brothers Offer Ends Soon for Peach Trees
A brief classified note states a few peach trees remain in stock from Richards Brothers with details limited to the ad fragment and inventory note indicating limited quantity.
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Richards Brothers
Weather forecast shows warmer week ahead across Atlantic states
The Associated Press reports from Washington that the weather bureau expects a warmer week starting Monday. Atlantic states will see considerable cloudiness with occasional showers and temperatures somewhat above normal.
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The
Associated Press
Washington
Weather Bureau
Atlantic States
Women’s Missionary Association Elects Officers
After a four day session the Women’s Missionary Association of the United Brethren Church elected officers for the coming year. President Mrs J R Rhodes Dayton VA. vice president Miss Ida Funkhouser Harrisonburg. second vice president Rev Ida Dayton. secretary Mrs Richardson ee caeva. treasurer Mrs W C Coe Hance VA. The convention closed with a benediction by Rev J Hyam.
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Women’s Missionary Association
The
United Brethren Church
J. R. Rhodes
Dayton
Ida Funkhouser
Harrisonburg
Rev
Ida
Richardson
Ee Caeva
W. C. Coe
Hance
C. Myersburg
J. H. Dayton
Otto Girls
Mise Pra Hovermale
Berkeley Bontes
Blairton
W. Va
Janet Gilbert
Winchester
J. Hyam
Nigane
W. B. Obaugh
Reliance
J. HB
J. H. Brunk
D. D
Conference Suint
Hoax Claimant Admits False Story of Lake Michigan Suffering
Edward Horn of Northpoint Michigan admits his tale of peril on Lake Michigan was fabricated. Nine people were allegedly endangered and six airplanes were sent to aid victims, but officials now dispute the account.
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Associated
Horn
Northpoint
Mich
Apri
Edward Horn
South Fox Ee
Lake Michigan
Forest fires rage as miners battle blazes across PA
Hundreds of miners fight fires across Pennsylvania in the hard coal region. Hazleton reports two major blazes, one reaching the city limits before containment. Pottsville lists fires in Broadmountain and south of Tremont, with several other towns affected.
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Associated Press
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Hazleton
Pottsville
Broadmountain
Tremont
State continues to probe Israelite cult in Michigan
In Lansing on April 21 the Israelite House of David failed to quash state quo warranto proceedings. Judge Leland rejected arguments that the state cannot inquire into the organization or that Ingham County Court lacks jurisdiction.
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Associated Press
Lansing
Mich
Martinsburg Man Recovering After Operation at Winchester
Smith Pine of Martinsburg West Virginia after a winter of poor health underwent an operation Thursday at Winchester Hospital. He is reported as improving and his many friends wish him a full recovery.
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Smith Pine
Martinsburg
W. Va
Winchester Hospital
Shire
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Bryan
Shenandoah
Black Cat
Stork
John Mann M. E. Church
Sip
Manitoba City
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