Winchester Presbytery ends session and plans fall meeting
The Winchester Presbytery Spring Session closed in Loudoun Street Presbyterian Church after a productive gathering. A fall meeting is set for Piedmont, West Virginia, on September 24 with Rev. H. W. Shannon to preside as moderator.
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Winchester
Loudoun Street Presbyterian Church
Piedmont
H. W. Shannon
Front Royal
J. A. McMurray
Hedgesville
W. Va
J. Hoge Smith
Stephene City
H. W.shammon
L. A. McMurray
Hedgereville
Africa
General Assembly
Montreal
N. C
J. G. Hanlin
Allegheny
J. S. Haldeman
D. H. Dodd
Martinsburg
Ee MacDonald
Keyser
Winchester Presbytery
Lacy
Presbytery
Chalk Talks by Rev Richardson at Clearbrook Church
The Rev Ed Richardson a Virginia cartoonist and temperance lecturer will give a chalk talk at the Presbyterian Church in Clearbrook at 3 30 Sunday afternoon The public is invited He is slated to speak Sunday morning at Summit Point and again Sunday night in another town
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Ed. J. Richardson
Virginia
Presbyterian Church
Clearbrook
Mr. Richardson
Summit Point
Hold Conference on Oil Conservation
President Hoover took under advisement a group of senators request that the public land state oil conservation order not be made retroactive for leases filed before its effect and under Interior Department review. The senators said the president favored their proposal.
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Associated Press
Washington
Hoover
Public Land State Oil
Interior Department
Excursion to caverns from Pittsburg through Winchester
A special excursion from Pittsburg to Shenandoah Caverns near Mount Jackson will pass Winchester around 6 o'clock Sunday morning via the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad.
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Pittsburgh
Shenandoah Caverns
Mount Jackson
Winchester
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Church Women Set Big Program at Charles Town
Nearly 300 delegates and visitors will gather in Charles Town West Virginia for the twenty third annual meeting of the Woman's Auxiliary of Winchester Presbytery April 29 to May 1. Bible teacher Mrs E L Russell of Mobile Alabama will lead lessons on Paul the Saint Apostle with sessions daily and reports from officers committees and districts. The event opens with an executive board meeting and features addresses by Mrs C R Vaughan and Rev William Buchanan of Japan with adjournment after installation of officers and final reports.
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Charles Town
W. Va
Woman’s Auxiliary of
Winchester
G. G. Sydnor
E. L. Russell
Mobile
Ala
E. Ee
Paul
C. R. Vaughan
William Buchanan
Japan
Russell
H. L. Cockerham
Blackey
Billy Barton To Run In English Handicap Steeplechase
The American steeplechaser Billy Barton owned by Howard Bruce of Baltimore is sent to San Donald Park tomorrow to compete in a three mile grand international handicap steeplechase. Officials report Barton is in good condition and hopeful of victory. He will remain in England for the year instead of returning home.
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Associated Press
Wioughton
Eng
Billy Barton
Howard Bruce
Baltimore
San Doun Park
England
Officers Leave To Take Charge of Bank Bandits
Patrolman Clyde O Rouse of the District of Columbia police faces grand jury scrutiny for killing Ottner Herman Fleming during a pursuit of a rum runner. Fleming fired a smoke screen and was shot in the head as Rouse fired five shots at the fleeing car. Rouse is suspended on a $1000 bond.
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Associated Press
Washington
Clyde O. Rouse
District of Columbia Police Department
Ottner Herman Fleming
Fleming
Rouse
Negro acquitted in patronage case at Meridian
Perry W. Howard James W. Buchannan and George McKlelland were acquitted of violating the federal patronage act by a Meridian federal court jury. Ed L. Patton, also charged, was exonerated by Judge Edwin Holmes for insufficient evidence linking him to the alleged conspiracy. Howard as Republican national committeeman from Mississippi and former assistant attorney general at Ashington was noted in the coverage.
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Associated Press
Meridian
Misc
Perry W. Howard
James W. Buchanan
George McKlelland
Ed L. Patton
Edwin Holmes
Howard
Mississippi
Ashington
Public Auction Planned in Woodstock Virginia
Valuable lot of N. B. Page on Main Street Wood stock Virginia to be sold at public sale in front of the Courthouse Woodstock on April 27 at 11 oclock.
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N. B. Page
Main St
Woodstock
Tomervemn
Destruction of 2500 Gallons Bootleg Whiskey in Texas
Fort Worth witnesses 2500 gallons of bootleg liquor destroyed by the Womans Christian Temperance Union during a state institute. District Attorney Stuart and Sheriff Wright oversaw the operation as 16 copper stills and other distilling gear were seized and amid cheers and shattering bottles.
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Arthur Leafe
Leslie B. Shepherd
Dalaa
Texas
Fort Worth
Woman’s Christian Temperance Union
Annie J. Reese
Leafe
Lona A. Kern
Winchester Union
Associated Press
Criminal Courts
State Institute
Trinity River
F. A. Stuart
J. R. Wright
J. T. Bloodworth
Claude de van Watts
Austin
Helen Byrnes
Loss Angeles
Capitation Tax Deadlines for 1928 26 27 Voter Timing
Voters must pay the Capitation Tax for 1928 on or before May 4 1929 to be eligible to vote in November. 1926 and 1927 taxes must also be paid if unpaid. Frederick County Treasurer Robert S Smith and Winchester City Treasurer W M Barr issue the notice.
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Robert S. Smith
Treas
Frederick County
Wm. T. Barr
Winchester
Tornado Toll Rises Across Georgia South Carolina
A series of deadly tornadoes swept Georgia and South Carolina killing 71 people and injuring hundreds. Metter and Cochran reported multiple deaths, with towns like Macon Rentz Stateboro Tifton Sparta Byron and Bibb County struck by the storms and hail.
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Georgia
South Carolina
Associated Press
Atlanta
Metter
Candler County
Cochran
Beleskley
Macon
Ochran
Middle
South Georgia
Rentz
Statesboro
Tifton
Sparta
Byron
Bibb County
Bartlett
Watson moves to kill debenture feature of farm relief bill
In Washington April 26 Senator Watson Indiana moved to strike the expert debenture plan from the farm relief bill to align it with Hoover administration views. The vote time and outcome were uncertain as debate stretched into the day. The House earlier passed the measure by 367 to 34, sending it to the Senate with the debenture plan still in dispute.
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Washington
House
Senate
Watson
Indiana
Hoover
Congress
Tinkham
Massachusetts
Stafford
Wisconsin
Agriculture Committee
Federal Farm Board
Crist
Georgia
Dellinger Bros Car Wash Ad Spotlight
Local ad highlights Dellinger Bros car wash at 214 East Piccadilly Street. The brief listing promotes services and location for customers seeking vehicle cleaning.
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Dellinger Bros
E. Piccadilly Sr
Winchester Steam Laundry Lace Curtains Ad Repeated
An advertisement for Winchester Steam Laundry promotes lace curtains with a claim of quality and reasonable prices, repeating phrases and a contact number. The snippet also includes an unrelated note about a high compression motor and fragmented text.
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Winchester Steam Laundry
Winchester Apple Blossom Festival Adds To Virginia Fame
Editorials from Suffolk News-Herald and Winchester Star praise the sixth Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival in Winchester. About 100000 visitors from nearby and distant states celebrated nature beauty and Shenandoah Valley history, boosting Virginia's renown and Tidewater interest.
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Virginia
Winchester
Old Dominion
Suffolk News-Herald
Shenandoah Valley
Winchester Star
Beas
Tidewater
Future Farmers' Scrub Bull Funeral Wins Parade Prize
The Warren County High School vocational agriculture department and Boyce Berryville students won first prize of 50 dollars in the Educational section of the Apple Blossom Festival parade in Winchester. The "Scrub Bull Funeral" float, in white and green, earned high praise for creativity. This marks the second major victory for Front Royal youth and their instructor Mr Foster after winning the Winchester Fair agricultural judging contest last fall and the silver roving cup.
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Front Royal
Vocational Agricultural Department
Warren County High School
Boyce-Berryville
Winchester
Foster
Winchester Fair
Four on trial in Meridian for patronage act violation
Perry W. Howard a black Republican national committeeman and three others faced trial in Meridian Mississippi on charges alleging violations of the federal patronage act. New rugs draperies and curtains are now shown at Moling Cath diem.
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Moling & _Cath ‘diem
Schedule changes in effect Sunday on Baltimore and Ohio routes
Four Pennsylvania Railroad passenger trains to Winchester and Hagerstown Md switch to gas electric motors after tests show good performance. Northbound gas electric trains beyond York interchange to steam engines. commuter service adjusted with new daily and Sunday timings on the Baltimore and Ohio system.
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Pennsylvania Railroad
Beniees
Winchester
Hagerstown
Shenandoah
Ee Go and
Ohio Railroad
Ieerstown
General Transportation
Here
Hag Risburg
Baltimore — Ohio
Washington Andaltimore
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Washington
Baltimore and Washington
Officer Held for Jury Over Rum Car Shooting Case
Baltimore April 26 officers with extradition papers signed by Governor Ritchie left for St Louis for Rawlings White and Robert Minner accused of the $16000 Farmers and Mechanics Bank Westminster hold up. They were picked up in St Louis on a speed charge and held for the bank robbery when money was found bearing matching serial numbers.
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Associated Press
Baltimore
Ritchie
St. Louis
Rawlings W- 3Whittemore
Robert Minner
Farmers and Mechanics Bank
Westminster
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