Fire destroys Hartly church as arsonist escapes capture
A Hartly Delaware church burned at 3 30 this morning after an arson attempt by a suspected assailant linked to years of terrorizing the town. Fire crews watched the frame building collapse with limited water supply hindering suppression. The suspect, once close to authorities, remains at large. The church is Christ Church in Kent County Maryland.
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Iebue
Hartly
Dover
Smygna
Col Coolidge's Pastor To Leave Vermont Charge
The Rev. John White has resigned as pastor of the Church of Our Savior at Sherburne Vermont to take a mission next month in parishes at St Paul and another location. He will depart after duties in Rutland and surrounding areas.
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Col. Coolidge
Vermont
Rutland
John White
Church of Our Savior
Sherburne
St. Paul and
Will Observe Anniversary of C E Society
The thirty sixth anniversary of Christian Endeavor in the United Brethren denomination will be celebrated with a program Sunday at 7 30 p m in the United Church on North Braddock Way. George W Stover pastor will lead and Maude Hollar Garnet Hamrick and Miss Madeline Ander will assist. A sunrise prayer meeting is planned with principal speaker Garnet Hamrick. Special music includes Winchester Union Orchestra and a young people's choir. An offering for Christian Endeavor will be taken with two thirds sent to Dayton Ohio and one third kept locally.
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North Braddock Way
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Ah Maude
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Madeline Ander
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Washington Hotel
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Treasuries
Dayton
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Special training program for juniors and intermediates announced
Garnet Hamrick with Miss Laura Anderson leads a detailed church program including orchestra selections, hymns such as Onward Christian Soldiers Stand Up for Jesus and Bless Be the Tie That Binds, prayers by leaders and a benediction by Rev Mr Stover Mizpah. The pastor invites the public to attend these services.
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Garnet Hamrick
Laura Anderson
Silas Cather
Jesus
Frank Gregson
Mr. Stover
No Preaching At Bartonville Sunday
Bartonville Church of Christ postpones services to Sunday May 9 for two weeks of evangelistic meetings led by Evangelist C. A. Quenzel of Martinsburg West Virginia. Sunday programs include Bible school at 9:30, sermon at 11, and mission band at 11:15 with prayer and support urged.
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Bartonville
Church of Christ
C. A. Quenzel
Martinsburg
W. Va
Quenzel
Skinny People Need Iron with Cod Liver Oil
Advertisement touts Burke's Cod Liver Oil and Aron Tablets to build weight and energy. Claims include plump cheeks and well-rounded limbs, urging purchases at first class drug stores.
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Burke
Exposition To Be At Fair Grounds Week of Festival
A. J. Novick announces a one week contract with the Dikeman-Joyce Exposition for Winchester at the Fair Grounds starting May 3. The Florida show, praised as clean and entertaining, will operate during the festival dates and before after the week. Proceeds go to the Apple Blossom Festival treasury.
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A. J. Novick
Dikeman-Joyce
Winchester
Fair Grounds
Florida
Whittemore Likely To Be Taken Back To Baltimore
A Buffalo jury failed to reach a verdict in the murder case against Richard Reese Whittemore known as the Candy Kid. Maryland intends to seek his immediate transfer to face charges for killing penitentiary guard Robert Holtman during a February 1926 escape.
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Richard Reese Whittemore
Underworld
Baltimore
Herbert R. O’conor
New York
Whittemore
Maryland
O’conor
Whittemer
Robert W. Holtman
Tobacco Growers Receive $10.6 Million Final 1924 Payments
Checks totaling over 10 million dollars were mailed by the Burley Tobacco Growers Cooperative Association to 108,000 members in Kentucky Tennessee Ohio Indiana West Virginia Missouri and Virginia who delivered the 1924 crop. This was the final payment on 29 grades of the 1924 crop with 23 grades yet to be disposed of.
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Associated
Lexington
Burley Tobacco Growereons Cooperative Association
Kentucky
Tennessee
Ohio
Indiana
West Virginia
Missouri
Virginia
Road Funds To Match Gas Tax In the Counties
A Virginia State Tax Commission and auditor letter states counties may match the gasoline tax with locally raised road funds without raising local tax rates. The $700,000 state-aid will end after this year, and the state will release its tax on real estate and tangible personal property. County boards welcome the news amid funding concerns.
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Richman
Sion
Auditor of Public Accounts
Virginia
Lacey Spring Youth Dies in Baltimore Pneumonia
Lacey Spring April 27 Boyd Bennett son of W H Bennett of Lacey Spring died Monday in Baltimore from pneumonia. His body will arrive here Wednesday and the funeral arrangements are to be announced.
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Lacey Spring
Funeral Services for Local Man Bennett
Funeral services will be held Thursday at 10 am. Mr Bennett, a sign painter, lived in Baltimore for ten years and died at age 32. He belonged to the United Brethren Church and is survived by his father, stepmother, and nine siblings including Mrs George Savers and Mrs Walter Weaver, both of Baltimore, plus Layton, Melvin, Ott Bennett, and others in Lacey Spring.
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Baltimore
Nited Brethren Church
George Savers
Walter, Weaver
Ott Bennett
Layton
Melvin
Hannah
Emma
Glorine Bennett
Lacey Spring
Three Are Slain With Machine Guns In Chicago Suburb
In Cicero, a Chicago suburb, Assitant State's Attorney William McSwiggen and two saloon keepers were shot to death by gunmen using a machine gun. Coroner Oscar Wolff named Jim J. Mealy as adviser for the inquest and noted suspects connected to the O'Donnell gang.
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The
Associated Press
Swiggin
Oscar Wolff
Jim J. Mealy
Charles 8. Deenen
Deenen
Wolff
Swiggen
James J. Doherty
Thomas
Doherty
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