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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1926
Page
5
Twenty eight persons in Chicago were stricken after eating tainted food. A wedding cake caused a portion of the illness, eight others including two women and six children were poisoned by beans from a basement jar. Physicians expect recovery. Guests included Mrs L R Jones and daughter Ethel Jones of Luray Virginia.
Frederick County Virginia court orders reference to a commissioner to file accounts on the Cephas N. Garvin estate. The inquiry covers real estate, beneficiaries, executor actions, and reasonable counsel fees, with notice by publication in Winchester weekly newspaper and a hearing set for August 25 1926 at 48 Rouss Avenue Chester VA. Warren Rice Master Commissioner in Chancery issues the directive July 26 1926.
The estate of Henry A. Dinges and the Steele & Dinges partnership offer one acre more or less of land, about one mile west of Stephens City, Va, near the old farm, at a public sale Saturday August 21 1926 at 2 p m in front of the Post Office. Cash terms. J M Steele Administrator.
J. L. Henry and Emmet L. Henry executed a deed of the Commonwealth of Virginia conveying a 294 foot long by 20 foot wide strip of land on the Valley pike south of town. The land will straighten a sharp curve that has seen several violent automobile deaths and numerous non fatal accidents. The roadway realignment will greatly reduce the curve and improve safety for travelers.
In Winchester Virginia on August 2 1926 the Corporation Court orders the will of Emma Pugh decd construed and creditors convened to settle the estate. Defendants including Mary I Pugh Ida Gray Thomas Pugh Ira Pugh Clarence Pugh and Joseph Pugh are to appear within fifteen days and a notice is published weekly for four weeks in the Winchester Evening Star with a copy posted at the courthouse by August 9 1926. Ward Larrick attorneys filed the petition for The Commercial and Savings Bank as administrator c t a of Emma Pugh decd.
An event at Carper's Valley Church is scheduled for Wednesday night on August 4. Details indicate a community gathering with activities and a brief program.
On lawn adjoining Green Spring M. E. Church a public sale will be held Thursday August 12 with public invited. The notice dated 8 2 31 informs local residents of the event and location.
A yard party at the Camp Ground near High View West Virginia on Saturday evening August 7 raises funds for the Timber Ridge Christian Church Missionary Society. Everyone is cordially invited by the committee.
Seattle police probe a confession by Tom Smith aka Thomas Johnson claiming fourteen murders and about one hundred robberies. He described killings in San Francisco Hazelton British Columbia Sioux City Whiticha Peoria and Minneapolis. He walked into a Seattle station saying he was tired of living.
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