Morrison Couple Buy Historic Crawford Hall Estate
Dr and Mrs G P Morrison of Megtinsburg purchase the 150 acre Crawford Hall estate a mile south of Shepherdstown from Dr M H Crawford and will take possession in October. The Morgan family home for generations the estate was sold to Dr Crawford twenty years ago. Crawford plans winters in Texas and California summers in Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. P. Morrison
Megtinsburg
Morgan
Crawford Hall
Shepherdstown
M. H. Crawford
William A. Morgan
Dr. Crawford
Demonstration by Summer Bible School Students
The children of the Summer Bible School at the Church of the Brethren on the Berryville pike held a demonstration program at 7 45 Sunday evening. A free will offering was taken to help equip the basement furnace and Sunday school rooms costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church of the Brethren
Berryville Pike
Public Sale Shumate House and Lots in Winchester
Decrees of court order a public auction in Winchester Virginia on August 9 1926 at 11 a m of multiple Shumate properties including brick house and adjacent lots fronting Washington Street Piccadilly Street and O Rear/Miller lines. Terms: one third cash day of sale, balance in one and two years secured by deed of trust and bonds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corporation Court
Winchester
Virginia
Shenandoah Valley National Bank of
Harry R. Kern
E. A
Martha Shumate
Elizabeth Shumate
Holtzclaw
Ludessa Smith McNeil
Atley Smith
County Court House
Yilghman Shumate
John Ll. Brown
Friends Meeting
Piccadilly
Washington Street
Piccadilly Street
O’rear
Miller
R. Gray Williams
Robert T. Barton
Agn Agande
R. M. Ward
J. Donald Richards
Aubrey G. Weaver
AID
P. Reardon
Lake J. Frazier
Philip Williams
R. R. Farr
Corinne Thomas
City of
Winchester Memorial Hospital, Inc
George Washington Hotel
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Hunter H. McGuire
J. E. Harris
Stolen auto recovered from Cadiz suspects in same theft
Sheriff Pannett and Joe Verzi returned from Cadiz Ohio with the Chandler sedan of Mrs Richard E Byrd taken from her residence a week earlier. Cadiz officers waited to arrest the thief as he left the car but he fled likely sensing watchers. The thief used a rubber hose to siphon gas from other cars and drained A C Slonaker son truck tank the same night. The suspect is a noted thief wanted in Cadiz for several robberies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pannett
Joe Verzi
Cadiz
Ohilo
Chandler
Richard E. Byrd
A. C. Slonaker & Son
Byrd
Couple Weds After Late Night City Clerk Urges License
Clerk C C Brannon was roused from bed to issue a marriage license for Walter M Grim of Boyce Clarke County Virginia and Elizabeth J Pitcock of route 2 Clarke County. Rev F T McFaden performed the ceremony at the Presbyterian parsonage. The groom is a cooper, son of Joshua Grim. the bride is daughter of Charles Pitcock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. C. Brannon
Circuit Court
Walter M. Grim
Boyce
Clarke County
Elizabeth J. Pitcock
F. T. McFaden
Presbyterian Parsonage
Joshua Grim
Charles Pitcock
Notice to unknown heirs and creditors in Ritter estate
The Virginia Frederick County circuit court orders non resident defendants and unknown interested parties to appear within ten days after publication to protect their interests in the C M Ritter estate. The order includes weekly notices for four weeks and posting at the court house door with Franklin Ritter and others listed as heirs. Clerk Co C Brannon Jen Rice Attorney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Circuit Court OF
Frederick County
Virginia
Martha Carver
Cc. M. Ritter
C. M. Ritter
Winchester Evening Star
Winchester
Court House
Circuit Court
Franklin Ritter
Washington, D. C
Russell Ritter
Hagerstown
Ernest M. Ritter
William R. Ritter
Lee R. Ritter
Lynn P. Ritter
Woodrow W. Ritter
Anna K. Ritter
Kathleen Ritter
Shepherdstown
W. Va
William Ritter
C. Brannon
Jen Rice
Atty
Former Charges Ex-Employees With Stealing
Barney Wisecarver served as prosecutor in three county magistrate cases of alleged theft. Miller Newlin was arrested for fencing but the case was dismissed with costs split. George and John Athey faced a sack and tool theft charge. their case was postponed for more evidence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barney Wisecarver
Miller Newlin
Justice Tavenner
George
John Athey
Athey Brothers
Wisecarver
Tartaroff Tooth Whitener Ad Promises Snow White Teeth
An old advertisement touts Tartaroff as the original genuine tooth whitener claiming it makes teeth white and harmless to enamel fillings. It warns against counterfeits and urges purchase at druggists for 25 cents, dated June 21, 1921.
Market Report Prices From Local Wholesale Market
The Star lists daily corrected quotes for local wholesale markets with figures for wheat bran flour scratch corn meal mixed feed hay and various livestock products. Notable items include local flour per barrel 8.50 to 10.00 midland butter prices and hogs cattle and poultry quotes alongside standard middlings and screenings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saveur
B and O Motor Bus Service To Start August 29
Baltimore and Ohio will inaugurate a Newark Jersey City link on August 29 connecting the B and O terminal with midtown New York hotels. Passengers will board buses beside the tracks and ride to hotel districts without leaving seats. Two routes will operate uptown and combined routes, with waiting rooms ticket offices and porters provided at each end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Jersey City
New York
Uptown
Hotel Waldorf
Pershing Square Building
Bus Service Details Highlight Passenger Handling
The article describes bus service with thirty three passengers, with hand baggage stored in the rear coach and extra space on top. Each bus will have a uniformed attendant and a chauffeur, and a sufficient number of coaches will be kept ready for train connections in both directions.
Alderson Family Visits Miss Lena Lichliter in Kernstown
Mrs. H. S. Fling and her children from Alderson West Virginia spent a day with their cousin Miss Lena Lichliter at her Kernstown home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. S. Fling
Alderson
W. Va
Lena Lichliter
Kernstown
Fort Loudoun Seminary Opens 22nd Session for Day and Resident Pupils
The 22nd session at Fort Loudoun Seminary begins September 16 for day pupils and resident students under fifteen. Courses include kindergarten, primary, and preparatory grades. Miss Affleck and Miss Ardenia Jones teach, with piano by Mrs. Greene. Kindergarten fee listed at $76.00. Katherine Glass Greene serves as president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Loudoun Seminary
Affleck
Ardenia Jones
Greene
Katherine Glass Greene
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Dr. Morrison
Sale Shumate House & Lots
The
Garber Mfg. CO
Ohio
Aite
U.S
Market Report
Star
B. and
Baltimore
Virginia Loan & Thrift Corporation OF
J. S. Haldeman
Pres
H. C. Sheetz
Alson S. Hott
Sec
Treas
Loudoun (Main
Darbrook
Betty Shoppe
Moling & Seal
North Main St
Mutt & Jeff
Bud Fisher
Amunds
Ingersoll
Waterbury
Reliance
the Jeweler
M. B. Clowe
Rew
Muuttit
Amy Polar Beat
Thass
Hes
Aittle Cicero
Iisisted
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