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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1925
Page
5
Denver authorities hunted a hold up man after a filmed assault on a moving car left two young women and a man dead. Mrs Julia Stearns 27 Miss Marie McCormick 17 Fred Junker 19 Cary Perry 26 wounded. The robber fled after firing multiple shots on the boulevard.
Mrs. A. W. Kinney and her children from Lakeland Florida are visiting the former’s mother Mrs. Bently Kern at her Amherst street home. The stay forms a family visit arrangement with kin abroad, highlighting local hospitality and household ties.
In San Francisco on August 3, Henry Schwartz, vice president of Pacific Cellulose, was believed dead in an explosion at his Walnut Creek lab. A dentist expert, A. J. Neilson, declared the charred body is not Schwartz. teeth differ from Schwartz's. Schwartz had $180,000 life insurance. Worker Joe Rodriguez has been missing since the blast.
A public voting notice urges every man and woman voter to cast ballots in the upcoming primary election on Tuesday August fourth. Polls will be open from 5:00 a.m. to 7:11 p.m.
Mr and Mrs Wallace Hough spent several days in York City where Mr Hough was called on a business trip.
Bricklayers employed by George A. Fuller Construction Company halted work on all building projects from Washington to Florida. Company officials say roughly 20 million dollars in construction were halted as the union dispute with plasterers escalates.
The Norfolk hotel scene welcomes Harry K. Thaw, famed ex millionaire and ex-husband of Evelyn Nesbit, arriving with two secretaries and six in his party. He heads to Virginia Beach for surf bathing after disembarking from the Washington steamer. Public interest centers on his quiet lobby presence as onlookers confuse a local patrolman with Thaw.
In memory of the former Winchesters well known and loved Mrs Edward Seal Giles of 169 M St N Y Washington D C departed this life on July 31 1924 one year ago With love from her entire family Arise shine thy light hath come and death is swallowed up in victory Oh death where is thy sting oh grave where is thy victory when love rules us all
The MacMillan Byrd expedition reached Etah Greenland at 9 PM Saturday after a long ice ordeal in Melville Bay. The National Geographic Society conveyed the news by wireless, noting five Baltimore flies upon arrival and that Peary and Bowdoin were briefly delayed in ice near Cape York. A later report from Chicago described a short wave broadcast from the Peary, with about one third clear, the rest faint, lasting about an hour and a quarter.
Officials of Zenith Radio Corporation, led by president E. H. MacDonald, heard the minutes of a concert during the session in which MacMillan’s radio assistant was also involved.
The text outlines Judge Boyd’s legal training at Winchester and Washington and Lee, admission to the Cumberland bar, marriage to Miss Thurston, and election as Allegany county states attorney. It highlights his 54 years in western Maryland, 17 years directing the Second National Bank of Cumberland, and longtime presidency of the Associated Charities.
Mr. Lewis Scheuer and daughter Hilda with Mrs. Leon Scheuer and son from Berryville joined by Mrs. Lee Fisher. They traveled to Winchester then Hagerstown and stayed with Mrs. Fisher’s parents at the Colonial Hotel for the day.
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