Standard Oil permit battle over gasoline station at Braddock Water
The Standard Oil Company seeks a permit to erect a gasoline filling station at Braddock and Water streets, facing owner resistance. City council votes eight to two for the ordinance, with McVicar abstaining, amid Lutheran congregation opposition. The owner refuses to sell, leaving the plan stalled until another reading.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Standard Oilpany
Pederinen
Braddock and
Water Streets
W. A. Baker
First and
Hard Oil Company
McVicar
Bally Aex
Standard Oil Company
Stump
Standard Company
Braddock Street
Cooper
Main
Piccadilly
Fragmentary listing notes a beige bay window room
OCR fragment mentions a beige bay and carpet with room features including a furnace and electricity. No clear owner or location is provided.
Handley School 10 Gets At Least 50000 Annually
Winchester Virginia council approves a twenty percent city revenue allotment for public schools. The budget minimum is 30000 dollars yearly plus Handley fund income about 60000 annually, with potential rises. A residency check is planned to verify nonresident pupils and ensure tax contributions align with enrollments.
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Handley Schools
Bey
Oeay
Handley Fund
ST Eoa
Duffey
Winchester
Virginia
Friendship Fire Company Announces August Meeting
The Elends Friendship Fire Company schedules its regular monthly meeting for Thursday August 7. Plans for trips to Harrisonburg and for an annual Labor Day picnic are to be arranged. TM W. Forney, Captain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elends Friendship Fire Company
Harrisonbirg
W. Forney
New Dollar Day Prize Numbers Displayed
Lottery update lists prize numbers with wins ranging from 10 to 50 in gold. The notice shows winning numbers and locations at Star and nearby venues, with emphasis on 2 402 wins for a $10 gold prize and 10 834 wins for a $5 gold prize.
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Star
Omee
Orphans to be Provided Homes by Legion Effort
The Virginia American Legion child welfare committee announces a project aiming to place every homeless child in a suitable home. The plan partners with PTA, schools, Red Cross, and other groups, and focuses on orphans of World War I veterans. John Rosenberger serves on the committee with regional aims including separate homes for colored children in the south and the far west.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Star
Richmond
Virginia
Virginia Department of the American Legion
Parent Teachers Association
The
Public Schools
American “Health Association
Red Cross
Arte Army
Boy and Girl At Fire
Virginia Y. M.an
CIA
Legion
United States
John Rosenberger
Richard F. Beirne
A. L.W. Grove
Newport. News
John H. Rosenberger
Winchester
Margaret
Mullaney
Norfolk
Garland
North Tazewell
Walter Anderson
Wondrous Alaska Pictures at Colonial Theatre
The Colonial Theatre presents Mr. P A Thelin with 6000 feet of Alaska motion pictures endorsed by Alaska officials. Thelin, a 24 year Alaska explorer, travels with an 8 member company in Esquime costumes. Exhibits include $20,000 worth of costumes and relics and coverage of Alaska game life dog races fur trade and dangers of the frozen north.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colonial Theatre
P. A. Thelin
Alaska
Thelin
Washington, D. C
U.S
Great North
Golden North
Winchester
Goodyear Tires Ad at Mid City Garage
An old advertisement claims Goodyear tires are so cheap you cannot afford other makes. The notice lists Mid City Garage as the selling location.
Greenwood comedy at Burnt Factory Schoolhouse
The Junior Bible Class of Burnt Factory will present Mrs Black's Pink Tea at Greenwood schoolhouse on Wednesday August 13 at eight with funds for Burnt Factory Church. Admittance 10 to 15 cents. Refreshments served after by the Ladies Aid Society. Public invited.
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Burnt Factory
Speakers at Big Picnic Include Reverend Pose Smith
Noted speakers Rev. J Pose Smith and Dr. Jos D Eggleston president Hampton Sidney College will headline a community picnic. The invitation urges attendees to bring a friend to join the event.
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J. Pose Smith
Jos. D. Eggleston
Hampton Sidney College
Red Ash Coal for Immediate Delivery by G O Snapp
Unloading now and taking orders for immediate delivery of red ash nut coal. G. O. Snapp lists phone 414-1 and reliable settlement. Also notice: woman seeks nursing or practical nursing. apply to Red Cross Office. Dated 1-28-1p-tt.
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SNAPP
Red Cross Office
Ghy council conducts busy regular session
Bonded debt rises to 365100 with water and sewer bonds added. City Treasurer reports July receipts 46278.54 and disbursements 41150.77. Finance committee validates 1923 accounts as correct. Street extension blocked by land dispute. poles removal approved for alley path. Reports cover revenue, licenses, arrests, health, and roadwork.
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Od-A.robinson
Chamber
Amerce
Bell
C. Fred Barr
HB. McCormac
DeWitt
Wm. E. Hewitt
L. M. Alien
E. W. Newman
W. A. Shiner
West Cecil Street
Mr. McVicar
Barr
Finance Committee
Messrs
J. Geo. Baetjer
Lewis’ F. Cooper
Chas. P. McVicar
M. Lohr Capper
Police Justice
Health Department
F. W. Boland
L. R. Dettra
Gerrard Street
Handley Schools
Geo. H. Eagie
Fairmont Avenue
Pennsyl
Union Sunday School Picnic Set With Big Program
Frederick county Sunday schools plan a large picnic at J. Harvey Kline's grove in Vaucluse on August 14 from 9 a m to 5 p m. Activities include baseball, band concerts, orchestral performances, addresses by Rev J Hoge Smith and Dr Joseph D Eggleston, a luncheon, prizes, and a banner for the top school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union
Frederick County
J. Harvey Kline
J. Hoge Smith
Joseph D. Eggleston
Hampden Sidney College
W. W. Glass
Winchester
P. BE. Lineburg
F. Ostes Kline
Clergyman Shot by Men in Klan Garb in Texas
The Rev. F. M. Johnson Jr., Episcopal rector at Eagle Lake Texas, was shot through the arm while driving past an automobile occupied by two men in Ku Klux Klan regalia. Johnson, who has spoken against the Klan, said he knows of no enemy who would want his life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eagle Lake
Texas
F. M. Johnson, Jr
Episcopal
One Is Killed As Building Collapses In Baltimore
A big brick building at Gay street and the Fallaway collapsed today in Baltimore. One man Griffin was killed and three men Sa T. Gray Nathan Frisby and George Summerville were severely injured. The structure, former Baltimore Hub Wheel Manufacturing, was being torn down for the Old Town Bank project when the third floor came down and the south wall gave way.
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Baltimore
Gay Street
Fallaway
Griffin
Sa . T. Gray
Nathan Frisby
George Summerville
Wheel Manufacturing Company
New Old Town Bank
Wanted Star February 3 1922 prize copy offer
To the first boy who brings to the Star Office a copy of The Star of February 3, 1922, 10c will be given.
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Star
Numerous Camping Parties Pass Through Winchester
Thirty five camping parties passed through Winchester by auto today bound southward. They came from many states in varied automobiles and included many classes of citizens. Parties ranged from three to twenty persons, all tired hot and dusty with camping gear slung or tied atop vehicles.
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Winchester
Loeb Admits Felling Franks in Leopold Trial Hearing
In Chicago August reports state psychiatrist Glueck testified Richard Loeb confessed to striking Franks with a cold chisel during the murder inquiry. Leopold and Loeb, charged with Franks’s murder, each blamed the other for delivering the fatal blow. Glueck described Leopold’s devotion and paranoid personality as factors in the case.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Reenen Ae Glueck
New York
Franks
Richard Loeb
Bobbie
Loeb
Nathan Leopold
Glueck
Leopold
Por Hee
Caverly
Crowe
Dr. Henry Louis Smith Improves in Baltimore Hospital
Dr. Henry Louis Smith president of Washington and Lee University showed gradual improvement after being brought from Lexington Virginia last Sunday with a slight concussion from a automobile accident in the far west several weeks ago. He is under care at Johns Hopkins Hospital.
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Associated Press
Baltimore
Henry Louis Smith
Washington and Lee ‘University
Souina Ie
Lexington
Far West
New Highs Scored By Some Leaders In Market Rise
New highs were reached as stock prices strengthened during the session. Oil, rail, leather and public utility shares saw good demand and set new high prices for the year while call money opened at 2 percent. The day closed irregular with about 960000 shares sold.
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Associated Preas
New York
Weekly sustains shoulder injuries in street fall during race
A young man named Weekly from the Reuss Company reel team scraped much of the skin from his left shoulder after falling on South Washington street while trying to avoid an approaching automobile. He was treated at the scene and could be discharged.
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Weekly
Reuss Company
South
Washington Street
Massanutten National Forest as a Proposed Park Vision
The piece praises Massanutten and calls for turning the forest into a national park with 60,000 acres owned by state or federal government. It extols scenic beauty, bass fishing, and camping grounds, noting proximity to Washington and stressing accessibility by road. It urges public support for the park plan through Deah Valley, Inc. and related channels.
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Manunaines
Tore
Rene
Sherbe
Pitts
Powells Fort
Doeah
Deah Valley
United States
UBF
CBO
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Handley School
Apt
Wondrous Pictures of
Goodyear Tires
Greenwood
Frank Keckley
Chamber of Commerce
Vaucluse
Nlienst
Dr. Glueck
Staal Loeb
Loeb Tf
Shim
Congress
Hugh E. Seal
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