Carpender and Stevens Held for Grand Jury in Hall Murder
In Somerville New Jersey Henry Druyere Carpender and Willie Stevens were held for the grand jury on charges tied to the murder of Rev Edward Wheeler Hall and Mrs Eleanor R Mills. State Senator Simpson announced plans for a special grand jury and a bail increase for Mrs Hall. Judge Cleary cautioned that the holding does not imply guilt.
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New York
Somerville
N. J
Henry Druyere Carpender
Willie Stevens
Edward Wheeler Hall
New Brunswick
Eleanor R. Mills
Vane Church
Carpender
Stevens
Simpson
Hall
Barn Fire Destroys Chiles Farm Resources
Fire last evening destroyed a 40 by 60 barn and contents on former County Treasurer S. M. Chiles farm on Bufflick road southeast of town. Loss about 4000 dollars, partly insured, with hay and straw totaling about 30 and 20 tons respectively, tenant David Crawford’s machinery and harness. Origin undetermined according to Crawford. no survivors were saved.
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S. M. Chiles
Bufflick Road
David Crawford
Chiles
Kernstown
Crawford
Hahn
Moorefield Assault Sparks County Turmoil In 1910
Odessa Oates, 17, living with the Seymour Huffman family near Moorefield, was attacked by Jack Brady a 24 year old married man. Brady fled to Petersburg then Keyser where he confessed after transfer with state police, pending grand jury action amid tense local mood.
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Romney
W. Va
Moorefield
Hardy County
Odessa Oates
Seymour Huffman
State
Jack Brady
Petersburg
Grant County
Miss Oates
Burlington
Huffman
Poe
Megio
Evertheless
Grand Jury
Mineral County
Keyser
Brady
Sager
Alkire
Walker
Rio
Mexican businessmen seek compromise on religious controversy
Mexican Catholic businessmen propose a conference with the government and episcopate to ease the religious dispute. President Calles remains firm, insisting the church obey the constitution and laws, while church leaders demand greater freedom.
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Associated Press
Mexico
Calles
Girl With Broken Skull Improves and Returns Home
Miss Margaret Cornwall, injured after being thrown from a horse at Linden, Virginia, and treated at Memorial Hospital, had a skull fracture and was unconscious for two days. She returned to Washington, D. C., yesterday with her mother, following examination by Dr. Reginald Munson. The horse became unmanageable and ran away before the fall.
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Margaret Cornwall
Memorial Hospital
Hh.a. Smith
Linden
Warren County
Washington, D. C
Reginald Munson
Miss Cornwall
Nineteen Killed In Deliberate German Train Wreck
In Lehrte Germany the Berlin Boulogne express derailed near the town at speed and nineteen people were killed with five injured. Police say the wreck resulted from deliberate loosening of fish plates by an unknown person. Authorities call it the worst attempted loss of life in 18 years on German railways.
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The
Associated Press
Lehrte
Germany
Berlin-Boulogne
Citizens' Band M a to Perform Friday on Court House Lawn
The Citizens' Band plans an 8 pm concert on the Court House lawn Friday evening depending on weather. Officials will decide by tomorrow afternoon if conditions clear enough to proceed with the outdoor performance.
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Court House
Price Movements Lack Uniformity In Stock Market
New York Aug 19 price movements again lack uniformity in today s stock market. Persistent liquidating of several industrials is overset by new specials on rails. Call money in outside market as low as 4 percent against official renewal rates 4 percent. Publicity reported in main pools resumed operations in a wide assortment of sites. The closing was irregular with total sales about 1 800 000 shares.
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Associated Press
New York
Ise
Auto kills 82 year old man in Culpeper
Henry Mason aged 82 of Culpeper was struck by an automobile and died at the University of Virginia Hospital yesterday after noon. The driver named as William Washington of Madison county was arrested and placed under bond. Mason leaves a widow and three children.
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Henry Mason
Culpeper
University of Virginia Hospital
Mr. Mason
William Washington
Madison County
Dr. Fene Returns Home From New Rochelle Visit
Dr. William Fene, who had been staying with his brother Charles Greene in New Rochelle New York, returned to his home today.
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William Fene
Charles Greene
New Rochelle
N. Y
Reward Offered for William R Whirley Arrest in Clarke County
The Clarke Courier reports a $500 reward, boosted by private subscription, for information leading to the arrest of William R Whirley. At 62 but appearing younger, he is described with detailed physical traits and alleged links to coal mining and road work. last seen wearing blue overalls and a dark blue shirt after a June 12 shooting near Berryville that killed Archie Armel. Authorities urge tips to Sheriff W W Smallwood or Commonwealth Attorney Joseph F Moore.
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William R. Whirley
Clarke Courier
Whirley
Archie E. Armel
Berryville
Clarke County
W. W. Smallwood
Commonwealth
Joseph F. Moore
Explosion at Pig Point Army Ammunition Depot
An explosion at the Pig Point ammunition depot on the James River near Portsmouth destroyed the magazine housing the war material. The blast was blamed on lightning after an electrical storm, with no other magazines damaged and casualties reported as killed or injured. Fire crews aided by the depot garrison contained the fire and evacuated civilian employees families from the danger zone.
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Associated Press
Norfolk
Army
Pig Point
James River
Portsmouth
Lake Denmark
Rampton Roads
Clarke County Horse and Colt Show Dates Moved
The Clarke County Horse and Colt Show schedule has been shifted one day due to rain. Friday's events move to Saturday with Friday programs now on Saturday. Also advertising a Cook Wanted position for an experienced settled woman with excellent wages.
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Clarke Co
Cook
Frederick Republicans endorse Mr. Haldeman for Congress
Frederick county Republican delegates met in the county courthouse and endorsed J. B. Haldeman of Frederick for the Seventh district congressional nomination. Delegates and alternates were elected to the Woodstock district convention on August 27. The city convention acted in parallel endorsing Haldeman.
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Frederick County
County Court House
Haldeman
Congress
Wilbur E. Cather
Daniel W. Lupton
Woodstock
Wong
Ito
R. L. Long
Claude Stickley
John Lodge
Dudley Snapp
Berryville Horse Show Postponed One Day Due to Rain
Clarke County Colt and Horse Show Association directors postponed Berryville events scheduled for today and tomorrow. Today’s exhibitions were canceled because wet grounds and rain, with a new plan to run Friday and Saturday programs after weather clears.
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Clarke County Colt and Horse Show Association
Berryville
Injured man improves after crane accident at Shenandoah plant
John Whetzel, injured yesterday at the Shenandoah Boxboard plant south of Winchester, was reported slightly better today after regaining consciousness at Memorial Hospital. No X-ray has been done, and doctors are not certain if his skull is fractured, as the injury is to the same head area hit by a crane before.
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John Whetzel
Shenandoah
Winchester
Memorial Hospital
Gussie Fadeley Arrested After South Main Disturbance
Gussie Fadeley, a Black man known as Gussie Kent, was jailed for causing a disturbance on South Main Street from midnight until daylight. Neighbors say he was drunk and stayed noisy all night. police plan to add to a suspended sentence due to the latest outburst.
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Gussie Fadeley
South Main Street
Gussie
Special Services In Indian Hollow
The Rev. Stanley McFarland born in Frederick county now living in Hagerstown Maryland will conduct a week of services starting Monday evening August 23 at the Helping Hand Mission Church in Indian Hollow. Services run nightly at 8 oclock with all invited to attend.
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Stanley McFarland
Frederick County
Hagerstown
Helping Hand Mission
Indian Hollow
Pagebrook Farm Yearlings Sell Fast at Saratoga Auction
Fifteen yearlings from Pagebrook Farm near Boyce in Clarke County brought 49200 at a Saratoga Springs sale. Tops paid 8000 for a gray filly. buyers included Sagamore, Brookmeade, Marshall Field, William Garth, and R L Humphries among others for 14 Trapp Rock crosses and Royal Canopy lineage.
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Saratoga Springs
N. Y
Phil Walker
Pagebrook
Boyce
Clarke County
Thoroughbred Record
Brookies
TrapRock
Sagamore Stable
Royal Canopy
Lady Fern
Brookmeade Stable
Federal Girl
Marshall Field
Trap Rock
Mamile K
L. Johnson
Sister Superior
William Garth
Trap Rock-Toys
R. L. Humphries
Little Sweeper
Melrique
L. Waterbury
Thamar
Kenneth N. Gilpin
Hasty Cora
Mary
L. T. Cooper
Marsh Light
Sadie Shapiro
Royal Cappey
Trapnea
Hagerstown Fair Stock Reaches Record $171 a Share
The Hagerstown Fair Association stock climbed to a record $171 per share at a public sale in front of the Courthouse, with Auctioneer Joseph Murdock selling shares on Tuesday. Officials note the association controls 63 acres and wonder why prices hovered near $100 for so long.
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Hagerstown Fair Association
Joseph Murdock
Negotions Collapse in British Coal Strike Talks
London August 19 negotiations between coal owners and miners failed to end the long coal strike as talks opened this afternoon and collapsed shortly after.
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Associated Press
London
New Day Chief Appoints Prohibition Administrator
Thomas J. Cavanaugh was appointed prohibition administrator for eastern Pennsylvania and New Jersey today. Police report a city license tag No 1126 belonging to Earl Spiker found in city, may be recovered at police headquarters.
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Associated Press
Washington
Thomas J. Cavanaugh
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Earl Spiker
Boxes for Sale at Winchester Fair Grandstand
Grandstand boxes now on sale for Winchester Fair. Six admissions a day. $10.00. Make your reservation. Office upstairs, County. DeGRAND EH, Secy.
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Winchester Fair
British Air Ministry Opens Investigation Into Aldington Crash
The British air ministry began an inquiry into a cross channel Gaieb plane crash near Aldington England that killed American Robert Blaney of Boston and Italian Vigo Rizzi and the pilot M Lisle. Eight injured passengers include Miss Margaret Mazzard and Harriet Ames. The plane struck a barn and haystacks during a forced landing, then collapsed, as responders reached the isolated crash site.
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Associated Press
Folkestone
Eng
British Air Ministry
Aldington Yeaterday
England
Robert Blaney
Boston
Europe
Harvard University
Vigo Rizzi
London
Amsador Club
Paris
M. Lisle
Froyal Victoria Hospital
Margaret Mazzard
New York City
Stanley Hazzard
Ming Hazzard
Harriet Ames
Mildred Vaiden
Baltimore
Mise
Edna Searn
New Rochelle
Lawrence Stroh
Bronxborough
New
Eek
Shoalier Wider
McAfiam
Glasgow
Mechanician
Victoria Vaiden
Central Land Bank
Mia
Channel
Edna Bennett
United States
Canada
Lou Hearn
Mary
Vaiden Sisters
Mr. Stroh
H. G. Wilson
Mangled Body Found on Tracks Near Hagerstown
The mangled body of John Dean, 35, of Point of Rocks, was found on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad track near Hagerstown. The head was severed from the body, which lay between the rails. An apparent accidental death tragedy is reported.
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Associated Press
Hagerstown
John, Dean
Point of Rocks
Baltimore and Ohio
Chicken Supper at Catholic Church Web Event
Church hosts a chicken supper fundraiser on Wednesday from 6 to 10 p.m. Tickets cost 18 dollars for adults and 12 dollars for children. Proceeds support parish activities and community outreach.
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Catholic Church
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Mary McDonald
Wender
Arthur G. White
Mlue. Lenglen
Queen Tennis Amateurs
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C. C. Pyle
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Frederick
MR. Haldeman
Gussie Kent
Watertown
Marjoriewison
Persia
Tabriz
Aramia
Wilson
Pagebrook Farm
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