Winches ter Capt Gray Reelected Cumberland War Firemen President
Captain R L Gray of Winchester was reelected president of the Cumberland Firemen's Association for a new term at Martinsburg West Virginia. Other officers named include W J Roop of Iddietown Pa vice president Scott Mason Martinsboro W Va secretary C J Jacobs Waynesboro Pa treasurer W H Richter Chambersburg Pa and chaplain A S Potsal Martinsburg W Va. The convention approved universal hydrant coupling and revised membership rules while considering future host cities Harrisburg and Hagerstown and noted entertainment as a potential feature of the next gathering. Delegates from Winchester included Russell Potts John McDonald and Mayor W W Glass. The banquet was hosted by Trinity Church ladies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gray
Ates
W. J. Roop
Iddietown
Willbite
Keyser
W.va
Scott Mason
Martinsboro
W. Va
C. J. Jacobs
Waynesboro
W. H. Richter
Chamberspure
A.S. Potsal
Martinsbore
W. Vas
Hagerstown
Maryland State ‘Firemen’s
Martinsburg
Seibert
Association
Winchester
Messrs
Russell Potts
John McDonald
Sarah Zane Fire Company
W. W. Glass
C. H. Lewis
J. Howard Cather
Robert Grim
Rouss ‘Fire Company
Glass
Trinity Protestant Episcopal Church
W. R. Kittie
Massive West Virginia march gathers in Marmet for Mingo county drive
About 400 to 1,000 men assembled at Marmet near Charleston to march into Mingo county amid a year long dispute. No action announced yet on preventing the march, with routes reportedly planned through Boone and Logan counties as supporters patrol to avert state troop interference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W. Va
Marmet
Mingo County
Boone
Logan
Logan Counties, and Friends of the
Picnic Committee Meeting Bulletin
The picnic committee of the Friendship Fire Co. No. 1 will meet on Tuesday August 23 at 8 oclock. R. T. Jones, Chairman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Friend‘ship Fire Co., No
R. T. Jones
Dream Street charms audiences as Griffiths new film
D W Griffith presents Dream Street at the Emptde Theater for two days starting next Tuesday. The drama blends romance and moral fable with Gypsy Fair played by Carol Dempster and the McFadden brothers by Ralph Graves and Charles Emmett Mack.
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D. W. Griffith
Griffith
Dream Street
Emptde Theater
Thomas Burke
Chinatown
Gypsy Fair
Spike” McFadden
Billie
Gypsy
Spike
Billie McFadden
Sway Wan
Carol Dempster
Ralph Graves
Charles Emmett Mack
McFadden Brothers
Apple Baskets and Baskets With Rim Covers in Stock
Sale notice advertises genuine Clark bustier baskets with round rim covers in stock for immediate delivery. Mentions materials Pyrox Bluestone Bordeaux and Lead Arsenate and offers reduced prices in any quantity. Also notes Winchester Richard Sup. Co and a Friendship picnic event dated Sept 5 at Rock Enon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clark
Winchester Rchard
SUP. CO
Train nearly strikes boys at Kent and Piccadilly crossing
Three boys on a small express wagon narrowly escape a Baltimore and Ohio Railroad passenger train at Kent and Piccadilly streets. Samuel Evans, a crossing watchman, warned them twice to stop before the wagon wedged between a board and a rail. Engineer brakes failed and Taylor Hahn pulled the youths from danger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smills
Baltimore
Oro
Kent
Piccadilly Streets
Samuel Evans
Taylor Hahn
Piccadilly Street
Fire Near Tampico Sparks Oil Field Fire
A blaze broke out on Lot 224 in the Amatlan field near Tampico and raged overnight. Oil field workers faced a serious challenge fighting the flame as dispatches from Tampico reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico City
Amatlan
Tampico
Mpico
New Fast Train on B and O Railroad
A new through train on the Baltimore and Ohio system, No. 15 westbound, will depart Baltimore at 8 50 am and Washington at 10 05 am, bypassing Brunswick Weverton Harpers Ferry and Shenandoah Junction. It will average 42.5 miles per hour with runs between 55 and 60 mph on straight sections, and will not stop at the listed junctions. Train No. 11 will handle local traffic with intermediate stops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Baltimore
Washington
Martinsburg
Brunswick
Weverton
Harpers Fergy
Shenandoah Junction
Baltimore and Ohio
Injured Motorcyclists Improve After Valley Pike Crash
John Johnson and Ellsworth Henry, local motorcyclists, were improving today after an afternoon crash on the Valley pike near Cedar Creek. Secretary Thomas Burley Jr. of the Chamber of Commerce drove left to pass and struck their bike, sending it 140 to 160 feet. Both riders suffered arm injuries and were treated at Memorial Hospital. Burley paid their medical bills and gave them money.
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John Johnson
Ellsworth Henry
Cedar Creek
Valley Pike
Thomas Burley, Jr
Chamber of Commerce
Strasburg
Burley
Memorial, Hospital
Mrs. Hoover's Mother Dies. Funeral Held in California
Mrs Charles D Henry mother of Mrs Herbert Hoover died yesterday at the Hoover home in Stamford University. Funeral services were held today in Pala Alto California as Mrs Hoover came from New York for the services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pala Alto
Cat
Charles D. Henry
Herbert Hoover
Hoover
Stamford University
Cooler Weather Forecast For Week Ahead
Weather predictions show a cooler week for the North and Middle Atlantic States beginning Monday. Generally fair conditions with cooler first half and moderate temperatures in the latter half. frost likely in exposed areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North and
Middle Atlantic
Sonora Contestants Rank After Last Night’s Standings
The Sonora talking machine contest standings as of 10 o'clock last night show Keiko leading with 15 525 points. Evelyn Worsley and Ruth Poston follow with mid 2 000s, while Mary Stuart Adelaide Peery and Hilda Correll are in the 2 000s to 1 500 range. Other notable performers include Frances Eareckson Buzella Henry Mrs Geo Guthridge Virginia Motuley and May Mort with varying scores, down to Katherine Reardon and Nina Elgin in the lower tier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sonora
Toke
Didssteesss
Oans
Bloise Spillman
Blancher Preka
Mary Stuart
Evelyn’ Worsley
Ruth Poston
Adelaide Peery
Hilda Correll
Frances Eareckson
Buzella Henry
Geo. Guthridge
Virginia
Motuley Voces
May Mort
Mary
Belonged to Old Family
Mr. Warren Wall, body brought from Tulsa Ohio, interred at Mount Hebron Cemetery. He was son of Dr. Thomas W. Wall and Emily Pancoast Wall, grandson of John F. and Rachel Curlett Wall, with his grandfather a Virginia Legislature member. He died aged 59 in August 1918, spent youth in Winchester, and was linked to Rev Dr James Re Graham’s Kent Street Presbyterian Church. He studied under Capt Johnny Van Fossen, a noted Winchester educator.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren Wall
Tulsa
Ohio
Mount ‘Hebron
Thomas W
Emily Pancoast Wall
John F
Rachel Curlett ‘Wall
Virginia
Wall
Winchester
James
Four Workmen Die In Trench Collapse In Cumberland
Four workmen were killed when a trench they were digging collapsed in Cumberland Maryland. A passerby party pulled one survivor from under debris while workers from across the city joined in efforts to recover all the bodies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cumberland
Paul Malm to Wed Miss Guard in Stephens City
A marriage license was issued to C. Paul Malm of Newport News Virginia and Florence Guard of Stephens City Virginia. The ceremony is at Trinity Lutheran Church Stephens City at 5 pm with Rev OC W Cassell officiating. Miss Guard taught music and mathematics in Newport News High School. Mr Malm is a Copenhagen native now living in Newport News and works as a draftsman. Guests from Winchester Martinsburg and nearby towns attend. Mrs Harry Stouffer will play music.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. Paul Malm
Newport News
Florence
Guard
B. A. Guard
Stephens City
Trinity Lutheran’ Church
OC. W. Cassell
Miss Guard
Fort Loudoun
Winchester
Newport , News
Malm
Richard Malm
Copenhagen
Denmark
Martinsburg
Harry Ie Stouffer
Magnus Leach Returns Home From Sanatorium near Richmond
Magnus Leach of Nineveh was jailed July 29 for attempting to abduct A G Weaver and was sent July 30 to a sanitarium near Richmond for treatment. He arrived in Front Royal Thursday morning and his mental condition remains unreported. Leach paid his own expenses and bail was set at 2500 dollars for R W Painter of Cedarville, who secured his release. Leach is now at Nineveh.
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Front Yal
Magnus Ghach
Nineveh
A. G. Weaver
Land
Richmond
Front Royal
Leach
R. W. Painter
Cedarville
Tay
Big Show of Comedies at Empire Tonight
Empire presents a six reel program headlined by An Amateur Devil with Bryant Washburn. The cast includes Harold Lloyd Bebe Daniels Snub Pollard and Aesop's Fables plus Pathe News. Early show also features The Woman In Roomay with Pauline Fredericks as the wife whose honor was questioned.
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Empire
Paramount
Bryant
Washburn
Hades
Harold Lloyd
Bebe Daniels
Pollard
Aesop’s Fables
Pathe News
Roomay
Pauline Fredericks
Reverend Tyler Heads to Ecumenical Methodist Conference
The Rev John Paul Tyler pastor of Epworth Methodist Episcopal Church South in Washington sails from New York on the Albania to attend the Ecumenical Methodist Conference in London September 6 to 16. He is the official delegate from the Baltimore conference and the southern branch will be represented by about 50 delegates including most church bishops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Paul Tyler
Epworth Methodist Episcopal Church
South
Washington
New York
Albania
England
London
Mr. Tyler
George T. Tyler
Baltimore
Six Room House For Sale In Modern Style
For sale a new six room house with modern conveniences. Cheap for quick buyer. Apply at 713 South Market Street.
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S. Market St
Marker’s Livestock Sale Set for August 25
At J. D. Marker’s livestock sale head sheep and 50 lambs will be offered. The event is scheduled for August 25 with 20 to 1p 21 noted in the listing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. D. Marker
Giant Dry Petition Demonstrates Global Temperance Drive
A dry petition a mile and a half long bearing 7,500,000 names from fifty nations was shown in the San Francisco parade of the Women’s Christian Temperance Union. It calls for abolition of drinking and opium habits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
San Francisco
Women's Christian Temperance Union
Collis and Wagner Advertise Kansas Alfalfa Seed
An advertisement from Collis and Wagner promotes Kansas grown alfalfa seed from Winchester Seed Co. The line notes non irrigated, very high grade alfalfa and cites catalog details 19-Lp-41 8-19-1p-12t.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Collis & Wagner
Kansas
Winchester Seed Co
Wounded in Knoxville Jail Clash Over Suspect
In Knox County Tennessee a crowd outside the jail exchanged fire with deputies and state troops seeking a Black suspect in an assault on a school teacher. Twenty six were wounded, six seriously, as guards maintained a dead line and National Guard was kept on duty.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Knox County
Tate
National Guard
Brummitt
Schneider
State
Furnished House for Rent on Fairmont Ave
For rent a furnished house at 154 W 311 Fairmont Ave. Contact 20-1p-1f for details and availability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairmont Ave
Escapes From Mexican Bandits In Chihuahua Kidnapping
Eric Clark of International Land and Livestock Company escaped from Mexican bandits after a kidnapping at Rio Primero. He telegraphed friends that he was released in Jiminez, Chihuahua, with a ransom demand of 7500 dollars.
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Jiminez
Chihuahua
Clark
Winchester Wardensville Camp Meeting Excursion
Winchester and Western to run a day trip from Winchester to Wardensville on August 21 for the Annual Camp Meeting. Departure 8:00 a.m. arrival 11:00 a.m. Fare 1.50 dollars. Return train from Wardensville 4:30 p.m. D H Sencindiver, General Manager. Carload, good hogs. Marker’s sale August 25. For rent furnished house 226 Amherst St starting Oct 1.
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Winchester and Western
Winchester
Wardensville
Amherst St
Storm damages Zion Tabernacle and store in Illinois
A northern Illinois storm last night partially unroofed Shiloh tabernacle, church overseer Wilber Glenn Voliver, and damaged the Zion department store. It also tore down sign boards Voliver recently erected attacking rival legions.
Colis and Wagner Offer All-Day Sunday and Evening Hours
The notice states they will remain open hereafter all day Sunday and every night until 9 o'clock. The fragment mentions Collis and Wagner and a picnic event described as a good time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Collis & Wagner
Trinkle Leads Virginia Governor Primary In Most Districts
In Virginia's Democratic gubernatorial primary, Be. Lee Trinkle led with strong showings in Bristol, Bedford, and other districts, while Tucker trailed. State totals placed Trinkle ahead overall with majorities in multiple counties and districts, and Tucker carrying others as the race moved toward final counts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
BE. Lee Trinkle
Virginia
Trinkle
Tucker
Ajor J. B. West
Suffolk
Bristol
Buenatuville
Banville
Frederton
Lynchburg
Atersburg
Radford
Oke
Suffol
Williamater
England Accepts Harding Invitation to Disarmament Conference
London reports an official acceptance is on the way to Washington for participation in the conference on Eastern questions and disarmament, following President Harding's invitation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Harding Toticipate
Washington
One Lot on 8 Stewart Behind Handley Schools
Investment notice describes one lot on 8 Stewart behind Handley Schools priced at 65 dollars per front foot. Presented by Baker & Shayock with reference to classified ads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stewart Bt
Handley Schools
Baker & Shayock
Rosemont Park Dance Night with Bellette Orchestra
Rosemont Park hosts a Monday night event on August 28 featuring a free public dance with candy and music by the original Bellette Orchestra. Attendees are invited to enjoy an evening of entertainment and dancing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bellette Orchestra
Baby carriage wanted for a good condition
Advertiser seeks a baby carriage in good condition. Apply to Star.
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R L. Gray
Winchestt
Cumberland War Firemen’s Association
F&esociation
Hayfield
Ay Star Office
Betts & Boice
Rock Enon
Paul Malm
Magnus Leach
Empire Tonight
Monster
Eric
International
Rio Primero
Camp Meeting
Marker
Zion Tabernacle
Nic
Harry St. George Tucker
Parker’s Safe Ay
Ane
Associate de Préss
Rosemont Park
Equity
American Legion
Shepherdstown
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