Social and FP personalities host bridge party Virgil Street
Mrs. Fred Westies entertained at five tables of bridge at her home on NoVa North Loudoun Street for sister in law Mrs. C A Wal ingford of Ashland Kansas and Mrs. R M Finfrock of Savannah Georgia. Prizes went to Mrs. Ralph Whitmore first Mrs. Henry Kline consolation and Mrs. S A Slaughter cutting prize.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Westies
Fred Whetzell
Nova North Loudoun Street
C. A. Walingford
Ashland
Kans
R. M. Finfrock
Savannah
Ralph Whitmore
Henry Kline
Return from Canada Holiday by Grant Seabright party
Messrs Grant and John Seabright with sister Miss Hilda Seabright and Miss Goldie Brown have returned home after an eight day motor trip to Canada visiting Niagara Falls and other locations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Messrs
Grant
John Seabright
Hilda Seabright
Goldie Brown
Niagara Falls
Engagement Announced Of Inez Ramsburg And W W Rodeffer
Mr and Mrs C H Ramsburg of Meadow Brook near Martinsburg West Virginia announce the engagement of their daughter Miss Inez Cecelia Ramsburg to Mr William W Rodeffer of Rainelle son of Mr W H Rodeffer of Charles Town West Virginia The marriage will take place in the early fall. The couple have many friends in Winchester and vicinity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erica Millar
D. S
Erica Millar Pochon
G. Francis Mentz
Miss Pochon
Alfred Pochon
Switzerland
Virginia
5S. Rolfe Millar
Mountain View
Front Royal
Mentz
Naval Academy
Annapolis
Inez Ramsburg
W. W. Rodeffer
C. H. Ramsburg
Meadow Brook
Martinsburg
W. Va
Inez Cecelia Ramsburg
William W. Rodeffer
Rainelle
W. H. Rodeffer
Charles Town
Ramsburg
Mr. Rodeffer
Winchester
Apple Exporter Arrives in Winchester with Wife
G. Ridgeway Cooper and Mrs Cooper of Liverpool England arrive in Winchester and stay at George Washington Hotel. Cooper represents the Liverpool apple exporting firm G R Cooper Harnden and Co with local Winchester offices. Also visiting are Baltimore residents Mr and Mrs Ben Kline and Mr and Mrs Henry Sibole with Mrs Kline's father James Dailey. Katherine Barnett goes to Baltimore to visit friends. Mrs L G Gatten of Philadelphia and Miss Helen Miley of Strasburg visit Willow Brook home of Mr and Mrs Joseph Baker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
G. Ridgeway Cooper
Cooper
Liverpool
England
George Washington Hotel
Caoper
G. R. Cooper, Harnden and Co
Ben Kline
Henry Sibole
Baltimore
Katherine Barnett
L. G. Gatten
Philadelphia
Helen Miley
Strasburg
Joseph Baker
Willow Brook
The
County
Windsor visitors from Newcastle and Montreal call on Winchester
Mr. W. Longfield of Newcastle upon Tyne England and Mrs. A. W. W. Kyle of Montreal Canada, representatives in the apple markets, visited Winchester on Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Longfield
Newcastle-on- Tyne
Eng
A. W. W. Kyle
Montreal
Can
Winchester
Tragedy on Bus Bridge Near Roanoke In December
The article recounts a double death when the bus carrying Jesse Dove and others faced rising water on a bridge near Buchanan Roanoke. Dove attempted to reach aid and disappeared as Craft also left the bus on the other end. E R Pflug of Roanoke supervised rescue efforts as another bus navigated back to Buchanan and then Roanoke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Katherine
Alice
Louise Hammitt
O. B. Austin
Roanoke
E. V. Bowyer
New York City
Lexington
Buchanan
Looney Creek
Dove
Dave
Craft
E. R. Pflug
Townes
Pflug
Adolfo de la Huerta May Become Mexican President
Reports in Spanish American circles say Adolfo de la Huerta, once provisional president and four years in exile in Los Angeles, may become provisional president after Calles term ends in December. A group from both sides is seeking to settle four years of differences and talks reportedly favor return to Mexico.
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Associated Press
Los Angeles
The
Examiner
Adolfo de la Huerta
Mexico
Calles
de la Huerta
Alvero Obregon
President Cashes In On Dry Fly Casting Lesson
Superior Wis Aug 20 President Coolidge seeks to refine his fishing skills during vacation by taking a dry fly casting lesson from George Babb a veteran caster of fifty years Rob Roy the Presidents white collie objects to the instructor touching the president while demonstrations occur Babb born on the Brule river has taught casting for decades.
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Associated Press
Superior
Wis
President Coolidge
Rob Roy
Collie
George Babb
Brule River
Mr. Coolidge
Upward Swing In Stock Market Held In Check
New York Aug 20 resumption of upward price movement in today’s stock market was impeded but not halted by higher call money rates. Despite credit stringency pools were active across many issues with several new highs as gains ranged from fractions to seven points. Call money rates renewed at six percent. as bankers began to call loans the rate rose to seven and then to seven percent.
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Associated Press
New York
Poole
Former Dragon of Klan Renews Plea To Gain Freedom
David C. Stephenson former grand dragon of Indiana Ku Klux Klan renewed his bid for freedom by filing a habeas corpus petition in Laporte Circuit Court Judge John Richter ordered an immediate return and to bring Stephenson to court tomorrow at ten He is imprisoned in Michigan City serving a life term for the Hammond murder committed three years ago Two groups of attorneys filed the petition on his behalf
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Associated Press
Laporte
Ind
David C. Stephenson
Indiana
Ku Klux Klan
Hammond
Stephenson
Great Picnic and Home Coming at Gore
The Modern Woodmen of America hold their nineteenth annual picnic and yard party in Parish's Park near Gore Virginia on August 25. Arrangements promise the largest crowd yet with the Williamsport Band of 55 pieces returning from a Houston convention. The committee says it will be memorable to say I was there. A quoted comment from the Detroit News jokes about applying common sense in criminal law.
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Woodmen of America
Parish’s Park
Gore
Williamsport
Houston
French Steamer Guests Not Searched For Hip Flasks
Assistant Secretary Lowman of the treasury said the search of people returning from a visit to the French liner Ile de France in New York harbor Friday night was mainly to prevent smuggling of diamonds narcotics and other merchandise. Any liquor found would be incidental to the main goal.
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Washington
Lowman
The
Treasury
Ile de’ France
New York Harbor
Chinese Restaurant Owner Lee Suey Shot Dead in Baltimore
Lee Suey a Baltimore restaurant proprietor died after being found propped in a chair with a bullet in his head. Police believe he guarded against an expected life threat linked to a quarrel with another Chinese man. One suspect was arrested for investigation.
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Associated Press
Baltimore
Lee Suey
Suey
Blackmer May Claim Illegally Obtained Evidence
Henry M. Blackmer's defense in the federal perjury case may argue that evidence was obtained illegally. His attorney disclosed an affidavit from former secretary Martha Thompson alleging she was abducted in June by U S secret service operatives and questioned at the district attorney's office.
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Blackmer
Associated Press
Denver
Col
Henry M. Blackmer
United States
Martha Thompson
United States Secret Service
United States District Attorney's Office
Boy wins grand sweepstakes prize at health show
George Walter Metzger Jr. of Los Angeles, age three years five months, takes the grand sweepstakes prize at the National Health Baby Show. He is judged 95 percent perfect and stands beside the large silver cup, as pictured in the International Illustrated News.
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George Walter Metzger, Jr
Los Angeles
International Illustrated News
Post Office seeks bids for mailbox platform and driveway work
United States Post Office Winches ter Virginia custodian invites sealed proposals to extend mailing platform and driveway at the building. Proposals due three p m September 3 1928 and public opening follows. Copies of specifications available from the custodian H C Stouffer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Post Office
Winchester
Practical girls of the neighborhood grow hair for windshield protection
A note from the Ohin State Journal mentions a practical girl in the neighborhood growing her hair long as a protective measure when passing through the windshield, reflecting a quirky local custom.
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Ohin State Journal
Also Mentioned on This Page
Military Academy Club
Country Club Inn
Virginia Cavaliers
Staunton A. M. A
Charlottesville
Charles S. Roller
Staunton News-Leader
Newlin R. Smith
the Star
Loudoun County
Russell Smith
Swathmore Colege
William C. Marshall, Jr
Fairfax, Va
Lucy Meredith Marshall
South Stewart Street
Paul Miller
Loryn Crabill
Norfolk and Vicinity
Ocean View
Virginia Firemen’s Association
B. E. Russell
Walter B. Barnett
Julia V. Steele
St. Petersburg
Fla
L. K. Dellinger
William Lupton
Mabel Kline
Claude Kline
Clarence L. Williams
Helen
Kernstown
Milton Swartz
Hazel
City
Harry Swartz
Hagerstown
John Jubbs
Colleen Clowser
Maynard Clawser
Elton Lauff
J. T. Schlotter
Greensburg, Pa
E. W. Terault
E. White
Greenway
Andrew Bell
Vineland
New Jersey
Mary Gray
Mary Virginia Gray
Memphis
Tenn
Walter J. Gray
Mary J. Gray
Europe
Scotland
Holland
Belgium
Germany
Italy
France
London
Miss Gray
Robert Lee Gray
Jesse Dove
Coast Guardsmen
Pittsburgh Post Gazette
Detroit
Detroit News
Adolph Huerta
Dragon of Klan
al Smith
Jacques Bainville
Houston Post Dispatch
H. C. Stouffer
Gilda Gray
Gil Boag
Mutt
Evening Star
Jeff
Barbers School
Matt
Budolph Schildkraut
Louise Dresse
Raxco
Robert Edeson
Lions Club
Lovett Bros
N. Main Street
PTT
Phillips Milk
Coty’s Face
Woodbury’s
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