Couple narrowly escape after car slides into deep roadside hole
Mr and Mrs William C Woore of Covington Va near Clifton Forge Va recount a near fatal accident on a slippery road. Their car skidded over a bank into a 25 foot deep hole and was held by three strands of barbed wire until help arrived. They escaped with scratches and the car suffered upholstery damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William C. Woore
Cormac Iyie
Harrisburg
Clifton Forge
Woore
Edgar C. Hottel
Pepin
Res. Fern
Mr Seal Injured In Auto Accident On Martinsburg Pike
Mr Henry Seal suffered a deep cut and facial injuries when a broken radius rod caused his car to crash through barbed wire and glass on the Martinsburg pike. Dr Walter Cox treated him and two stitches were needed for the nose wound. The car was only slightly damaged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Seal
Martinsburg Pike
Peach Carriers and Orchard Baskets Trend
Fragmentary OCR item describes peach carriers bushel baskets oak stave picking baskets and packing goods. Mentions Winchester Orchard and domestic events. Likely a brief trade or agricultural goods notice with reads on baskets and fruit handling terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Public Sale Of Fine Furniture At Residence Of H. K. Pritchard
Public sale of handsome antique furniture to be held at the residence of the late H K Pritchard at the corner of Main and Cork Streets on Wednesday August 25 at 10 a m Strictly cash terms. Opening of Winchester Public Schools set for September 13 at 8 50 a m Non resident pupils to register September 8 9 10 and 11 at John Kerr Building Cork and Market streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. K. Pritchard
Cor. Main
Cork
Winchester City
John Kerr
Cork and
Market Streets
Senator Hooley Held in Wife's Charge at Police Court
The Ohio State Senate member Clyde H Hooley and his wife Hthel V Hooley faced a police court hearing after she swore he deserted her and their infant in destitute circumstances. He was fined 60 dollars a month for a year and bound for 750 dollars, with an appeal noted to Winchester Corporation Court. Sheriff Luther Pannett stood as surety on the bond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clyde H. Hooley
State Senate of
Ohio
Buckeye State
Hthel .V. Hooley
Hooley
Frederick County
Herbert Garrick
Unusual Rainy Night Parade Of Trousers On Main Street
A young man wandering Main Street after a night of heavy drinking wore one trouser leg cut off at the hip with the remaining leg held up by a belt. A decapitated trouser leg was pinned to his back like a long tail as onlookers watched him stumble along unaware.
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Main Street
Notice of price increase at Winchester Steam Laundry
Notice states that all laundry supplies including coal and toner will see a 25 percent price increase after September 1. The Winchester Steam Laundry issues the rise to customers and patrons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
WANTED All kinds of fruit at the V. Depot
Help wanted notices list fruit demand at the V Depot with contact by Sam Haines Bell Phone 476. Short item notes a reliable girl for general housework sought by a small highway family and directs wage and contact details. A 1920 notice warns about convention expenses and fundraising deadlines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
V. Depot
Sam Haines
Bell Phone
Private School Opens September at Keller Bros. Site
Miss Kemp's private school opens Wednesday September 1 over Keller Bros. hardware store on North Main Street. Foreman board and lodging offered at Winchester Cold Storage Co. Apply to William Beverley, Manager. The August sale of Moling and Seal continues with furs of quality at saving prices.
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Miss. Kemp
Keller Bros
N. Main St
Winchester Cold Storage Company
William Beverley
Moling & Seal
Railway history notes from 1836 Winchester to Cumberland report
A bound copy of the Winchester and Potomac Railroad Companys fifth annual report from 1836, found by J J McCabe of Brunswick Md, details construction struggles labor wage demands and opposition to the line. It covers finance expenditures metric totals and early earnings from passengers and freight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J J. McCabe
Brunswick
Shenandoah
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Winchester and Potomac ‘Railroad Company
Robinson and Hollis
Winchester
John Bruce
Rommey
Cumberland
J. H. Sherrard
Lemuel Brent
Baltimore
Harpers Ferry
Frederick apple crop rising to half a million barrels
Frederick county reports an excellent growing season with an expected apple harvest of at least 500 000 barrels. The Farmers and Merchants National Bank notes 190 replies from growers indicating a total of about 800 000 barrels, with 400 to 500 growers participating. Last year yielded 350 000 barrels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick County
Farmers and Merchants National Bank
Apple Pickers Arrangements for Fall Just Completed
Best equipped camp in Valley with 2 men per room. Rooms plastered and finished with spring cots and mattresses. Will operate with 25 000 barrels in one orchard. Work during whole packing season. No. New Orleans? Orchard Company. Alva C Richards, President. Winchester Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Valley
Ee Orch. CO
Ong Ge Alva
C. Richards
Winchester
For Sale Trees for Commercial Orchards
Advertisement offers trees for commercial orchards from Mountain View Nursery Loy Williamsport Maryland. Claims stock of about half a million and urges orders now before lists change. Mentions Friendship picnic at Rock Enon Park on September 6 Labor Day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mountain View Nursery
Loy Williamsport, Md
Rock Enon Park
Cox Attacks Senate Oligarchy On Campaign Stop
Governor Cox, en route to Canton, denounced the Senate as an oligarchy obstructing world readjustment and accused the Republican group of trying to annex the presidency. He linked campaign contributions to senatorial influence and urged backing for the League of Nations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oarville
Ohio
Senate
Cox
Harding
the States Senate
United States
Ins
Oly
Canton
Agai
League of Nations
Weather forecast for the week ahead
Weather Bureau reports a fair start to the week for the North and Middle Atlantic States with moderate temperatures. The second half turns unsettled, with showers and a warming trend likely across the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Associated Press
Washington
Weather Bureau
North
Middle Atlantic
Stocks Extend Recent Gains On Broad Market Move
A broad market advance extended gains from prior sessions with shorts covering in several steel and locomotive issues. Notable climbs appeared in Repjogle, Vanadium, Sloss-Shemfeld, Gulf States, Bethlehem, Crucible, Baldwin, American Locomotive, Studebaker, and related rail, oil, and paper stocks. Strong late demand kept the close firm with about 250000 shares traded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
New York
Shorts
Repjogle
Vanadium
Sloss-Shemfeld
Gulf States
Bethlehem and Crucible Steels
Baldwin
American
Studebaker
Strombers
Loss of 29 Feared After Lake Superior Collision
The steamer Superior City sank after a collision with the Willard L. King, about 4 1 2 miles northwest of Whitefish Point in Lake Superior. Authorities fear 29 lives, including one woman, are lost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
FEAR
Sault Ste. Marin
Ken Wit
Superior City
White Fish Point
Lake Superior
Willard L. King
Mountain View Nursery Seeks Buyers for Fruit Stock and Homes
Mountain View Nursery Co of Williamsport Maryland lists 200000 apples and 100000 peaches of leading varieties for sale. Also advertised are four modern homes for sale in elegant locations with prices from 8000 to 12000 dollars highlighted by G Clarence Miller.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mountain View Nursery Co
Williamsport
Clarence Miller
Liberation of Poland Seen Secured by Last Week's Victory
Paris reports general belief in French circles that Poland is now assured liberty due to victory over Russian forces. Bolshevik retreat continues with heavy losses, while Poles hold 16 000 Soviet prisoners and surround six divisions between Siediece and Brest Litovsk. Bolshevik units link with Turkish nationalists near Baiazet, Ke mal Pasha area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Poland
Warsaw
Siediece
Brest- Litovsk
Constantinople
Armenia
Mustapha
Kemal Pasha
Baiazet
Baby Stealers Nearly Caught Near Hammonton
The Associated Press reports kidnapped baby Blakely Coughlin was within ten miles of Hammonton on August 2 as Augustus Pasquale the Crank was arrested. Pasquale told police the child was safe and in the care of a male accomplice and a woman named Rose. Mrs John Hedrick of High Point North Carolina is visiting her sister Mrs Clarence Woods at the Reform ed parsonage on South Market Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Hammonton
N. J
Blakely Coughlin
Augustus Pasquale
Pasquale
Rose
John ‘W. Hedrick
High Point
N. C
Clarence Woods
Reformed Parsonagé
South Market Street
Strikers and Workers Clash in Chicago Riot
In Chicago on August 21 seven men were arrested after an early morning riot between about 160 railroad workers and an equal number of strikers. Shots, bottles, sticks and stones were used, wounding one, before police halted the clash linked to April’s unauthorized railroad strike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Raikroad
Moonshine Stills Seized After Virginia Raids
Federal revenue agents destroy sixty one moonshine stills, several hundred gallons of whiskey and mash after touring Patrick Henry Franklin and Roanoke counties. Stills moved prior to raids as word spread quickly through rural districts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roanoke
Patrick, Henry
Pranklin
Paul League Organized In Winchester Area
Republicans of Winchester and vicinity formed the Paul League to back John Paul the Republican nominee for Congress. Charles Hammer of Harrisonburg addressed the meeting. No officers were chosen yet. the organization will elect officers next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wincheeter and
Vicinity
a,Paul League
John Paul
Congress
Charles Hammer
Harrisonburg
Dance in Honor of Nominee Harrison at Front Royal
Afton Inn Hotel in Front Royal hosts an informal dance by the Harrison Club honoring Hon. T. W. Harrison who recently won the Seventh Congressional District Democratic nomination over Col. Leeds. About fifty couples attend with Judge Harrison watching and enjoying. Music by Front Royal Jazz Orchestra plus solos by Mrs. Albin Haley and Miss Vera Fritts. Attendees include Elizabeth Diggs Washington DC Ann Carson Winchester A.Morey Norfolk L. M. Phelps Richmond Williams and J. Matr vin. Refreshments of ice cream and cake follow. guests disperse late.
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Front Royal
Afton Inn
Harrison Club
T. W. Harrison
Robert. F. Leeds
Judge Harrison
Washington
Front Royal Jazz Orchestra
Vera Fritts
Ann Carson
Winchester
A.morey
Norfolk
Ll. M. Phelps
Richmond
D. C
Williams
Locke, Md
J. Matrvin
Winchester and Frederick Men Apply for Charter in World War I Group
Winchester and Frederick county men who served in the World War I Hundredth Division have filed a formal application for a charter to the Hundredth Division Veterans Association in Pittsburgh. A local post is expected to organize soon. Officers elected: President Roger Cline, Vice-President Bernard Sullivant, Secretary-Treasurer John S. Brown, Historian Harold R. Edwards. Executive Committee: A. We McAboy, Earl Closer, R. T. Barton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Frederick County
Wightieth
Veterans’ Association
Pittsburgh
Roger Cline
Bernard Sullivant
John S. Brown
Harold R. Edwards
Derailment disrupts train bridge and city traffic in Cumberland
A 75 car Western via land Railroad coal train derailed near Narrows on the Connellsville division, scattering 37 cars. Two trainmen and two motorists were injured. National Pike traffic halted. live wires sparked fires. a double track bridge was badly torn. Nearby, Kelly and Wilbur Bennett were trapped after their car plunged 30 feet. The incident disrupted rail, road, and electric service.
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Associated Press
Cumberland
Vialand
National Pike
Narrows Park
Narrows
Connellaville Division
Railroad
Kelly
Wilbur Bennett
Con
Tennessee Suffrage Battle Delays Ratification Court Likely
In Nashville the Tennessee House defeated a move to reconsider ratification of the federal woman suffrage amendment and sent the Senate joint resolution to engrossing. Chancellor Newman issued an injunction restraining certifying officials as anti suffrage members left Alabama to avoid a quorum. Absentees faced arrest as the House attempted to clinch ratification amid appeals for time and court action likely to determine legality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashville
Tenn
Tennessee
Senate
Ang
James B. Newman
Alabama
Pacatur
Tenches
Tennessee House
Eatur
Ala
Walker
Carl Mays to Return to the Yankees Pitching Role
New York Aug 24 Carl Mays the Yankee pitcher who hurled a pitch in a Cleveland New York American League game that killed Ray Chapman will take his regular turn in the box. Owners Ruppert and Haste arrived in New York today for the discussion and to plan the team’s next move.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
New York
Carlie Yankee
Ray
Cleveland
Jacob Ruppert
Ty i
Yankees
Entries at Winchester Fair Open Window for Submissions
Entries may be made within one week from the fair start. Titles must be delivered by the first day of the fair. Those attending the Friendship Fire Company event on September 6 can submit entries for Rock Enon Springs day on Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Friendship Fire Company
Rock Enon Springs
Indictments Accuse Utah Idaho Sugar Firm Leaders
Indictments charging the Utah Idaho Sugar Company its officers and Salt Lake and Ogden businessmen with violating seven acts were returned by a grand jury in Salt Lake City. Bench warrants were issued for the indicted, and one defendant, Wyatt Richards, is reported sick at his parents’ home in Opequon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Salt Lake Oppy
Utah
Utah-Idaho Sugar Company
Salt’ Lake
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Mrs. W. C. Woore
Covington, Va
MR. Seal
ARD Supply CO
N. Market ST
Clyde Hooley
Geee
Wit
Higher Court
Kent ST. Va
Hansbriugh & Carter
Chamber of Commerce
Winchester and Potomac
Frederick
William Mee
White
D. D
Harl G. Hudson
Little Son
Blanche White
Raleigh
B. R. Lacy
Atlanta
Hilandale
C. Grattan Crawford Y
Linden
John Randolph Graham
Graham
New York City
Julian ‘Py
South Washington Street
House
Carl Mays
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