Social and Personal Notes and Weddings in Winchester Virginia
Social and personal notices from Winchester cover Rosalie T. Hopkins wedding to George W. Riley on November 28 in Washington with Rev. C. Mayhew officiating. The couple, residents of Winchester, plan a home at 522 South Braddock Street and earlier Mrs. Riley managed the Riley Hotel. The page also lists marriage licenses, hospital news, visits, and local social happenings across towns in the Shenandoah Valley.
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Washington
Rosalie T. Hopkins
George W. Riley
C. Mayhew
H.street Christ— Church
Samuel H. Talley
Riley
North Carolina
Riley Hotel
Winchester
Riley and Son
Church of Christ
Norfolk
South Braddock Street
Oscar M. Haines
Winifred Strickland
Winifred Davis Strickland
Union Springs
Ala
G. Johnson
Immanuel Baptist Church
Court
Mr. Haines
Amline Davidson’ Haines
Oscar Haines
Hurifén Davidson
Birth of twin sons to Mr and Mrs Carter Hoover
Mr and Mrs Carter Hoover are congratulated on the birth of twin sons at Winchester Memorial Hospital yesterday. Mrs Hoover, formerly Miss Gertrude Clowsie of Gainesboro, is noted in the notice.
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Hollis
Front Royal
Memorial Hospital
John F. Sowers
White Post
Clarke County
Carter Hoover
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Hoover
Gertrude Clowsie
Gainesboro
Returns to Roanoke After Attending Army Navy Game
Mr Roy A Cather son of Mr and Mrs E W Cather of West Boscawen Street went to New York last Saturday to attend the Army Navy football game at the Polo Grounds. He spent the weekend with his brother Leo W Cather a cadet at West Point and then visited his parents in Winchester before returning home a day or two ago.
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Roanoke
Roy A. Cather
E. W. Cather
West Boscawen Street
New York
Polo Grounds
Leo W. Cather
West Point Military Academy
Winchester
Ather
Remus Showed Signs of Insanity Long Ago
The prosecution in George Remus’s murder trial argued his outbursts and temper were long standing insanity rather than reaction to his wife’s alleged misconduct. Witness Willie Haar, a former bootlegger, testified to Remus cursing, fighting, and making violent remarks while jailed, statements he had given for a 1926 divorce suit.
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Cincinnati
George Remus
Willie H. Haar
Savannah
Atlanta
Remus
Haar
Reed Denounces Rich Men For Use of Money In Elections
Chicago reports Senator James A. Reed attacking wealthy interests funding campaigns. He cites the Vare election and Teapot Dome, singles out Insull indirectly for aiding Illinois Senator Frank J. Smith, and denounces Mellon for financing slush funds while praising church-like sanctity of money in politics. He urges less law and more respect for law amid widespread corruption.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sen. Reed
Chicago
James A. Reed
Teapot Dome
Samuel Insull
Frank J. Smith
Illinois
Insull
Cook County Real Estate Board
Reed
Mellon
Pennsylvania
George Wharton Pepper
Vare
Need
Smith
Insul
Harding
Ex Senator Owen Denies Germany Started World War
Milwaukee December 1 ex senator Robert B Owen former Oklahoma official told an observance that Germany did not start the World War arguing a few men in Russia France and Serbia with British aid planned the war He said dispatches were used to mislead the public and that a Franco Russian treaty had pledged to attack Germany if Austria mobilized citing secret actions and mobilizations.
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Associated Press
Milwaukee
Germany
Robert 8. Owen
U. S
Oklahoma
Gen. von Steuben
America
United States
Great Britain
Owen
France
London
St. Petersburg
Pares
Berlin
Vienna
Russia
Austria
Rutherford Will Broadcast Speech
Announcement that Judge J. P. Rutherford of the International Bible Students will speak in Schenectady New York at 5 30 Sunday evening December 4 and that the address will be broadcast by station WGY all are invited to tune in.
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J. P. Rutherford
International Bible Students
Schnectady
N. Y
WGY
Weaver seeks divorce for wilful desertion in Frederick County
In the Frederick County Circuit Court on November 25 1927 Retta V Weaver plaintiff sues Robert N Weaver defendant for divorce a vinculo matrimonii on the ground of wilful desertion and abandonment A non resident defendant is ordered to appear within ten days after publication The notice will run in the Evening Star Winchester Va for four weeks and a copy posted at the court house front door before November 28 1928 Clerk Co C Brannon F H Brumback p q 11 25 4 wks
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Circuit Court
County OF
Frederick
Retta V
Evening Star
Winchester
Co. C. Brannon
F. H. Brumback
Virginia Sheriff Denies Lynchings Occurred There
Wise county Sheriff Kennedy reports Leonard Woods was lynched by a Kentucky mob, not on Virginia soil. Federal probe may follow as leaders are said to be from Wise county Virginia and two escapees were federal prisoners.
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Richmond
Leonard Woods
Kentucky
Virginia
Byrd
Kennedy
Wise County
Virginia-Kentucky
Letcher County
Hershall Deaton
Woods
Ise County
Whitesburg
Federel
Harry L. Moore
W. J. Fields
Frankfort
Moore
Hershel Deaton
Sixteen Indicted in North Carolina for Flogging Two Boys
Wake county grand jury indicted sixteen men including H. G. Guerard former Klan king Kleagle and A. W. Thompson Fuquay Springs officer for secret assault on Ernie Brewer and Joe Wood in 1923. Indictments allege flogging and serious injuries in a vacant house with witnesses tying others to the act.
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Associated Press
Raleigh
N. C
Ku Klux Klan
Jerier
Wake County
Grand Jury
Ernie Brewer
Joe Wood
Holly Springs
H. G. Guerard
King Kleagle
North Carolin
A. W. Thompson
Fuquay Sprigs
Harrison
Brewer
Wood
Decree references real estate and liens in Renner case
In Frederick County Virginia the circuit court orders John M Steck to report on Gilbert P Renner real estate and liens. The commissioner must publish weekly notices in the Winchester Evening Star for four weeks and notify interested parties. A hearing is set for December 20 1927 at 10 A M in Winchester to present evidence and vouchers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick County
Virginia
Winchester Seed Co., Inc
Gilbert
P. Renner
Gilbert R. Renner
John M. Steck
Esquire
Gilbert Penner
Gilbert P. Renner
Winchester Evening Star
Rouss Avenue
Winchester
Woman wins alimony case then loses $85 in Chicago court
In Chicago a woman who ousted her husband in court for alimony ended up paying herself back with a loss of 85 dollars in a peculiar financial twist. The note appears in the Bluefield Telegraph.
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Chicago
Bluefield
Senators Nominate Moses for Senate Pro Tem in New Session
Senate Republicans completed party organization for the 70th Congress and unanimously nominated George Moses of New Hampshire to continue as president pro tempore. Nominations for secretary and sergeant at arms were deferred. Western independents proposed a program touching farm relief and other issues. Nye and Norris attended the meeting but did not press new matters.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senate Republicans
George Moses
New Hampshire
Senate
Nye
North Dakota
Norris
Nebraska
Old Guard
Sone
Senat
Moses
Hampshire
Collusion Alleged Between Politicians and Chicago Police
The Herald and Examiner reports a secret U S government probe into collusion between Chicago police officials and politicians with liquor and gambling operators. Indictments may allege conspiracy to violate the Volstead Act as federal operatives shadow high ranked officers and precinct leaders.
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Associated Press
Chicago
The
Herald and Examiner Today
United States
Ben
Ward
Herald and Examiner
Smith and Vare Attend Conference Held By G O P
Frank L. Smith of Illinois and William S. Vare of Pennsylvania joined a Republican party conference in Washington. They attended with Illinois Senator Deneen and Pennsylvania Senator Reed and were greeted by many senators, as the fight over their Senate seating looms as the new session opens.
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Washington
Frank L. Smith
Ilinois
William 8. Vare
Pennsylvania
Senate
Republican Party
Smith
Illinois
Deneen
Ware
Reed
Receivers Named For Guaranty Company in Maryland
The Guaranty Company of Maryland with a $5 million capital was placed in receivership by Judge Robert F. Stanton with officers agreeing the firm is hopelessly insolvent. Liabilities total $3.7 million and assets $2.05 million, $750,000 of which cannot be realized. Louis Eliasburg named temporary liquidating agent as directors voted to liquidate ten days earlier.
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Associated Press
Baltimore
Guaranty Company of Maryland
Robert F. Stanton
Louis Eliasburg
Finance Company of America
Red Pepper Rub Promises Fast Pain Relief
An advertisement touts Bowles Red Pepper Rub as a concentrated heat remedy for rheumatism lumbago neuritis back ache stiff neck and sore muscles. It claims tingling warmth within minutes and relief from pain and congestion. The copy urges buying the genuine Rowles branded jar at local drug stores.
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Rowles
Insurgents Balk At Old Guards Plans To Organize Senate
Washington dec 1 insurgent Republicans in the western states threaten to upset old guard plans for Senate organization as party leaders meet to decide officers and farm relief voting. Independents are split on supporting certain officers and on the importance of committee assignments versus top Senate posts.
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Old Guards
Senate
Associated Press
Washington
Republican Old Guard
Npublican
Borah
Idaho
Norris
Nebraska
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Cora He Harpy
C. J. Race Sager
F ‘Winchester
United Ren- Church
Memorial
Upper Valley
Clarence Himelright
Bessie McCann
Mary Carr Baker
Dayton
Harrisonburg
Himelright
Shobe
Petersburg
Wa. Va
Shenandoah College
Lone Pine Tea Room
Charles A. Amick
Jackson Amick
Trone
Pearl Kerns
A. Kerns
Prentis B. Gentry
Tobias Gentry
Stanardsville
Ada W. Busey
Henry P. Busey
Gerrardstown, W. Va
F. L. Buckley
South Stewart Street
F. A. Hammond
Hotel
Jack
Percy Drury
Charles Town
Tal Henry
John Wissler
Mount Jackson
Mr. Larmont Kane
Gettysburg
G. House
Messrs. D. ©. Stultz
R. E. Mudd
Hagerstown
Paul Keene
Summit Point
W .Va
Mrs. Buckland
George Washington Hotel
Mrs. Leonard
Lewis H. Hyde
H. O. Anderson
Charles Saum
Arthur Larah
Reading, Pa
M. L. Lockhart
Stevens City
Harry L. McCann
H. L. Keene
Bluemont
Messrs
C. L. Leach
G. C. Myers
Harry Butler
Roy and
Crowell Boyce
Mount Alto, Pa
John Harries
Trene Harries
Marvin Steed
Rebecca Lee
Riverton, Va
W. S. Carper
Boyce
A. Newton Griffith
Virginia A. Griffith
Walter Capper
Loudoun Street
T. E. Blue
Terra Alta
W. Va
Shenandoah Valley
Carson Spillman
Patrick Finnegan
Stephens
Robert M. Colvin
Grand Camp, Confederate Veterans
H. M. Groves
New Bern
Ralph B. Snapp
West Clifford Street
Braddock Street Methodist Church
Lee Hollar
North London Street
Red Cross
Huntsberry
Rutherford
Trotsky
Dalas News
Sherife
the Associated Press
In.n. C
Janel Harrison & Harrison, P. A
Senators
Guaranty Company
Et “ “Meeps
Sample Shoe Store
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
Ford
Perfecto
Winchester Wholesale Gro. Co. Distributors
Inioe Torte
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