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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1929
Page
5
Report notes continued pursuit of witnesses in the Scrivener case. Authorities urge possible crew members or others with scraps of information to come forward to broaden the investigation toward identification and punishment.
Rover expects the investigation to end and the grand jury to submit its report today. No new information supports any finding beyond the coroner's jury verdict dated November 17, 1926, which found murder by a person or persons unknown.
Advertorial copy touts All-Bran as a natural remedy for constipation. It claims two tablespoonfuls daily with meals will relieve chronic cases, suggests serving with milk or cream, and notes the product is ready to eat and delicious.
C Lee Crider of Winchester has been jailed for weeks on an indictment for attempting to pass a forged check bearing Governor Harry F Byrd s signature. A second youth in Rockingham county is said to have forged the check and supplied Crider the instrument. The check for 39 50 payable to Russell E Stealey bears the tag Green Orchard and was drawn on the Farmers and Merchants National Bank. Crider may be released before Christmas due to his youth and influences from an older man.
The Return of the Gifts pageant, organized by the Church Periodical Club, will be performed Sunday afternoon December 15 at 3 o clock in Grace Episcopal Church Parish House. The event, staged by the church women, showcases books and periodicals sent to missionaries across seven countries with a listed cast of sources and contributors.
The heirs of James Cather dec’d offer for sale at public auction in Winchester Virginia the 240% acre James Cather Home Farm near Merriman Lane divided into two tracts with brick and frame dwellings two wells an orchard of Pippins Yorks Staymen varieties. A 25 acre woodland tract nearby is also offered. One third cash with balance in one and two years secured by bond deed of trust and fire insurance.
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