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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1926
Page
10
Fire of unknown origin swept the McArthur Ohio business district at midnight, destroying ten buildings with an estimated loss of $200,000. The blaze caused extensive damage in the downtown area and prompted investigations by local authorities.
John W. Caldwell of Berkeley California died from self inflicted gunshot wounds in the Capitol building. Coroner Nevitt issued a death certificate listing the manner of death as self inflicted.
Dewey Selden Triplett 28, a tailroader for the Winchester and Western Railroad, died about ten o clock last night at his home 14 Gibbons Street after an illness of somalicatine aggravated by asthma. The funeral will be Thursday at 1 30 p m from his house to Braddock Street Methodist Church South with Rev. Murray D Mitchell officiating. Burial in Mount Heron Cemetery. He was the son of Mr and Mrs Richard Triplett and is survived by his wife and one child Waster Triplett, four brothers Walter Harley Stanley and Roy, three sisters Mrs Myrtle Henkel Mrs Hila Fox and Miss Mary Triplett.
Thousands remembered Wade Hampton's 1876 red shirts and the overthrow of Republican rule as they celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of his governorship. A parade through Columbia featured original red shirts alongside descendants while Governor McLeod led the ceremonies.
Dorothy Carrington a 16 year old daughter of Rev W B Carrington pastor of Franktown Baptist Church was hit in the hip by a bullet fired by two men who said they were prohibition agents. The pair held up several autos on a Northampton county highway last night and four cars were struck as others were fired upon. Commonwealth's Attorney T H Nottingham said 50 empty cartridges were found and turned over for use in the investigation. Some occupants say they were shot at without warning while others allege the men had been drinking. no liquor was found in any vehicle.
A fragmentary line shows a speaker urging the driver to press on in a Pontiac suggesting the vehicle can go faster. The garbled text lacks clear names or locations but implies a street scene with a Pontiac car and a directive to accelerate.
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