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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Dec 14, 1927

Page

5

Funeral of W J Williams Draws Wide Local Notice

Mount Williams Virginia December 14 funeral held for the late W J Williams 78 who died suddenly at his home while chopping wood. Survivors include widow Orthney Williams daughter Dorothy Sager brother Hiram Williams and four grandchildren. Services at home then St John Lutheran Church were conducted by Rev Diehl with pallbearers named.

Mount Williams Yetibe Sager New Market, Way Delilah Boose Forest Gleny Eee Inch Rei Furam Williams Gray Connellsville William Lamp Washington Mr. Williams Elijah Sarah Williams Orthney Williams Dorothy Sager Hiram Williams St. John’s Lutheran Church Mr. Diehl Winchester A. B. Fauver Loring Flegal A. L. Brewer Abner Am Prose W. H. Himelright E. R. Clowser

Midway Notes on Visits and Social Roundup

Midway Virginia December reports visits and social events. Mr and Mrs Bill Orndorff of Mount Williams called on Mrs Simon Snapp. Clarence Jenkins and family visited Mrs Jenkins parents Mr and Mrs C H Williams. Mrs Mattie Williams accompanied them to Bartonville. William Kibler traveled to Winchester on business. Many locals visited Mrs Lula Lineberg including Rub en Wisecarver and family and Strother Lineberg. Venner Lineberg killed a seven pound wild turkey and a later turkey dinner was hosted by Mrs Lineberg with guests Edwin Snapp Pearl Bly and others. Paul Wolverton and Charles Ashwood were also seen visiting local residents.

Midway Bill Orndorff Mount Lula Lineberg Ruben Wisecarver Austin Lee Strother Lineberg Wilbur Keeler Reief William “Lamp Roy Ben White Mary Snapp Godfrey Bly Lila Wallace C. H. Williams Loring Verner Lineberg Venner Lineberg Lineberg Simon Snapp Edwin Snapp Pearl Bly William Carroll Ethel Wiseécarver Paul Wolverton Charles Ashwood

Death Probe in Jefferson County Sees Baltimore Arrest

Authorities pursue the Shirley death case with Clarence J. Harrison arrested in Baltimore after attending a Shepherdstown party where Shirley faced hostility. Harrison admitted identity only when confronted with rooming house documents. Earlier arrests in Jefferson County for Hardy and Wiltshire were released for lack of evidence.

Baltimore Clarence J. Harrison Washington County Jefferson County W. Va Ernest J. Shirley Shepherdstown Berkeley County Norfolk and Western Railway Potomac River Maryland Potomac Richard Duffey Shirley Harrison West Virginia Washington Polie Charles Town Franklin Hardy Charles Wiltshire

Winter wood cut for ill lodge member in Cross Junction

Cross Junction Va December 14 Several members of the local lodge of W W of A cut and hauled the winter supply of wood last Saturday for Mr W E Edwards a member who is convalescing from a serious illness. Walter Baker long employed in a steel mill near Baltimore has moved to the house recently vacated by Zilor G Baker. Mrs Sarah Collins and Mr and Mrs Floyd Luttrell were guests Sunday of Mr and Mrs S H Braithwaite. Mrs C E Coe and Mrs S H Braithwaite spent last Friday with Mr and Mrs Winton Kerns. Mrs Elizabeth Shanholtz and Mr Emory Daily who had been ill were better today.

Cross Junction W. W W. Earle Edwards Walter Baker Baltimore Zilor G. Baker Sarah Collins Floyd Luttrell

Worfolk and Western Schedule In Effect Nov 20

Train times for Berryville Roanoke and connections list Pullman sleepers to Wills Virginia and Bristol Dining car available. Local and intermediate stops include Hagerstown Shenandoah Junction Baltimore Philadelphia and York with parlor and Pullman service. For fares and info contact H H Barks L Agent Berryville Roanoke.

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Martyrs of Old Endured Suffering Amid City Shopping

A fragment from the San Francisco Chronicle recalls the martyrs of old and contrasts their hardship with a modern scene of shopping. The text hints at historical endurance and daily life in a city setting.

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