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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1923
Page
6
The five year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry A. Wet of Kernstown died last evening about six at the family home after a brief illness from agitis induced by a gland fever. Survived by two sisters and brothers Paul and Richard. Funeral arrangements pending for Sunday morning.
Funeral services were held yesterday for the late George Kman at the home of his son in law and daughter Mr and Mrs Car on South Market attended by Rev F R man pastor of Centenary church and a choir that sang Nearer My God To Thee Kindly Light and Abide With Me at Little Moon arch near Cedar Grove with pallbearers Harry H Willis Kenridge Percy Miller among attendees.
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad officials from Baltimore and other sections rode eastbound in a special inspection car on No. 54 from Staunton to Brunswick. The party included C. W. Van Horn and others surveying property and interviewing businessmen, with rover headlights aiding night track inspections. Also, Julius Lipkins shot last Sunday remains in the same condition per this afternoon’s reports.
Reports from Vera Cruz and surrounding areas detail ongoing minor skirmishes as both sides organize for a decisive struggle. Government forces abandon San Marcos junction. Veracruz residents and Americans depart as Huerta's rebel and federal troops maneuver toward Mexico City.
John Mann Methodist Episcopal Church marks its sixty third anniversary with a love feast at 10 a m. testim ony meeting and an 11 a m anniversary sermon on Gods Helping Hand in the Work of the Church. An afternoon service at 2 30 p m features a sermon by Rev B T Layton. A 7 30 a m gathering precedes. Local pastors from First Baptist and St Pauls A M E Church join. Supper on Tuesday at 8 p m includes addresses by Knights of Pythias Masons and Odd Fellows.
Federal agents and the New York State Police uncover a broad effort to smuggle aliens into the United States along the Canadian border. About 50 aliens were caught this month in four northeast counties, supporting the claim of up to 1,000 daily illegal entrants reported at a national conference.
Services at Centenary Reformed Church this Sunday include a 9 45 school with classes for all ages. Morning worship at 11 00 features a sermon for children and adults on Christmas Gifts. Evening picture service starts at 7 30 with a child life theme from world views via visual media.
Attorney Clyde B. Lanham of Alexandria is ordered to appear in Corporation Court to show cause why he should not be disbarred for alleged illegal practice linked to Luther M. Ketland's divorce case. Ketland was recommended for indictment for perjury by the regular grand jury after an investigation in Corporation Court.
Facts were presented to Governor Trinkle as Ketland faced extradition from California authorities for arrest on a child desertion charge. The case concerns his residence here and related testimony regarding false statements.
An Overland and a Ford collided near Braddock and Water streets shortly after 1 PM. Both vehicles sustained damage with the Ford the more severe, but all occupants escaped injury. The Overland, owned by M. A. Kater, traveled south on Braddock Street while the Ford moved along Water Street when the crash occurred.
Mr and Mrs Harry W Hyde of Clearbrook depart this afternoon for the south to seek treatment at a sanitarium in Tennessee. Mrs Hyde will visit relatives in Florence while accompanying him. Their companion Mrs Boyd R Richards and daughter Miss Margaret Frances will visit Washington for the weekend with friends.
President Coolidge orders release of all remaining war law violators. About thirty prisoners convicted in Chicago Kansas City and Sacramento gain liberty following a Justice Department advised amnesty review by a special committee. The move ends a long effort dating from postwar cases and prior presidential reviews.
Rev Dr F T McFaden, pastor of the Presbyterian Church, has gone to Richmond to preach and offer the dedicatory prayer for Dr R P Kerr, the former pastor at First Church Richmond. Rev Dr W W Moore of Union Theological Seminary will deliver the address. McFaden returns home early next week to Winchester.
F Sargent, previously chief of the rehabilitation division in the Baltimore sub division of the veterans bureau, selected as chief of rehabilitation district No 4 covering Maryland Virginia West Virginia and the District of Columbia. He succeeds W F Metcalf who resigned.
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