Escape tale of Joe Wallenstein from Winchester jail
The 1914 escape of Joe Wallenstein from Winchester jail is recounted. He and a woman, believed to be his wife, used a bean basket trick to seize an iron door latch and flee. He was recaptured at Vaucluse station the next evening and later convicted in Corporation Court for robbing Hable's store and ticket office and sentenced to ten years in the state penitentiary.
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Joe Wallenstein
Winchester
Vegeman
Corporation Court
Hable
State
Wallenstein
Vaucluse Station
President Hoover and Mrs Galt Plan Quiet South Honeymoon
The article notes that Mr Hoover and Mrs Galt will marry with low publicity and likely spend their honeymoon in the South. Col Krol officiated with a gold pen and expressed good wishes for their future. The wedding journey on the presidential yacht Mayflower is unlikely due to travel conditions. The yacht crew now has shore leave after Christmas.
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South
Pass Christan
Miss
Mayflower
Gield Bars Piled Up Like Cold Wood
The local Assay Office has finished turning $102,500,000 in British gold sovereigns imported since October 27 into gold bars. The bars have been deposited in a vault.
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New York
In the Heart of the Blue Ridge at the Shubert Picture
Laia Kimball Young stars in a lavish five part adaptation of Waldrom Bailey's novel filmed in Virginia's Blue Ridge. The story centers on a rejected lover killing a pet bear to reveal illicit distillers, with additional vaudeville and features including Flexance LaBadie in Disciple of Nietzsche. Admission 10 to 15 cents.
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Laia Kimball Young
Shubert
Waldrom Bailey
The
Blue Ridge
Miss Young
Carlottesville
Virginia
Mysterious gold pile described in Sub Treasury report
A report details a gold pile in the Sub-Treasury estimated at 396 cubic feet or more, containing 16 345 bars each worth about 7 000 dollars. The bars are arranged in nine rows, about seven inches high, totaling around 200 tons.
The Path of the Pioneer
A Merchant's Trade Journal urges embracing change and innovation. It argues progress comes from staying ahead, trying new methods, and stepping beyond conventional practices to pursue the line of advancement.
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On Earth
Hable’s
Santa Claus
Shenandoah Valley
Nat’l. Bank
Winchester, Va
the Crystal Confectionery
F. Ramacciotti
Woodward's
South Main St
Good & Go. Real Estate Insurance
Jones’ Creamery
W. M. Fletcher
Martha Washington
R. C. Green
Young Urization
Jdron Bailey
Blue Ridge Mountains
Charlottesville
Revenue 4
Platina
Neitsche
Howard
Wiley
Doulle Vaueville
the Blue Ridge
Times
Sts
Enger
Ashton J. Enger
Maggie Dick
Reynolds Store
P. J. Lawrence
Peopeagyho
Graybeal
Thos
P. Graybeal
Jeweler and Optician
Water St
Gray & Sheetz Qj
Tmas Saving Club
Farmers & Merchants
Christmas Savings Club
People’s Bargain Store
N. Main St. Bell
C. J. Brumback
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