Bal des Arts Invitations Issued for January 21 Event
Social invitations announce Bal des Arts set for January 21 at Lehmann Hall Baltimore with the motif Early America and period decorations. Elaborate costumes expected and prizes to be awarded for the best artistic effort. Miss Dorothy Nulton, daughter of Rear Admiral Louis M. Nulton, hosted a bridge gathering at the Naval Academy superintendent's quarters in honor of her sister Mrs Dean Stangs of Flint Michigan.
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Bal Des Arts
Lehmann Hall
Baltimore
America
Dorothy Nulton
Louis M. Nulton
Bridge
Naval Academy
Dean ; Stangs
Flint
Mich-Baltimore
Dance at George Washington Hotel Promises Holiday Festivity
A holiday season feature event is a dance at the George Washington Hotel on Tuesday night December 28. Pat Dunn and his Shenandoah Valley Serenaders orchestra will play from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. Invitations have gone to dancers in Warrenton Middleburg Leesburg Martinsburg Front Royal and Harrisonburg, with expectations of a large crowd enjoying a merry evening.
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George Washingtonotel
Pat Dunn
Shenandoah Valley Erenaders
Warrenton
Middleburg
Leesburg
Martinsburg
Front Royal
Harrisonburg
Engagement announced of Miss Edith Lester and Rev. Arthur Barksdale Kinsolving II
Miss Edith Lester daughter of Mr Wharton Lester becomes engaged to the Rev Arthur Barksdale Kinsolving II son of Rt Rev Lucien Lee Kinsolving bishop of southern Brazil and Mrs Kinsolving. Kinsolving has Baltimore family links and many Virginia connections.
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Edithster
Wharton Lester
Arthur Barksdale Kinsolving
Lucien Lee Kinsolving
Brazil
Kinsolving
Baltimore
Virginia
Ty sons spend Christmas in Clarke County Virginia with children
Senator and Mrs Ty son travel to Boyce Virginia in Clarke county to spend Christmas week with their son in law and daughter Mr and Mrs Kenneth Gilpin Washington Star reports.
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Lawrence D. Tyson
Boyce
Clarke County
Kenneth Gilpin
Washington Star
Virginia Tech Cadets Invite to Christmas German 192?
The Shenandoah Valley Club of Virginia Tech at Blacksburg invites for its annual Christmas German at the George Washington Hotel Winchester on December 29 from 9 to 1.30. President R F Willey of Front Royal leads the club with plans for a 10 o clock figure and decorated ballroom in VT colors.
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Shenandoah Valley Club
Virginia Polytechnic Institute of Blacksburg
George Washington Hotel
Winchester
R. F. Willey
Front Royal
Virginia Tech
Blacksburg
Friddle’s
Harrisonburg
C. I. Cather
BE. N. Harris
F. I. Brumback
R. H. Gordon
Messrs
E. M. Harris
J. F. Compton
Marked Improvement In Condition Of Mr Joseph Massey
Mr Joseph F Massey a well known merchant has been seriously ill with araemic poisoning at his home on South Cameron street for two weeks. This morning his condition was described as greatly improved and officials believe he will recover after days of extreme gravity.
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Joseph Massey
Joseph F. Massey
South Cameron Street
Massey
Marion Talley Schedules Baltimore Recital In January
Winchester music lovers consider a trip to Baltimore to hear Marion Talley of the Metropolitan Opera in her first Baltimore recital at the Lyric Theater on January 12. Talley’s Metropolitan debut last year sparked high demand for recitals, tempered this season by her extended Metropolitan engagement. Also reported, the marriage of Luther Lowery and Elsie L. Boyd at Kernstown with Rev. T. H. Daffin officiating.
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Marion Talley
Baltimore
Winchester
Metropolitan Opera Company of New York
Lyric Theater
Miss Talley
Metropolitan
Dinner Guests At Wisecarver Home In The County
Mr and Mrs H W Wisecarver hosted a county turkey dinner yesterday. Guests included Mr and Mrs J H Henry and daughter Joan Edith Mr and Mrs Maynard Wisecarver Mr and Mrs M B Noonan Mr and Mrs Hinton Jackson Mr and Mrs George W Carper and Mr K R Seaton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. W. Wisecarver
J. H. Henry
Joan Edith
Maynard Wisecarver
M. B. Noonan
Elwood Smiths Welcome Son Charles Elwood Smith Jr
Mr and Mrs Elwood Smith of Kernstown are congratulated on the birth of a nine pound son at Winchester Memorial Hospital last Wednesday December 22 Mrs Smith is formerly Margaret Dorton daughter of Mr and Mrs C A Dorton of Kernstown They named the baby Charles Elwood Smith Jr
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Elwood Smith
Kernstown
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Christmas Season Sees Several County Marriage Licenses
Several couples received marriage licenses from the county clerk last Friday for Christmas nuptials. John C. Fleming of Upperville wed Lola Legge of Middletown, a mechanic groom and daughter of J. E. Legge. W E Dailey of Washington County Md now in Williamsport Md married Bertha Rhodes of Falling Waters W Va, a teacher. Jarry Ebersole of Berkeley County W Va, living in Goode W Va, wed Essei A Luttrell, daughter of E. Luttrell, a railroader couple. Raymond Sibert of Toms Brook and Della Orndoff of Star Tannery, son a farmer and daughter of Neal Orndoff. Roy L Coffelt of Edinburg and Beulah Pingley, daughter of James Pingley, with Coffelt a carpenter.
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John C. Fleming
Lola Legge
T. W. Fleming
Upperville
J. E. Legge
Middletown
W. E. Dailey
John Dailey
Washington County
Willamsport
Bertha Rhodes
Clinton Rhodes
Falling Waters
W. Va
Jarry Ebersole
Essei A Luttrell
Chas. Ebersole
Berkeley County
Goode
E. L. Luttrell
Frederick County
Raymond Sibert
Della Orndoff
Toms Brook
Star Tannery
Neal2
Orndoff
O. A. Sibert
Roy L. Coffelt
Beulah Pingley
Coffelt
Edinburg
Sixth license issued to Edward Gissell and Nannie Elliott
The sixth license was issued to Edward Gissell and Nannie Elliott. Gissell, of Baltimore, weds Elliott, daughter of Howard and Mrs Elliott, a Gore Virginia resident. Gissell is a cloth cutter. Richard L. Bromley, son of William S. Bromley and Handley School student, had appendicitis surgery at Memorial Hospital and is recovering. He planned Christmas with his brother in law E T Magruder in Richmond but went to hospital instead. Mary Sartelle of Randolph Macon Woman's College, Lynchburg, is holidaying with her parents on South Loudoun Street. Mrs. Leslie Grimm of Harrisburg, Pa., visits town for the holidays. Henry F. Seal returns to Washington to play piano for a large orchestra after Christmas with family. Alice Turner of Washington stays with her mother on South Cameron Street. Mary Lees Hardy and Helen Hardy of Baltimore spend Christmas with parents on South Washington Street. Preston Sartelle of Virginia Military Institute visits home on North Washington Street. Graham Rosenberger of Richmond Hills, N Y, visits his father on South Washington Street. Rev. J. Luther Neff, from Baltimore, brings services to Market Street Methodist Church then returns to Baltimore for holidays with Mrs. Neff and children at Mrs. Neff's mother’s home in Roland Park. Katherine Dudley of Prospect Hill School, Trenton, N J, stays for Christmas with her father Rev. W L Dudley on South Cameron Street.
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Edward Gissell
Nannie Elliott
Richard L. Bromley
William S. Bromley
Handley School
Memorial Hospital
E. T. Magruder
Richmond
Mary Sartelle
Randolph- Macon Woman's College
Lynchburg, Va
Edwin B. Sartelle
South Loudoun Street
Mary Lees Hardy
Helen Hardy
Baltimore
William G. Hardy
South Washington Street
Preston Sartelle
Virginia Military Institute
Lexington
Mrs
Harry M. Sartelle
North Washington Street
J. Luther Neff
Market Street Methodist Episcopal Church
Katherine Dudley
Prospect Hill School
Trenton
N. J
Rev
W. L. Dudley
Cameron Street
Clark and Brown Families Spend Christmas at Cross Junction
Mr and Mrs W E Clark with son Billy and daughter Dorothy visit Cross Junction as guests of Mr and Mrs E W Braithwaite. Mr C M Collins manager of the George Washington Hotel and son Carl join as guests of the Braithwaites.
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W. 8. Clark
Billy Clark
Dorothy Clark
William Brown
Cross Junction
E. W. Braithwaite
C. M. Collins
George Washington Hotel
Carla Ont
Washington
Mae ‘Braithwaite
Local residents host visitors and return home
Relatives and friends visited Emmittsburg and nearby towns as Mr. and Mrs. T. E. Zimmerman returned home. Guests included Mr. W. W. Willett of Roanoke and Washington D C visitors Mrs. A. M. Staubley and Miss Winifred Taubly. Sencindiver recovers after foot injury. no bones broken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Eberly
Winifred € Taubly
Oscar Mast
Washington, D. C
A. M. Staubley
Martinsburg
W. Va
C. Frank Grim
J. W. North
Local residents return from holidays and visit relatives
Mr and Mrs James R DusHane returned home after spending Christmas in Baltimore with Mrs Dus Hane's mother Mrs Belle Biggs. Miss Margaret Price travels to Rockville Md to visit her parents Mr and Mrs J D Price. Mrs J R Pulliam returns from Washington. Miss Lillian Peery and Mrs Ruth Allen arrive to spend holidays with their mother. Mr Henry LaFollette of Trone Va visits Mr Charles Whitacre. Miss Mildred Richard of Goucher College stays with Dr and Mrs J A Richard. Mr Alvin Kremer returns to Washington after a weekend visit with his parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. E. Zimmerman
Emmittsburg
R. W. Smith
Washington, D. C
Mrs. R.S. Smith
County
James Mccadden
Brook Hodgson
East Clifford Street
Parsons
W. Va
James R. DuShane
Baltimore
Margaret Price
Lillian Peery
Stewart's Business College
Ruth Allen
Henry LaFollette
Trone, Va
Charles Whitacre
Gray Avenue
Alvin Kremer
Dc. P. Kremer
Washington
Carl Kremer and Son
New York
C. P. Kremer
Alexander Hamilton
Hagerstown
Lee Fisher and Sons
Mr. Fisher
Frank L. Hamilton
Miss Pugh
Joe Miller
John Carver
Martinsburg
Misses Plank
East Boscawen Street
Laura V. Hildebrand
Laura Keffer
Margaret Baecher
Richard Keffer
J. W. Keffer
Strasburg, Va
Holiday Visitors Stop At Area Homes In Winchester
A long list of locals and guests gathers across Winchester during the holidays. Families from Washington Charlottesville Martinsburg and Baltimore host relatives at various homes on Loudoun Street Braddock Street South Braddock Street East Piccadilly and nearby avenues.
Edgar Smoke of White Hall Spends Saturday Here
Mr. Edgar Smoke of White Hall spent some time in this area on Saturday, with no further details provided about purpose or activities.
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Mr. Edgar Smoke
White Hall
Prices Become Reactionary After Show of Strength
Stock prices turned reactionary in New York this afternoon after an early display of strength. The move centered mainly in high grade industrials as traders weighed a Fed bulletin showing manufacturing activity fell in November and December. Despite cautious outlooks, bankers and businessmen offered an optimistic forecast this morning. Call money fell to 1/2 percent.
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Associated Press
New York
Federal Reserve Bank
Charles N Oehm Dead in Baltimore
Charles N Oehm former Winchester resident dies Christmas day at his Baltimore home. He was husband of Margaret Klein Oehm and survived by four brothers, one sister, and a sister in law. The family once ran a merchant tailoring business on North Loudoun street. Interment was at Mount Hebron Cemetery in the Reform ed Church section.
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Winchester
Charles N. Oehm
Lauretta Avenue
Baltimore
Margaret Klein Oehm
Oehm
Franz F. Oehm
Loudoun Street
Wilwig
John 8
Solenberger and Company
Cameron Street
Old Reformed
Alvina Fleischmann
Brooklyn, N. Y
Louis Motter Dies at His Residence in St Joseph
Louis Motter a member of an old Maryland family died at his home in St Joseph Missouri where he had lived since 1874 He was a son of the late Judge and Mrs William Motter of Hagerstown Md He is survived by three sons and three daughters and three sisters Misses Motter of Winchester and Mrs Arthur Shriver of Gumberland Md
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Louis Motter
Maryland
St. Joseph
Sara
Nettie Motter
Motter
William Motter
Hagerstown
Winchester
Arthur Shriver
Gumberland, Md
Commerce Chamber Extends Hours For Vehicle Licenses
The Chamber of Commerce will stay open until 10 PM this week to issue state licenses for automobile and motor vehicle owners and chauffeurs. Andrew Bell notes that no grace period is allowed this year, and operation of vehicles after January 1 without a 1927 license plate may lead to arrest.
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Chamber of Commerce
Andrew Bell
Woman Who Sued Husband Personal Crisis On Christmas Day
Mrs. Myrtle V. Potts, who later killed herself at her mother's White Hall home, had four days earlier filed suit against her husband for alimony. After leaving court she shopped in Baltimore and bought a revolver. Coroner ruled death self-inflicted. husband ordered to pay $100 weekly alimony pending settlement.
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Associated Press
Baltimore
Myrtle V. Potts
White Hall
W. Evans Anderson
George L. Potts
Eli Frank
Latimer Sets Disarmament Threat for Nicaraguan Forces
Rear Admiral Latimer announced to the State Department that defeated Nicaraguan government forces near Pearl Lagoon and False Bluff would be disarmed if they retreat into the Bluefields neutral zone, established in October by rival factions. The message notes losses and abandoned dead and wounded as troops retreated toward the neutral area.
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Associated Press
Washington
Latimer
Puerto Cabezas
Nicaragua
State Department
Bluefields
Pearl Lagoon
Pay Now Save The Discount for Subscriptions
January rate for subscriptions in effect. $4.00 per year in advance by carrier $5.00 per year in advance by mail. If paid on or before January 31. Pay now to avoid the last minute rush. The Evening Star.
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Evening Star
No Extension of Time for Virginia Auto Licenses Warned
Harrisonburg Virginia December 27 1926 traffic officer P C Via warns there will be no grace period for 1926 license tags. He says arrest all motorists with 1926 tags on or after January 1st and urges motorists to obtain 1927 licenses locally or send car titles to Richmond.
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Harrisonburg
Virginia
Richmond
Hayes
P. C. Via
State Motor Vehicle Department
Record Christmas rainfall floods Shenandoah Valley highways
The Shenandoah Valley saw a wet Christmas with over one inch of rain and a total of 1.2 inches reported by weather observer L. J. Heatwole. Persistent showers caused rivers to rise flooding lowlands, blocking roads, and creating springlike flooding across rural areas as waters surged from Kentucky to Mississippi.
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Shenandoah Valley
L. J. Heatwole
Dale Enterprise Weather Observer
Kentucky
Tennessee
Mississippi
Simmons Denies Foul Play Report Near Openor
William D. Simmons a leading Openor farmer and fruit grower denies rumors of foul play in Ash Hollow four miles east of Winchester. He says he does not know how the report started and notes friends and inquiries prompted him to address the matter. Simmons belongs to a Washington family and married Mary Louise Glass of Opequon.
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Winchester
Frederick County
William D. Simmons
Openor
Ash Hollow
Simmons
Mr. Simmons
Washington
Mary Louise Glass
Robert P. Glass
Opequon
Floods Sweep Tennessee and Kentucky Rivers
Floods force widespread damage across Middle and West Tennessee and Kentucky as Cumberland and Ohio rivers rise sharply. Crests forecast next week with roads washed out and mills flooded. Columbus Mississippi reports drownings and heavy property losses amid rail and line closures.
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Said
Middle
West Tennessee
Cumberland
Tennessee
Obion
Kentucky
Louisville
Ohio
Levisa
Pikeville
Missi
Columbus
Miss
A. Persnington
Bigbée River
University of Michigan foundational claim and gender data
The University of Michigan is described as having a provision for a university within the state governance. The territory became a state in 1837. A note on women students shows they outranked male students in a past year, with reported ages or numbers.
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Michigan
University of Michigan
The
Gan
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Senator
Mrs. Tyson
Clarke
Valley Club of
Moliday
Mrs. Cline
Robert F. Cline
West Clifford Street
Naoma Anderson
Atlantic City
W. R. Cline
Abingdon
T. H. Cling
Charlotte
N. C
T. H. Daffin
Opequin Memorial
Kerns
Luther Lowery
Elsie L. Boyd
R. B. Boyd
C. B. Lowery
Just
Huntsberry
Leslie Grimm
Harrisburg
Henry F. Seal
Alice Turner
A. L. Turner
Graham Rosenberger
Richmond Hills, N. Y
John W. Rosenberger
W. W. Willett
Roanoke, Va
G. F. House
G. E. Thornberry
Mr. Jackson
L. L. Thornberry
East Piccadilly Street
Turner Senciadiver, Jr
Noonan
Amherst Street
J. R. Pulliam
Edward Conner
South Kent Street
Mildred Richard
Goucher College, Baltimore
J. A. Richard
South Stewart Street
Mr. Raymond Cooper
Virginia Lamp
Smith's School
North
William D. Street
Lulu Mace
Philadelphia
Katie Mace
South Braddock Street
Rosalie Howe
Atlanta, Ga
Willow Lawn
Mrs. C. L. Bowly
Maurice Cather and Son
Charles Town
Benjamin Dowdell
City Point
Horace McKinster
North Loudoun Street
Dowdell
C. T. Berry
Deleplane, Va
Strasburg
M. E. Hildebrand
Alvin Ridings
George W. Jenkins
Ernest Sloat
Mrs. Ebersole
Mr. Sloat
Sloat
Katherine Booth
Mrs. Chew
Charle Town
Fuller
Charles Howard
West Point Military Academy
Col
Leigh Fuller
Perry Ritter
Alexandria, Va
George Ritter
Amy Ritter
Baltimore, Md
Mrs. C.W. Ritter
J. E. Keffer
Surrounding
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Evalie and
Bertia Walter
Caroll G. Walter
Commerce Chamber
Wm. D. Simmons
Pike
Ramsey Furniture CO
West Water Street
Nathanson CO
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