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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1926
Page
7
The Diehlmann family keeps a Christmas Eve flute tradition started by the elder Diehlmann in Emmittsburg. In drizzle, a son or relative plays the same anthems including Ave Maria and Adeste Fidelis. After Larry Diehlmann’s death, another family member has continued the mid evening flute ritual.
Stanford announces a four deep roster for the 1926 Tournament of Roses game in Pasadena. Coach Pop Warn has four players per position with eleven halfbacks and forty eight total squad members distributed among ends tackles guards centers quarterbacks halfbacks and fullbacks.
Paris reports a severe cold snap beginning Christmas with subzero temperatures along the Swiss border. Snow blankets Portugal's capital and much of Western Europe, while France faces coal shortages and rising deaths linked to the cold.
Staunton Virginia prepares a tribute to Woodrow Wilson with a 6:30 p.m. six course dinner at Stonewall Jackson Hotel. Gray Williams Winchester and president of the Virginia State Bar Association will be the main speaker joined by Rev Dr A M Fraser First Presbyterian Church. Staunton plans a wreath at Wilsons tomb in Washington.
Staunton Virginia December 27 Santa Claus was summoned to appear in police court Tuesday morning under a city mask ordinance invoked after a Salvation Army Santa was seen on a downtown corner. Chief Davis said the mask ban had prompted the summons though no jail time was involved.
Edward Dana Densmore a prominent Brookline architect and engineer ended his life in his home. Police and medical officials said the Park Square building plans were prepared under his direction. His body was found in a bathroom by a child and a razor was nearby. The medical examiner cited a nervous breakdown from overwork.
Galen L. Stone a Boston financier and former cub reporter died at 64 after rising in Hayden Stone and Company. The text also notes a bankruptcy case in Virginia: Clarke E Kern of Winchester was adjudicated bankrupt with a creditors meeting set for January 7 1927 at 2 pm in Winchester.
Railway timetable details routes from Berryville to Roanoke Bristol and beyond. Lists Pullman sleepers to Williams and Bristol, dining car Roanoke Memphis to Chattanooga Nashville and Detroit, local and intermediate runs, connections at Shenandoah Junction Washington Baltimore Philadelphia and Hagerstown, passenger and sleeper services with agent contacts for fares and information.
Mrs. Ellen E. Watson, 87, widow of John T. Watson, died at her daughter Mrs. Harry Haysletts home near Charles Town on Saturday. She was a daughter of David Hunter of Berkeley County.
Mrs. Malissa J. Pugh states she will not be responsible for any debts contracted by her son Cecil Pugh. The notice appears in a local public notices column dated December 27, 1911. Archery gains popularity at the University of Wichita and Friends.
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