Hunt Club Breakfast and Engagement News Featured
The Front Royal Hunt Club held its annual Christmas breakfast at Sunset Lodge on the Front Royal highway, with President Ben Ray receiving a silver cup. Emma H. Woore, daughter of A. J. Woore, is engaged to Charles F. Richards of Baltimore and Toronto, with a wedding planned soon.
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Hunt Club
Sunset Lodge
Front Royal Hunt Club
J. Winchester Front Royal Highway
Ben Ray
Winchester
Emma Woore
Charles F. Richards
A. J. Woore
Martinsburg
W. Va
Emma H. Woore
Charles Franklin Richards
Baltimore
Toronto
Can
Miss Woore
Oliver Woore
Frederick County
Fort Loudoun Seminary
Peabody Conservatory of Music
Edouard Albion
Washington Grand Opera
Grim Family Holiday Visit Ends With Illness
Mr. David Grim of South Cameron Street traveled to Harrisburg Pennsylvania with Mrs Grim and Mr and Mrs Walter Siner to visit his son and daughter in law Mr and Mrs Leslie Grim. He became quite ill on Christmas Day and his condition was reported as serious.
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David Grim
South Cameron Street
Harrisburg
Marriage Announced of Miss Nelson Fishpaw and Robert Dodson
The ceremony took place on Christmas Eve at the North Braddock street manse with Rev. Dr. F. T. McFaden officiating. Nelson Fishpaw daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Fishpaw and Robert Dodson son of Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Dodgon are the newlyweds. Also noted is Navy sailor Harry Ho Miller visiting family during holidays and Mrs. Hershman of Lost City W V returning home greatly improved after medical treatment with the Davises of West Leicester Street.
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Nelson ” Fishpaw
W.M. Fishpaw
Robert Dodson
J.F. Dodgon
Meaflow Mills
F. T.mcfaden
Presbyterian Church
North Braddock Street
Harry Ho ‘Miller
United States Navy
Highland Avenue
Mr. Miller
Navy
Navy Yard
Philadelphia
Helehman
Ce P. Hershman
Lost City
W. Va
Hershman
S. M. Davis
West Leicester Street
Ruth Franklin
Gettynburs
L. W. Myers
Pittsburgh, Pa
R. J.funkhouser
New York City
Arthur Athey
East Picadilly Street
A. T. Mussen
Waldo Hack
Baltimore
Illness Strikes Post Office Staff Leading to Substitutes
An illness sweep hits the Winchester post office with many absent including Walter Cooper J Howard Taylor Robert Grim Clay Manuel Ryland Conner and Clarence B Hardy. Substitute carriers were pressed into service and clerical staff worked overtime to manage the backlog.
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Winchester
Messia
Walter Cooper
J. Howard Taylor
Robert Grim
Clay Manuel
Ryland Conner
Clarence B. Hardy
Post Office
Fancy Dress Ball Tonight at Geo Washington Hotel
Arrangements are under way for a large fancy dress ball at the Washington Hotel this evening. A committee led by Mr Joan J. Williams of Harrisonburg Va directs the event. Many students home from college for Christmas are expected to attend and a well known orchestra will perform.
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Geo. Washington Hotel
Washington Hotel
Joan J. Williams
Harrisonburg
Miss Braithwaite Weds Mr. Walter Spaid in Lehew Va
Announcement of the marriage of Miss Esther Braithwaite of Lehew West Virginia to Walter Spaid of Lehew West Virginia at the Presbyterian Church manse on North Braddock Street December with Rev. Dr. F T McFaden performing. The bride is daughter of Mr. and Mrs Julius Braithwaite. The groom is son of Mr. and Mrs Jeffrey Spaid and works in timber cutting in West Virginia.
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Miss Braithwaite
Walter Spaid
Esther , Braithwaite
Lehew
W. Va
Presbyterian Church
North Braddock Street
F. T. McFaden
Julius Braithwaite
Jeffrey Spaid
West Virginia
Professors Hook Spend Holidays With Mother
Profs. Robert M. Hook and Paul G. Hook, teaching in Virgilina and Chatham, are spending the holidays with their mother Mrs. R. C. Hook at her home on Amherst Street.
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Robert M
Paul G. Hook
Virgilina
Chatham
R. C. Hook
Ambherst Street
Holiday visitors and guests fill area hotels
Kenneth B. arrives with companions from Hooks Mills and Hartley en route home for holidays. Belmont visitors J Frank Eddy and family return after Christmas. Ruth Franklin and others host weekend guests in Gettysburg and Pittsburgh. Local residents, hotel guests, and visiting couples flock to the George Washington and Grace Dodge hotels for the season.
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Mr. Kenneth
Hook
Elon College
N. C
Messrs
Walton E. Brill
Hooks. Mills
W. Va
SH. Waldo Hartley
Mrs. J
Frank Eddy
Belmont
Mass
Ke Gazella Sits High Price with Yankee Bench Career
Ke Gazella has been the Yankees highest priced sitter for four years with total earnings around 44000, including World Series proceeds. He played rarely, debuting in 1923, earning 11000 with 6200 from the series, spent 1924 and 1925 in the minors, returned in 1926 with 6000 plus series money, and added 1000 in 1927 and 1928 for wood work. Now he heads to Newark under Tris Speaker's guidance to probably begin calisthenics.
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KE Gazella
Yankee
Mike
Newark
Tris Speaker
Eagle Eye
Vare and Family Leave For Florida
Senator elect William Vare of Pennsylvania will depart Atlantic City with his family for Florida. He has been recovering from a paralytic attack at Wisegummer villa and will be joined by a physician and two nurses. The group plans to spend the winter at a San Lucie bungalow near Fort Pierce.
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Associated Press
Atlantic City
N. J
William Vare
Pegasylygniz
Wisegummer Villa
Florida
San Lucie
Fort Pierce
Mrs. Jennie Hart Hamilton Dies After Paralysis Struggle
Mrs. Jennie Hart Hamilton wife of Frank L Hamilton proprietor of the Co Hotel in Hagerstown Maryland died at 1 30 this morning after a long illness of paralysis aged about 65 She had been a native of Berryville Clarke county and a member of the Hart family Funeral will be at 2 o clock Sunday afternoon in Hagerstown with interment in Rose Hill Cemetery Survived by husband three daughters Mrs W Lee Fisher Misses Nannie and Bessie Hamilton and three sons John R Robert and Alexander Hamilton Also surviving are several brothers and sisters The family had been living in Hagerstown for years The husband was traveling in Texas and efforts were made to contact him.
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Jennie ‘Hart Hamilton
Frank L.hamilton
Co Hotel
Hagerstown
Texas
Hamilton
Berryville
Clarke County
Hart
Rose Hill Cemetery
Commerce Chamber Thanks Friends Who Aided In Emergency
The Chamber of Commerce announces public thanks for substantial contributions to defray the cost of renting the Colonial Theatre for sessions of the Virginia State Horticultural Society convention. Major donors include C. L. Robinson Ice and Cold Storage Corporation Phil H. Gold Shenandoah Valley National Bank Farmers and Merchants National Bank and Trust Company and the Commercial and Savings Bank.
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Chamber of Commerce
Colonial
Virginia State Horticultural Society
C. L. Robinson Ice and Cold Storage Corporation
Phil H. Gold
The
Inchester Cold Storage Company
i =Shenandoah Valley National Bank
Farmers and Merchants National Bank and Trust Company
Commercial and Savings Bank
Five Belgian Villages Flooded by Violent Gale
Five villages near Termonde were swamped as near 7,900 acres flooded under a violent gale. Tides swept lowland sections causing greater destruction than four weeks ago. Widespread suffering and damage were already reported.
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The
Associated Press
BRU
Jay
Termonde
Woman at 104: Fenton dies after long life
Mrs. Catherine B. Fenton died at her Florida home aged 104 from paralysis. The Jamestown, New York native and Scotland born immigrant bobbed her hair on her 104th birthday last winter, flew in an airplane, and filed a story for the Associated Press.
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Associated Press
ST. Petersburg
Fla
Catherine. B. Fenton
Fenton
Jamestown
N. Y
Scotland
Explorer W. B. Seabrook Lives Among Haitian Voodooists
Noted explorer and writer W. B. Seabrook, attempting material for his book on Haitian voodooism, lived with native communities in the jungle for a year and a half. He became the first white man admitted into the voodoo cult by local practitioners.
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W. B. Seabrook
International
Stockholders' Meeting Notice for Shenandoah Valley Bank
The annual meeting of the stockholders of Shenandoah Valley National Bank will be held at the bank in Winchester Virginia on Tuesday January 8 1929 at eleven oclock A M for the election of directors for the ensuing year and for the transaction of such other business as may properly come before the meeting. William G Hardy cashier.
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Winchester
Leven -Oilock
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
G. Hardy
Local Firms Get Tax Refund From U S Government
The Treasury reports during the year ended June 30 1928 refunds of 500 or more to 113 Virginians and corporations. Among listed recipients are Fred L Glaize 1851 dollars and George Washington Hotel Corporation 1827 dollars. Loudoun Mutual Fire Insurance Co received 1198 dollars. The largest refund went to Eastern Coal and Export Corp of Richmond for 60685 dollars.
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Virginia
Treasury Department
Washington
Richmond Times-Dispatch
Fred. L. Glaize
George Washington Hotel Corporation
Loudoun Mutual Fire Insurance Company
Eastern Coal and Export Corporation
Richmond
Disarmament Conference Prep Convoked for Geneva
The preparatory commission for the disarmament conference will meet in Geneva on April 1. President Loudon announced that all countries including the United States have no objection to the date. The Russian partial disarmament plan is slated as the main agenda item with naval experts expected to seek a formula reducing cruisers and submarines.
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Associated Press
Geneva
Stock Market Overcomes Midday Dip in Strong Rally
New York traders saw the market rise after a midday slump as buying support pushed many issues higher. More than thirty stocks gained four to 14 points, with several hitting new yearly highs while call money climbed to 12 percent, the highest since February 1920.
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Associated Press
New York
Glen Echo Man Shot Four Times By Washingtonian
Henry Collins of Glen Echo Heights was gravely wounded by four pistol shots fired by Ralph Cappy of Washington. Cappy, sought by authorities, allegedly drove Mrs Collins and her three children from Georgetown to the Collins home before the shooting. Collins' brother in law took him to Georgetown University Hospital where the four bullets were removed and his condition improved.
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Associated Press
Rockville
Henry Collins
Glen Echo
Heights
Ralph Cappy
Washington
Montgomery County
District of Columbia
Cappy
Georgetown University Hospital
Collins
Insurgent Leader Executed by Mexican Army Firing Squad
Maximiliano Vigueras, an insurgent leader captured a day earlier and sent to Mexico City for trial, was executed by firing squad after a secret all night court martial. He faced charges for depredations and was linked to two attempted kidnap plots against U.S. Ambassador Dwight M. Morrow.
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Associated Press
Mexico City
Maximiliano Vigueras
Vigueras
Dwight M. Morrow
United States
San Lazaro
Garvan Gifts $60,000 for Johns Hopkins Cancer Lab
Francis T. Garvan, head of the chemical foundation, donates 60,000 to Johns Hopkins University to enlarge Dr. Joseph C. Bloodgood's cancer study laboratory. The gift includes 10,000 for lab expansion and 10,000 annually for five years to support ongoing research on cancer diagnosis and treatment using dyes and stains.
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Associated Press
Baltimore
Johns Hopkins University
Francis T. Garvan
The
Chemical Foundation
Joseph C. Bloodgood
Dr. Bloodgood
Ambiguous fragment from Ohio State Journal quotes
Brief, unclear OCR fragment mentioning a neighborhood girl and a late evening, followed by a quote about truths and men attributed to Hare. No identifiable event or subjects beyond isolated phrases.
Prison Sergeant Slain at Parchman Farm
Parchman Miss. December 28 J D Duval a 55 year old state prison farm sergeant was slain in his home early today His 18 year old daughter Ruth is missing and a trusted prisoner Charles Shepler is being hunted by a posse Police found Duval slain in the dining room his throat cut and a hammer blow to the head An ice pick and butcher knife lay nearby Hepler was serving a robbery sentence and Duval was father of eight children
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Parchman
Migs
D. Duval
Ruth
Charles
Shepler
Duvall
Rodém
Black Leaving To Complete a Flight To Africa
Van Leqr Black publisher of the Baltimore Sun will depart New York for London tomorrow to complete a flight from London to Cape Town and back. He bought a Fokker plane like the Amsterdam to Dutch Hast craft used in 1927 and will fly with the same pilot as on recent trips. He will be joined by Renne Naccoll of London, a former Baltimore Sun reporter, for the Cape Town leg.
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Associated Press
New York
van Leqr Black
Baltimore Sun
London
the Majestic
Cape Town
Fokker
Amsterdam
Black
Renne Naccoll
Baltimore
Unte
Landis
Eartham
Sudan
Stephens City Pastorate Services
St. Paul church holds worship with sermon at 10 a m as Bible study ends. Trinity hosts Bible school at 10 a m and worship with sermon at 7 30 p m Luther League meets at 7 p m led by Rev Snyder Alleman.
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Snyder Alleman
St. Paul
Bible Cne
Trinity
Bible School
Luther League
Sailors to Bear Naval Officer’s Body at Funeral
Funeral planned for Captain W. Ritter at Mount Hebron Cemetery with eight sailors from the Navy detail. The service at Christ Church will begin tomorrow at two o'clock, with honorary pallbearers including Edward J. Durrell and Carter Clay. The funeral procession will travel by the Mere and Ohio Railroad.
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United “States
Hea Het Yard
Bruce
Mount Hebron
Ate Navy
Alineaoete
Adea McCully
Charleston Nay
I Rae
Mere and Ohio Railroad
J.durell
United Navy
Ee ‘Carter
Clay
Shee
Ww. Baker
Ert M. AO Pai
Renee Jey
Datton
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Branch
Makeu St
Bran Hughes
Alic Association
Girls’ Athletic Association
George. Lee Hotel
Mildred “Milleson
Lou Hollis
Beverley Ro
Huntsberry
North Main Street
Nelson Fishpaw
Lee Dodson
Nene
Walter S. Nicklin
Alexandria
Mrs
Lewis Pearson
National Avenue
William J. Meredith
William Keating
Loudoun Street
Hunter B. Grimm
South Loundoun Street
Otto Feller, Jr
Red Bank
N. J. Vrara
Charles B. Smith
John Rupert
Rose Kindelaerse
Eva
N.Y
George Washington Hotel
L. A. Lamp
Clearbrook
Edward Grant
Arthur ‘Kidwell
John H. Clayton
Marguerite Peery
Helen McL. Peery
H.C. Nail
Cleveland, Ohio
Hotel
Jack
May Beasley Miller
Wilbur Johnston
Berryville Avenue
Edinburgh
W.S. Estes
Harrisonburg, Va
EB. B. Pancake
Cumberland, A
Carlton M., Collins
Cross Junction
B. W. Braithwaite
Mrs. C. F. Peterson
Nashville, Tenn
4.A. Douglas
City
Grace Dodge Hotel
Harry K. Sloat
Walter D. Sloat
South
Cameron’ Street
J. A. Moran
Vare
Lee Fisher
Commerce Chamber
Belgium
Voodoo Cult
U. S
Washingtonian
Johns Hopkins
Ohio State Journal
Hare
Africa
Stephens City
Lovett Bros
Forge Washington Hotel
Endicott-Johnson Shoes
S. Kirson & Sons
Brown
Bott’s
North Maen Stree
North Main N St
Winchester Wholesale Grocery Corp
Sale Distributors
Winchester, Ya
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