Charley Shepherd Surrenders After Nation-wide Manhunt
A negro convict Charley Shepherd who abducted Ruth Duvall and murdered her father J Duvall surrendered to a plantation owner in Parchman Mississippi. National Guard troops were mobilized and searches continued with 1 000 to 2 000 residents and officers involved.
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Parchman
Miss
Charlie Shepherd
J. D. Pare
Tng Duvall
Ruth
Shepherd
Laura —_ Keeler
Bill
Re National Guard
Hine
Charley Shepherd
Lee Mathew
Coahoma County
Edward Burham
Burham
Farm Trusty
Ruth Duvall
J. D. Duvall
Miss Duvall
I. T. Fox
Market closes with late-year gains in 1928 trading
New York December 31 the stock market showed marked progress with more than twenty issues hitting last minute high records for the year 1928. The gains ranged from 5 to 17 points as weekend buying orders intensified and early turnover saw many 10 000 share transactions. Call money remained at 12 percent in good supply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
How Different From the Old Days Call 28
Winchester Stam Laundry notice notes a 28 call line for inquiries and services. The fragment hints at a business or classified item with address at Winchester Street. No further readable details appear in the text.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester Stam Laundry
For Sale Prndling and Slab Wood Ad
Glaze & Bro offer for sale prndling and slab wood at $2.50 per ig. 29-1, -Lp-20.
King George Survives Restless Night. Officials Report Some Improvement
Buckingham Palace announced a restless night but noted the king’s appetite improved and he is holding his own in general condition. Doctors describe exhaustion as a difficult problem while public anxiety remains high outside the palace on a cold winter day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
London
Buckingham Palace
King George
Handley Schools Reopen January 2 at 9 A. M.
The Handley Schools will reopen after the Christmas recess on Wednesday January 2 at 9 o'clock. The decision follows a morning meeting of Superintendent Duffey and the Board of Health, which agrees that schooling is safer amid the influenza decline and that precautions will be taken to keep ill students home and improve ventilation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Handley
Duffey
Board of Health
Negro Held For Court For Cutting A Colored Girl
Nate Williams, colored, held in $1,000 bail in Frederick county magistrate court for attempted murder of Dorothy Clifford, colored girl of Winchester. He allegedly stabbed and cut her in Stephens City last Wednesday after hiring a taxicab to find her. He faces the February term if bond is not posted.
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Nate Williams
Circuit Court
Frederick County
Dorothy Clifford
Winchester
Williams
Stephens City
Clifford
Stephns City
Dorothy
Postoffice and Banks Close For Holiday
Post office and banks in Winchester will close for New Year s Day legal holiday. General delivery and stamp windows open 11 am to 12 pm and 1 to 2 pm. Hot money order business. no city or rural deliveries. One general mail collection in city boxes about 9 am. Incoming and outgoing mails handled as usual. The Star will be issued as usual tomorrow.
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Winchester
Postoffice
Tragic Auto Crash Claims Young Ohio Mother's Life
Mrs Texie Lee Emory Brown 30 of Gainesboro and Xenia died when her car overturned on ice near Grantsville Maryland. Bernard Brown and five children survived injuries with several relatives noted in a Gainesboro funeral notice.
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Xenia
Ohio
Gainesboro
This County
Texie Lee E. Brown
Bernard Brown
Negros Mountain
Grantsville
Garrett County
Nersro Mountain
Brown
Mrs. Brown
Mr. Brown
Mr. Wagner
Methodist Episcopal Church
South
Winchester
Mount Hebron
Earl Campbell
Nathaniel Ritter
Clifton Price
Clarence Adams
Forrest Bageant
Frank Flowers
Texie Lee Emory
Gaintsboro
Sho
Frederick County
North Frederick Pike
Mary
Martha
Charles
Alexander
Jack Vance Brown
David Franklin Brown
Lee R. Hack
Pittsburgh
Jessie Emory
Special Sacred Heart Services Planned at Church
Special services will be held at the Church of the Sacred Heart on New Year's Day at 6 15 and 9 a m. The pastor Rev Thomas B Martin will preside and preach. The public is cordially invited to all services.
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Tomorro
Clurch of the Sacred Heart
Thomas B. Martin
Bride of M Kerfoot Widely News in Winchester
George Willis Peters of Greenwich Conn announces the marriage of his niece Mrs Joseph Thomas Gill to Mr Alfred Mossertoot of Berryville Clark County Virginia December 28. The couple will reside in Winchester. The bride Laura Podge formerly of New York City is widow of the late Joseph T Griffith of Berryville. Kerfoot is the son of the late Dr and Mrs Kerfoot of Berryville. Mrs Sartelle suffered a sudden heart ailment and acute indigestion Sunday morning. she is kept quiet by her physician.
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Jon T. Griffith
M. Kerfoot
George
Willis Peters
Greenwich
Conn
Joseph Thomas Gii
Alfred Mossertoot
Berryville
Clerke County
Vas
Kerfoot
Winchester
Laura Podge
New York City
Joseph T Griffith
Thig City
Mrs. Kerfoot
Liso
Byrd party returns from Richmond house gathering
Governor and Mrs. Harry F. Byrd Jr and several guests including Nelia Beverley Ann Tucker McGuire Fen ton Nelson Wardie Boyd Richard Griffith Lewis Hyde Philip Glaize Nat Jones Fairfax Randolph and Virginia Carson attended a Christmas season house party hosted by Miss Westwood Byrd and Mr Harry F Byrd Jr. The District Nurse Association will hold its regular monthly meeting at 4 pm Thursday January 3 at the Chamber of Commerce rooms, with a note that the meeting day has shifted from Wednesday to Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Richmond
Westwood Byrd
Harry F. Byrd, Jr
Harry F. Byrd
Nelia Beverley
Ann
Tucker McGuire
Fenton Nelson
Wardie Boyd
Richard Griffith
Lewis Hyde
Agnes Mitchell
District Nurse Association
Chamber of Commerce
Joint watch night social of city Christian Endeavor societies
All city Christian Endeavor societies hold a joint watch night at 10.50 tonight in the Presbyterian Sunday school room with social hour led by Miss Mary Pannett Anna Amelia Seabright and Margaret Richards. A light midnight lunch is planned from 11.45 to 12.05 with a song by Mr. Floyd Haines and a violin solo by Miss Jenny Lind Hoekman. All young people are invited. Mr and Mrs Amos Schlack and Mrs Rose Hawse are in Washington visiting. Miss Sadie Forney has returned to work after an influenza illness at the Revenue office in City Hall.
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Christian Endeavor Societies
Presbyterian Sunday School
Mary Pannett
Anna Amelia Seabright
Margaret Richards
Floyd Haines
Jenny Lind Hoekman
Who May Vote In Coming Bond GSU Election
City Solicitor James P. Reardon examines election law for a pending bond issue. He explains voters qualified at the last November election or those who meet state poll tax payments six months before the second Tuesday in June may vote in the special election.
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Bond Gsu
James P. Reardon
Tarzan the Mighty to Appear in The Star Serial
The Star will serialize Edgar Rice Burroughs new jungle thriller Tarzan the Mighty beginning Wednesday January 2 for 15 consecutive days. This marks The Star's first serial in two years and Burroughs' famed Tarzan series continues with the latest installment.
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Tarzan the Mighty
The
the Star
Edgar Rich Burroughs
the Jungles
Star
Mr. Burroughs
Tarzan
Special Turkey Dinner at Sunset Lodge
A New Year's Day dinner feature at Sunset Lodge on Winchester Front Royal Highway invites reservations by phone 142-17. Guests can expect a special turkey dinner package with festive seating.
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Sunset Lodge
Winchester-lront Royal Highway
Robert Beverley Dies of Pneumonia in Essex County
Robert Beverley, prominent Virginia farmer and Episcopal churchman, died last Friday at Blandfield in Essex County after pneumonia. Funeral services were held at Little Georgetown and St Matthew's Church in Fauquier and Panquier counties, with Rt. Rev. Henry St. George Tucker among the officiants. He was a longtime lay delegate and evangelism proponent in the Diocese of Virginia and is survived by his widow and several children and brothers.
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Little
Georgetown
Farquier County
Robert Beverley
Virginia
Blandfield
Essex County
St. Matthew's Episcopal Church
Wssex
Panquier County
Henry St. George Tucker
Diocese of
Herbert
St. John's ‘Church
Tapp
Beverley
Rotter
Essex
Fauquier County
Robert A
J. B. Beverley
Mies
Rebecca D. Beverley
J.D. Bev
William Beverley
Ood
Ave i Fauquier County
Iosella Carter
Richard HM. Carter
New Orleans
R.’ Carter Beverley
William.Welby
Richmond
R. Bland
Ogburn
Merbert
Osburn
St. John’s Church
Tappahannock
Hill Beverley
Offer To Probate Fauver Will On Thursday
Heirs of the late Marshall Fauver are summoned to the Circuit Court on Thursday in January to show why the will and testament should not be probated as his true last will. Executor A B Fauver will present the will for probate at that time.
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Associated Press
Char- Ord
Siegro
Marshall Fauver
A. B. Fauver
Bolivia Approves Proposed Protocol in Paraguay Dispute
The Bolivian legation announced in Washington that Bolivia approves the proposed protocol for conciliation of its dispute with Paraguay with slight modifications.
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Preas
Washington
Paraguay
Bolyian Legation
Noted Executioner Dies Near Prison
William J. Hendry, 57, warden at Charlestown state prison and officiant at the Sacco and Vanzetti execution, died at his home on the prison grounds after a long illness in Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Boston
Mass
William J. Hendry
Charlestown
Sacco
Vanzetti
Handley Library to Close for New Year Holiday
The Handley Library will be closed tomorrow for New Year’s Day. Those wishing to withdraw books over the holiday should do so before the library closes at 9 o’clock tonight.
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Handley Library
Thebrary
Virginia Farm Council drafts five year plan for agriculture
A Virginia State Agricultural Council formed to study and promote a five year program for farm development. Representatives from colleges banks banks and chambers, sub committees prepared concrete actions for better production marketing and home grown food. The program emphasizes rapid adjustment to consumption and regional economic growth.
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State Ag College
Virginia
United States
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Rose Hawse
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Tucker
Bolivia
Messrs
George Hmawae
Edward Oeepient
Harisonburg
Moling & Cather's
Virginia Agriculturist
John BR
Ees Cheson
Pirectet
Dion Virgil Clytechnie
Ering Ah Leader
Evening Star
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