Richmond Jury Panel Forms in Pollard Murder Trial
In Richmond on February 14 the jury pool for real estate man Thomas Pollard's murder trial of his former stenographer Thelma Richardson began, with 16 of 20 veniremen seated as Judge David C. Richardson rowed toward petit jury selection. Prosecution and defense noted many veniremen held fixed opinions, while Pollard accompanied by his pastor and father faced the session. testimony was expected to start in the afternoon.
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Richmond
Thomas
Pollard
Relate
Thelma, Richardson
David C. Richardson
Polard
News-Leader
Thomas Pollard
Young Real Estate
Thelma Hann Richarda
Taenerd
Evelyn Byrd
Winchester
Commonwealth
Dave Satterfield
Mani Pers
Figs
Judements
Beck
Mise Beck
Anil
Abéd
Richardson
Minh
Trade item listing unclear but mentions nougatines
The fragment references nougatines and cherry silos priced at 38 cents per pound with partial and garbled text likely from a market listing. Associated name P. MeVICAR appears as a seller or contact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. P. Mevicar
WHS Basketball at Hagerstown Friday Afternoon
WHS meets Hagerstown in an away gym contest slated for Friday afternoon. Local expectations center on WHS offense and defensive efforts against the visiting team.
Clues Sought in Sister Cecelia Abduction Case
Frederick Maryland February report says a private detective agency pursues clues to prove Sister Cecelia abducted by captors. Sister Cecelia, recently returned from Baltimore, is in nervous condition and may aid investigation. County offers 500 dollar reward. State's Attorney hints at recalling the February grand jury if sufficient leads emerge.
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Baltimore
Gecelia
A. R. Anders
Clarke County Schools Record Attendance by School and Teachers
Clarke County supervisors report January attendance percentages for public schools and note each school and in charge teacher. Top attendance prize goes to G. Coiner Library via Hout School. influenza reduced overall attendance.
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Clarke County
Elizabeth Russell
Pine’s Corner
L. Rackley
Millwood
Hughes
DeHart
White Post
Jenkins
Elliot
Mr. Weather
M. Miller
Province Chapel
Martin
Stipe Oe
Bethel
Revell
Kinderhook
Carper
Marvin
H. Jobe
Stonebridge
Aunt Margaret Thompson Dies After Illness at 76
Aunt Margaret Thompson, 76, died after ten days of pneumonia in Morgan County. She leaves husband and two sons, Charles and James Thompson. Funeral Thursday at African Methodist Episcopal Church, Berkeley Springs, with burial in Greenway Cemetery. Born a slave in Winchester, Va., she was later owned by the Busey family and moved to Berkeley Springs after the Civil War. She was married first to Addison Thompson, then to Rev Keets.
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Margaret Thompson
Charles
James Thompson
M. E. Church
Berkeley Springs
Greenway Cemetery
Margaret
Winchester
Busey
Addison Thompson
Keets
Smyrna Harbor Plagued by Mines and Territorial Warnings
The steamer Pierre Loti arrives in Marseilles reporting Smyrna harbor heavily mined with extended minefields. A fort warned the crew that entering would be on the captain's own responsibility, prompting a 24 hour delay before seeking a Turkish pilot and redirecting to Marseilles.
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Associated Press
Marseilles
Smyrna
Pierre Loti
Opposition to Virginia 4000 mile concrete road bond plan
A Virginia speaker argues bonds to fund 4000 miles of concrete roads would tax all property to benefit a few. He claims the plan imposes a statewide levy with little benefit to most residents, while travelers and tourists would mainly gain. The message warns of mortgaging citizens and urges scrutiny before issue.
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Virginia
Wilil
Binet
Heenayree
No Jewels Found in Grave of Seaman Jones
New York February 14. None of the Russian crown jewels were found in the coffin of Seaman James Jones when the body, buried in a Brooklyn cemetery, was disinterred today by the government. Rumors of jewels have circulated since Czar Nicholas death.
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New York
James Jones
Brooklyn
Nicholas
Jack Holt Empire Today Also a Comedy
A film note highlights Jack Holt in Empire Today, labeling it also a comedy. The preview calls the picture a Lent apropos entry and contrasts it with a Best Western, noting it as better than most seen.
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Jack Holt Empire
Satan
Captain McLane III Of Brunswick Illness Reported
Captain Joseph McLane a Baltimore and Ohio Railroad conductor is confined to his Brunswick home with grip and possible complications after a week of illness. He is a well known Shenandoah division conductor and lives in Winchester history notes. Special Conductor D C Yates has been in charge of his run for several days. Go to Mrs M B Pine's sale at Brucetown Feb 17 for household furniture.
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Joseph McLane
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Brunswick
Winchester
Shenandoah
D. C. Yates
Captain McLane
Radio class registrations at Handley night school
Class II radio registrations are still being received for the class in radio at the Handley night school held each Monday, Wednesday and Friday nights at 15 cents at the Equity Building. Members of the Missionary Societies of town churches will hold a prayer meeting at the Lutheran Church Friday at 4 o'clock. Women interested in mission work are urged to attend.
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Handley Night
Equity
Lutheran Church
Complaint Over Swift Bridge Delay on South Washington
Residents along South Washington Street press for the completion of the bridge near Water Street. The closure has lasted six weeks with sidewalk closures forcing pedestrians to detour to Stewart or Brad dock streets. Bad weather blamed, officials say they share residents’ urgency, but unforeseen conditions persist.
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South Washington Street
Water Street
Stewart
Braddock Streets
Prohibition Chief says scarce good whiskey in Missouri
R C Yellowley director of federal prohibition agents said there was little good whiskey to buy nationwide and called reports of abundance bootlegger propaganda. He cited withdrawals of grain alcohol for denatured use and cases where flavoring extract makers used withdrawn denatured alcohol for beverage production.
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Kansas City, Mo
RE. C. Yellowley
Federal Prohibition Agents
Missouri
Cold Weather Expands East Across the Nation
February storm system grips the upper Mississippi Valley and Great Lakes region as cold blasts sweep toward the southeast. Weather officials report severe conditions with seven deaths attributed to the storm and a fatal house fire in Pine City where four children perished from an overheated stove.
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Associated
Washington
Mississippi River
Florida
Weather Bureau
Aghicago
Mississippi Valley
Plain States
Great Lakes
Rocky Mountain
Northwest
Alaska
Canadian Northwest
Pine City
Miss
Call Money Rise Triggers Broad Market Selloff in New York
New York stocks opened weak as call money jumped to 5 percent. Widespread selling followed with declines across oils, equipment, independent steels, rails, and various specialties while raw sugar futures slid from early gains.
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Associated Press
New York
Wanted Plumbe or One Who Has Sarked
Fragmentary note seeks a person named Plumbe or someone who has sarked. Mentions trade and work relation. Readable details are limited and no clear dates or places are provided.
Church Reclaims Historic Winchester Burial Ground
The trustees of an Episcopal church in Winchester have recorded a plat signing over control of the old burial ground on South Stewart Street adjacent to Handley grounds. Once a sacred resting place for early settlers, it fell into disrepair and grazing use after interments shifted to Mount Hebron and the city cemetery in the 1860s.
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Episcopal Church, Burying Ground
Winchester
South Stewart
Handley
Mount Hebron
Woods
Jury Commissioners Named for Court in Frederick County
By order of the Circuit Court of Frederick County Julian W. Baker and Chas R. McCann are appointed jury commissioners for 1923. They will select veniremen from the tax list to serve as jurors during the year.
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Circuit Court
Frederick County
Messrs
Julian ‘W. Baker
Chas. R. McCann
Storage Rates and Coat Exchange Note at Reuss Banquet
Storage rates range from five to ten dollars per month and include delivery and call service up to 12 p m. A note at the Star Office asks for the return of a coat taken in error at the Reuss banquet, paired with gray gloves.
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Reuss
Star Office
Merchants Credit Association to Hold Public Meeting
The Merchants Credit Association invites all city merchants to a public meeting Thursday night February 15 at 8 o clock in the Chamber of Commerce rest room. The aim is to perfect the organization and adopt a charter and by laws plus elect officers for the coming year.
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Merchants’ Credit Association
Chamber of Commerce
Fortune in gems buried in debris in Maiden Lane fire
A six story Maiden Lane office building housing more than 60 jewelers and silversmiths burned, sending safes into the cellar where a treasure of gems gold and silver valued at $2 000 000 or more likely remained intact. Police and private guards protected the scene as crowds kept back.
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Associated Press
New York
Maidenlane
Veteran of Stone Wall Brigade Dies at 81
Greene H. Huff aged 81 longtime Shenandoah County resident and Civil War veteran of the Stone Wall Brigade died at his Strasburg Junction home after an illness with pneumonia symptoms. Survived by wife, three sons William Harry and Charles, daughter Mrs A Riverley, ten brothers and two sisters. Funeral service will be held at his home Friday afternoon.
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Greene H. Huff
Stonewall Brigade
Ee Baker
William i ‘Washington
Harry
Middletown
Charles Huff
Wheatfield
Aro Eiverley
W. L. Huff
Winchester
John W. Huff
Phillipps
Lernoon
Accardins
Elmer Shifflett to be Indicted in Greene County Killing
In Greene County a coroner's jury freed Elmer Shifflett as acting in self defense after a shooting that killed William Morris. The next day a grand jury in Stanardeville was to hear if Shifflett will be indicted for Morris’s death while two of James Knight's sons were wounded in the fray to avenge Edgar Morris.
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Harrisonburg
Elmer Shiffiett
William Newman Morris
Greene ‘County
Stanardeville
Shiflett
Shifflett
Edgar Morris
Beacon Hollows
William Morris
Morris
James
Knight
Larrick and Wife Show Improvement at Home
Encouraging news from Peyton Street where Herbert B. Larrick a noted Winchester lawyer and bank president shows a more comfortable state after grip complications. Mrs Larrick also improves and friends express relief at the progress observed during the day.
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Herbert
Larrick
Winchester
Peyton Street
William Spotts Escapes Injury After Truck Ditch Crash
William Spotts, recently discharged from Memorial Hospital after erysipelas treatment, narrowly escaped another stay after the Berryville bound auto truck he rode in veered into a ditch four miles east of town. The front seat passenger and the driver were jolted but not seriously hurt as lights failed and the vehicle overturned. Spotts reported full details today. The Ramaccietti fruit and candy firm sent the truck to be repaired.
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William Spotts
Memorial Hospital
Berryville
Spotts
I. Ramaccietti
Spengler Campaign Aims for Baltimore and Ohio Rail Line
Miss Spengler, Baltimore and Ohio representative, heads a Good Will National Drive to aid orphans in France while promoting employee loyalty. Campaign backed by Daniel Willapthy, with Miss Spengler from Strasburg Junction, born there and educated at Ital A School and Lit College, joined B&O in 1910s.
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Amore and Ohio Railroad
France
Rom Company
Baltimore and Ohio
Daniel
Railroad
Spengler
Baltimore
Ohio
C. W. Spengler
Strasburg Junction
Vag
Strasburg
Ital A
Lit College
Hot. Spri
Merch Receipts
Merch Receipts, Mise Spengler’s ‘m Under the Management’ of. Jay
Wille
F. H. B. Bullock
Miss Spenger
Winchester
Mike Pop
Virginia Barrel case set off in Frederick County court
An order in the Circuit of Frederick County records Ridgeway the defendant in an action by the Virginia Barrel Co. so and judgement was rendered for $9 with interest from October 18, 1909 and costs.
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Frederick County
Virginia
Ridgeway
Illness Recovery Noted For Local Figure
A local figure, identified as Dr McCune, shows improvement after a serious illness that began six weeks ago. The report notes his frequent town rides and that he and Mrs McCune recently celebrated their sixty fifth anniversary, with Mrs McCune eleven years younger than her husband.
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McCune
Bond issue open session for Clarke County farmers meeting
Farmers of Clarke County are invited to an open session on the proposed bond issue for the courthouse in Berryville. Speakers include Senator Leedy and Delegate Keezell Ford. Virginia urges farmers to oppose the 6 millage proposal. Tarry Morrison reporting.
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Clarke
Erick
Court House
Berryville
Sena
Leedy
Keezell Ford
Virginia
Tarry
Sale Notice at Chester County Court House
At 2 farms in Chester VA, real property of JAS. PCE B 12-1p-41. Special Commissioner RL. Petrie sets sale for February 17 at 11 o clock in front of County Court House. Sale by David Smith known as Duck thr.
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Sale City
Smith
County Court Housechester
R. RL. Petrie
HS vs V A gymnasium game at 8 PM
A local high school game is scheduled for 8 PM at V A Gymnasium. A VH pay policy may affect attendance and entry costs.
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V. A. Gymnasium
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R. E. Byrd
State
The
Associate’ Press
WHS
Hagerstown
Pocahontas
Morgan, Co
Senator Cocke
Dan
Gers
William B. Cocke
Stony Creek, Va
Pocahontas Lump
W. B. Sneder & Son
Jos M’lane III
M. B Pine
Brucetown
Comlpain
Episcopal Church Records
Uable
Thomas Lord Fairfax
Main and
Water Streets
Hable
Water and
Washington Streets
Lord” Fairfax
Thes Miegu
MID City
Credit
GRIP
Mr.larrick
WM. Spotts
Giri
Miss Spangler
Winchester, and Family Liv
Mise Speng
Anmore
Haltline
Miss Spengler
V. HS
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