Chain store tax revived in Assembly again
Richmond Va Feb 21 chain store taxation was revived as a legislative issue when the House finance committee voted to reconsider postponing the bill imposing a 250 dollar tax on each store beyond five operated by a single firm Amendments would cut the tax to 100 dollars and may bring oil companies under its provisions A public hearing is set for Thursday night and attendees include independent merchants chain store representatives labor groups and housewives
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Richmond
House Finance Committee
Wilbur
Hall
A. L. Jordan
Norfolk
Legislative Commission
Mobjack Bay
Frank W. Darling
Hampton
John \. Lesner
Commissioner of Fisheries
Darling
Harry R. Houston
Charles S. Smith, Jr
Gloucester Tangers
Houston
Commission
Senate
Lloyd E. Warren
Te House
Handley Library Closed Tomorrow On George Washington Birthday
The Handley Library will not be open tomorrow in observance of George Washington's birthday. A lost twenty four dollars can be claimed as a reward from Star. loss noted at post office or Snider's store.
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Handley Library
George Washington
Friendship Fire Company to Attend Grace Lutheran Service
The Friendship Fire Company No. 1 will assemble at Friendship Hall at 7 oclock Sunday evening February 26 to attend a church sermon at Grace Lutheran Church preached by their assistant chaplain Rev Dr Co A Freed. All members are urged to attend.
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Friendship Fire Company
Grace Lutheran Church
Co. A. Freed
Friendship Hall
New McCormick Deering Tractor Sale in Winchester
Local ad advertises a big reduction on a McCormick Deering tractor at Hook store in Winchester Virginia. The offer highlights a new model and urges buyers to visit at 1308 Penden or nearby.
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McCormick Deering
Hook
Penden
Winchester
Man Dies During Visit To Old Winchester Home
William H. Franks aged 67 died in Winchester while visiting his sister Mrs. J Oliver Lowrey at 12 South Kent street He had returned to his boyhood home after 47 years living mostly in Baltimore His death followed sudden illness and uremia was a contributing factor Survived by widow and three children and three sisters funeral planned Thursday at Mortuary Chapel Mount Hebron Cemetery with Rev George W Stover officiating
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William H. Franke
J. Oliver Lowrey
South Kent Street
Star of Yesterday
Franks
Mr. Franks
Samuel Franks
Baltimore
Winche
Aoudant
Lowrey
Winchester
Etta Long
William Franks
Edna S Beavers
Michael Innes
Lillie Schieldnecht
Hagerstown
Mary V. Voorhees
Martinsburg
W. Va
Berkeley Springs versus Lions at Handley Gym
The Lions, among the top teams in the area, host Berkeley Springs in a return game at Handley Gym tonight at 8. The Lions seek revenge after a 32 29 loss to Berkeley Springs in the previous meeting.
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Berkeley Springs Vs. Lions
Handley Gym
Lions
Berkeley Springs
Berkeley Cagers
Hensell Faces Old Indictment In West Virginia
W. H. Hensell was brought from Martinsburg West Virginia by Sheriff McKown and handed to local authorities to answer an indictment for possession of a still. Indicted by the circuit court grand jury a year ago he fled the state and was only recently apprehended. He is jailed awaiting trial.
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W. H. Hensell
McKown
Martinsburg
W. Va
Hensell
1928 Dodge Sedan Demonstrator Price Drop
Used car ad notes a 1928 Dodge sedan with few miles as a demonstrator and a large price reduction. Contact J Howard Cather & Co for details by phone or mail.
Fruit Growers To Be Told All About Safeguarding Crop
Frederick county fruit growers are invited to a 4 o’clock meeting at the Virginia Experiment Station field laboratory on North Frederick road Fairmont avenue extended. R M Wathen frost protection specialist will discuss safeguarding crops from frost injury using National Orchard Heater heaters that raise orchard temperatures more than 10 degrees and are smokeless with patented fire control.
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Frederick County
Virginia Experiment Station
North Frederick Road
Fairmont Avenue
R. M. Wathen
Wathen
Rev H A Brown Former Pastor Dies In Florida
Intelligence comes from Stephens City of the death of Rev H A Brown a former pastor of the Southern Methodist Church and a member of the Baltimore Conference. He died last Friday in Florida where he had lived in retirement due to frail health. Funeral was held there yesterday. Born in Bluefield West Virginia he was about 60 and survived by his wife Miss Keller and two sons Charles and Harry. He served Stephens City Kernstown and Fairview churches for about three years.
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Stephens City
H. A. Brown
Southern Methodist Church
Baltimore
Methodist Episcopal Church
South
Mr. Brown
Florida
Holston
East Tennessee
West Virginia
Emory and Henry College
Bluefield
West Va
Miss Keller
Charles
Harry Brown
Brown
Kernstown
Fairview
Million Dollar Blaze Destroys Four Freeport Businesses
A fire starting from a Pfeifer Clothing heating plant explosion swept Freeport early today causing about 1 million dollars in losses to four large business houses and damage to nearby structures. The J D Penns store and other buildings occupied by C Hy Little and Company and Gulbert and Hulbert were destroyed. In Vincennes, Indiana a basement fire at J C Penney caused 125000 dollars in damage to that store and 25000 dollars to three others with a firefighter possibly fatally injured.
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Associated Press
Freeport
Ill
Pfeifer Clothing Company
J. D. Penns
C., Hy Little and Company
Gulbert and Hulbert
Tailors
Vince
Winchester Steam Laundry Aids Wash Day Troubles
Mr C B Yeatmax of Clarendon Virginia stops at Hotel Jack while here on business. Hotel Jack hosts a visitor from Virginia as local businesses handle cleaning and pressing services.
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Winchester Steam Laundry
Mr. C. B. Yeatmax
Clarendon, Va
Hotel Jack
American Legion Posts Mark Aviation Fields Nationwide
Ten thousand American Legion posts will mark aviation fields with town names to guide aviators. National commander Edward Spafford and regional chaplain Robb Wilson met with aviation secretaries in Washington and won government endorsement for the project.
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American Legion
Associated Press
Washington
Edward Spafford
Chih Robb Wilson
Coolidge Plans New Summer Vacation Spot
President Coolidge will choose another part of the country for his summer vacation not far from Washington. He has enjoyed Swampscott Seashore Paul Smiths mountains and the Black Hills plains and prairies and now seeks a different region though a location has not yet been decided.
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Associated Press
Washington
President Coolidge
Swampscott
Paul Smith’s
New York
Black Hills
South Dakota
United States
Funeral services for Dr Randolph at Millwood tomorrow
The funeral of Dr Robert C Randolph a Clarke county physician who died yesterday morning at his home Powhatan near Boyce follows from Christ Episcopal Church Millwood at 3 p.m. Relative and friends will gather at Powhatan at 2 50 p.m. for the procession to the church. The service will be conducted by Rev Bla de Chamberay. Burial will be in the family plot Chapel north of Millwood. Active pallbearers include Capt Philip BE M Walker Roy G Mitchell George H Burwell Kenneth N Gilpin Ben OF Randolph Percy Randolph William T P Meades Courtney B Jones. Honorary pallbearers listed from several doctors and friends.
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Robert C. Randolph
Clarke County
Powhatan
Boyce
Christ Episccops
Millwood
Word
Randolph
Winchester
Philip BE. M. Walker
Roy G. Mitchell
George H. Burwell
Kenneth N. Gilpin
Ben. OF. Randolph
Percy Randolph
William TP. Meades
Courtney B. Jones
B. B. Dutton
P. W. Boyd
Hunter H. McGuire
Walter D. Myers
Lewis M. Allen
Shirley Carter
Dabney C. Harrison
Charles O. Dearmont
Edwin Hobson
Richmond
Robert P. Cooke
Lexington
Spencer L. Carter
Reid Riley
Henry B. Gilpin
Charles Jones
Everett Meade
Irving Berlin’s Wife Stricken by Pernicious Anemia
The Evening World reports Mrs. Elin Mackay Berlin is ill with pernicious anemia and may require the Berlins to relocate to Arizona. Irving Berlin and their baby are in California, with doctors warning of possible grave complications. The illness could affect reconciliation with her father, Clarence Mackay, who has been estranged since her marriage.
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Associated Press
New York
Evening World
Irving Berlin
Elin Mackay
Berlin
Clarence Mackay
Mackay
Sues On Note He Claims Was Lost In Dispute At Frederick
Notice of motion for judgment filed by Dorothy Ruble against H Anderson to recover 200 dollars alleged due on a note lost or stolen was on trial before Judge Williams in Frederick county circuit court. Ruble testified he loaned 200 dollars to Anderson, gave a check for the sum, and received a signed note for 200. Ruble said he stored the note with letters and an automobile title in a bureau drawer and later could not find it. Anderson denies owing anything and says the 200 dollar check was cashed by him for Ruble and the money turned over to Ruble. Only the plaintiff’s witnesses had testified by 1 pm. trial expected to finish later.
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Dorothy Ruble
H. C. Anderson
Williams
Circuit Court
Frederick County
Anderson
Ruble
Stuble
Mine Blast Traps Eight Men. Rescue Efforts Continue
In Pittsburgh the Kinlock coal mine blast at Valley Camp Coal Co left six dead and seven missing. Rescuers found four bodies in the main workings and two in the brick yard before gas halted progress. Three of five unknowing workers were overcome by gas. a mule carried three to the mouth as the mule collapsed and died.
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Associated Press
Pittsburgh
Kidlock
Valley Camp Coal Company
Kinlock
United States Bureau of Mines
Morgantown
W. Va
Fort
Alleged Chicken Thief Captured Here After Sale
A man named Harry Brown was arrested by Policeman Boyd in Jefferson County after attempting to cash a check for chickens. Sixty fowl thefts were reported from area farms, with 15 chickens identified by a Charles Town resident and 45 others awaiting owner identification. Brown sold chickens to a local poultry dealer before arrest. The case involves thefts from multiple Jefferson County residents and a transfer to Charles Town for custody.
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Harry Brown
Boyd
West Virginia
Charles Town
W. Va
Jefferson County
Pannett
Brown
Tentative Dates Set For Sunday School Meetings
Winchester and Frederick county Sunday school workers met at Handley Library to plan five district conventions between June 12 and 15 and one in August. A county convention will follow in August with a fall training school expected. The group discussed changes in national and state organizations and formed a committee to align local schools with the new state structure.
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Winchester
Frederick County
Handley Library
Lewis Pidgeon
J. Luther Neff
I. N. Good
Barred Apples Draw British Trade Favor in Barrels
American fruit experts report Britain prefers barrel apples with rising prices for yellow varieties while red types fall. Nova Scotia supplies about 40 000 barrels weekly, with Scarcity of Newtowns shaping pricing. Shredded oiled paper helps scald control, but misuses undermine value.
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The
Star
Washington
Great Britain
Edwin Smith
Department of Agriculture
Europe
Mr. Smith
Nova Scotia
Rome
Pacific Northwest
Ben Davis
Stark
Nomipariel
Nova
West Virginia
Virginia
London
Liverpool
Atte Ewlt
Manchester
Experienced orchard operator sought near Kernstown station
WANTED Experienced orchard operator for Tremonti Orchards half mile from Kernstown station Apply to GC BE Godebrod Mt Jackson Va or W W Glass Winchester Va Lost Incense tag New York commercial No 614864 Reward returned to Star February 21 1p 1t
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Tremonti
Kernstown Station
GC. BE
New York
Crowds Pack Hable's Store for Four More Open Days
Crowds gather daily at Hable's Store as shoppers seek low cost men's wear. The store will remain open for business for four more days, drawing steady foot traffic and sales.
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Hable’s
Sale at Haldeman's Creamery mares at own price
A notice invites attendees to a sale at Haldeman's Creamery on Saturday at 2 p m February 25 offering four good mares for purchase at the buyers chosen price.
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Haldeman's Creamery
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Handley Auditorium
Kenneth Windle
W. H. McIlwee
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N. J
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Troper Leon
All Souls’ Hospital
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Bernardsville
Campbell
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OUR Optical
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