Judge Hutton Opposes Virginia Bond Issue for Roads
Abingdon judge F B Hutton argues against a statewide road bond plan, citing ample existing funds from 1922 24 and high overhead costs at the State Highway Department. He urges building roads within available revenue and warns against borrowing, noting salaries travel expenses and other charges.
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Virginia
F. B. Hutton
Abingdon
John H. Crockett
Wythe
Hutton
Bar of
Southwest
Virgina
Gove Stuart
Senator Crockett
Judge Hutton
Wytheville
Ranc Ee Tree
Lee Moore
John W. Guerrant
State Highway Department
Executive Committee Meeting Notice
A meeting of the executive committee will be held Monday evening February 26 at 730 p m. Harlob presides.
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Gripe
Harlob
Pres
Petersburg Plant Robbed of 10000 Dollars
Six masked bandits forced entry into the Seward trunk and bag factory in Petersburg Virginia early today bound and gagged a watchman broke the vault and escaped with $10000. The money was in small envelopes ready to be paid to employees today.
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Associated Press
Etersburg
Seward
Diamond Agent Robbed of 100000 In Diamonds
New York diamond salesman told Chicago police he was robbed by two armed men in a downtown building at 188 North State Street. Robbers forced the elevator operator from the cage on the sixth floor then halted the elevator again, menaced him with revolvers, and took a pouch of diamonds before leaving him on an upper floor.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Henry
New York
Hart
No. 188
North State Street
Arrests Made in an Old Mystery
Two men are jailed and warrants issued for three others in the case of the two year old disappearance of B L Harsell a New York writer and naturalist. Grady Buchanan is in jail in Bakersville North Carolina Fon Buchanan is held in Jonesboro Tennessee for extradition. Warrants target Green Joseph Buchanan and William Rainwater on charges connected to the Harsell case.
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Associated Press
Bakersville
N. C
B.L. Harsell
New York
Grady Buchanan
Fon” Buchanan
Jonesboro
Tenn
Green
Joseph Buchanan
William Rainwater
Harsell
Farm Credit Bill Ready For House Vote
The House banking committee completed a composite farm credit bill embracing Lenroot Andersen Copper and Strong measures. Chairman McFadden said it would be reported to the House on Monday and likely taken up for passage Tuesday.
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Associated Press
Washington
Andersen
House Banking Committee
McFadden
House
Rouss Firemen to Attend Special Sermon Service
Charley Rouss Fire Company members will attend a 7 30 p m service at Brad dock Street Methodist Church South. Rev Boyd V Switzer will preach a sermon to the firemen. Firemen to assemble at their hall at 7 o'clock and march in a body with reserved front seats. Public invited.
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Charley
Two modern homes for sale in Winchester
Opportunity to buy two modern homes at the right price with good terms and prompt possession. See Winchester Realty Co at 22 Rouss Ave Winchester VA for details.
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Winchester Realty CO
Rouss Ave
Winchester
Mid City Garage Advertises Radiator Covers and More
A brief classified notice from Mid City Garage promotes radiator covers for all cars, along with items described as alcohol, chains, and robes. The fragment lists contact or location hints as 24-1p- 24-1p-1.
Empire Program at the Empire Theater
Buster Keaton stars in Day Dreams, Pearl White in Plunder, and the only Pathe serial Aesop's Fables with Pathe News. Continuous show daily from two to eleven o'clock. A 10 15 25 cent program invites patrons to come and be satisfied.
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Buster Keaton
Pearl White
Pathe
Aesop's Fables
Pathe News
Winchester Seed Co Moves to Market and Fairfax Corner
Seed company Winchester Seed Co relocates to the corner of Market Street and Fairfax Lane as listed in the classified item.
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Market Street
Fairfax Lane
Winchester Seed. CO
Farmers in Clarke County oppose contractor collusion
In Clarke County Virginia farmers and local business leaders met in the courthouse to approve resolutions urging the Virginia General Assembly to pass laws preventing collusion among highway contractors and their Virginia Highway Contractors Association. They also denounced a proposed bond issue for highway construction.
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Baltimore Sun
Berryville
Virginia Highway Contractors’ Association
General Assembly of Virginia
Clarke County
Dabney C. Harrison
Virginia
Virginia Highway Contractors’ Association, Inc
R. W. Hey
Senate
House of Delegates
Gun Battle Foils Ohio Bank Hold-Up Foiled by Cashier
In Steubenville Ohio two would‑be robbers failed their hold-up at the People's National Bank in Mount Pleasant. Assistant Cashier Harry Price was wounded in the kidney as one bandit was shot by Ed Jones from inside the bank. The other bandit helped his partner into a waiting auto and the four escaped.
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Price
President Writes Important Note To Congress
President Harding drafted what officials called an important communication to Congress. White House aides refused to reveal the subject or details, saying only that the document would be forwarded late today and that all information was being withheld.
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Washington
Harding
Congress
White House
Three Musketeers Gives Douglas Fairbanks His Chance
Douglas Fairbanks’s sixth United Artists Production The Three Musketeers marks a peak in his career The film adapts material from Alexander Dumas and D artagnan memoirs to build its human core and plot.
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Douglas Fairbanks
Three Musketeers
United Artists
D'Artagnan
Domas
Pollard acquitted in Virginia murder trial
Thom as Pollard, a young real estate and insurance broker from a prominent Virginia family, is found not guilty of murder in the 1930s killing of his former stenographer Thelma Ham Richardson. Witnesses described a quarrel on the Pollard lawn and Pollard testified the shooting was accidental during a struggle for a pistol. Mrs Beck, called the other woman, attended the verdict and Pollard was praised by friends as he left the Hastings court building a free man.
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Richmond
Thomas Pollard
Virginia
Thelma Ham Richardson
Gath
Pollard
David C. Richardson
Liberty
Henry Clay Beatty
Thelma Ham
Atlanta
Fire starts from stove at Powell Gibson home
An overheated cook stove in the kitchen of Prof Powell Gibson’s East Lane home caused a fire on the second floor. Mrs. Gibson was burned on the hands while trying to fight the blaze as the Friendship Truck arrived. the wing of the building was ruined and insurance is expected to cover the loss.
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Powell ‘Gibson
Colored Public Schools
East Lane
Powell
Sprayer Demonstration At Chapman Auto Sales
All Fruit Space invited to a demonstration of the Stewart Super Sprayer guaranteeing 25 gallons a minute at 300 pounds with the Fordson Tractor supplying power. Rain or shine attend Chapman Auto Sales Co. Winchester, OA Monday Feb 26 from 9 AM to 4 PM. Everyone welcome.
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Chapman Auto Sales Coo
Winchester
Troop 3 Boy Scouts Call Meeting Monday Evening
An urgent notice calls all members of Troop 3 Boy Scouts to attend a meeting Monday at 7:30 PM. Also announces Shriners event with a camel cue and urges daily reads of The Star for news.
Funeral in Cumberland for G. Frank Baker
The funeral for G. Frank Baker who died in Cumberland Mad will be Sunday at 2 PM from his home 1235 Bedford Street. Fort Cumberland Lodge A F and A M will oversee services with Rev M L Enders of St Paul's Lutheran Church officiating. Burial is in Rose Hill Cemetery. Baker was a longtime pharmacist and member of multiple Masonic bodies. His sister Mrs Bethel hatcher and brother Brooke Baker attend the service.
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G. Frank Baker
Cumberland
Bedford Street
Fort Cumberland
Baker
R. W. Stone
George E. Bushnell
The
Cumberlands
Fort Cumperland Lodge
A. F
A. M
Salem
Royal Arch Masons
Winchester Lodge
Weather outlook for next week from Washington bureau
Weather predictions for the coming week from the weather bureau cover the North and Middle Atlantic States. Expect considerable cloudiness with occasional snow or rain and temperatures near or above normal.
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Washington
The
Weather Bureau
Middle Atlantic
Harrisburg Couple Wed After Quick License
A Harrisburg couple Leroy J Woolford and Agnes C Alander obtained a marriage license this morning in the Corporation Clerk's office. They traveled by Pennsylvania Railroad to the city and were driven by a local taxi man who arranged the ceremony and secured the minister. The groom is 21, the bride 23, with Woolford a Harrisburg sheet metal worker born in Waynesboro and Alander a Duncannon native, daughter of Jones Alander.
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Corporation Clerk’s
Leroy J.woolford
Agnes C. Alander
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania Railroad
Waynesboro
William ‘Woolford
Jones Alander
Duncannon, Pa
Boys Last Chance Empire Contest At Empire Theatre
If you have not entered the baseball contest at the Empire Theatre you can do so up to nine thirty tonight. Keep your numbers each Friday and Saturday and win a complete baseball outfit or individual items like a glove hat or mask. Cash awards are also offered where preferred.
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Empire Theatre
Clover seed price special from Winchester Seed Co
Seed firm announces a truckload of high grade Indiana and Michigan Red and Sapling Clover. Offers prices and samples for potential buyers. SE Winchester Seed Co. 24 1p 5St.
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Indiana
Michigan
Winchester Seed CO
Furniture Sale for Mrs Solenberger Estate Feb 25
Auction of the late Mrs Barbara Solenberger's household goods at 10 a.m. includes antique walnut and mahogany furniture, beddings, cooking utensils, plus eight dairy cows and black Poll bull. Sale at her state residence corner Market and Clarke St. Full advertisement in notice.
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Barbara Solenberger
Corner Market
Clarke St
Well Digger Buried Alive in Maryland
Maynarda Easton, 21, was trapped 35 feet underground after a sandy collapse while digging a well on Gannard Bassford’s farm near Savage Maryland. Rescue attempts continued through the night as rescuers passed food and medicine down a rope and worked to prevent further cave-ins while Easton remained pinned by boards. Prisoners from Jessups were brought in to assist tunneling from the side.
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Associated Press
Baltimore
Maynarda Easton
Gannard Bassford
Savage
Pepe Aston
Nore
Haston
House of Correction
Jessups
Underwood Considers Race for 1924 Nomination
Senator Oscar W. Underwood of Alabama, Democratic floor leader, may again seek the 1924 presidential nomination. He told friends he will after returning from Europe give careful consideration to many suggestions to enter the race. Senator Red Wood sailed today from New York for Europe, as noted in a February 2 letter to W. M. Coleman.
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Associatee
Washington
Oscar W. Underwood
Alabama
Senate
Europe
Redwood
Anti Bond Meeting Calls Virginia Wide Rally
Under the Rural Road Improvement League umbrella a statewide anti bond meeting is planned in Richmond February 26 and 27 to mobilize counties and cities against bonds. The group argues for road funding without bonds and urges broad participation to ensure Virginia residents control road planning and avoid bond burdens.
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Rural Road Improvement, League, and Taxpayers’ Association of Virginia
Richmond
Virginia
Visitor Will Preach Sunday at First Baptist Church
The Rev. M. Meetz of Ohio, visiting, will preach at 11 o clock tomorrow morning in the First Baptist Church replacing ill pastor Rev. Chas. Adey who suffers influenza and laryngitis at the church parsonage on North Market Street. Reports state Rev. Mr Ailey remains in bed but shows slow improvement.
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Ohio
First Baptist Church
Chas. Adey
North Market Street
Ailey
Quarterly Conference at United Brethren Church
The second quarterly conference of the United Brethren Church rural charge will be held in Winchester United Brethren Church at 2 p.m. on Wednesday February 28. Rev. S R Dudwig pastor and Rev. George W Stover district head will preside in the absence of Rev J Ho Brunk superintendent. All official members are requested to be present.
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United Brethren Church Rural Charge
S. RR. Dudwig
United Brethren Church
Winchester
George W. Stover
Pr. J. Ho. Brunk
Rural Charge Services by Rev S R Ludwig
The Rev S R Ludwig of the United Brethren Church will preach tomorrow at Pleasant Valley 10 45 am Fairview 2 30 pm and Sunrise Church 7 50 pm.
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S. R. Ludwig
United Brethren Church
Pleasant Valley
Fairview
Sunrise
Wedded at Parsonage in Hayfield Virginia
William Palmer and Miss Sarah V Kern of Hayfield Virginia were married February 21 by Rev. S R Ludwig at his residence on National avenue. They will reside in Chambersville where Palmer farms.
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Willian Ly Palmer
Sarah V. Kern
Hayfield
S. R. Ludwig
United Brethren Church
National Avenue
Chambersville
Rotary To Be Represented At Meetings
Rotary members plan continued attendance for the upcoming convention. The club treasurer A. Carver and Riely of Richh Lewis reported on committee plans for March and urged full participation to reach a perfect attendance record at the Rotary Convention in Louis.
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Atendance
Rotary Cretion
Kiwanian Ker Kiwaniam FP. A. Carver
Ha Sure and
Peterstmittee
Doug
Rotary
Louis
Mareh
Elma
Wallace photos to be shown free on Monday at theatre
Large Wallace exhibition prints will be distributed free at the theatre on Monday. The Empire presents five hundred photographs of Wallace in a major production featuring an all star cast and a unique page advertisement.
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Empire
Wallace: Reid
Routt Couple Depart For New Business Territory
Mr and Mrs Routt leave today for Willines and the territory of the American Tobacco Company where Routt will resign from current duties to pursue other business interests. Ruth Mbersole is noted as Mrs Routt's maiden name and many in Wine will miss them.
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S Willines
Routt
Aes Business Cohesgion
Tore
Pers
Reverend Walter Mark Illness Forces Temporary Absence
The Rev Walter Mark of Market Street Metre Copal Church is ill with influenza and will miss tomorrow's services He will preach at 11 am and the public worship will follow members are invited to attend
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Walter Mark Ddlor
Market Street
Metrecopal Church
Pocket Items Recovered Near Winchester Says News Ad
A few days ago along the Valley Pike near Winchester a lost pocket containing liberty bonds and precious stones was recovered. The finder returned the items, refusing a reward. The total value was about $250.
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Winchester
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