Middletown News Recaps Holiday Returns and Visits
Miss Myrtle Rhodes returns from Culpeper to Middletown. Various locals report holiday travels including Richard Watson to VMI and Paul Rhodes to Roanoke College. Several ladies visit Baltimore, Winchester, and Washington relatives. Teachers Susie Smith Zelda Wood Carrie Lee Glaize back from break. The Klines of Waverly host friends and relatives for gatherings.
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Myrtle Rhodes
George Hudson
Culpeper
Richard Watson
Lexington
Paul Rhodes
Roanoke College
Salem
N. K. Wise
Giles Miller
P< Va
Amey Clark
Rectortown
Sophie Clark
Harrisonburg
Laat
George Clark
Howard Wright
Wadashingen
Snowden Kline
V Waserty
Isabel Henson
Felltown
E. B. Powers
Washington
BE. R. Sperry
Baltimore
Sperry
James Kline
B. Powers
Vaucluse
James Rogers
E. E. Rogers
Winnie Fringer
Staunton
G. R.fringer, Jr
T. M. Sperry
Ren
Ington
St. Geor
Garver
Bessie Garver
Audrey
Clara
Tom Campbell
Susie Smith
Zelda Wood
Carrie Lee Glaize
Upshaw Urges House Action to Curb Liquor Abuse
Representative Upshaw demands drastic steps to end alleged drunkenness by Congress and officials. He calls for a resolution declaring persona non grata for intoxicated members and for a pledge of total abstinence by all federal appointees. He also seeks revocation of diplomatic immunity for liquor abuses.
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Ther
Associated Press
Washington
Congréss
Upshaw
Democrat
Georgia
Congress
House
Army
Navy
County Circuit Court Session Scheduled in Frederick County
Judge F. B. Whiting will hold a brief session of the Frederick County Circuit Court tomorrow. Adjournment for the term will be taken. The only matters of special importance are bond renewals for those charged under the prohibition law. these cases have been continued to the February term.
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F. B.whiting
Frederick County
Christ Church Bell a Call to Prayer
The Star reports the 7 45 a m bell at Christ Episcopal Church in Winchester will toll to invite all citizens to pause and pray for the spread of Christ's kingdom in the world. Congregations are urged to join across creeds and turn from their occupations at that time. Narrated by Robert B Nelson.
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the Star
English Girls Losing Respect Says Maj Beith
Maj Tan Hay Beith, British author, arrives in New York and warns that modern English women, like Americans, are growing wild and losing respect for womanhood. He claims youth roam freely and suggests men curb nightlife and limit cocktails to restore decorum.
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Maj. Beith
New York
Maj
Tan Hay Beith
Adriatic
England
DORAS H JONES FORMER MAYOR OF BERRYVILLE DIES
Doral Hewitt Jones a prominent Berryville Clarke county citizen and longtime mayor died at his home after an illness in his seventy fourth year. A former hardware businessman he led civic efforts and church life with wife Berlin deceased. Funeral will be at Berryville Baptist Church at 2 pm with Rev Nathan Maynard officiating. Interment Green Hill Cemetery. Pallbearers named. Sister Harriet Britton survives.
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Doral Hewitt Jones
Berryville
Clarke County
Jones
John Goldsmith
Berlin
James McCall
Nathan Maynard
Green Hill Cemetery
Preston Kercheval
Claude and
Edward Helvestine
William Dix
Ambrose Hummer
William Levi
Thomas Mesmer
Harriet Britton
First Real Touch of Winter Hits Virginia
The article reports Virginia's first genuine cold snap with sleet and rain after a damp, raw day. Ground was coated in sleet, turning to rain as temperatures rose, causing slushy streets and clogged drains. Pedestrians faced slick sidewalks despite shavings laid for protection.
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Virginia
Harding Tomb Guard Told to Shoot Probers
Soldiers guarding President Harding's tomb were ordered to shoot at anyone causing disturbances at night. Lieut. R. H. Harriman said disturbances began with stones thrown at guard houses, and a bugle has been blown near the cemetery at midnight. No motive is known.
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Associated Press
Marion
Harding
R. H. Harriman
Harriman
Son of General Wood at Manila makes $800000 speculating
Lieutenant Osborne Cutler Wood son and aide to Governor General Leonard Wood of the Philippine Islands has amassed a fortune reportedly between seven and eight hundred thousand dollars by stock speculation in Wall Street. His large transfers through New York drew comment in Washington official circles and he was advised to cease his speculative activities. He may resign from the Army and enter the Diplomatic Service. A photo shows Lieut Wood and Mrs Wood formerly Miss E Thompson of Philadelphia, married in May last year.
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Osborne Cutler Woodson
Leonard Wood
Philipine Islands
Wall St
New ~ York
Washington
Wood
E. Thompson
Philadelphia
Congress Gears Up For Busy Five Months In 1930
Washington January 3 Congress resumes after holidays with a packed five month schedule before adjournment for national conventions. Senate ballots for chairman of the interstate commerce committee mark routine morning business while a deadlock lingers. House plans a day of oratory with speeches by Treadway on the anthracite situation Upshaw on the majesty of the law and national sobriety and Guevara on Philippine independence.
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Associated Press
Washington
Congress
Senate
Interstate Commerce Committee
House
Treadway
Massachusetts
Upshaw
Georgia
Perdo Guevara
Isippine
Philip Independence
Funeral Services for Mrs Forney Held at Stephenson
Funeral services were conducted in the Stephenson Methodist Church for Mrs Pertia Barr Forney widow of William Forney who died Monday night at her son in law and daughter’s home near Berryville. The Rev Mr Harper of the Berryville Presbyterian Church led the service and interment followed at Hopewell. Mrs Forney died after a long tuberculosis illness at age sixty six. She was born and raised in Berryville a daughter of the late Adam Barr. Her husband worked for years for the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad and died last October.
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Stephenson
Pertia ' Barr Forney
William Forney
Turner Locke
Berryville
Harper
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Locke
Forney
Adam Barr
Cyclone Napa damages Meridian Mississippi town
A cyclone struck a town four miles south of Meridian Mississippi last night injuring several people and causing heavy property damage. Numerous families are left homeless as authorities assess the wreckage and begin relief efforts.
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Associated Press
Meridian
Miss
Local Chamber Justifies 25 Cent Auto License Fee
Winchester Chamber of Commerce explains a 25 cent charge for automobile licenses issued by its office. The board says the work consumes about four months yearly and invites voluntary 25 cent contributions to fund the service. If residents decline to contribute the service remains free to them.
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Chamber of Commerce
Secretary of the Commonwealth
Winchester
Chamber of Commmerce
Winchester Chamber of Commerce
SSS
Will FE. Cooper
Andrew Bll
January 13 Set As Law And Order Day
A call from Fred B. Smith of New York urges Sunday January 13 as law and order Sunday. The observance marks three years since prohibition began and asks churches to promote law observance and government enforcement.
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Associated Press
Washington
Law and Order
Fred B. Smith
New York
Executor's sale of household effects at 320 Smithfield Ave
The undersigned will sell at auction at 320 Smithfield Avenue at 11 o'clock A M on Wednesday Jan 16 1924 all the household effects of the late W M Bayliss consisting of cooking and heating stoves tables chairs buffet writing desk matting organ etc Terms cash M M Lynch Executor of W M Bayliss decd
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Smithfield Avenue
W. M. Bayliss
M. M. Lynch
Local visitors from Clifton Forge and Crozet
Mr. M. B. Whiting of Clifton Forge Virginia and Mr. J. A. Neff of Crozet Virginia were in the city for business matters and meetings with local merchants and firms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. B. Whiting
Clifton Forge, Va
J. A. Neff
Crozet, Va
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