Fire destroys Randolph Macon Academy in Front Royal
A blaze completely destroys Randolph Macon Academy in Front Royal Virginia with ten to fifteen students leaping from second and third story windows in nightclothes. Several students suffer broken bones and one is missing believed dead though later thought safe. Dr Melton and Dr Sonner overcome by smoke as crews, nurses and volunteers rescue students amid heavy snow. Loss exceeds 200000 dollars for the building and thousands more for personal belongings.
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Randolph Macon. Academy
Royal
Warren County
Winchester
Academy
Front Royal
Afton Inn
Pay Now Save Discount Special January Rate Row
The notice from The Progressive Farmer urges readers to remit now to take advantage of advance rates. It highlights $4.00 in advance by carrier and $3.00 in advance by mail, with January as the last day at these rates.
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Progressive Farmer
Local physician recounts rescue during Randolph Macon blaze
Dr. Robt McC Glase of Weston and colleagues rushed to the Randolph Macon Academy fire in Virginia. He described boys fashioning sheets into ropes to escape the dormitories, injuries ranging from broken wrists to a compound leg fracture, and Dr. Melton, the academy president, suffering shock and smoke inhalation after aiding evacuees.
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Dr. Robt,mcc. Glase
W.ster
Randolph Macon Academy
Yal
E. C. Stuart
Hyfer
Glass
Charley Rouss
Henry Weaver
Winchester
Nicarauguan
Joachim
Nayia
Wandim
Way
Front Royal
Afton Inn
Melton
Academy
Mrs D R Barrett Dies in Grafton Rites in Winchester
Virginia Casey Barrett wife of Baltimore and Ohio official D R Barrett died at her Grafton West Virginia home after a long illness. She will be brought to Winchester on B and O train No 3 for 6 53 a m arrival and funeral at Mount Hebron Church at 10 30 a m conducted by Rev Joseph S Duckwall. Interment Mount Hebron family lot.
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Virginia Casey Barrett
David R. Barrett
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Grafton
W. Va
Sue
Barrett
Elizabeth
Lida Barrett
Nightingale
Cumberland
Joseph
William Casey
J. Hunter Williams
Winchester
Baltimore
Baltimore and Ohio
Mount Hebron Cemetery
Joseph S. Duckwall
Presbyterian Church
Badly Burned Lighting Fire With Coal Oil Incident
Mrs G E Clark of Whitacre, this county, was badly burned yesterday while lighting her heating stove. She poured coal oil on kindling and struck a match that went out. When she lit a second match flames enveloped her, burning her arm and hair. Neighbor Miss Loral Burner aided the injured woman while her family was away.
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G. E. Clark
Whitacre
Loral
Ee Kees
Clark
Mrs. Davis Saves Apartment From Fire on West Piccadilly
Mrs. Eugene K. Davis acted quickly when flames broke out in a third floor Cooper Building apartment on West Piccadilly near Loudoun. She shut three doors to cut off drafts, alerted firemen, and helped save the building, with damages about 600 dollars to contents and several hundred to the structure.
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Eugene K. Davis
Cooper
West Piccadilly Street
Loudoun Street
Davis
Aloe
Fire destroys 1500 houses in Manila Tondo district
A large blaze in Manila's Tondo district destroyed 1500 homes, most nipa frame, displacing about 5000 people. The fire began in a church and caused about 2,000,000 pesos in losses. no deaths were reported as authorities investigate the origin.
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Asso Ess
Manila
P. I
Tondo
Virginian Named In Trade Service
Walter E Ayler of Bristow Virginia has been appointed assistant trade commissioner for the commerce department at Mexico City He previously served in the division of commercial law in the department
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Associated Press
Washington
Walter E. Ayler
Bristow
Commerce Department
Mexico City
Department
Resolution Aimed at Senator-Elect Vare Rejected Credentials
The Associated Press reports a resolution to reject the credentials of Senator-elect Vare of Pennsylvania will be called up once Governor Pinchot's certified selection is presented. Senator Dill of Washington notes the action. Also noted are brief social items about Miss Hilda Miller visiting Laurenceville and visits of Mr. and Mrs. A. T. Lacey to the George Washington Hotel, plus Major R. T. Barton of Richmond spending the weekend with his mother in town.
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Associated Press
Washington
Vare
Pennsylvania
Pinchot
Dill
Hilda Miller
Laurenceville
N. J
Garland M. Hansbrough
R. T. Barton
Richmond
Shoe Shine Parlor Opens Sundays 8 to 10 AM
A shoe shine parlor operates Sundays from 8 to 10 a m at 159 and 126 North Main Street. The notice lists hours and locations for the service.
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N. Main St
Bridgers Revival Opens With Attack On Sin At New Tabernacle
The Rev Dr Luther Bridgers launched a city revival at the Antherst Street tabernacle, praising its debt free dedication and urging prayer. He preached on sin and salvation from First Corinthians 15, recounting refugee conditions in Europe and stressing Jesus as the only path to salvation.
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Luther Bridgers
Tabernacle
Antherst
Braddock Street
Epis Church
South
Nni
Rmon
Bridgera
Homer Jenkins
Bridgers
Mhan
Poers
Bridgets
Europe
Poland
Jesus
Mr. Jenkins
Murray D. Mitchell
Mitchell
Methodist Church
Union
Dr. Bridgers
President cites Mexican aid to Nicaraguan faction
President Coolidge told Congress that war materiel supplied to the Sacasa revolutionists shows Mexican complicity and that Mexican officials aided gun runners fitted out in Mexico. Rear Admiral Latimer reports two new neutral zones in Nicaragua, with disruptions along the Escondido River and seizures of property affecting American interests.
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Associated Press
Washington
Coolidge
Pelonada
Mexico
Mexicali
Nicaranga
Timer
Department
Latimer
Escondido
Mahogany Company
Dbingatolka
Pearl Lagoon
Wedded life ends for Mrs. Mary Trimble after 72 years
The widow Mrs Mary Trimble wife of William D Trimble died last week at White Mountain and was buried Saturday at the nearby B Church South. Rev Keesecker and Rev Collis officiated with pallbearers J T Hott G L Crim Harley Bailey Arthur Luttrell George Taylor and Albert Anderson. She leaves husband 9 years old and five children R L Trimble F F Trimble Gertrude Trimble R S Trimble and W O Trimble plus three grandchildren and many nieces and nephews.
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Mary Ff. Trimbie
Wm. D. Trimble
White Math
B. Church
South
Mr. Keesecker
Bunker Hill
J. R. Collis
Inwood
W. Va
J. T. Hott
G. L Crim
Harley Bailey
Arthur Luttrell
George Taylor
Albert Anderson
Trimble
Trimb
Winchester Star
Springfield
Ohio
W. OH
Unfilled U S Steel Orders Spark Market Rise
An unexpected surge of over 150000 tons in December unfilled orders for United States Steel Corp spurred another advance in prices in today’s stock market. Trading stayed moderate and mainly involved the professional segment, with gains from 1 to 5 points. Call loan renewal rate remained at 4 1/2 percent.
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Associated Press
New York
United States Steel Corporation
Earl Carroll Loses Federal Appeal Over Bath Tub Party Case
Earl Carroll the theatrical producer had his appeal denied by the United States Circuit Court of Appeals. The decision upheld a conviction for perjury related to grand jury investigations into a Washington birthday party at the Earl Carroll Theatre where Joyce Hawley allegedly served champagne from a bathtub. Carroll received one year and one day in the Atlanta penitentiary and a $2000 fine, with concurrent sentences.
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Associated Press
New York
Earl Carroll
Atlanta
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Carroll
Washington
Earl Carroll Theatre
Joyce Hawley
Montreal Laurier Palace Fire Claims 76 to 77 Youths
Montreal reports the Laurier Palace theater disaster toll rising to 76 or 77 with 68 identified, 60 asphyxiated and 11 crushed. The panic followed a small flame in a Sunday matinee, prompting a relief fund of at least 10 000 dollars and mayoral condolence.
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Montread
Montreal
Quebec
Beager , Iy
Martin
Montreal ‘Theater Managers’ Association
Laurier Palace
East End
Get Em Young Film Boycott Fire Disaster Irony
A Sunday screening of the comedy Get Em Young triggered a fire scare when a flame and smoke erupted from the projecting room below the balcony. Panic spread among the audience, with accounts naming a boy or usher as the first to shout Fire and the crowd fleeing toward exits.
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Bedlam
Flames destroy Old Main at Mercersburg Academy
Fire at Mercersburg Academy in 1896 gut a hall known as Old Main Halk. It housed classrooms, a library with thousands of volumes, a chapel, and a chemical lab. Most library volumes burned. students saved belongings. building to be rebuilt.
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Presa
Jos High
Dry W. Mytp
Dent
Academy
Hurg
Priao Coolidge
Coolidge
Wife tells officers location of still earlier abuse
After a beating, a wife told deputies she knew a still location on her husband Mahoney’s farm north of Winchester. The search uncovered a suspended cistern still and several gallons of mash. Mahoney was arrested and sentenced to six months plus a $313 fine on possession of the still. jail time could extend if the fine is unpaid.
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Mahoney
Boyd
Winchester
Accoll Mahoney
Ina
Students offered temporary homes after fire at Dolphire Academy
Injured students from Dolphire Academy were rushed to Memorial Hospital where officials sought assistance. Front Royal residents and church members looked for housing for the student body. In Winchester many came to Front Royal, but only scorched remains of the academy building stood.
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Dolphire Academy
Royal
Memorial Hospital
Royabing
Winchester
Murray D. Mitchell
Dock Street
Chas. W. Trenary
Front Royal
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty Animals Meeting
There will be a meeting of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals at 10 o'clock in the trustees' room at the library.
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The
Society For the Prevention of Cruelty
Ate Library
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D. R. Barrett
Cooper Apartment
Trade Service
A. T. Lacey
Binghamton, N. Y
George Washington Hotel
Sin
Amherst ‘Street
Vance
the Evening Star
Sacasa
Admiral Latimer
U.S. Steel Co
Moling and Seal
Smiddletown
Mercersburg
Marvin D. Haines
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