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Newspaper

Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jan 15, 1927

Page

8

Hargraves Freed After Moonshine Case Tie

Martinsburg West Virginia January 15 Hargraves a Winchester lunch room proprietor was released from a liquor charge after testimony at a United States Commissioner hearing. Prohibition officers chased a Hudson car on the Harpers Ferry to Charles Town road, five gallons of moonshine found, car and liquor confiscated, Hargraves denied ownership claiming sale of the car December 20. Winchester witnesses testified Hargraves was in Winchester on race night though an officer said the driver resembled him.

Martinsburg W. Va Hargraves Winchester United States H. A Downs Harpers Ferry Charles Town Harpers Ferry Pike

Hill Man Dies in West Virginia After Long Illness

G Legge 76 a native of Winchester died at his country home in Hill West Virginia after an extended illness. He was married three times. His father George Washington Legge helped induct President William McKinley into the Masonic fraternity in Winchester when McKinley served as a Union officer during the Civil War. Survived by widow and six children.

Ee Hill W.va

Litter of Ten Pigs Grows Ton of Pork Near Summit Point

A litter of ten pigs raised by William Childs north of Summit Point produced over a ton of pork in six months. The sow was a grade Duroc, and the nine surviving pigs yielded 1576 pounds when slaughtered for home use. Two pigs weighed 400 pounds and were sold late last year.

William Childs Summit Point

Capon Bridge Locals Update Sunday Sermon Delay

Capon Bridge West Virginia residents report preacher B F Line will skip tomorrow’s regular Sunday service and speak on the fourth or fifth Sunday with date to be announced. Visitors include Gladys Funkhouser and Nancy Chapman from Winchester. The town saw frigid weather with 4 degrees below zero.

Capon Bridge W. Va B. F. Line Gladys Funkhouser Nancy Chapman Winchester R. Goode Shenandoah County Nixon Harry, McKee Marie Baltimore A. L. Pugh Robert Oklahoma

Baltimore social guest postpones winter visit

Miss Evelyn Byrd Shipley of Baltimore who was to arrive yesterday to be guest of Governor and Mrs Harry Flood Byrd has postponed her visit until later in the winter. Frank L Hodgson of West John street and his brother Charles Hodgson of near Winchester recently visited their sister in law Mrs J Hodgson in Keyser.

Evelyn Byrd Shipley Baltimore Harry Flood Byrd Richmond News-Leader Frank L. Hodgson West John Street Charles Hodgson Winchester J. ©. Hodgson Keyser Martinsburg Journal

Train derailment injures engineer near Tindale

Ronic Georgia January 14 engineer John Waitt of Atlanta was probably fatally or severely injured when part of the Southern train Ponce De Leon derailed at Tindale five miles from here. Passengers were shaken but reported no serious injuries.

Ronic John Waitt Atlanta Southern Ponde de Leon Tindale

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