Winchester Memorial Hospital Treats Record Patient Load
The Winchester Memorial Hospital treated 2,126 patients in the past year from Virginia and nearby states, with wards used most and a total of 28,371 hospital days. In 1924 patients would have spent about 16 days, now about 11, reflecting modern methods and improved efficiency.
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Winchester Memorial Hospital
Children’s Department
Winchester
Frederick County
Virginia
Shenandoah
Clarke
Warren
J. E. Harris
Doc- Harris
Greek Health Ministry Reports Ten Children Blinded in Clinic
The Greek Ministry of Health said ten children were blinded at the Keisarriane clinic by an injurious preparation mistaken for a mild eye wash. Officials denied 40 cases and ordered an inquiry to determine clinic conditions and responsibility.
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Associated Press
Athens
Ministry of Health
Keisarriane
Don
Model Ford Business Coupe For Sale
Used Model A Ford business coupe with 13 000 miles listed for sale. Located at 158 North Main Street with advertisement dated January 16. Simple transfer details implied and price not stated in the fragment.
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N. Main St
Hardie Sprayers Parts and Service Brief
Local listing notes Hardie Sprayers Parts and Service. Butler's Backing House appears in the same segment as a business reference page item with no further details.
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Hardie Sprayers Parts and Service
Death summons Mrs Mary Susan Lutholtz in Virginia
Funeral services were held at the Lutheran Church in Toms Broad Virginia for Mrs Mary Susan Lutholtz widow of S J Lutholtz who died at her daughter’s home in Toms Brook She was near 93 and survived by two daughters Mrs Mary Orndorff and Mrs Effa Hawkins one granddaughter and three great grandchildren Her family contributed to Shenandoah Valley developments and she was beloved in the Toms Brook Maurertown communities
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Toms Broad
Mary Susan Lutholtz
S. J. Lutholtz
Effa Hawkins
Toms Brook
W. C. Huddle
Lebanon Church
W. L. Will
Hagerstown
Geraldine Lamp
Winchester
Gertrude Will
Harold Will
Hergerstown
Annnie Lamp
Lee Lamp
Lutholtz
Negro Pleads Guilty in Baltimore Murder and Assault
Lorenzo Price, a Black man, pleaded guilty to one of the charges in the January 2 slaying of Reuben Heyman and the assault of Dorothy Burgess in Baltimore. He was remanded to jail pending appointment of counsel. no lawyer was present, and Price asked to write to his father in North Carolina. The arraignment occurred before Judge Robert F. Stanton.
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Associated Press
Baltimore
Lorenzo Price
Reuben Heyman
Robert F. Stanton
Price
North Carolina
Plans For Presentation Of Spanish Moon
Plans formulated for the Girls' Athletic Association to present the musical comedy Spanish Moon. Produced by John B. Rogers Producing Company, with elaborate costumes and settings. Rehearsals start February tenth. show to be presented at the Colonial Theatre on Tuesday evening February 25. Virgin ia Pangle chairs the committees. talented local participants expected. The script comes from Syracuse University with music by Vernon L. DeTar. The book is by Kenneth Kostenbader.
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Girls’ Athletic Association
Musicia
John B. Rogers
Tambourine and
Syracuse University
Vernon L. DeTar
University Glee Club
New York
Kenneth Kostenbader
Rogers Company
Virginia Pangle
Colonial Theatre
Glasses that Improve Appearance Promoted by Hodgson & Brown
Advert for Hodgson and Brown promoting attractive glasses that enhance a patron’s appearance. Emphasizes how the wearer will see better and look better through their frames. Includes a bold claim to improve looks with their products.
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Hodgson & Brown
University to Preserve Virginia Relics and Letters
President Edwin A Alderman announced UVA will aid in preserving studying and publishing old letters books and documents that illuminate Virginia's past. The Rotunda south wing becomes a fireproof storehouse with steel shelves barred windows and space for manuscripts and Poe materials. The university will accept gifts or serve as depository for historic research.
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Star. University
Edwin A. Alderman
University of Virginia
Commonwealth
Old Dominion
Thomas Jefferson
James Madison
James Monroe
Richard Henry Lee
Virginia
Edgar Allen Poe
Backyar
Alderman
Senate Votes To Retain Existing Sugar Tariff
The Senate voted 48 to 38 to keep the current sugar tariff. Senator Harrison of Mississippi proposed substituting present levies for increases urged by the finance committee.
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Senate
Associated Press
Washington
Harrison
Miss
Finance Committee
Navy Awards Contracts For 36 Corsair Planes
The Navy department awarded contracts for 36 Corsair planes costing 856 818 dollars to Chance Voight Corporation of Long Island. The two seater aircraft can be converted from sea to land use and will be used aboard battleships and aircraft carriers.
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Associated Press
Washington
Jan
Chance Voight Corporation
Londs Island
Navy Department
Strasburg Man Dies In Hospital
Turner Updyke aged 67, longtime Strasburg resident, died about noon yesterday at Memorial Hospital after pneumonia. He was brought to the hospital Monday and his remains were returned to his Strasburg home for funeral arrangements to be announced later in the week.
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Turner Updyke
Strasburg
Memorial Hospital
Dr. E. B. Powers Opens Office at 108 N Braddock St
Professional notice announces a new medical office at 108 North Braddock Street with hours 9 to 10 in the morning 2 to 4 and 7 to 8 p.m. and a contact phone listed as tana acad Ip-11.
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N. Braddock St
Eta of Medicine
Tana
Garage Ad Promises Low Rates at Geo. Washington Garage
An ad announces Wilmer Shade has taken over the repair department at Geo. Washington Garage offering low rates and inviting phone inquiries. The message provides a contact number framed as a sale pitch for car repair services.
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Geo. Washington Garage
Wilmer
Anti-Saloon League Aims Tying to Prohibition Policy
Detroit, Jan 16 The Anti-Saloon League of America outlined its goals at its biennial convention. Dr. Ernest H. Cherrington said the league exists to exterminate beverage alcohol and to enforce the eighteenth amendment. He stressed no party ties but will oppose officials unfriendly to prohibition and urged strong enforcement and funding.
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Associated Press
Detroit
Mich
AntiSaloon League of America
Ernest H. Cherrington
Department of Education, Publicity and Research
League
Cherrington
United States
Ex Labor Bureau Chief Sentenced in Beer Graft Case
Former Mississippi labor commissioner and newspaper publisher, convicted yesterday of conspiracy to violate the Volstead act in a beer grafting plot, was sentenced by Federal Judge Charles B. Davis to 18 months in Leavenworth prison and a $2000 fine.
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Associated Press
ST. Louis
Herber Nations
Mississippi
Charles B. Davis
Leavenworth Federal
Improvement of Mountain Falls Road Advocated
J B Crowell of Mountain Falls Virginia urges state and local officials to fund and repair the Wardensville Grade from Northwestern Grade to Mountain Falls. He notes many rural facilities and services suffer including mail delivery church attendance and medical access due to road conditions and calls for action backed by resident testimony.
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Mountain Falls Road
Mountain Falls
J. B. Crowell
Father of Mrs. Hizer Dies in Columbus
Mrs. J. C. Hizer of Stephone City reports her father W. O. Jordan died suddenly last Friday at his Columbus home. Cause was dilation of the heart. Funeral held at 1 30 o clock Monday at North Linden United Brethren Church. Burial in Green Lawn Cemetery Columbus.
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J. C. Hizer
Stephone City
W. O. Jordan
Cage Street
Columbus
Ohio
North Linden United Brethren Church
Green Lawn Cemetery
FOR RENT Modern six room house in Leicester area
Property listing for a modern six room house at 423 W Leicester offered by B. M. Sullivan with immediate possession. Listed as a rental in a local classified section.
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Leicester
B. M. Sullivan
Prohibition’s Tenth Birthday Sparks Capitol Debate
Washington reports mark ten years since the Eighteenth Amendment with House floor talk, a Senate repeal push, and Commissioner Doran declaring progress toward drying up America. Representative Oliver warns reorganization could smother reform while Senator Blaine calls to repeal the amendment. Doran cites reduced bootlegging and social improvements as economists and sociologists note benefits.
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Associated Press
Washington
Capitol
House
Senate
Doran
Prohibition Bureau
America
Oliver
New York
Blaine
Wisconsin
Nebraska
Mr. Baker Reopens Insurance Office in City
Mr. Marshall Baker, recently a Home Life Insurance Company field representative, reopens an office at 137 North Loudoun Street in the Bryarly and Green building. He will continue to represent Home Life and Ocean Accident and Guarantee Corporation, handling fire health casualty and general insurance while specializing in Home Life preferred whole life and the new educational policy.
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Home Lafe Insurance Company
New York City
H. R. Bryarly
Washington
Home Life Company
For Sale Brick residence in city limits with modern conveniences
For sale a new seven room brick house built by the owner in city limits with easy terms. Also advertise car greasing and washing at Ebert's Garage nightly with guaranteed expert service.
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A. C. Oates
Ebert
Father Found Dead in Lemoyne Home After Shooting
Samuel Sweigert, long time Pennsylvania Railroad passenger engineer, was found shot dead on a couch in his Lemoyne residence by his daughter Emma upon her return from work. A .32 caliber revolver lay nearby and his wife had died years earlier. He had not worked for days and is survived by two daughters and two sons.
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Samuel Sweigert
Pennsylvania Railroad
Lemoyne
Harrisburg
Sweigert
Emma Sweigert
Cumberland Jerley
Pennsylvanile Railroad
Swollen Rivers Threaten Farmland in Lower Valley
In the lower Mississippi valley floodwaters from Coldwater river breached a levee between Lambert and Marks Mississippi, inundating thousands of acres in Quikman county. In Arkansas the St. Francis river rose over its banks near Bertig, Greene county. Indianapolis reports from John H. Armington, US Weather Bureau chief meteorologist, say swollen streams are receding statewide except in the southwest.
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Associated Press
Memphis
Tenn
Mississippi Valley
Lambert
Marks
Miss
Quikman County
Arkansas
St. Francis
Greene County
Bertig
Indianapolis
Ind
John H. Armingtno
United States Weather Bureau
Rush At Last Minute For Auto Tags Near Midnight
Winchester Chamber of Commerce offices closed near midnight after a last minute rush for 1929 license tags. Sales to Jan 15 show 3,206 pleasure car licenses and 540 truck plates, totaling 66 936.60 dollars. Police arrested several drivers using old plates and will have hearings before Judge Weems this afternoon.
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Winchester Chamber of Commerce
Bell
Weems
League To Hold Debate Tomorrow At Kernestown Schoolhouse
The Kernstown Community League will hold a debate at the schoolhouse in Kernestown Friday night at 8 o'clock. The public is invited to attend.
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Kernstown
Colored couple to marry in city court
A marriage license was issued in the Corporation Court clerk’s office for George Nickens and Ega Taylor, colored, both of the city. Nickens is the son of Harry Nickens and Taylor the daughter of John Taylor.
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Corporation Court Clerk's Office
George Nickens
Ega Taylor
Harry Nickens
John Taylor
Handley Aims For Victory At Virginia Agricultural Ball Meet
Handley High School in Virginia hosts the Future Farmers of Virginia basketball contest with about a dozen teams from area agricultural schools. Four district rounds occur in Fredericksburg, Upperville, Harrisonburg and Winchester, with winners earning a free trip to the state championship. Local players include Stipe, Duvall, Hancock, Luttrell, Hock en, Eshelman, Rosenberger, Cochran, Bayliss, Brumback and Patton under coach Legge and instructor Sar gent.
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Handley High Schools
Virginia
Future Farmers of
Front
Middletown
Stephens City
Wistock
Handley
8 Son
New Market
Ain
Snag” Sargent
W. R
Vane
I J. Howard
Northern
Legge
Leslie Stipe
Ferman Duvall
Joe Hantcher
Willie G
Earl Luttrell
Robert Hock
William Eshelman
Robert Rosenberger
Raymond Cochran
Francis Bayliss
Roy Brumback
Donald Patston
B&O Ordered To Divest Western Maryland Stock
The Interstate Commerce Commission ruled Baltimore and Ohio must divest its $18.673 million stake in Western Maryland Railway within six months. The order found B and O violated the Clayton anti trust act, with Commissioner Sarrell dissenting on the interpretation.
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Associated Press
Washington
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Western Maryland Railway
Interstate Commerce Commission
Baltimore and Ohio
Western Maryland
Sarrell
Undershirts on sale at Feinberows Friday and Saturday
Special Friday and Saturday offer at Feinberows 115 N. Loudoun St. undershirts of Men Highrock with a 1.00 value in sizes 42 to 46 priced at 50 cents each.
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Feinberows
Loudoun St
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