Firemen Battle Garage Blaze in Bitter Weather
In freezing conditions a large blaze destroyed a Guthridge garage and adjoining store and home in northeast Winchester. Five families fled with only their clothes as flames consumed 15 vehicles and caused about 12 000 dollars in losses. Fire hydrant problems and a slow alarm delay aided the fire’s spread before crews finally contained it.
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Sero
Winchester
Lodt
North Kent Street
Piccadily
Cameron Street
Snapp Foundry
Guthridge
George Guthridge
Paige-Jewett Motors
Kent Street
Shug Ryans
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
BE. N. Hardy
Suioke
John Stottlemyer
Perry Estep
Mr. Stottlemyer
Estep
Evans
Taylor Evans
EB. N. Hardy
Mrs. Hardy
Thousands at Tabernacle for Sunday Evangelist Bridgers
Crowded tabernacle followers heard Evangelist Bridgers preach on Galatians 4 22 30 urging Christians to put Christ first in business and home life. Dr F T McPaden led opening prayer as many sought divine conviction. Continued on page 6.
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Abraham
Isaac
Ishmael
Winchester
Christ
F.T. McPaden
Presbyterian Church
Mitchell
Luther Bridgers
Hell
Gutaridge Indicted In Liquor Case In Winchester
L M Guthridge former Winchester Police Department member was indicted by a grand jury in the Corporation Court on a charge of illegal transportation of liquor. The case remanded to police court for trial with Guthridge held in bail. trial likely later this week. Previous acquittal on illegal possession followed by expulsion from the police force by Mayor Ward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. M. Guthridge
Winchester Police Department
Corporation Court
Guthridge
B. Bull
Arethur Tevalt
Kester Booker
Aera ‘Coverstone
Clarence Tevalt
J. Thomas Boyd
William Keeler
M. A. Doran
J. W. Smith
Fred
Clark .M. Smith
K. T. Bryarly
D. B. Conrad
Harry. A. Schmidt
W. A. Sale
Kernstown
Tevalt
Charley Robinson
Trysting Place
Robinson
Ward
Virginia pledge funds for Shenandoah park reach $1.25 million
The Commission on Conservation and Development aims to buy 250000 acres in one block for a Shenandoah National Park. Virginia has pledged about $1.25 million, with roughly $600,000 left to collect. Officials estimate total park costs near $4 million, based on new surveys showing high value grazing land.
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Commission On Conservation and Development
Virginia
Conservation Commission
EB. O. Fippin
The
Park Commission
Shenandoah National Park Commission
Fipp
Anti Foreign Violence Grows in Foochow China
American and British women were beaten by mobs in Foochow as nationalist unrest peaks. Churches schools and missions were attacked with property losses reported. The British foreign office calls the situation serious and the US destroyer Pillsbury heads to Foochow to aid.
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Foochow
China
Young Men's Christian Association
LO Don
Foreign Office
Yangsze
Chamberlain
Shanghai
Recoh
Hankow
U. S.S
Pillsbury
A. Reuter
Convict Crew Hurt in Triple Vehicle Crash in Atlanta
In Atlanta on January 17 one man was killed and eleven injured, two seriously, in a collision involving two motor trucks and a street car. The victims were white convicts from the city stockade under guard, shackled and seated on a heavy truck, when a Salvation Army delivery truck struck the convict truck, sending it into the standing street car.
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Associated Press
Atlanta
Salvation Army
Winchester Fire Department Praised For Quick Control
A local insurance representative commends Winchester fire companies for their efficient handling of a Sunday morning fire at Guthridge Garage and Hardy Store on North Kent Street. He notes that despite adverse conditions the teams performed heroically and kept property loss low, praising the department and Winchester’s firefighting capability.
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Winchester
Guthridge
Hardy
North Kent Street
Johnson Blames Landis For Baseball Scandal
Chicago January 17 The Chicago Tribune reports Ban Johnson president of the American League accuses Commissioner Landis of tarnishing the reputations of Tris Speaker and Ty Cobb. Johnson says he will testify at the upcoming AL meeting to show the league protected Cobb and Speaker while Landis spread rumors and blamed Cobb for betting concerns. He defends Cobb saying Cobb never cheated and calls Speaker a different sort of man but does not detail further evidence.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Chicago Tribune
Ban Johnson
Landis
Tris Speaker
Ty Cobb
Cobb
Speaker
Johnson
Detroit
Pats
Pribune
Mr. Johnson
American League
Tris
Chaplin Improves After Bed Fall During Nurse Absence
Charlie Chaplin, in New York, shows some improvement but remains a sick man after a nosebleed from a fall out of bed at his attorney’s home. Dr. Gustav Tieck says he will stay in bed at least twelve days and notes the breakdown is worsened by domestic worries.
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Associated Press
New York
Charlie Chaplin
Nathan Burkan
Gustav Tieck
Free Chest Examination Held Saturday in Winchester and Frederick
The District Nurse Association, with Dr. BE C Harper, will offer free tuberculosis chest examinations next Saturday January 17 from 9 30 am to 12 noon and 2 to 4 pm at the Chamber of Commerce building. The clinic welcomes all residents of Winchester and Frederick county regardless of race to have their chests checked at no cost. Mr and Mrs Clyde Clem hosted a dinner in honor of their daughter Mildred Clem with guests Elizabeth Grubbs Hilda Patton Elise Mary Wisecarver Netille Fletcher Leona Harry Linwood Raymond Patton Norman Dunn and Marcel Carper.
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District Nurse Association
BE. C. Harper
State Board of Hearh
Chamber of Commerce
Winchester
Fredrick County
Harper
Iptf
Clyde Clem
Mildred Clem
Elizabeth Grubbs
Hilda Patton
Elise and
Mary Wisecarver
Netille Fletcher
Leanoa Harry
Messrs
Linwood
Raymond Patton
Norman Dunn
Marchel Carper
VA Loan and Thrift Corp Closes on Holiday
Stray notice lists heavy draft bay horse missing from W. W. Glass estate farm with slight back rise. Horse described as bay draft, contact phone 288 for details.
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VA. Loan & Thrift Corp
W. W. Glass
Dr Walter Cox remembered as longtime Maryland physician
Revered physician Dr Walter Cox, 54, died at his home on his father’s farm near Charles County Maryland after a heart attack. He had treated locals for years and once tended wounded during the Civil War era incident involving John Wilkes Booth on the Cox estate along the Potomac. He served in the U.S. Army Medical Corps during the Spanish American War and later practiced in Baltimore before returning to Maryland.
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Walter Cox
West Clifford Street
Theech
C. Stouffer
Winchester
Cox
Dr. Cox
Charles County
Samuel 22
That County
Magruder
Maryland
President Lincoln
John Wilkes Booth i
Booth
Washingto
Prince George
Cox Estate
Potomac River
Washington
Alexandria
Medical Corps
United States Army
Philippines
Car Corps
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Firemen Battle Garage
Tabernacle
F. T. McFaden
Braddock Street Methodist
Episcopal Church
South
Evangelist Bridgers
Ann Mary Schlass
Frank W. Savin
Portchester
N. Y
Hughes Motor Coo
Ford Dealers
Auto Parts Corp
Gutaridge
Vivian Hollis
West Monmouth Street
Progressive Farmer
Our Almanac
Foothow
Hart
J. W. Arthur
Insurance
Rouss Avenue
Chaplin
Nurse
L. S. Haymaker
White ‘Post
Death
DR. Gox
John Wilkes Booth
Maryland County
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