Mount Weather Site Dropped From Consideration for Institutions
Washington January 18 government property at Mount Weather in Clarke and Loudoun counties Virginia is not probable for either a women's fees institution or a reformatory farm. House judiciary committee hearings and bills favoring sites shift to a commission. Mrs Mabel Walker Wirant assistant attorney general said Mount Weather unsuitable ending chances for this location.
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Washington
Mount Weather
Clarke
Lowsdoun
Virginia
House Judiciary
House
Mabel Walker Wirant
Judiciary
Former Financier Put Under Arrest
A man in a Chicago hotel, claiming to be Russell T. Scott of Toronto, faces charges of obtaining money under false pretenses by substituting grape juice for the ordered product. He claims to have financed a $30 million Detroit Windsor bridge and to have lost his $10 million company after a $50,000 lawsuit and a $10,000 judgment.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Russell
T. Scott
Russell T. Scott Company, Ltd
Toronto
Ontario
Scott
Detroit
Windsor
Ont
United States Steel Corporation
Couple Found Slain in Philadelphia Rooming House
Robt Finley of Crisfield Maryland and Mrs Helen Brunner formerly of Lackawanna Pennsylvania were found dead with bullet wounds in a city rooming house. Authorities say the killings followed a quarrel over the woman's refusal to marry him. The man was employed as a waiter.
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Associated Press
Philadelphia
Jaz
Robt, Finley
Crisfield
Helen Brunner
Lack. Haven
Rum Raiders Meet Books In New York Cabaret Raid
New York headquarters report a series of rapid raids on cabarets in the white light and Harlem districts. Police seized a quantity of liquor and arrested four men as crowds booed the raiders.
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Associated Press
New York
Ara
The
A& Number
White Light
Harlam
Ford buys school where he studied
Detroit manufacturer Henry Ford has purchased the little red school house he attended as a youth about fifty years ago. The shuttered, neglected building on Warren avenue remains unused with broken windows and a dusted bell. No plans were given for the school’s future use.
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Associated Press
Detroit
Mich
Little Red
Henry Ford
Ford
Hank
Baker Laughs At Rumors Of 1924 Candidacy
Cleveland Ohio January 18 Former secretary of war Newton D Baker laughed at a St Petersburg Florida dispatch claiming he would seek the Democratic nomination for president Describing the report as a mere sensational rumor he said there is nothing further on his political plans.
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Associated Press
Cleveland, O
Newton D. Baker
St. Petersburg
Fla
Stanley E. ‘Hermer
Baltimore and Ohio
Shenandoah Division
West Cork Street
Yale Students Back Modifying Eighteenth Amendment
A Yale News ballot among faculty undergraduates and graduates shows 982 favor modification of the eighteenth amendment with 585 for enforcement and 562 for repeal. The Garber couple of 1 South Main Street celebrate the birth of a 10-pound baby last night at home.
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Associated Press
New Haven Conn
Yale News
C. E. Garber
South Main Street
Hom
Empire Slogan Contest Opens At Market Street Theatre
The Empire Theatre launches the slogan contest offering a $20 gold prize for a concise reason to attend the Empire. Entries accepted at the Empire lobby window or No 46 Rouss Avenue through Friday at 5 PM with judging next Saturday on the stage.
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Market Street
Empire Theatre
Empire
Hine P. M
Miss Jenkins
Rouss Avenue
Doctors Recommend Calotabs For Cold And Flu Treatment
First step in treatment is Calotabs purified calomel tablets. Doctors say an active liver aids against colds influenza and pneumonia. One or two Calotabs at bedtime purify the system without nausea or loss of appetite. Sold in sealed packages 35 cents large 10 cents small. Also mentions Tao Grace Lutheran Church representation at a Roanoke meeting.
Probate commissioner orders estate reference in Lee Everly case
In Frederick County Virginia a December 29 1923 order directs Master Commissioner to report on Lee E Everly estate affairs including real and personal property value unpaid taxes and to settle accounts of Pearl B Everly Administratrix on January 24 1924 at 36 Rouss Avenue Winchester with public notice in Winchester newspapers four weeks prior Commissioner Lake Frazier to oversee the proceedings and adjourn if unfinished.
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Catherine Fawcett
Tex
Lee E. Everly
Pearl B. Everly
Winchester
Virginia
Commissioner’s Office
Lee
Everly
Rouss Avenue
Lake Frazier
M. M. Lynch
Local market prices listed for wheat butter and meats
Daily wholesale and local retail price quotes show values for wheat, flour, butter, eggs, hams, chickens, guineas, walnuts, corn meal, mixed feed, middlings, hay, and livestock including cattle hogs calves lambs and sheep. Prices vary by weight class and product with regional figures and standard middlings noted.
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Toger Ia
Kore
Sheriff Sale Planned At Bud Poultry Farm In Winchester Area
By order of executions hands Wy deke Co versus Charles Burgner Hillyard Trenary and others a sheriff sale will be held at the Bud Poultry Farm east of Winchester on January 21 1924 at 11 oclock A M. Personal property listed includes Duroc brood sows a Duroc orchard sprayer a spring 100 empty apple barrels and several barrels of apples. Deputy Sheriff A J Wiggin will conduct the sale.
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Wydeke. Co
Charles
Charles C. Burgner
Hillyard Trenary
Charles C
Publi
Bud Poultry Farm
Burgner
Nilfes
Wincheste
Bud Read
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