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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1926
Page
6
Miss Ha ne Se fra Flek and Mr. Stickley wed in Hagerstown after a journey from Waterlick. Buckley family links, late parents, and plans to settle in Strasburg frame a local wedding notice with community ties and honeymoon details.
Jeff expresses optimism about a forthcoming change and believes progress is underway. He cites unspecified plans and a hopeful outlook for outcomes that should improve the situation.
Farmville residents and visitors are noted for illness recovery and hosting guests. Mrs Krether shows heart trouble improvement. Rose Chersole returns from Romney West Virginia. Mrs Claude Sheetman and Mrs Margaret Dewry of Louisville stay at George Washington Hotel. Local figures attend events in Winchester Harrisonburg and Berryville. Baltimore and New York guests frequent town as they visit relatives, hotels, and churches.
Ping W B Smith of Hemtway Silke Philadelphia on business today. W Bell of Gaithersburg spent time here on business and returned home. Mr and Mrs M P Anderson of the county are guests of friends in town. Mrs B L Grim, confined with neuritis, improved today. Frank Royer of Baltimore visited here last Sunday with Mr and Mrs Clarence Hardy. Miss Katherine Grim, lately ill, now well and plans a visit to Belle Vernon Pa to stay with relatives J Turner for six weeks. James O Rorke of Altoona en route to Miami Fla for the winter. Mrs Clifton Athey hosted a birthday dinner on South Braddock street with cards after.
A letter from John H. Williams outlines proposed steps for a gubernatorial inaugural ceremony. Delegations are advised to view the parade from an elevated vantage, visit Governor Byrd at the Jefferson Hotel, then proceed to Franklin Street and the Capitol Square. A distinctive marking for delegates is requested to manage crowds.
The Colonial Theatre manager Mrs Dotterer publishes a correction for last night's square dancing event. Couples Charles Winkfield Elmer Winkfield and R H Barum were wrongly named as participants and will not dance tonight. Other couples have been substituted for the 9 o'clock performance.
Winchester Tire Corporation made an assignment for the benefit of creditors to Donald L. Weema, trustee. Liabilities about $15,000. Assets not listed but ample to pay a considerable portion. The firm manufactured automobile tires and was said to be doing a substantial business.
The South the Barber Shop at Main and Cork streets has been renovated and reopened by Clifton and Earl Clowser with J. A. Neales of Martinsburg in charge. The manager, a master barber with long experience, expects to provide patrons pleasing service.
In a mid Atlantic emergency at least 60 seamen aboard the British freighters Antinoe with 25 men and Laristan with 35 men face dangerous seas. The steamship President Roosevelt is aiding the Antinoe and two rescuers were lost during the effort. A third vessel reported trouble in the Panama Canal zone. The Laristan reports rescue coordination by the North German Lloyd bureau.
Andrew Bell, secretary of the amber of Commerce, said the special Baltimore and Ohio Railroad train leaves tonight for Richmond to honor Gov Byrd inauguration. It will include four Pullman sleepers and one standard day coach for those not using the sleeping car service. A large group is expected to ride the day coach and nap en route to Richmond.
An Associated Press report from Prague notes a seismograph at the Geophysical Institute recorded a catastrophic earthquake disturbance at 1.57 this morning, occurring at a great distance and lasting about two and a half hours.
Governor Pinchot told the Pennsylvania banking committees that former treasurers Charles A. Snyder and Harmon M. Kephart borrowed over 100000 from state banks without adequate security. He made the accusation at a public hearing on banking legislation in Harrisburg.
Standard shares could not hold up against selling of specialties this morning in New York stocks. The entire list receded while call loans remained unchanged at 4 percent. Mrs. Frank Beck and Mrs. Ada Iley Kater spent the week in Washington, D. C.
Clinton Landacre posted 500 bail for a preliminary hearing on charges of stealing wheat from Chas. Snapp in the county. His father, J. W. Landacre, was jailed in connection with the same alleged theft.
George Kauffman testified that Commissioner Baughman demanded $10,000 to square alleged shortages involving Howard R. , a former budget clerk in the state motor vehicles office, on the day of a key telephone call. He said the commissioner urged immediate payment by 5 30 p m while indicating the shortage exceeded 5 000. The father recounted his son denying guilt and urged him to plead, while he considered the option of five years.
Under a 1923 deed of trust and a 1925 assignment the trustees offer at public auction the four apartment unit property on east Piccadilly Street in Winchester Virginia. Sale is at 11 00 a m on Wednesday February 3 1926 in front of the County Court House. Terms require one third cash and the balance in two annual installments with bonds and insurance. Inspect via the undersigned trustees T Russell Cather and Philip Williams.
Belgium prepares a national funeral for Cardinal Mercier in the Cathedral of Saint Gudule. King Albert and Queen Elisabeth will attend with crown prince and officials, as soldiers line the route from station to church. The body will be entombed later in Malines within St Rombaut Cathedral crypt.
Erle S. Hausgerman of Cleveland was clinically dead for minutes as Dr Theron M. Jackson massaged the heart after a severe heart failure during an appendicitis operation. The dramatic technique restored heart action and allowed the surgeon to complete the procedure.
Patterson was required to pay his wife ten dollars per month on desertion and non support. The case proceeds to the Circuit Court and will be heard at the February term.
Surgeons from the Winchester area and Virginia plan to attend the sectional meeting of the American College of Surgeons in Cumberland Maryland on March 2 and 3. Dr Mayo of the Mayo Clinic will address a community meeting at the State Armory on March 2 at 8 o clock. Other speakers include Rev C B Motlimer Dr Allen Craig and Dr Dean Lewis with local Cumberland committee members named.
A U S grand jury indicted 61 defendants including 13 coast guard members and 48 others in a bootleg syndicate headed by Bill Dwyer. Three indictments charge violation of federal prohibition laws and conspiracy. The ring allegedly controlled 18 ocean steamers, with offices in the East River Savings Bank building and Lexington Avenue.
Miss Gertrude M Higgins district nurse announced today that the regular nursing classes held Tuesday evening will be discontinued for the present.
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