Detective Scrivener Guards Senator Walsh in Teapot Dome Probe
Scrivener, longtime Metropolitan Police member in Washington, now acts as personal bodyguard to United Senator Thomas J. Walsh. Walsh faces the Teapot Dome oil scandal hearing before the Public Lands Committee. Police report several threatening letters target Walsh and require protection.
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Scrivener
Metropolitan Police
Washington, D. C
United
Thomas J. Walsh
Public Lands Committee
Walsh
Dome Investiga
Lifg Amd
Community News and Illness in Cedar Grove VA
Cedar Grove VA items report Mrs. Barney Smith very ill for some time, with her daughter P J Martinsburg visiting. A Community League of Little will meet Friday night with a program in preparation. Miller claims to have read the largest Plymouth Rock weighing 1012 pounds. Jet Cave recently moved to the home of Joseph Caye, as Mr Caye has been...
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barney Smith
Joel DeHaven
PJ Martinsburs
League of Little
presiMiller
Jet
Jet Cave
Joseph
Caye
Illness and road work update with farm relocation
The note reports someone very ill for some time with no improvement. It mentions roads in very bad shape for some time and several men working on them the past week. It also notes that Mr. Marcellus Funk moved from John M Iries farm to the William Glaize farm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marcellus Funk
John M. Iries
William Glaize
Luray Caverns To Be Improved For Summer Visitors
Luray Caverns in Virginia plans extensive winter improvements ahead of expected excursionist crowds. Since 1878 new sections opened bringing the tour route to nearly a mile and three-fourths, with a new exit passage for visitors and increased wiring making it among the best lit caves worldwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luray
Luray Caverns
Prof Paul Keen to Operate Big Farm Near Summit Point
Prof Paul Keen head of animal husbandry at Virginia Agricultural College Blacksburg will operate a 260 acre family farm three miles northwest of Summit Point Jefferson County this spring. He is a grandson of Capt James K MecCann of Stephenson near Winchester and a native of Loudoun County Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shepherdstown
W. Va
Paul Keen
Virginia Agricultural College
Blacksburg
Jefferson County
Summit Point
Keen
James K.meccann
Stephenson
Winchester
Loudoun County
Virginia
Mustn’t Mutilate License Plates Warns Officials
Inspector of Motor Vehicles Shull urges motorists not to mutilate license plates by clipping corners or bending plates. He warns arrests will follow for law infringements and notes only three days remain to secure 1924 licenses before fines and excises are enforced.
Radio Tonight Schedules and Signal Details
Evening radio lineup lists programs across stations including WCX WGY WEAF WBZ KDKA WJZ WOR WOR WRC WOC and WSBO. It notes talks concerts recitals and bedtime stories with station call letters and frequencies such as 319 to 517 meters for WHE WSB WRC WGY and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WSB
WCX
WBZ
WEAF
WGY
England
DKA
Henry Edward
Henry Edward Warner
the Sun
WCAO
Girl Scouts Meeting
KDKA
WJZ
Sandman
WOC
WGR
S Port News
WOR
WRC
WSBO
WLW
Arlington
WHAZ
Manhattan Serenaders
GR Ale
Troy
Atlanta
Washington
WSAI
Cincinnati
WPZ
Springfield
Pittsburgh
New York City
Davenport
WIZ
Schenectady
Detroit
Newark
Louisville
WGII
Medford Hillside
Virginia to admit widows to Soldiers' Home under pension plan
Virginia lawmakers consider expanding pension rules to include widows of old soldiers married before 1887. The bill by Senator Downing would allow all such widows to apply for pensions and enter the Soldiers' Home, with space for more residents as demand grows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Star
Richmond
Virginia
Downing
Lancaster
Farm Sales Directory Listings of Stock and Implements
The notice lists multiple farm sales with dates from February to March, detailing buyers such as Morrison Widmeyer Shrum DeHaven Adams Polhamus Snapp Shirley Bromley Fishpaw Reed Davidson and others. Items include stock, implements, feed, hogs, and personal property across farms in Millwood Road Toms Brook Hunting Ridge Summit Point Middle Town Berryville and nearby routes.
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W. BH. Morrison
Cook Farm
Millwood Road
W. R.widmeyer
Reliance
F. T. Shrum
Toms Brook
H. Q. DeHaven
Hunting Ridge
Isaac Adams
Armel
Front Royal Road
Boyce Bros
Bromley Farm
J. H. Cooper
Northwestern Grade
Tony Crim
Berryville
J. M
W. S. Bromley
Dorsey Bros
J. H. Woolingham and Sons
Summit Point
C. ‘H. Schlack
Sensency Road
Kackley
Crums Chapel
B. BE. LaFollette
Bailey Bros
White Hall
C. R. Fogle
Red Bud Farm
Ben Byers
Rippon
W. Va
Training Dogs Here at Winchester Community
Claude Shenk, who trained bird dogs for Superintendent of Schools Leslie D. Kline at Winchester for two months, is spending a week with his father R. Lee Shenk on Mechanic Street. Troxell Kingree left here Tuesday to take a position with Mr. Kline.
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Claude Shenk
Supt. of
Leslie D. Kline
Winchester
R. Lee Shenk
Mechanic Street
Troxell Kingree
Mr. Kline
Page News Courier
Marriage License Issued for Smallwood Godde Couple
A marriage license was issued on Saturday afternoon in the county clerk's office. Harry P. Smallwood widower of Sheffield Pennsylvania a tin worker and Mrs Pearl M Godde a widow of Good West Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry P. Smallwood
Sheffield
Pearl. M.godde
Good
W. Va
Conspiracy to Overthrow Government Reported in Württemberg
Berlin reports from Stuttgart indicate a planned overthrow of the government discussed today by the Württemberg Parliament finance committee. Large quantities of explosives were said to have been seized as part of the alleged conspiracy.
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Berlin
Wurtemburg
Stuttgart
Sunday School Institute Opens January Thirty
A second teachers training institute for Sunday school work starts January 30 with four courses The Pupil The Teacher The Bible and Story Telling The first institute held last fall drew strong attendance and a large number of visitors. enrollment aimed at creating registered Sunday school teachers after completing courses Contact Rev Francis R Casselman Rev F J Mumford or John H Rosenberger for details.
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Centenary Reformed
Francis R. Casselman
F. J. Mumford
John H. Rosenberger
Fined for Cruelty to Animals After Horse Left Unshaded
George W. Fletcher paid a 10.25 fine and costs in police court for cruelty to animals by sheltering a horse with blankets and improvised coverings while lacking proper overhead shelter for a month. Mrs. EB Ward of the local SPCA attended, as officers testified to conditions observed after a complaint about the horse enduring severe winter weather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George W.fletcher
Four Killed When Flier Hits Auto at Crossing
Ravenna Ohio January 26 four people were killed when a westbound Baltimore and Ohio flier collided with an automobile at a grade crossing. The two men James North and Andrew Noseier of Alliance were identified among the dead. Officials believe snow on the car’s curtains blocked the driver’s view.
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Ravenna
Baltimore and Ohio
James ‘North
Andrew Noseier
Alliance
Americans win first Olympic event in 1924 Games
CHI MONIX France January 26 The United States captured the opening Olympic event as Charles Jewtraw of Lake Placid New York won the 500 meter speed skating race. He beat Gorman of Canada in the fifteenth heat.
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Chiamonix
France
United States
Charles Jewtraw
Lake Placid
N. Y
Jewtraw
Gorman
Canada
Barrels and Wheat Case Moves Through Court
Justice A. J. Tavenner heard two suits in which plaintiffs and defendants swapped roles. Barrett claimed price hikes on apple barrels and offset a $12.50 claim, while Dorsey & Sons disputed damp wheat reducing delivery by 1 1/2 bushels. both verdicts appealed to the Circuit Court.
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A. J. Tavenner
Circuit Court
William Dorsey
Jonathan Barrett
Barrett
Dorsey
Tavenner
William Dorsey and Sons
Dorsey’s Sons
Dorsey & Sons
Two Weddings on Saturday In City
Two marriage licenses were issued in the Corporation Clerk's office on Saturday. The report notes the ceremonies scheduled for the weekend with names and venues not fully legible in the fragment.
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Corporation Clerk’s of
Marriage announcement for Elliott and Orndorff in Hampshire and Summit Point
Jane and Joshua Elliott along with Gertrude Orndorff and Emily Henry are noted in a Saturday ceremony. The groom begins work Monday with the Virginia Woolen Company in the city.
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Jane
Joshua Elliott
James. T. Elliott
Gertrude Alice Orndorff
P. H. Orndorff
Hampshire County
West Va
Joseph T. Nesmith
Emily Henry
Elston Henry
Summit Point
Virginia Woolen Company
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International Bavesiet Company of America
Smallwood Motor Co
Stephens City, VA
Pierce and
McKown
Gars
Aly W. Cork
VIC Arthur Nsurance
Rouss Avenue
Cedar Grove
BIG
ASTA
Soldiers
Unearth
Anoter School Institute
Ford
Fordson
Winchester Motor Co
Chapman
Ford Agency
Dodge
Buick
Essex
Valley Ave
Willard
Elle
Scotts
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