Notable social and personal notices from Winchester
The itemized social column reports marriages, illnesses, travels, and local gatherings. Notable entries include the marriage of Miss Anna B. White to Theodore Baker officiated by Rev Nor Cooper, the arrival of Rev W L Dudley and Mrs Anna L Harvey to Winchester, appendicitis operations on Raymond Sealy and Irvin Yeakle, and numerous visits and hospital scenes among residents and visitors in Winchester and nearby towns.
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An Hite
Theodore Er
Nor Cooper
Lutheran Arch
Theodore Baker
Anna B. White
Irvin Yeakle
Baker's Drug Store
Flappy
Funeral Rites For Mrs Van Deventer Held In London
Funeral services for Mrs. Lubertia Van Deventer, mother of Mrs. Brooks, were held at 11 30 cere morning at West Cork street home. Rev. Dr F T McFaden and Rev E T Clark officiated. Pallbearers included Dr L M Allen and S M Chiles. Body moved to Round Hill Baptist Church for 2 pm services. Interment at Ketoctin Baptist Cemetery with listed pallbearers.
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Brooks
West Cork Street
Lubertia van Deventer
Old Ketoctin Baptist Church
Clayton
Curtis Paxton
Terry H Blakely Lodge
T. N. Crauth Fleetwood James
Elmer R. Cannon
William James
William Osborne
O. L. Williams
Edward Garrett
Anthony Dibrell
Dr. E. Copeland
Samuel Brooks
Joseph Lodge
A. J. Lynch
Bailey Taylor
Renowned Shakespeare Line Reframed in Publication
A misquoted Shakespeare line from All that glisters is not gold has been rendered as AR is not gold that glitters and All that glitters is not gold. The article notes glisters does not appear correct and the passage remains subject to textual variation.
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Shakespeare
John S. Sargent Dies on His Seventy First Birthday
John S. Sargent a retired farmer died suddenly at about 9 30 am on his seventy first birthday while visiting a neighbor in Stephens City Frederick County He had suffered a prior stroke and was living two miles southeast of Stephens City He is survived by three sons Arthur John and Sylvester and a daughter Mrs Howard Carper He also leaves three brothers and a sister Funeral services will be held Sunday at Trinity Lutheran Church Stephens City with interment in Green Hill Cemetery.
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John S. Sargent
Stephens City
Mr. Sargent
Burke
Mr. Burke
Cameron Street
Sargent
William A. Rodgers
Trinity Lutheran Church
E. 0. Graham
Green Hill Cemetery
Bride Faints in Court Over Bogus Marriage Scheme
Ellen Elizabeth Little, 20, fainted in central police court after hearing evidence that she was the fake bride in a scheme with Charles Engler to obtain money through an illegal marriage. Engler, 23, held on $2,000 bail for obtaining money under false pretenses and conspiracy with two others. The wedding certificate listed Gordon Myers and Helen Clarke as witnesses, with Ellen Little identified as the supposed bride.
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Associated Press
Baltimore
Ellen E. Little
Central Police Court
Cadden
Charles Engler
Con Engler
Carrollton Avenue
Ellen
Baeyer
Gordon Myers
Helen Clarke
Ellen Elizabeth Little
Kirwin
Engler
Westministed
Fireman Found Dead After Loft Building Collapse
New York date Jan 28 body of a third fireman retrieved from ruins after three floors of a seven story loft collapsed in the lower east side. Five other firemen were injured, two comrades and a heroic priest aided by Rev Alexander McCarthy administered last rites. Fire began on the third floor and spread to a carbonated water shop on the fourth, with chemical explosions. Damages exceed $50,000.
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Associated Press
New York
Byern
Alexander McCarthy
St. Rose of Ermine Church
Michael Anselone
Anselone
Handley Schools Honor Benefactor on Birthday Anniversary
Handley Schools mark Judge John Handley birthday with cadet corps and Handley Band leading a wreath to Mount Hebron Cemetery. The founder died in February 1894 in Scranton and was buried here, his will benefiting Winchester with a Handley School, a Handley Library and a trust of over two million dollars.
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Handley
John Handley
Cadet Corps
Handley Band
Mount Hebron
Judge Handley
Scranton
Winchester
Handley School
Handley Library
Little One Is Laid To Rest
Funeral services were held for Marshall Allen Hoover at two o clock yesterday. He was the son of Mr and Mrs G F Hoover. The Rev J S Duckwall officiated at Highland Avenue Presbyterian Church and burial followed in Mount Hebron Cemetery family lot.
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Marshall Allen Hoover
G.F. Hoover
J. S. Duckwall
Highland Avenue Presbyterian Church
Mount Hebron
Pay Now Save Discount Rates for The Progressive Farmer
Special January rate offer from The Progressive Farmer with advance payment options. Pay $4.00 by carrier or $3.00 by mail before January 31 to lock in the discount.
Spiritual Feast at John Mann Church Draws Converts
At John Mann Methodist Church last evening the 8 to 8 45 prayer service preceded a sermon by Rev. W. J. Snowden from Luke xvi 18. He urged better motherhood and critiqued current women’s fashions. Attendance grows. two converts and two seekers reported. Tonight prayer and praise start at 8 followed by a sermon on The Power of Prayer.
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John Mann Methodist Church
W. J. Snowden
Auto Light Testing Centers Open in Winchester
Four auto dealers Buick Dodge Chevrolet and Ford in Winchester are equipped to test car lights and lenses. All car owners are urged to have lights tested before state statute may require it with penalties including arrest and fines for noncompliance.
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Winchester
Buick
Dodge
Chevrolet
Ford
Florida raid nets large illegal liquor base
In Fort Lauderdale Florida on January 27 a large enforcement action led to arrests of forty one people including Broward Sheriff P C Bryan seven deputies and seven policemen. Stills were destroyed and large quantities of liquor seized as federal and local agents claimed to uncover one of the nation’s largest liquor manufacturing and distribution bases.
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Fort Lauderdale
Fla
P. C. Bryan
Broward County
Prohibition
United States
Bryant
H Vart
Lauderdale
Phins
Ann
Lake Worth
U. S
Nashua Man Confesses Role in $65,000 Postal Robbery
Michael Andrews, one of four men linked to the Salisbury Salisbury Mass mail train holdup last July, confesses involvement. He identifies John Boyd aka John the Russian as the stick-up man and says his father John Andrews and William Mavenisign waited in a car while he and Boyd boarded the train then escaped with the payroll mail sack and cashed the loot in Nashua.
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Nashua
N. H
Michael Andrews
Salisbury
Mass
John Boyd
John the Russian
Galveston
Texas
Andrews
John Andrews
William Mavenisign
Boyd
Newburyport
Amesbury
Authorities Recover Part of Stolen Money
Three weeks later they recovered the money and divided it. Posta authorities have recovered some of stolen money, but they say much it is unaccounted for.
Coffey Leader in Grim Disappearance Case
A search for a missing woman, tied to Coffey and his wife Hales, progressed through a blizzard to Manston. Volunteers found a torso in woods, a sign that the body is buried and that truth may be revealed as officers pursue the case.
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Ue Hales
Manston
Coffey
Lale
Sores
Fey
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