Trains Delayed Across Northeast By Snow and Ice
Long delays hit western railroads as ice and flood conditions snarled traffic from Utica to New York. The Broadway Limited and other western trains ran 40 minutes to an hour behind schedule amid heavy sleet and snow. In Syracuse thousands faced stalled trains and crowded hotels as passengers slept in stations.
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Associated Press
New York
Utica
E Broadway Limited
Thiy ‘Road
Ifrom
Ania
Bned
Getp
N. Y
Theodore Hygsevelt
Syracuse
Group conferences for Winchester Presbytery held in February
Group conferences for the men of Winchester Presbytery will be held in the first week of February in the Sheenans church. Led by Rev A C Bridgeman of Newport News and Dr C D Gilkeson of Chester, with additional speakers from other places. Open to all but primarily for pastors elders deacons and other church officers and organizations. Conventions cover Winchester Berryville Lone’s Chapel Opequon Round Hill Burnt Church Clearbrook and Wardensville. sessions run 10 a m to 12:30 p m and shore details outline regional groupings with dates Feb 3 4 and 5 across multiple locations.
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Presbyterian Churches
Wincester Presbytery
Sheenans
A. C.bridgeman
Newpi News
C. D. Gilkeson
Chester
Aeity
Winchester
Berryville
Lone’s Chapel
Opequon
Round Hill
Burnt Church
Clearbrook
Warden
Meais and Attorney Found Guilty by Jury
Meais and attorney convicted by federal court on charges of conspiring as government officials. Each fined $10,000 and sentenced to two years in prison. Felder, Meais’ attorney, also jailed and fined $10,000. Both plan to appeal.
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Meats
Department of Justice
S Ced
Terth
Thomas B. Felder
Means
Fatal Crime Links to Inmate’s Attitude, Gary Case Cited
Fragmentary copy describes an Indiana incident where a steel worker was electrocuted in Gary during an investigation into a prior murder. Warden Fogarty cites the inmate's disdain and lack of remorse since arrest, linking the death to his observed attitude. The report notes a ten year old boy involved in earlier events.
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Higan. Gity
Ind
Peter
Steel
Gary
Fogarty
Meeting aid at Peyton Street Saturday noon
A meeting is scheduled at the home of Mrs. Wm Ipaon on Peyton Street this Saturday at noon. The notice directs attendees to gather for the aid session, with location and time specified for those invited.
ROMP in West Virginia Pigs Calve and Labs Reported
Fragmentary notice from West Virginia describes a ROMP involving pigs and calves with unclear details. The readable terms include locations and contact-like strings though the full facts are obscured.
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W.va
Game in danger of extinction due to heavy snow
Virginia faces a wildlife crisis as heavy snowfall prevents quail and other game from reaching food. Birds risk starving and freezing. sportsmen and farmers are urged to scatter grain to save them. District supervisor Lance Fawley and county game warden W Pingley oversee response.
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Virginia
Henrie i
Lance Fawley
W. Pingley
Alsoy
Senate Nears Vote on Capital Bill as House Prepares Challenge
AP report from Washington notes Senate readiness to vote on a capital bill while House leaders move to challenge its rate provisions. Longworth and Gargiulo push a revenue-initiating plan as Ways and Means panel endorses sending the bill to the Senate if it clears the chamber.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senate
House
Longworth
Garjustek
Ways and Méans
Alien property returned to owners amid estate refinements
Washington January reports that alien property and securities valued at 24 million dollars have been returned to their owners under refinements for small estates. Thomas W. Miller, alien property custodian, told President Coolidge. The custodian’s office now administers 23,987 trusts versus 28,400 a year ago.
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Washington
Smal Estates
Thomas W. Miller
Coolidge
Miller
Dog Taxes Due Promptly in Smith County
The notice from Smith County Treasurer R.8. Smith warns dog taxes are due, with a one per cent penalty after February. The message emphasizes timely payment to avoid additional charges.
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Smith County
Treas
Moonshining Suspects Net in Uniontown Pa Capture
The last of three men sought for violation of state prohibition laws in Frederick county, Amos White, was captured near Uniontown, Pennsylvania. Pannett plans to bring White to Frederick for trial while Santmyer and Galliday remain jailed on bail. The raid yielded two stills and liquor at Santmyer and Galliday homes, with White released on recognizance to appear next day. The three indictments are expected at the county grand jury meeting Monday.
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Fred County
Uniontown
Pannett
Amos White
Carper’s Valley
Virginia
Ne R. Santmyer
Charles Golday
White's
Santmyer
Gallidaycc
Hy Ce
White
Abe Py
Prederick
Winchester
Santmyér
Goelliday
Golliday
Pennsylvania
Airplane Planed to Deliver Diphtheria Serum to Nome
Nome residents appealed to Washington for rapid anti diphtheria serum by air from Fairbanks to Nome amid a worsening epidemic. The special agent Roy Darling secured authorization for an air flight to deliver the serum from Fairbanks to Nome.
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Nome
Associated Press
Alaska
Assoiated Press
Mmeial
Washington
Fairbanks
Roy
Darling
Ggent
Department of Justice
Airbanks
District Abolishes Hanging in Washington
Jan 30. District of Columbia abolishes hanging and adopts execution by electric chair after bill signed by President Coolidge. The action ends hanging as a method of execution in the district.
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Associated Press
Waseeine
Columbia Today
Coolidge
Auto Aeries Aiscount Furniture Sale Ad
Mid City Garage announces a furniture sale February 6 featuring 25 to 50 percent discounts for a limited week. Located at 247 8 Street, the event promotes steep markdowns and brisk early attendance.
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MID City Garage
Halting Night Traffic Due to Heavy Snow Drifts
Snow drifts four to five feet high closed main highways and cross roads overnight. Farmers shoveled routes to town delivering milk and supplies while railroad crews reopened tracks by late morning. Weather forecast calls for colder tonight and rising temperatures tomorrow with strong northwest winds expected to ease further drifting.
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Thachihnery
Trafic
Baltimore
Ohio
Weather Bureau
Snow Clearing Around Letter Boxes Urged by Postal Authorities
Local postal officials appeal to Winchester and Frederick County residents to keep snow cleared around letter boxes. The move aims to facilitate and expedite mail delivery as a winter notice.
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Tie Star
Winchester
Frederick County
Foreign oils rise as market gains lift stocks
Foreign oils, once lagging, surged in early trading as the New York market lifted with a broad advance. High priced industries joined the upswing and call money reopened at 3 percent, signaling renewed optimism amid the Associated Press dispatch from New York dated January 30.
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Assoc Press
New York
Jen
Baseball Meeting Fails of Quorum
A Chamber of Commerce meeting to discuss baseball plans for the coming season failed to attract a quorum. Only Dr. E. C. Yo and Mifflin Clowe of the Kiwanis Club attended, and they waited thirty minutes before leaving. Backers of the baseball club expect to reconvene soon to decide whether to proceed or abandon the project.
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Chamber of Erce
E. C. Yo
Mifflin Clowe
Fhe Kiwanis’ Club
Circuit Court Convenes for February Term in Frederick
The February terms of Frederick Circuit Court convene Monday with a grand jury in session. Most cases are set for presentation to the grand jury. the term is anticipated as a significant one. Grand jurors summoned for Monday morning include Due, Miller, Bond, Johnson, Braithwaite, Car, Brumback, Baker, Brannon, Hershman, Carper, Gordon, Carver, Graves, Batley, Cochran, and Jarnette.
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Circuit Court of
Frederick Ety
Due
Miller
H. M. Bond
L. P. Johnson
J.S. Braithwaite
J. Ww. Car
F. P. Brumback
J. W. Baker
B. Brannon
R. Hershman
Claude Carper
E. A. Gordon
J. B. Carver
J. A. Graves
T. Batley
Wm. H. Cochran
H. H. Jarnette
Lynchburg Ware house Corp Charged With Marketing Law Violation
In Lynchburg Virginia on January 30 a Corporation Court action was filed by the Tobacco Growers Cooperative Association against the Lynchburg Tobacco Warehouse Corporation for alleged violations of state marketing laws. The case was made returnable for next Tuesday.
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Lynchburg
Tobacco Growers” Cooperative Association
Lynchburg Tobacco Warehouse Corporation
Associaivatehibiecs
Rotary Club Hosts Luncheon With Many Visitors
The Rotary Club held a noonday luncheon at the George Washington Hotel with President Bill Glass presiding. Members and visitors from the Virginia State Horticultural Society attended, including Rotarians from Harrisonburg and other cities, as well as city leaders. The program highlighted Boys Work and local welfare, urging cooperation with agencies and calling for better communication through prep letters. A Richmond committee was named to coordinate travel, with Harrisonburg reporting strong participation for the trip.
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Rotary Club
George Washington Hotel
Bill Glass
Doug Fuller
Hollie McCormac
Virginia State Horticultural Society
Glass Vance
W. ©. Tyson
Gettysburg
Rotary Po
E. D. Nin
Roanoke
Pras
Dent
The
Horticultural Society
Walter Lineweaver
Harrisonburg
P. G. Parrot
Geneva
N. Y
H. L. Price
Christian Blacksburg
Andy Cahill
Hagerstown
Saece J. VanDusen
Eddy Parsons’ Brown
Louisville
Kyi
Plain
Cox
Loudoun County
W. B. Allwood
Vo ‘Iety
Purcell McCue
Greenwood
Philip Williams
Richard H. Gray
Bill
Victor Arthur
Heads recruit drive as Ninety-first Brigade seeks 25 volunteers
The Ninety-first Brigade plans field training July 12 to 28 with a camp encampment possibly at Camp Trindle Virginia Beach. Headquarters Company undergoes reorganization under Lt Lawrence Hollis as veterans reenlist at 75 percent. Recruiters seek 25 new enlistees from the community, offering training beyond the military system and inviting eligible men to report to the North Street armory on evenings.
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Camp Trindle
Virginia Beach
Lawrence
Hollis
United States
North Street
Jolin
Dog Taxes Due With Penalty After February Lat
City treasurer Wm T Barr notes 1925 dog taxes are due with a five percent penalty after February. The report also mentions Mr and Mrs Brook Baker seriously ill at their South Main street home, he suffering complications from influenza and she with pleura pneumonia.
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Wm. T. Barr
City Treas
Brook Baker
South Main Street
Handley School Boilers Function Satisfactorily
The Handley School heating plant boiler burst yesterday causing two others to be tested. investigators seek cause while one boiler remains in service. Fireman Loring Ritter, nearly buried by coal, has recovered from shock and minor injuries.
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Loring Ritter
Government Gets Frederick Land For Small Amount
Two decrees of the United States District Court of Lynchburg Va record condemnations under the Weeks Forestry Act. The government takes over large tracts in Frederick and Shenandoah counties from the Big Survey area, originally 2434 acres owned by W A Crist et al. Land valued at 4 to 6 dollars per acre will be preserved under forest conservation. Some tracts not yet ruled upon include Luther Brill’s, with later court action planned to hear value testimony.
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United States District ‘Court
Lynchburg
Frederick County
United States
Frederick
Shenandoah
Congress
W. A. Crist
Luther Brill
Aia
Miltons Outing Ends With Disturbance in Home
Police report Milton Newman, seen with six boys yesterday, returned home to disarray. His wife, Tad Bee, was washing clothes when an argument escalated. Milton reportedly smashed items, scattered laundry, and then fled before officers could intervene, leaving the scene in chaos.
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Milton Newman
Tad
Milton Enjo
Milt
Aginia
Milton
Coe
Senator Byrd Seeks Federal Road Funding Support
A letter from Senator H. Byrd of Winchester Virginia to a government official in Washington discusses efforts to obtain federal appropriations for roads. The reply promises support and indicates a favorable view toward passage of the measure, with best regards.
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Virginia
Washington
Sen
Byrd
Winchester
Conspiracy Trial In Chicago Highlighted By Judge's Instructions
Chicago January 10 The jury heard the case on a bureau conspiracy with Judge Carpenter instructing the jury. He cautioned the jurors to weigh testimony from Mortimer chief and warned against charges of hospital contracts being tainted. The trial focuses on alleged fraud and related matters, as the jury considers the evidence.
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Associat Chicago
Bureau
Carpenter la
Mortimer
Mr Fred Cle pendent in Chicago to visit brief stay
Mr Fred Cle pendent of the Ha now engaged in Chicago arrived for a day or two at Washington Street, marking a brief visit after travel.
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Fred. B. Clependent
Chicago
Washington Street
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