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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1927
Page
8
In Welltown county an order denies probate of Mrs. Susan Baker's will due to witness testimony on her mental state. Witness L R Baker claimed incapacity, while Dr. Chas R Anderson testified she was sound. The will, dated November 16 1926, leaves most estate to one child among eight, with some furniture allotted to others.
Rear Admiral Julian Lane Latimer, now commanding American forces in Nicaragua, once served as telegraph operator on the Shenandoah Valley Railroad and its Shenandoah division of the Norfolk and Western system. Exact service dates unknown but placed between 1835 and 1887. He worked at Shenandoah Junction with many others employed in the Norfolk and Western in that area.
The obituary notes Admiral Latimer born Shepherdstown West Virginia in 1866. He entered Annapolis in 1887 after leaving a railroad job to take a Naval Academy appointment. While at Nessle Quarry near the Potomac in Berkeley County he was struck on the neck by a rock, nearly severing his head. Latimer's home was Pinesburg Maryland.
Mr. Marshall Kremer has recovered enough from grippe to leave his parents home on South Loudoun Street and resume his work duties.
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