Mary Lupton dies at home after long illness
Mrs. Mary A. Lupton of 310 Amherst Street died at 9 45 this morning after a long illness. She fell and fractured her hip a year ago and had been an invalid since. The funeral will be Friday at five from her home with Rev. Dr F T McFaden and Rev T H Daffin officiating. She is survived by daughter Elizabeth Tanquary, three grandchildren, four great grandchildren, two sisters and several relatives. Born September 16 1849 in the county she was in her 78th year. She was a lifelong Presbyterian. Pallbearers include Whetzell and Cather family members.
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Mary A. Lupton
John W. Lupton
Amherst Street
T. H. Daffin
Opeque Memorial
Winchester Concert Band Delights Crowd At City Lawn
The Winchester Concert Band presented the second summer concert on the Court House lawn under Prof. W H McIlwee. About 30 members performed despite some absences, wearing new white duck uniforms. A hat collection aided uniform costs as Prof. McIlwee praised public support and hoped for steady finances to avoid future collections.
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Winchester
Court House
W. H. MclIlwee
McIlwee
Thugs Rifle Store of 50,000 In Gem
Two young men robbed a Los Angeles jewelry store taking diamonds valued at 50 000 dollars. Clerk Sam Cohen 58 was beaten unconscious with revolvers during the heist reported by the Associated Press.
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Associated Press
Los Angeles
Calif
Sam Cohen
Four Drowned When Sail Boat Upsets
Four persons drowned and three others had narrow escapes when a small sail boat capsized in Lake Ontario off Hamilton Beach during a severe storm last night.
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Associated Press
Hamilton, Ont
Lake Ontario
Hamilton Beach
Keating Wins 24 Mile Lake George Marathon
Edward S. Keating, a New York swimming instructor, won the 24 mile Lake George marathon from Hague to Lake George village finishing at 4 30 this morning. His official time was 18 hours 47 minutes 18 seconds.
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Associated Press
Lake George
N. Y
Edward S. Keating
New York
Hague
Keating
Baltimore Man Dies in Heat Wave
Baltimore man Harry Levine, 38, died from heat while stung in front of his home as temperatures hit 93 degrees at noon.
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Associated Press
Baltimore
Harry Levine
Dollar Days Sale Promised Friday and Saturday
Event notes Dollar Days scheduled for Friday and Saturday July 15 and 16 with promotions highlighted on page. Details remain unclear due to fragmented OCR text.
Cornerstone Laying Planned for Winchester First Baptist Church
On Friday July 15 at four o clock the Winchester Hiram Lodge No 21 A F and A M aided by Grand Lodge of Virginia officials will lay the cornerstone for the new First Baptist Church at Washington and Piccadilly streets. The 650 seat brick edifice costs about 80000 dollars and should be ready by January 1 next. The ceremony will include a musical program and a main address by Rev Dr T Ryland Sandford of Fredericksburg Va.
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Winchester Hiram Lodge
A. F
A. M
Grand Lodge of Virginia
First Baptist
Washington and
Piccadilly Streets
Valley
Virginia
South
United States
Winchester
East Piccadilly Street
Grand Lodge of Masons
T. Ryland Sandford
First Baptist Church
Fredericksburg
Hail Damages Reported Across Virginia Counties
Weather and crop conditions for the week end reported with heavy hail damage in Bedford Amherst and Pittsylvania counties. Cotton peanuts and truck crops are described as fair to good.
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Associated Press
Washington
Virginia
Bedford
Amherst
Pittsylvania
Peking Demands Withdrawal of Japanese Forces
Peking government after a verbal protest to the Japanese legation has sent a note demanding the immediate withdrawal of troops from Tsiananfu and Tsingtao in Shantung Province.
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Associated Press
Peking
Foreign Office
Legation
Tsiananfu
Tsingtao
Shantung
Douglas Barnett Elected President of Firemen Welfare Association
C Douglas Barnett secretary of the Friendship Fire Company was elected president of the Firemen s Welfare Association for the ensuing term at the Friendship hall He succeeds Fire Chief C Lee Barr Other officers appointed include W E Huntsberry first vice president H Russell Potts second vice president W Lee Fisher secretary Clay Manuel assistant secretary and James N Moling treasurer The association reported net receipts from the Oliver carnival of 643 98 with 30 percent to each of Reuss Friendship and Sarah Zane companies and 10 percent to the South End Hose Company The next meeting will be at the Sarah Zane Fire Company hall on the first Tuesday in August.
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C. Douglas Barnett
Friendship Fire Company
Firemen’s Welfare Association
Hall of the Friendship Organization
C. Lee Barr
W. E. Huntsberry
H. Russell Potts
W. Lee Fisher
Clay Manuel
James N. Moling
Reuss, Friendship and
Sarah Zane
South End Hose Company
Sarah Zane Fire Company
Yard Party July 15 at Opequon Union Chapel
Benefit of church held at Opequon Union Chapel on July 15 with Mrs. George W. Kurtz and her daughters Miss Lucy Kurtz Mrs Frank L Grim Mrs Miller ORear and Miss Minnie Taylor as guests at the dinner hosted by Mrs. John Clayton in Frederick County Tennessee guests noted Chattanooga Tenn is named and dinner described.
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Opequon Union Chapel
Benefit of Church
George W. Kurtz
Lucy Kurtz
Frank. L. Grim
Miller O’rear
Chattanooga
Tenn
Minnie Taylor
John Clayton
Clayton
Frederick County
See Wednesday's Star Page for Details
A fragment from the Wednesday Star page hints at continued coverage inside. The unreadable snippet offers no clear event, date, or named entities to summarize.
Virginia Speeds Ahead With Record Highway Construction
The 1927 Virginia highway program is the largest yet, with about 12.5 million dollars authorized and 2.5 million available for construction under a new fiscal-year funding plan. The Richmond Washington highway extension toward the North Carolina line aims to add roughly 54 miles of concrete before winter, and the Richmond Virginia Beach route will soon open end to end, linking the coast to Cumberland Gap for a 796 mile coast-to-Gap corridor.
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Virginia
State Highway Department
Richmond
Henry G. Shirley
Highway Department
Richmond- Washington Highway
North Carolina Line
Dinwiddie County
Virginia Beach
Washington
Winchester
Roanoke
Abingdon
Cumberland Gap
Experts Believe Degenerate Killed Dairyman Mills
In Rockville Maryland on July 13 experts, guided by psychiatrists, link the July 7 slaying of dairyman Edward L. Mills to a degenerate. A note on Mills body, possibly written by an older educated person, is seen as a misdirect. Prosecutor Robert Peter Jr. questions motive and Baltimore detectives continue their investigation.
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Rockville
Edward L. Mills
Dairyman
Mills
Robert Peter, Jr
Montgomery County
James A. Manning
Baltimore Police Bureau
Baltimore
Four hundred quake victims recovered in Palestine
Four hundred bodies of victims of the Palestine earthquake were recovered from debris in cities and villages. The casualty list puts injuries at 450 with no Jewish casualties reported in country districts. Thousands spent the night outdoors fearing another tremor and most buildings in Jerusalem and Hebron were damaged.
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Associated Press
Jerusalem
Palestine
Hebron
Byrd Plans Antarctic Flight From San Pedro October
Commodore Richard E. Byrd prepares to sail from San Pedro aboard the C A Larsen on October 20 with 50 crew, 15 set for the pole flight from Stewart Island. The ship will load Byrd s Fokker planes in Norfolk Sept 16 and support 60 000 barrels of whale oil as protection against radio gaps.
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Associated Press
San Pedro
Calif
Here
Richard E. Byrd
C. A. Larsen
Stewart Island
C. Arsen
Byrd
South Pole
Norfolk
Ross Sea
Antarctic
Claire Windsor and Bert Lytell Separate After Absences
The Examiner reports film star Claire Windsor and her husband Bert Lytell have separated. Windsor cites Lytell's long vaudeville absences as the main cause and says a conference with attorneys is planned today. They wed in 1926.
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Associated Press
Los Angeles
Calif
The
Examiner
Claire Windsor
Bert Lytell
Miss Windsor
Lytell
Ridgeway School Yard Benefit at Payne Chapel Sunday School
A community event is planned at Ridgeway School Yard this Friday July 15 to benefit Payne Chapel Sunday School. The notice lists the schedule and collection details for attendees and donors.
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Ridgeway
Benefit Payne
Chapel Sunday
Lost Bay Pony At 326 Amherst St
Bay pony missing from home at 326 Amherst Street. Notify Mrs R E Byrd with any information. Phone 28 for Winchester Steam Laundry advertising contact.
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Winchester
Bay
Amherst St
R. E. Byrd
Apple Growers Prospects for consignments to England
Prospects for early apple varieties to England are good. From now on we will receive car load and less than carload lots at the Winchester Cold Storage. All shipments depart the same day under refrigeration from Winchester to England. Write, wire or telephone us. Sprint & Petley Direct Cooperative Fruit Co. Winchester, Va.
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England
Winchester
Sprint & Petley
Direct Cooreative Fruit Co., Ltd
Reverend Flickinger Arrives to Lead Centenary Church Pastoral Work
The Rev. Dr. S. L. Flickinger from Easton Pa arrives in Winchester with family to begin duties at Centenary Reformed Church. The parsonage on North Washington Street is being prepared after the Cooper house lease and interior renovation.
B. & O. Plans Apple Packing Plant at Martinsburg
Daniel Willard of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad discusses building a community apple packing plant in Martinsburg W Va. Local growers would supply fruit while the $75,000 construction would be funded by the railroad with completion hoped within a year. The project hinges on growers’ approval and site selection.
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Martinsburg
W. Va
Baltimore and
Gun Club To Shoot On Thursday Evening
The Winchester Gun Club will hold a practice shoot at 5 o'clock Thursday afternoon and invites all interested in trap shooting to join in the sport.
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Gun Club
Winchester Gun Club
Rotary Surges Past Lions 12 to 8 in High-Scoring Game
Rotary overcame the Lions club 12 to 8 at Handley Stadium in a tense contest. Hockman hit a Babe Ruth style shot, Marshall and Legge drove in runs, and Pettit, Baker, and Arnold contributed key hits as Rotary built leads and withstood late Lions threats before Rodman’s catching play ended the game.
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Rotary
Lion’s Club
Hockman
Babe Ruther
Crowser
Marshall
Leggs
Arnold
Baker
Pettit
Lions
Duffey
Legge
Fansler
Seal
Hawthorne
Patton
Rodman
Carper
Potts
Ame
Porter House
Sergeant Smith
Rotary Abrhe Bakerp
Csccicdeevse
Wattit
Oss Pocccasuthes
Baie LeGee
Athold
Clowser
Tife
A. Ll. F. Senestes
Sereéccard Bc Ae
the Elks and Kiwanians
Handley Stadium
Two Catch Some Fish Lines Drifting Together
Harry H. Woodward and Frank Fisher fished the Shenandoah north fork and returned with 26 black bass weighing about 45 pounds. Two large bass were caught simultaneously on two lines and they shared one fish after a coin flip.
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Harry H. Woodward
Frank Fisher
Shenandoah Cunty
North Fork
Shenandoah
Weather Report Warm Tonight Then Showers and Cooler
Fair and continued warm tonight with Thursday thunder showers. A cooler trend follows in the afternoon and night as gentle to moderate southwest and south winds prevail.
Special July Rate Offer From The Evening Star
Special July rate now in effect for subscriptions. Pay now to save the additional rate before it expires July 31.
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THE
Evening Star
Friday and Saturday SEE WEDNESDAY S STAR
Fragments reference events on a Friday and Saturday with instructions to view Wednesday's Star for details. The text provides no clear names, places, dates, or outcomes to confirm specifics.
Vast War Risk Insurance Reinstatements Under Way
Brig. Gen. Frank T. Hines announced that the exact amount of war risk insurance reinstated by July mid cannot be given yet as all applications have not arrived from regional offices and hospitals. June conversions are expected to total 175000 to 200000 renewals, with over 100000 previously insured men reinstated. He urged continued premium payments and advised veterans not to write for faster processing to avoid overloading staff.
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Washington
Get
Frank T. Hines
United States Veterans’ Bureau
Veterans Priory
Gen. Hines
Aose
Hines
Centra Fice
A. Mumber
Gammer
Death Penalty Sought in Maryland Murder Case
William Henry Ross a Frederick County Maryland Negro stands trial for the murder of Mrs. Lillian McElfresh at her Thurston area home on June 13. Prosecution asks for first degree murder verdict and the extreme penalty. The court adjourned after arguments by defense and state lawyers.
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Associated Press
Hagerstown
William Henry Ross
Frederick County
Lillian McElfresh
Thurston
Dr. Smith Hurt In Auto Crash En Route To Beville Fishing Trip
Rev. Dr. Charles J. Smith president of Roanoke College and Rotarian known in the south sustained a shoulder fracture and brief hospital stay after a curve accident near Troutville. D W Reed auditor of the Norfolk and Western Railway suffered chest injuries. Dr. Smith drove the car which skidded into a ditch and overturned while en route to Beville Warren county.
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Charles J. Smith
Roanoke College
J. Few Brown
Isses Brown
Winchester
Beville
Warren County
D.W. Ree
Norfolk d Wes Railway
Troutville
Jefferson Hospital
Reed
Apples Wanted By Glaze & Hurst In Winchester Va
We buy all varieties of apples early and ready for packing. Receipts accepted daily at our packing house. Glaze and Hurst cash buyers located at North Market Street Winchester Virginia. Phone 840.
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Imrs
Mary Lupton
Baptist Church
Douglas Barnett
Firemen
S. Star
Augusta Clay
Savannah
I. H. McGuire
Orkney Springs
Comdr. Byrd
California
Atlantic
Fraulein Rasche
Clarence D. Chamberlin
Commander Byrd
Hubby
Butler’s Packing House
Apple Growers
DR Flickinger
Easton
S. L Flickinger
Centenary Reformed Church
Capt. Lewis
Cooper
Washington Street
Chilamily
Flickinger
Margaret Flickinger
Moravian College
Bethlehem
Alice Virginia Flickinger
Floyd
Lafayette College
Boston
Brooks
Walter
Joseph
Quentin Roosevelt Flickinger
W. O. Zinn
North Braddock Street
North Washington Street
Joseph Hodgson
C. S. Hartman
McQuay
Lancaster
Reformed Church
University of Chicago
University of Pennsylvania
Shepherdstown
Shepherd College
St. Peter’s Church
Valley of
Herman H. Hable
Shade’s Cash
Corner Main
Cork Sts
Highland Ave
Junglemen
Weather Report
General Hines
Dr. Smith
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