Social and Personal Notes From Market Street Church Events
Social and Personal items report Missionary Society meetings at Market Street Church with members from home and foreign branches attending. Opequon Golf Club events include golf tennis matches, a 75 cent club supper, and an evening dance with the Virginia Reel. Several residents are noted for hospital stays, reopenings, and visits across Clarke, Harrisonburg, Massanetta Springs, and Winchester areas.
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The
Missionary Society of Market Street Methodist Episcopal Church
Charles Latham
National Avenue
Hattie Burkle
Cedar Creek
Opequon Golf Club
Martinsburg
W. F. Alexander
Charles Town
Jane White
J. O. Henson
Ritenours Return From Philadelphia Convention Trip
Mr and Mrs D W Ritenour and their children drive home from Philadelphia after attending the Mutual Life Insurance $250000 club convention. The event honors agents who sold at least $250000 in life insurance last year. The family also visited the Sesqui Centennial Exposition and Atlantic City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. W. Ritenour
Philadelphia
Atlantic City
Local Party Enjoys Weekend at Cedar Creek Camp
Messrs. Isaac Mason H C Keller R C Legg Owen Mason and Henry J Keller of this city spent a delightful weekend along Cedar Creek about 15 miles southwest of Winchester. After setting up camp members amused themselves with fishing swimming and other sports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isaac Mason
H. C. Keller
R. C. Legg
Owen Mason
Henry J. Keller
Cedar Creek
Winchester
Alderman and Mrs Alderman Sails for Europe
President Edwin A Alderman of the University of Virginia and Mrs Alderman sail today for Europe aboard the Berengaria. They will spend time in travel on the continent then go to Cal abda in summer. Dr. Alderman plans to return to America late September or early October after the opening of the 1926 27 session.
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Europe
Edwin A. Alderman
University of Virginia
Alderman
New York
Sturday
Calsbad
America
Richmond General Palmer illness update from family notices
Virtually no change has occurred in General W. H. Palmer's condition in Richmond. His granddaughter Mrs. William Beverley was summoned from this city and remained with him, while Mr. Beverley accompanied her back home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Palmer
Richmond
William Beverley
Beverley
Visits of relatives at Woodstock and nearby areas
Misses Virginia and Josephine Miller of Woodstock visit their mother Mrs. J. R. Miller at Memorial Hospital for a few days while staying with their uncle and aunt Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hoshour. Mrs. Nora Lauck of this city is registered at Natural Bridge Hotel. Mrs. J. W. Roe of Martinsburg and her daughter Mrs. Daniel Keleher of Long Island spent the day in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dudley L. Miller
Antrim A.mckay
Baltimore
Sunnyside
Snouffer
Willie Morris Snouffer
Berryville
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Miss Snouffer
J. Few Brown
North Washington Street
Virginia
Josephine Miller
Woodstock
J. R. Miller
Memorial Hospital
Charles Hoshour
Nora Lauck
Natural Bridge
J. W. Roe
Martinsburg
W. Va
Daniel Keleher
Long Island, N. Y
Irregularity Spreads Through Stock Market Trading
In New York on July 14 irregularities touched today’s market as traders dumped sluggish stocks to chase those rising briskly. The renewal rate on call loans stood unchanged at 4 1/4 percent.
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New York
Man Sought In McPherson Case Is Partly Identified
Los Angeles officers pursue Kenneth G. Ormiston former Angelus Temple radio operator who disappeared days after Aimee Semple McPherson was reported drowned. Reports say he sent a telegram to Mrs Minnie Kennedy claiming the evangelist was safe. investigators think he left the state. grand jury involvement noted.
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Associated Press
Los Angeles
Cal
Aimee Semple McPherson
Angelus Temple
Kenneth G. Ormiston
Temple
Minnie Kennedy
Ormiston
News of Mexican Trial Broadcast Over Radio
San Diego reports a plan to broadcast testimony from a July 20 murder related trial in Tijuana. Mexican authorities have consented to the airing with an English translation. Four Petette family members committed suicide after a trip during which the two daughters were reportedly abducted and assaulted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
San Diego
Cal
Tijuana
Thomas Petette
William Silver
Broadcasting Project
Petette
Typhoon Ravages Island of Rombeun Near Manila
A July report from Manila says a typhoon swept the island of Rombeun 175 miles southeast of Manila killing seven natives and causing heavy damage. A five person family drowned when their home washed away, a landslide victim, a death from a falling tree and sixty houses destroyed.
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Associated Press
Manila
Rombuen
General Andrews to Meet British Officials Tomorrow
Brigadier General Lincoln C. Andrews, head of American prohibition enforcement, will hold a round table at the Foreign Office in London with British officials from the foreign office, board of trade, admiralty, customs, and the colonial office. The aim is to find administrative measures to curb trans Atlantic bootlegging.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
London
Lincoln C. Andrews
America
Foreign Office
General Andrews
British Foreign Office
Board of Trade, Admiralty
Customs Department
Colonial Office
Winchester Apple Blossom Queen Reaches Shanghai
Mrs. D. E. Wright of this city received a clipping with a photo of Miss Margaret Bridges of Hancock Maryland chosen queen at the Winchester Apple Blossom Festival held in May. The Shanghai newspaper carried the English caption naming Winchester Virginia and praising the festival and its crop.
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D. E. Wright
Margaret Bridges
Hancock
Winchester
Shanghai
China
Shangshai
Wright
London Elephant Swallows Woman's Handbag and Jewels
Miss Carter and Augusta Conrad of Winchester recount a London Zoo incident observed during a European sojourn. An elephant seized a nearby lady's large handbag with its trunk and swallowed the bag and contents, including money and jewelry, before staff intervened. Details of the outcome were not provided.
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Carter
Augusta Conrad
Winchester
Europe
London
England
Dollar Days Friday and Saturday Sale Announcement
A bold notice promotes Dollar Days on Friday and Saturday July 16 and 17. It proclaims the event the greatest sale yet held and urges shoppers to be ready.
Old Timers Return for Matty Memorial Benefit Game
At the Polo Grounds New York Christy Mathewson era teammates and rivals played a three inning charity game raising about 25600 for the Matty Memorial Benefit Fund. George Wiltse and Rude Marquard pitched while Art Fletcher then Phillies manager barely beat the tag from Fréd Tenney who later opened a shoe business.
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Christy Mathewson
Polo Grounds
New York
Matty
George
Wiltse
Rude Marquard
Art Fletcher
Phillies
Fréd Tenney
Tenney
Fletcher
Papers Called On To Help Solve Murder Mystery
Boston police appealed to newspapers for help in identifying a young woman whose dismembered body lay in the city morgue. They sought the blue sedan driver seen near the cemetery wall in Mattapan and the maker of boxes and burlap bags used to hold the remains. Authorities said the victim had undergone an illegal operation and the dismemberment showed surgical skill.
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Associated Press
Boston
Mass
Mattapan
Timothy O'Leary
Three Killed In New York Hotel Fire
TANNERSVILLE N Y July 14 Three persons were killed nine are missing and eleven injured when Twilight Inn at Haines Falls burned early this morning destroying the hotel and forcing evacuations by firefighters and guests.
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Associated Press
Tannersville
N. Y
Twilight Inn
Haines Falls
Alleged Stabber Walter Orndorff Set for Trial
Walter Orndorff, jailed on felonious assault charges in Frederick County, is scheduled to stand trial next Wednesday in Circuit Court for stabbing Carson Renner during a Star Tannery dance about six weeks ago. Renner, stabbed in the back and chest with a knife, is recovering as doctors viewed the lung injury. no jury has been summoned yet.
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Walter Orndorff
Carson Renner
Star Tannery
Frederick County
Renner
Orndorff
Buckler Heads Capital Credit Men in Washington
Fred W. Buckler of the Washington Tobacco Company has been elected president of the Washington Association of Credit Men for the coming year. Buckler, long identified with local business interests, and his family are known to vacation in Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred W. Buckler
Washington Tobacco Company
Winchester
Washington Association of Credit Men
Mr. Buckler
Washington
Virginia
Whittemore to be hanged at Maryland State Penitentiary
The governor set 30 days after signing for the execution of Dick Whittemore. Warden Brady will perform the hanging in the death house between midnight and ten minutes after. Up to 12 witnesses including two ministers and a Baltimore sheriff may attend. The trap will be sprung by Brady or an assistant.
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Brady
Baltimore
Whittemore
Law Provi
Maryland
Warden Brady
David C. Winebrenner
Virginia Apples Continued From Page One
Statewide apple production figures are listed for multiple states including Virginia Massachusetts New York Pennsylvania Ohio and others. Totals show national and state shipments with substantial figures for each region.
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Massachusetts
New York
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Ilinois
Michigan
Missouri
Virginia
West Virginia
North Carolina
Arkansas
Idaho
Colorado
Oregon
California
United States
Tuberculosis Clinic Slated Saturday in Winchester
The District Nurse Association and the Virginia State Board of Health sponsor a free chest examination clinic for tuberculosis patients or those with symptoms. Dr. F E Harper of the state board leads the event at the Chamber of Commerce building, assisted by local doctors and nurses Higgins and Dean, July 17 from 9 am to 4 pm. Residents of Winchester and Frederick County urged to attend if never examined.
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Chamber of Commerce
District Nurse Association
FE. W. Harper
Virginia State Board of Health
Higgins
Dean
State Board of Health
Winchester
Frederick County
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Methodist Church
Lupton
Mary A. Lupton
Elizabeth Tanquary
Amherst Street
William Byrd
Clarke County
West Cork Street
Mary Byrd
Robert M. Ward
Byrd
Susie Byrd Shipley
Annapolis
James Lowery
North Braddock Street
Lucy Goss
Cumberland, Md
Mrs. McGee
Lucille Williams
Stephens City
Harrisonburg
Lawson
Massanetta Springs
Edgard Langley
Harrisonburg, Va
J. W. Carroll
John W. North
South Kent Street
Miss Belizabeth
Dorothy Cather
Mrs. C. A. Williams
Dickerson, Md
James A. Higgs
Shenandoah Junction
Maplehurst
Luther Welsh
Elmer Sanger
Harrisburg, Pa
W. B. Grove
Ewart Johnston
Clarke
Lewis M. Allen
Winchester Golf Club
Miss Price
H. F. Byrd
J. B. Beverley
Governor Byrd
Leesburg
George Dean
Strasburg News
Mrs. Ritenour
Palmer
Canter
Harry M. Canter
Methodist Episcopal Church
South
Lake Junaluska
N. C
Charleston
Sample Shoe Store
McPherson
Philippines
British Tomorrow
Superior Court
Newport
R. L
Milton J. Budlong
Catherine Frederick
Budlong
Mrs. Coolidge
Adirondacks
White Pine Camp
White House
Coolidge
Rob Roy
Prudence Prim
Mr. Coolidge
Cincinnati Street
J.J. Murphy
Cincinnati
Num
Murphy
USA
SEN
David L Walsh
CHARLES_H.GRAKELow
William AM Butler
Gomes DI Costa
David I. Walsh
William M. Butler
Charles H. Grakelow
the Elks
Gomez di Costa
Fred. Buckler
Capital Credit
Dick Whittemore
Virginia’s Apples
the Nathanson Company
N. Loudoun (Main
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