Indictments Set In Frederick County Courts
13 indictments returned by the regular grand jury in Corporation Court and 13 by the special grand jury in Circuit Court, led to a 26 indictment day. Loyd R. Richards faces two counts involving a minor as a statutory offense. John T. Booth, Pittsburgh resident, indicted for burglary from Winchester Wholesale Grocery, with $420 in goods. Trial dates set for Richards hearing Friday and Booth July 26.
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Corporation Court
Circuit Court
Frederick County
Philip Williams
Richards
Loyd R. Richards
William
Frank 3. Tavenner
Woodstock
Tavenner
Herbert S. Larrick
Grand Jury
Donald L. Weems
Juvenile and Domestic Relations
Corporation Court Grand Jury
Walker McC
John T. Booth
Pittsurgh
West Boscawen Street
C. W. Hollis
Jack Bowers
Wincheser Wholesale
Booth
Harry R. Kern
City grand jury fails to indict Claude Racey for perjury
The Corportation Court grand jurors did not return a true bill on a perjury charge against Claude Racey of Star Tannery who allegedly swore he saw Mrs Frances Nicholas Orndorff on January 10. The case ties to the murder investigation of Orndorff found near her mountainside home in December. Bail status not changed. Orndorff and Wayne McIlwee face trial on September 6.
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Corporation Court
Claude Racey
Star Tannery
Frances Nicholas Orndorff
Racey
Winchester
Commonwealth
Harrison
Orndorff
McKlwee
MclIlwee
Shenandoah County
Woodstock
Friendship Fire Company seeks reel team tryouts
All members of the Friendship Fire Company who wish to try out for the reel team that will go to Alexandria next month are asked to meet at the engine house at 7 30 this evening. Fred W. Forney, Capt.
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Friendship Fire Company
Alexandria
Fred W. Forney
Rouss Fire Company Seeks Volunteers for Convention Transport
Fire company members with cars requested to transport firemen to the Virginia State and Cumberland Valley Firemen's Convention in Alexandria on August 12. Contact the secretary for details.
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Virginia State
Cumberland Valley Firemen’s
Alexandria
Union veteran honors debt of gratitude in Winchester
George Hill 87, a Union Army veteran from York Pa, visits Winchester yearly to lay floral wreaths on the graves of Thomas Reardon and Honorah Reardon in the Catholic Cemetery. Wounded in 1864 near White Post, Hill recalls being cared for at the Reardon home after his march to Harpers Ferry. He says the trip costs him but and that paying respect to former neighbors remains a cherished duty.
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George Hill
York
Winchester
Virginia
Phil Sheridan
White Post
Clarke County
Harrisonburg
Hill
Reardon’s
Thomas Reardon
Michael and
Patrick Reardon
Reardon
Reardons
Young Hill
Honorah Reardon
Mr. Hill
Thomas Rearddon
Boyce Scout Fire Truck Wrecked En Route To House Fire
In Boyce Virginia on July 19 the Boyce Boy Scout Fire Department truck crashed after leaving town while responding to a kitchen fire at the Alice Carper home in Waterloo. No injuries were reported as neighbors helped suppress the blaze before Berryville firefighters arrived. damage was mainly to the truck front wheel and to the kitchen of the Carper residence.
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Boyce
Boyce Boy Scout Fire Department
Alice Carper
Waterloo
Here
Carper
Berryville
Mass Hosiery Strike Shuts Most High Point Plants
All manufacturing plants in High Point closed today except two or three, about 6,000 workers out of work as a strike spread from hosiery workers who began a walkout yesterday. An estimated 100 plants were idle due to a wage dispute.
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Associated Press
High Point
N. C
Catherine Cooper to Inter At Woodstock
The body of Mrs. Catherine Cooper formerly of Washington who died Sunday evening at her brother Robert S. Paynter’s home 20 East Pall Mall Street will be taken to Woodstock Virginia at 2 o clock tomorrow afternoon for funeral services at 3 30 and burial in that town.
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Catherine Cooper
Washington
Robert S. Paynter
East Pall Mall Street
Woodstock
Yard Party Benefit for Pleasant Valley Aid Society
Thursday night July 21 a yard party at D A Smith's to raise funds for the Pleasant Valley Aid Society through a community benefit event with proceeds supporting local assistance.
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D A. Smith's
Pleasant Valley Aid Society
Lost large amethyst pin set in gold in Ste phenson
The notice seeks a liberal reward for the return of a large amethyst pin set in gold with a flaw in the stone. It was likely lost around July 20 in Ste phenson Virginia near 222 Amherst street. Contact 222 Amherst street for details and reward.
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Amherst Street
Colored Man Jumps From Hospital Window During Appendicitis Scare
William Johnson of Harrisonburg fled Winchester Memorial Hospital after a nurse threatened an appendectomy. Police later recaptured him on Highland Avenue. he complained of stomach pain but avoided surgery, saying he did not want a knife. He had been jailed for disobeying an order to leave the city.
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William Johnson
Harrisonburg
Winchester Memorial Hospital
William
Highland Avenue
Donald L. Weems
Winchester
Pannett
Tal
Illiam
Wilam
Dozen More Heat Deaths Mark Deadly Wave Across States
A dozen additional heat and drowning fatalities were reported as a Great Heat Wave persisted. The hardest hit areas included Alva Oklahoma and Phoenix Arizona with temperatures near 110 degrees, while Texas, Iowa, Wisconsin, South Dakota and Nebraska faced sweltering conditions and several deaths. Further east New York City enjoyed a milder 81 degrees.
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Washington
Rockies
Alva
Okla
Phoenix
Ariz
Altus
Texas
Iowa
Wisconsin
South Dakota
Nebraska
Indiana
Kentucky
Blue Grass
New York City
Betsy Ross and Crystal Restaurant Ice Cream Sale
Regular 35 cent ice cream now 23 cents offered by Betsy Ross and Crystal Restaurant. Ad lists page numbers 1p-41-18,19,22,23.
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Betsy ‘Ross and Crystal Restaurant
White House Guard Tightens After Demonstration Threat
About 50 members of a bonus seeking group were dispersed without incident as police fortified the White House. Authorities closed grounds and guarded entrances after a report of radicals marching toward the executive mansion. No demonstrators appeared. guards had been in place since a veterans’ gathering Saturday night.
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Associated Press
Washington
White House
Executive Mansion
Secret sense of dogs, Uncle Eben argues
In a Washington Star quote, Uncle Eben humorously asserts that animals have a sixth sense. He claims when a man says he dislikes dogs, the dogs have already judged him and decided to dislike him in return.
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Uncle Eben
Washington Star
Democrats Of Clarke To Organize Campaign Club
In Berryville Virginia the Democrats of Clarke County will hold a mass meeting at the County Court House tonight at 8 o clock to form a Roosevelt Garner Democratic Campaign Club. Gov. Harry F Byrd and Commonwealth Attorney John Galleher will speak. A Young Democratic Club will also be organized with F M Wray as Clarke County Democratic chairman.
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Berryville
Clarke County
Harry F. Byrd
Virginia
Commonwealth
John Galleher
Leesburg
Young Democratic Clubs of America
F. M. Wray
Democratic War Chest Appeals for Funds Nationwide
The Democratic National Committee urges funds for the presidential campaign. telegram from James A. Farley and John J. Raskob asks Democrats nationwide to donate immediately to the Democratic Victory Campaign. State chairman Byrd is urged to collect funds locally and forward to the DNC treasurer in New York.
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Democratic National Committee
Ee Byrd
James A. Farley
John J. Raskob
National Committee
Washerington
Madison Avenue
New York City
Woods Host Confederate Veterans Reunion On Lee Highway
Mr and Mrs William G Wood of Rappahannock County invite all Confederate veterans to attend the annual reunion at their home on the Lee Highway near Sperryville Saturday July 30 The Wood home is accessible by bus and auto They have entertained for years in honor of the Confederate veterans and hope many will attend this year
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William G. Wood
Rappahannock County
Lee Highway
Sperryville
Wood
Two Killings and Suicide In Fury near Clarksburg
In Clarksburg West Virginia on July 19 D Walker Bender a 45 year old unemployed coal miner shot and killed his wife 45 and neighbor William Hill 38 then killed himself All three died almost instantly The incident occurred in a fury as the man ended his life after the double homicide
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Associated Press
Clarksburg
W. Va
D. Walker Bender
William Hill
Special Linen Suit and Summer Pants Laundry Service
Special linen suit and summer pants laundry service offered at the Sanitary Laundry. Contact phone 191 for details.
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the Sanitary Laundry
Ridgeway Benefit Sunday School Program Thursday Night
A Ridgeway notice invites attendance for a Benefit Paynes Chapel Sunday School event on Thursday night July 21. The readable line also contains the number 19-19-21 in the fragment.
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Ridgeway
Paynes Chapel
Whole Fried Chicken Lunches Four for A Dollar
An old classifieds note offers whole fried chicken lunches four for 1.00 with sandwiches and salad available. Contact Mrs. Smith at 309-M.
Fauquier Posse Hunted Negro Alleged Kidnappers Trial Troubles
Lloyd Fisher, Curtis defense counsel, seeks an order to show cause to set aside John Hughes Curtis verdict for hindering capture of kidnappers. Fisher alleges prosecutor Hauck bought jurors’ cooperation with detectives, citing county payment to a private detective agency. Curtis was jailed then released on bond while appeal proceeds.
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Associated Press
Flemington
N. J
Lloyd Fisher
John Hughes Curtis
Anthony M. Hauck
Curtis
Fisher
Hunterdon County Board of Freeholders
Freeholders
Cou
Roosevelt Takes Command Of Campaign In Albany Visit
Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt assumed active command of his campaign as the Democratic presidential nominee. He met with national chairman James A. Farley and advisor Louis M. Howe in Albany for a luncheon after a Rye Beach trip. Contenders like Col. Edward M. House and Leopold M. Goulston joined talks focused on party harmony amid the Stop Roosevelt effort.
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Associated Press
Albany
N. Y
Franklin D. Roosevelt
James A. Farley
Louis M. Howe
Mr. Roosevelt
Rye Beach
N. H
Col
Edward M. House
Wilson
Leopold M. Goulston
Ely
Massachusetts
Suspect Sought After Assault on Baxleys in Virginia
Fauquier county deputies led by Sheriff Wolfe scoured the Blue Ridge west of Hume and Markham for Shadric Thompson after an early morning assault on Mr. and Mrs. Henry L. Baxley. The couple were beaten in their bed and left unconscious. their child was unharmed. Searchers planned to continue through the day and night, with farmers joining the armed posse.
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Star
Marshall
Fauquier County
Wolfe
Blue Ridge Mountains
Hume
Markham
Shadric Thompson
Henry L. Baxley
Hume-Markham
Flashes of life and odd quotes across cities
A Chicago man endures a chilly jail cell after a pepper prank, while Governor Roosevelt welcomes Gene Tunney as a campaign hitter. Reports note tear gas use in Chicago, historical postal rates, a gagging necktie tale, a gas warning, and quirky local incidents from Philadelphia to St Louis and Yeager Kentucky.
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Renner
Rouss Fire Company
THE
Evening Star
York, Pa
Garner
John N. Garner
Uvalde, Tex
Stephenson
Aliz
Texans
Democrats of
Clarke
Democratic War Chest
Mr. Byrd
Byrd
Frederick
Fauquier
Gurtis
Gov. Roosevelt
Goulston
Roosevelt
Chicago
Henry Baxley
Joseph Wierschowski
Wierschowski
Hampton Beach
Gene Tunney
John Hancock
Philadelphia
Nathan Parkaroff
New York
Aaron Lipschitz
London
ST. Louis
Henry C Babcock
Yeager
Jimmy Potter
Potter
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