Bank With Big Deposits Closed By State Examiners
The Michigan Avenue Trust Company in Chicago was closed as state bank examiners began a routine examination of its books. Deposits stood at 3.71 million dollars with 200000 capital stock and 47070 undivided profits. Loans and discounts totaled 2.85 million, with 698637 in stocks and bonds and 653912 in cash and cash items.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Michigan Avenue Trust
State Bank
Beutel
Greenwood Methodist Church to Hold Sunday Services
The Greenwood Methodist Episcopal Church will hold services at 3 p.m. on Sunday, July 24. The Sunday school will meet at 2:30 p.m. in the same church.
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Greenwood “Methodist Episcopal Church
Explosion Alarms Winchester North Side Residents
Residents of Winchester’s northern district reported a muffled blast around 7:30 p.m. Investigations failed to locate a source with many theories offered. Workers near the Winchester Cold Storage plant smelled smoke resembling dynamite while some youths were suspected of placing explosive charges near the railroad tracks.
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Winchester
Moise
Gor
Clark
Winchester Fair Grounds
Geveral
Winchester Cold’ Storage Company
Wad Campbell Denies Charges Before House Committee
Major Campbell denied accepting money to aid an escape and asked for a full inquiry. He sought to reveal witness names in his defense but asked they remain private. The investigating committee closed its doors and moved to an executive session.
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Bruey R. Campbell
Mis. Carnere
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Enjoy Outing By The Girls Angletic Association Picnic
The Girls Angletic Association hosted a Mephy's dam picnic near Wadesville last night. Edward White provided a truck and water wagon for travel, the group rode out at 6:30 and returned about 10:30. Most swam while one girl fell in and hung her clothes on a limb. The club performed music and songs, with a hearty lunch enjoyed by all. The event boosted spirits and plans for more outdoor gatherings this summer.
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Mephy’s Dam
Wadesville
Edward White
Wariver
Association
Glee Club
Harding Names Woman as Judge in DC Municipal Court
President Harding on Thursday nominated a woman to the District of Columbia Municipal Court. O'Toole, a practicing lawyer from Washington, was named to the post amid a series of nominations and church notices appearing in the same dispatch.
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Harding
Associated Press
Waent Ton
District of Columbia
Olin Lane O'Toole
Helping Hand Mission to Be Dedicated Near Winchester
Mrs Henry McVicar announced the Helping Hand Mission of Indian Hollow six miles from Winchester will be dedicated at three o'clock Sunday afternoon July 31. The sermon will be preached by Rev F M Richardson pastor Braddock Street Methodist Episcopal Church South and everyone is invited.
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Winchester
F. M. Richardson
Braddock Street
Episcopal Church
South
Local residents visit relatives amid business trip update
Mrs. Clara Smith of Frederick Maryland visits sister Mrs. T J Hicks in Frederick County. An Ex By Sheet returned this afternoon from a long business trip to cities and towns in several states for the firm Teouse Hemp Stone and Company of Baltimore.
Farmer’s wry reply stuns customer in old tale
An old farmer known for quirky sayings recounts delivering birds to a customer. When asked if he would chop off the chickens heads, he replies he never does. He explains he removes the heads from the birds, not the chickens.
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Burchbuids
Brown
Boston Transcript
The Disrupted Voice in a Political Exchange
A dialogue excerpt contrasts preference for films over spoken voice and notes a tired businessperson persona from a telephone switchboard worker. Senator Sorghum comments on humor, silence, and the risk of offending political influencers, urging careful restraint.
Fragmented OCR Keeps Mixed Text Fragment
A garbled OCR line includes stray characters and partial phrases that do not form a clear names, places, or events. The readable bits resemble a jumbled sentence fragment with numbers and letters.
Diogenes and His Tub as Lodging Icon
Fragment discusses Diogenes living in a tub as his dwelling and a friend remarking on the Floated image of the ancient philosopher. It reflects on ascetic living and the symbolic shelter of a tub as a home.
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Diogenes
Undefined Text Analysis of Saving Time
Fragmentary prompt mentions saving time and regulations but provides no clear event or identifiable entities. No measurable actions, dates, people, or organizations are present to ground a concise news item.
Quantum of Wifely Finances Cited in Domestic Memoir
Fragmentary domestic dialogue reveals stress over money between Mrs Green My and Mrs Wyse with references to a husband’s evasive toss of funds. A later note mentions a local trust marking down prices by twenty percent as a sign of financial strain.
Harper and Smart Quarrel Over Shell Shock Comment
Fragmentary dialogue frames a wartime remark about shell shock. The exchange shows Harper defending his wife’s suffering while Smart dismisses it as impossible. The article presents a terse, quotelike snippet from London Answers style coverage.
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Harper
London
Change in public demeanor as women powder openly
The piece contrasts how a modern young woman powders her face in public with an older woman’s past timid habits, noting a shift in social restraint from former times to the present.
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London
Patchwork Dialogue on Wealth and Health Hopes
Fragmentary lines discuss money worries and health. A speaker minimizes financial concerns while another alludes to wealth as a risk and a path to well being. The exchange reflects tension between money and health.
Fragmented OCR reads of a divorce notice
The readable lines suggest a divorce related note with unclear names and dates. The fragmentary text hints at an inquiry into a marriage split and possible court or filing language, but lacks coherent details to identify people or places.
Soldier's Body to Arrive Here from France
Mr and Mrs Joseph R Weigh Ridgeway West Virginia have been advised by government aut tei body of their son P Wright which recently from France was shipped to arrive in Winchester at 6 oclock this evening over the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Arrangements are being made to have the body interred in the tab let in Mount Hebron Cemetery the date of the funeral has not announced Mrs JR Collis who has been visiting relatives and friends in Frederick county returned afternoon to her home at Bronaw Va where her husband the Mr Collis is pastor of the Uni Brethren Church Mr Lawson Armentrout petit this afternoon from Richmond where he spent several days with his sister Mrs Robert Switzer in Harrisonburg Va who is undergoing medical treatment in a Richmond hospital and whose condition seems to be improving Mr William B Ryan has returned from Washington and other points
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France
Winchester
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
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Lawson Armentrout Petit
Richmond
Robert Switzer
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