Female bandits hold up Mount Jackson bank in $2000 haul
In Mount Jackson Virginia a trio of bank robbers two women and a man held up the Mount Jackson National Bank shortly before ten. They looted about $2000 and fled in a nearly new Buick sedan DC license N-9325. Bank employees were held at gunpoint as the trio escaped along the Valley pike. The male bandit was identified by bookkeeper C I Dellinger as his cousin Kirby L Dellinger of Washington DC. Police nationwide alerted but no capture by noon with possible routes toward Strasburg Front Royal Warrenton and Washington.
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Mount Jackson
Mount Jackson National Bank
C. I. Dellinger
Kirby L. Dellinger
Washington, D. C
A. L. Burkett
C. S. Dellinger
Mildred Burkett
Dellinger
Washington
Burkett
Miss Burkett
Valley Pike
District of Columbia
Subscriptions Discount Ends Soon For The Evening Star
Six days remain to pay at the special July rate. One year by carrier costs four dollars in advance, by mail three dollars. Pay now to secure the discount before July thirty.
Winchester Tennis Team Rout Blue Ridge Club
The Winchester Golf Club team defeated Blue Ridge Country Club five matches to none with one set dropped. Veterans led by Nelson Page and Sandy Baker powered singles and doubles wins. A return match is planned on Winchester courts Thursday at 2 o clock with announcements pending.
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Winchester Golf Club
Blue Ridge Country Club
Blue Ridge Club
Winchester
Shields
Ins
Clagett
Blue Ridge
Sandy Baker
Baker-Fowle
Nelson Page
Page
Thomas
Baker
Harwell
Ppp Kth
Perrine
Gardiner
Fowler
Five Months For Stealing Car Of Employer
Robert Page of Berryville Clarke County Va was sentenced to five months on the state road force in police court for unauthorized possession of Ronnie Lonas s automobile. He admits being in the car but claims another man named Johnson took it. police say no such person lives in Berryville.
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Robert Page
Berryville
Clarke County
Ronnie Lonas
Page
Lonas
Opequon Bridge
Johnson
Dwarf Milburn Jailed for Liquor Possession
George Milburn a dwarf and crippled man was sentenced to thirty days in jail and fined 68 dollars including costs on a charge of illegal possession of liquor. Policemen under warrant found two pints of liquor at his North Kent street residence. He is about 65 a shoe repairer with a hunchback and paralysis in both legs. The court report notes his pitiable appearance.
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George Milburn
Milburn
North Kent Street
Widow of Armour Founder Dies in Chicago at 85
Mrs. P. D. Armour, 85, widow of Armour and Company founder, died in Chicago. She had been ill for some time and was the mother of J. Ogden Armour, who is reported ill in England. The veteran society dowager had endured the infirmities of age.
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Associated Press
Chicago
P. D. Armour
Armour and Company
J. Ogden Armour
England
Rose Lee Snyder
John M. Snyder
South Lee Street
Snyder
Winchester Firemen Call Special Meeting
Monday night at eight o'clock in Friendship Hall. All Winchester firemen are urged to attend as plans for a Firemen's Circus are discussed. Signed by Captains Forney Brown Jenkins Moling.
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Friendship Hall
Winchester
Exterminator Kills Unusually Large North Mountain Rattlesnake
Hayfield Va July 25 Newt Miller the Winchester exterminator encountered a five foot seven inch female rattlesnake with a 14 rattle count in Gore Mountain area while collecting wood. He fought the reptile with a pole and measured its length and girth after removing it from the road. Miller notes such encounters test nerve and beard and recalls a blacksnake swallowing a ground hog.
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Hayfield
Lovely
Antil
Newton Miller
Gore
Winchester
Miller
Buffalo Bill
North Mountain
Stock Market Advances On Strong Closing
New York stocks rose despite profit taking and higher call money rates. Standard industrials led gains with more than twenty issues reaching new peaks, including General Motors American Tobacco Radio Corporation and Timken Roller Bearings. Call money fell to 8 percent. Volume around 1.5 million shares.
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Associated Press
New York
Standard Industrials
General Motors
American Tobacco
Radio Corporation
Timken
Strike Breakers Reach New York On A Special Train
New York July 25 Evidence that transit firms plan a subway strike tomorrow appeared with 100 strike breakers arriving at railway yards on a subway special train. About half say they came from Chicago, Pittsburgh, Washington and Philadelphia. skilled electrical workers are said to be recruited in Albany Buffalo and other upstate towns.
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Associated Press
New York
Chicago
Pittsburgh
Washington
Philadelphia
Albany
Buffalo
Upstate
Baltimore Publisher Van Lear Black Heads to London
Van Lear Black, Baltimore publisher, who finished a 20,000 mile round trip by chartered airplane to the Dutch East Indies, departed for London this afternoon.
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Associated Press
Isterdam
van Lear Black
Baltimore
Dutch East Indies
London
Marilyn Miller Drops Paris Divorce Plan
Marilyn Miller told the Associated Press that she has postponed any plan to divorce Jack Pickford despite previously considering a Paris divorce. She cited unspecified circumstances leading to the delay and said action is postponed for now.
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Associated Press
Antibes
Marilyn Miller
Associated Press Today
Jack Pickford
Paris
Yard Party July 29 Benefit at Ridgeway School
A yard party on Friday night July 29 is planned on the Ridgeway School lawn to benefit the Woman's Missionary Society. Proceeds support mission work and local charitable efforts.
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Ridgeway School Lawn
Benefit Woman's Missionary Socity
Special July Rate In Effect For Subscriptions
Special July Rate in effect offering savings on subscriptions. Rate expires July 31. Also a classified note reads Wanted Apples seeking early apples at Butler's Packing House with weekly drop days Wednesdays Thursdays and Fridays over a three week span.
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Butler’s .Packing House
Yard Party at Round Hill M. E. Church
Members invite the public to a two night yard party at Round Hill M. E. Church on Wednesday and Thursday evenings July 27 and 28. Proceeds support church activities and fellowship.
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League
Round Hill M. E. Church
Carper’s Valley Church
Premier Jazz Orchestra at Opequon Lake Park
West Virginia's Premier Jazz Orchestra and the Shenandoahans Jr Martinsburg perform at Opequon Lake Park on Monday July 25 with dancing from 9 to 1. Admission is 1.00 for the evening or 10c per dance.
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Opequon Lake Park
West Virginia
THE
Shenandoahans
Martinsburg
Bishop W C Brown Dies in London of Heart Attack
Right Rev William Cabell Brown bishop of Virginia dies in London at about 68 while traveling to Lausanne conference with a heart attack. He translated the Bible into Portuguese and served as bishop coadjutor before leading the Virginia diocese. He leaves a wife two daughters two sons a brother and a sister.
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W.C. Brown
London
Richmond
William Cabell Brown
Protestant Episcopal Diocese of
Virginia
Oliver J. Sands
American National Bank of
Bishop Brown
Diocesan Missionary Society
Europe
Lausanne
Switzerland
Protestant Episcopal Church
Winchester
Christ Church
Kate Mason Brown
Margaret Brown
Alexander T. Jones
Amherst Street
Nelson County
Ida Dorsey
Alexandria
Johnn
Robert Brown
Mayo C. Brown
Lynchburg
Elizabeth Brown
Baltimore
A. Moore, Jr
Berryville
University of Virginia
Virginia Theological Seminary
Brazil
Diocese of
Robert Atkinson Gibson
Francis A. Whittle
Brown
Henry St
Governor Byrd Calls Five Road Meetings Across State
The governor will open a series of five meetings to improve county and state road cooperation. The Purcellville gathering Monday August 1 will feature Governor Byrd and Chairman Shirley with free discussion. Attendees include Shenandoah Clarke Frederick Warren Page Madison Orange Louisa Spotsylvania Culpeper Stafford Fauquier Prince William Fairfax Arlington Loudoun Rappahannock and others. Virginia spends 10 million dollars on farm to market roads and aims to better administration with no local interference. Citizens and officials are urged to attend.
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State Highway Commission
Byrd
Purcellville
Shenandoah
Clarke
Frederick
Warren
Page
Madison
Orange
Louisa
Spotsylvania
Culpeper
Stafford
Fauquier
Prince William
Fairfax
Arlington
Loudoun
Richard S. Wright Endorsed by Strasburg News for State Senate
The Strasburg News endorses Richard S. Wright of Strasburg for Virginia State Senate. It lauds his friendliness and leadership, notes his church and civic roles, and lists positions at Shenandoah Lime Co and local banks. It argues he will represent Shenandoah Clarke Frederick and Winchester impartially and creditably.
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Richards. Wright
Strasburg
State Senate
The
Strasburg News
Wright
Shenandoah County
Liicewise
Virginia Senate
Virginia
Roumanian Denies Report of Attempt On Premier Life
The Roumanian legation denies abroad reports of an alleged attempt on Premier Lionel Bratiano and any disturbance in Bucharest, stating the situation in Roumania is entirely quiet.
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Roumanian
Berlin
Lionel Bratiano
Bucharest
Roumania
The Claw at Win Theatre Offers Africa Veldt Drama
Cynthia Stockley novel adapted film The Claw screens at the Win Theatre on Thursday. Claire Windsor Norman Kerry lead a love triangle amid British East Africa dangers with Sidney Olcott directing and Arthur Edmund Carew in a supporting role. Low prices accompany the advance showing.
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British East Africa
Cynthia Stockley
Win
Norman Kerry
Arthur Edmund Carew
Sidney Olcott
Nelson McDowell
Tom Guise
Helen Sullivan
J. Gordon Russell
Charles Logue
Used Cars and Auto Parts offered by Auto' Parts Corp
Classified ad lists 1926 Essex Coach and 1926 Star Coup along with 20 other vehicles both closed and open. Advertisement from Auto Parts Corp dated 7 25 1927 presents a inventory snapshot and contact line for purchase.
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Essex
Auto‘ Parts Corp
Yard Party Plans By South End Hose Company Auxiliary
The Ladies Auxiliary of the South End Hose Company meets Tuesday night July 26 to finalize plans for the Yard Party hosted by the company at week’s end.
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Ladie’s
South End Hose Company
Apples Wanted by Glaze & Hurst in Winchester Virginia
Cash buyers seek early apples whether packed bulk or on trees. Receiving daily at the Packing House. Also contracting for late apples and distributing packing supplies. Glaze & Hurst located on North Market Street. Phone 840. Winchester, Virginia.
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Glaize & Hurst
North
Market St
Winchester
Lindbergh Makes Flying Visits to New England
Col. Charles A. Lindbergh completes the fourth leg of his national aviation tour landing at Concord New Hampshire after circling the field. He then flies over Portland Maine visiting Fort McKinley and the Seattle battle cruiser before heading to Poland Springs to see relatives en route to New Hampshire.
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Associated Press
Concord
N. H
Charles A. Lindbergh
Portland
Old Orchard
Great Diamond Island
Fort McKinley
Seattle
Charles F. Hughes
Pacific
Poland Springs
John C. Lodge
Harriet Lodge
Detroit
Spacore
New Hampshire
Mob Seeks Trio After Georgia Double Murder
In Macon Georgia three Telfair county negroes Wilmer Galloway William Rountree and Mose Banks were captured at a Dodge county jail after a mob threatened to storm the jail at McRae They are charged with the murder of W T Andrews of Alamo and wounding his wife near Milan Georgia En route to Perry Florida the couple were attacked with Mrs Andrews suffering a bullet wound in the mouth and Mr Andrews killed by a shot from the back seat The trio were later cornered in a shack Banks tried to flee but was shot and stopped by deputies
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Macon
Telfair County
Bibb County
W. T. Andrews
Alamo
Dodge County
Milan
Williame
McRae
Andrews
R. Kitchens
W. Dowdy
Banks
Pay Now Save Discount Ends July 30 at Star
The Evening Star reminds readers that July 30 is the final day to pay subscriptions at the special July rate. Prompt payment secures the discount and avoids price increases.
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THE
Evening Star
Lace Curtains And Rugs Laundried At Winchester Steam Laundry
Laundry notice states lace curtains and rugs may be laundered at the Winchester Steam Laundry. Phone number 28 listed for service and pickup details.
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Winchester
Pay Now Save Special July Rate Announcement
The Evening Star advertises a timely offer with a July rate for subscribers. Carrier delivery is $4.00 per year while mail delivery is $3.00 per year, encouraging readers to pay now to secure the discount.
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South’s Armory
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James H. Burton
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Rifle Works
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Heginia
State of
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Harpers Ferry
Colom Burton
Rose Leenyder
Snyder Ia
Minnie E. Burton
Beller. Tearney
Genevieve M. Burton
Altamont
Fred H. Burtho
New York City
Harry E. Burton
Hagerstown
Front Royal Road
P. W. Boyd
Messrs
E. Blair Sheetz
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Douglas Sheetz
W. Maskell
Boyce
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