Notables Gather at Funeral of Virginia Statesman Tucker
Prominent Virginians and national figures gathered in Lexington to honor Representative Henry St George Tucker of the old Tenth Virginia District. The funeral at the Presbyterian home church was attended by officials, relatives, and special congressional committees, following his influenza battle and death at Col Alto.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
Lexington
Henry St George Tucker
Old Tenth Vy District
Col Alto
Presbyterian Church
James J. Murray
Henry St. George Tucker
Episcopal Diocese of
Lexington Cemetery
Stuart Moore
Wilcox Brown
John L. Campbell, Jr
M. W. Paxton, Jr
Reid White
Robert Hutchenson
Randolph T. Shields
N. Beverley Tucker, Jr
John Garland Polard
R Gray Williams
Winchester
Senate
House of the United States Congress
Hunter H. McGuire
William P. McGuire
W. Nelson Page
Tucker
Pollard
Harry St. George Tucker
Carter Glass
United States
Congress
Rainey
Menalius Lankford
Norfolk
Power Company to Install Flood Lights at Fete
Winchester Park Association plans a lawn fete with two flood lights donated by the Northern Virginia Power Company to illuminate activities and playground equipment. The event at Rouss Spring Park, July 28 to 30, will feature a fat men’s race, band concert, and fundraising for a public pool.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northern Virginia Power Company
Will Entertain For The Veterans Reunion At Sperryville
Mr and Mrs William G Wood of Rappahannock county invite all Confederate veterans to the annual reunion at their home on the Lee Highway near Sperryville Virginia Saturday July 30. The Wood home is accessible by bus and motor. They have hosted this gathering for several years hoping many will attend.
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William G. Wood
Rappahannock County
Lee Highway
Sperryville
Wood
Money to loan and debt relief offer from bank
Bank balance of $5 198.16 noted as too high. Offers loans on good endorsement and group debt consolidation. Mentions Hott as secretary manager of the lending firm. (7-25-1p-11)
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Ha Fet Loan & Thrift Corp. A. S. Hott
Sec
Megr
Truck Driver Acquitted In Gasoline Case
An Arlington Virginia dispatch reports Earl Spiker of Winchester was acquitted on a charge of importing 110 gallons of gasoline in an auxiliary tank not connected to the motor. Garret Lamont was convicted on a related count. The judge ruled the auxiliary tank part of the vehicle, while the state appeals.
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Washington On Sunday Star
Arlington
B. M. Hedrick
Earl Spiker
Winchester
Garret H. Lamont Aoes
Spiker
Lamont
Winchester Fruit and Vegetable
John F Myers Dies After Street Car Collision
John F Myers, 59, was struck and killed by a street car Friday afternoon in front of Homewood Nursing Home at Catonsville Maryland where he had lived five months. He worked for the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad in his youth, survived by brother James H Myers and sister Kathryn G Myers. Interment in Park Cemetery Brunswick with his wife.
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James H. Myers
Winchester Dry Cleaning Works
John F. Myers
Homewood Nursing Home
Catonsvile
Mr. Myers
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
Kathryn G. Myers
Park Cemetery
Brunswick
Chest Clinic To Be Held Here Friday July 29
The District Nurse Association sponsors a free chest clinic Friday July 29 in the association office rooms near the Court House. Dr. C. W Scott of the State Board of Health will supervise. Clinic hours are 9 30 a m to 12 30 p m and 2 to 4 p m. Old positive cases and children will not be examined unless requested by physicians. Call 1189 2 3 m for appointment with Dr Scott.
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District Nurse Association
Court House
C. W Scott
State Board of Health
Call
Scott
Winchester Steam Laundry Beach Pants Sale Ad
Advertisement for Winchester Steam Laundry offering White Duck and Striped Popular Pants at 25 cents. Mentions one day’s service when required and lists phone numbers 28 and 29. Dated 7-13. Includes weekly sale cadence and contact details.
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Winchester Steam Laundry
Sanitary Laundry Advertises Family Washing Service
A compact ad invites families to send their laundry to the new Sanitary Laundry. Ladies are urged to mail or phone in orders for home washing and fabric care.
Doolittle and Washington kin fly historic postal route
Major James H. Doolittle and Anne Madison Washington embarked on a dawn to dusk flight tracing routes of George Washington from Boston to New York City and beyond. They dropped 36 letters at Admiral Byrd Airport and planned 2 900 mile itinerary with mail cancellations forming a hourly record.
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James H. Doolittle
Anne Madison Washington
George Washington
Admiral Byrd Airport
Boston
Mass
New York City
Doolittle
United States Postal Service
Pittsburg
Harry C. Stouffer
Johnson, Grim
Seal
Major Doolittle
Stouffer
Washington
Associated Press
Anne Madison
Washington Hoover Airport
National Capital
A. F. Maple
New York
Aeronautical Chamber of Commerce
Pittsburgh
Philadelphia
Annapolis
Fredericksburg
Williamsburg Va
Sunbury
N. G
Winchester
Uniontown
Point Plesant
Pomery
Waterford
Rome
Crown Point
Albany
West Point
Newark
Dismissed On A Charge Alleging Cruelty to Animals
R. S. Loy was acquitted in Police Court after proving the cattle in question were not his property. Persell Plank of the SPCA reported a truckload of cattle placed in a North Kent street pen in extreme heat with no feed or water until Saturday morning. The judge dismissed the case after Loy denied ownership of the cattle.
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R. S. Loy
Persell Plank
Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To Animals
North Kent Street
Plank
Loy
Stolen Ford Model T Sedan In Virginia With Reward
Stolen Ford Model T sedan Virginia plate 204 390. Reward offered for information. Fred Thomas. Special prices on Coolmor Porch Shades at Moling and Cather's. The it girls outshine the it he men says ad copy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
Fred Thomas
Moling & Cather’s
Mrs. Carrie Everly Dies at Home in Advanced Age
Mrs. Carrie Everly died at her daughter’s home at 228 Parkway Avenue yesterday morning at 10 30 oclock after a period of ill health. Survived by two daughters Mrs Mason and Mrs W A Price of Cumberland Maryland one son J B Everly of Keyser West Virginia ten grandchildren and five great grandchildren. Funeral at 7 this evening from Mrs Masons home conducted by Rev W M Brashears with remains to Terra Alta West Virginia tomorrow for interment in the family burial lot.
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Carrie Everly
Elisa Everly
A. D. Mason
Parkway Avenue
Keyser
W. Va
President Hoover Returns to White House After Rapidan Rest
President Hoover returns to the White House after a weekend of rest at his Rapidan mountain camp and proceeds to his desk this morning.
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Associated Press
Washington
Hoover
White House
Rapidan Mountain
Democrats Meet in Jefferson as Ringold Guests
Mrs Nelle Tayloe Ross told the Jefferson Wilson Club at Shepherdstown West Virginia that there is great enthusiasm for Franklin D Roosevelt as the next president. Speakers included Col B M Roszel Judge Kump Byron and Attorney General Lane with Woodrow Wilson as guest. The veranda program drew about 500 people as they praised Roosevelt and Garner.
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Union
Franklin D. Roosevelt
United States
Nelle Tayloe Ross
Wyoming
Jefferson- Wilson Club
Shepherdstown
W. Va
Belle View
Roland Ringold
Potomac River
Woodrow Wilson
Winchester
B. M. Roszel
Sarah Chew
Melvin Green
T. W. Harrison
Roosevelt
John N. Garner
Ferguson Leads As Prohibition Repeal Dominates Texas Primary
Early returns from 236 of 254 counties report Ferguson leading for Governor with 277 627 votes while prohibition repeal has 243 783 for and 94 016 against. Sterling tallies 208 113 and Hunter 114 253.
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Associated Press
Dallas
Tex
Texas Election Bureau
Ferguson
Sterling
Hunter
Officers Plead Not Guilty To Stark Charges
Thirteen Nassau county officers were arraigned and pleaded not guilty to indictments charging first degree manslaughter second degree assault and being accessory to a felony in the death of robbery suspect Hyman Stark. Deputy Chief Frank J. Tappen Lieut Jesse Mayforth Detective Leslie Pearsal Detective Harry Zander and Detective Sergeant Charles Wesser faced the counts. A second autopsy on Stark's body was performed after exhumation.
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Associated Press
Mineola
N. Y
Nassau County
Hyman Stark
Frank J. Tappen
Jesse Mayforth
Leslie Pearsal
Harry Zander
Charles Wesser
Miss Heare Dies at 16 in Winchester Hospital
Miss Jane Heare, 16, daughter of Mr and Mrs Alfred Heare of Summit Point West Virginia, died in Winchester Memorial Hospital at 2 20 am from diabetic coma. She expired about an hour after admission. Remains to Summit Point for funeral rites whose exact hour was not known.
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Jane Heare
Alfred Heare
Sumit Point
W. Va
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Miss Heare
Summit Point
Roosevelt Campaign Moves Amid Walker Reply and Ely Visit
Albany reports two events shaping Roosevelt's presidential bid. Governor Roosevelt returns to Hyde Park with wife as Walker offers a reply to ouster charges, while Massachusetts leader Joseph B. Ely prepares to endorse the Democratic ticket after a Roosevelt visit. Roosevelt plans a mid August campaign stump after August 11 Hoover speech.
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Associated Press
Albany
Roosevelt
Hyde Park
Key Pitman
Nevada
Smith
White House
Walker
James J. Walker
Joseph B. Ely
Massachusetts
New England
Samuel Seabury
Tammany
New York City
Ely
Sea Fire
N. J
Chicago
Hoover
Washington
Krum Elbow
Hudson River
Owen D. Young
Jane Addams
Took Poison But Potion Failed To Free Him From Jail
Edward Seal, jailed on two extortion indictments, attempted self harm by ingesting carbolic acid in his cell. Sheriff Pannett summoned Dr. B. B. Dutton, who administered an antidote and reported Seal unharmed aside from a dry throat. He faces charges of extorting $2000 from Fred L. Glaize and $1000 from Gulf Refining Co. local office.
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Edward Seal
Seal
Pannett
B. B. Dutton
Fred L. Glaize
Gulf Refining Company
Fresh Air Children Arrive Tomorrow in Winchester
Winchester residents welcome 76 fresh air children from New York arriving by train at 6 pm tomorrow. The organizing committee asks locals to meet the party at the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad passenger station to assist with the reception for a two week stay.
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Winchester
New York
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
For Sale 1930 Ford Coupe in First Class Condition
Private sale offers a 1930 Ford Coupe in first class condition from John Dillas at National Park Restaurant. Listing dated July 25 with contact at the restaurant for details and inspection.
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John Dillas
National Park Restaurant
Radical parade near White House ends in police clash
Washington dispatch reports a scuffle as police halted left wing Bonus Army marchers near the White House on July 25. Two arrests followed as marchers blocked traffic on New York avenue. the group redirected toward their billets.
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Associated Press
Washington
Fifteenth Street
New York Avenue
Bonus
White House
Bonus Army
John Pace
Detroit
Pennsylvania Avenue
Treasury
Polhamus Divorce Granted for Desertion in Frederick County
Judge Philip Williams grants Edna Virginia Polhamus a bed and board divorce from James Harrison Polhamus in Frederick County Circuit Court. The couple married February 7 1917 in Winchester and the husband deserted on April 17 1932. Custody of their child Jane Hope Polhamus awarded to Edna with $10 monthly child support until age 18.
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Frederick County
Philip Williams
Edna Virginia Polhamus
James Harrison Polhamus
Polhamus
Winchester
Hay Fever at Capitol Theatre Friday July 29
Local notice announces a Capitol Theatre showing of Hay Fever this Friday July 29. Event details emphasize a planned performance date and location, inviting readers to attend the play.
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Capitol Theatre
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Harry Tucker
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Evening Star
Park Boys
Winchester Park Association
1172
A. R. Conner
Marchans
Citizens Band
W. H. MclIlwee
Rouss Spring Park
W.P.A
Reginald Haines
Dave Hottle
Jap Curl
Boat Grim
John Taylor
Cyril Mee
Osmar Swanson
Toots Taylor
Fred Goss
Stuart Perry
John Semples
Pat Dunn
Bill Ritenour
O. L
Avi
Kin
John Seal
Post Office Department
Shell Petroleum Products Company
Rapidan
Jefferson
Mrs. Wilson
Mrs. Ferguson
Repeal
Stark
Tappen
Elvin N. Edwards
Bonus Expeditionary Force
Valley
Pen Avenue
Veterans Administration
Frank T. Hines
Veterans Affairs
W. W. Waters
B. E F
United States Marshall
District of Columbia
Marshall
Waters’ Outfit
California
Roy W. Robertson
Arthur Scott
Los Angeles
Robertson
Shenandoah Valley
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