Pleasure boats and occupants missing in hurricane
A tropical hurricane battered Florida’s east coast causing ship losses and property damage. The Italian steamer Ansaldo San Giorgio II was reported abandoned and sinking after a 30 aboard count. Palm Beach workmen protected a new Breakers Hotel with sandbags as boats and crews were lost or missing along the coast.
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Palm Beach
Associated Press
Miami
Fla
Jupiter Inlet
Orizaba
West Harshaw
Nassau
Savannah
Florida
ST. Augustine
Anastasia Island
Caribbean Sea
Bahamas
Gulf Stream
Col Hill Blood Transfusion Aims to Save Wife
In Washington on July 27 Mrs Suzanne H Carroll Hill wife of Congressman John Philip Hill was rushed from her home to Emergency Hospital with internal hemorrhage doctors said she was on the road to recovery today after Col Hill donated more than a pint of blood in a transfusion late yesterday The couple resides in Washington and the incident highlights the medical emergency surrounding their household and public service life.
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Associated Press
Washington
Suzanne H. Carroll Hill
John Philip Hill
Physicians of Emergency Hospital
Congressman Hill
Niece Receives Her Entire Estate
The will of Miss Lillie B. Finfrock who died in Welltown was probated in the Circuit Clerk's office. She left all her estate, valued at several thousand dollars, to her niece Lottie B. Grove now Mrs Stanley Flicks. Mrs Hicks is named executrix and has qualified with a $4000 bond. The will was executed April 12, 1919.
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Lillie B. Finfrock
Welltown
Lottie B. Grove
Stanley Flicks
Hicks
Last Day To Pay Special July Rates For Subscriptions
The Evening Star notes Saturday July 31st is the final day to pay subscriptions at special July rates. In advance by carrier costs four dollars per year and by mail three dollars per year. Pay now to secure the discount.
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Aptf
THE
Evening Star
Sunset Orchestra Dance Series at Go Lightly's Park
The Sunset Orchestra will start a series of dances at Go Lightly's Park on Wednesday July 28. Evening hours run from 8 to 9:43 PM.
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Golightly’s Park
Wizard of Rifle's Dead-Sure Alli Most Astounding
Topperwein exhibition thrill crowds at Winchester Gun Club showing rifle and pistol stunts and mirror aiming while scoring high in a regional rifle tournament. Notable feats include drawing an Indian head outline on paper and breaking marbles, eggs, and multiple targets midair.
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Wizard OF Rifle
Alli
Ad Topperwein
Winchester Repeating Arms Company
New Haven
Conn
Winchester Gun Club
Topperwein
Miller’s
Fop Peet
Gun Club
Robert Bell
Gettysburg
Claude B. Stickley
Vaucluse
Roger T. Jones
Arthur Seabright
H. C. Milinger
James A. Anderson
Mr. Topperwein
R. A. McGrath
Roger Jones
High View
W. Va
Mr. Bell
McGrath
Peters Cartridge Company
Mr. Anderson
Winchester Arms Company
C. B. Quckley
W. P. Waliker
R. T. Jones
A. Seabright
Dr. W.H. Yeager
B. J.,hillidge
P. H. Stallsmith
Infant Body Found in Golf Club Log
The dead infant was discovered yesterday afternoon at Winchester Golf Club by Maynard Grove. The body lay in a flour sack wrapped in an Evening Star, inside a pasteboard box inside a log hollow. Sheriff Pannett ordered burial. no ID found. Mrs. Arthur Athey, visiting Cumberland, Md., returned home with Lelva Franklin.
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Winchester Golf Club
Maynard Grove
Evening Star
Pannett
K. T. Jones & Bro
Arthur. Athey
East Piccadilly Street
Cumberland
A. Leo Franklin
Athey
Lelva Franklin
A. L. Franklin
Lost setter with collar name in Winchester ad
Female white and black marked setter with one black eye missing Friday night or Saturday morning. Collar bears D L Weems Peters burg Va. Reward to Weems or C B Mallory Winchester. Public notice appears in The Evening Star July edition.
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D. L. Weems
Petersburg
C. B. Mallory
Winchester
Governor weighs clemency for Whittemore in death case
Annapolis Md July 27 Governor Ritchie to open hearing on clemency for Richard Reese Whittemore, sentenced to death for slaying Maryland penitentiary guard Robert Holtman in 1925. Edgar Allan Poe and Mrs Whittemore will plead for commute to life. Hearing limited to Poe, Whittemore family, slayer’s father, and press. If no action, Whittemore faces execution Friday August 13.
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Associated Press
Annapolis
Ritchie
Richard Reese Whittemore
E. E. Dudding
Prisoners’ Relief Society
Washington
Dudding
Whittemore
Robert H. Holtman
Maryland
Edgar Allan Poe
Margaret Whittemore
Granit
Poe
Mr. Poe
Mrs. Whittemore
John R. Whittemore
Confidence Vote For Poincare Is Given In Chamber
Paris July 27 Premier Poincare's new government wins a chamber of deputies confidence vote 387 to 150 after ministerial policy declaration. The motion linked adjournment of interpellations until the financial bill is debated and passed.
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Dresc
Paris
F Poincare
Chamber of Deputies
Peincare
Marylanders Hunt For Missing Auto
Baltimore city and Maryland state officers aided in a search for the automobile owned by Mrs. Richard Evelyn Byrd mother of Virginia Governor Byrd. The large sedan with Virginia license number 27 635 was taken from the garden of her Winchester home early last Sunday morning.
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Baltimore
Baltimore City
Maryland
Richard Evelyn Byrd
Byrd
Virginia
Winchester
Anglo American Rum Parley Ends With Agreement
London July 27 The Anglo American anti rum running discussions ended with a complete agreement on eight far reaching recommendations to hinder smuggling to the United States.
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Loxdon
United States
Ex ploit Private Or Valley of Virginia Apple Prospects
Frederick county shows the largest finest apple crop anticipated this fall. No killing frost and aphids largely absent after nicotine sulfate removal. Fungous disease minimal in northern Virginia except cedar rust where cedars remain. Revised spray program cut sprays, ending orchard work by June end. Fruit sizing ahead of prior years with no hail threat remaining.
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Frederick County
Virginia
England
Bishop Brown to preach at St Thomas Church Sunday
Bishop William Cabell Brown of the Virginia diocese will conduct services and preach at St. Thomas Episcopal Church in Middletown this Sunday afternoon at 3 30 o'clock. All members are especially urged to attend.
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William Cabell Brown
Virginia
St. Thomas’ Episcopal Church
Srr
Adistayn
Mrs. O L Jamison Improves After Operation
Mrs. O L Jamison, who underwent a delicate operation at Memorial Hospital last Thursday, is improving steadily and hopes to return home within two weeks.
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O. L. Jamison
Memorial Hospital
Brother of Prof Hale Dies in Illinois
Mrs. T. Owen reports a telegram from Prof. L. F. Hale of Handley Senior faculty announcing the death of his brother Mr. C. D. Hale. He passed away yesterday in Princeville Illinois after several months of illness. Prof. Hale was with his brother at the time of death.
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T. Owen
L. F. Hale
Handley
C. D. Hale
Princeville
Illinois
Prof. Hale
SPECIAL JULY RATE UPDATE FOR SUBSCRIPTIONS
The Evening Star announces a July rate special offering renewal at 4.10 dollars per year by carrier and 3.00 dollars per year by mail if paid in advance before July first. The message promotes early payment and a discount.
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Evening Star
Aimee McPherson seeks AP help locating Ormiston
Aimee Semple McPherson asked the Associated Press to help locate Kenneth G. Ormiston, former Angelus Temple radio operator, whose name ties into her May disappearance mystery. She denied being with him and urged his return to clear her name, urging him to disclose his actions between May 18 and June 22. Authorities noted Ormiston was in Carmel around that period. Their lawyers declined to let McPherson submit fingerprints or handwriting for comparison with evidence from the Carmel cottage.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Aimee Semple McPherson
Associated Press
Kenneth G. Ormiston
Angelus Temple
Santa Monica Beach
Ormiston
Carmel
Clement Ormiston
Conduct Rules For Innocents Abroad
President Coolidge urges Americans abroad to show patience with conditions in foreign countries and avoid unwarranted criticism or recriminations during their travels.
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Paul Smith
N.Y
Coolidge
Worker Hurt After Truck Collision Near Mill
Rufus Martin, employed at Glaize's lumber mill, was struck by a truck yesterday morning in the mill vicinity. He is slowly improving with no broken bones but severe cuts and bruises.
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Rufus Martin
Glaize
Miro
Martin
Front Royal Pike 10 Be Completed By Thursday Noon
The Front Royal road into Winchester will be completed this week with traffic starting soon after noon Thursday. The new highway creates a direct north south artery from Winchester to Richmond about 180 miles, linking Iront Royal Sperryville Culpeper Fredericksburg and Richmond. Construction plans extend west to Chambersville and on toward West Virginia, with Winchester as a central radiating point and improved connections to Parkersburg Wheeling and the National Highway.
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Winchester
Front Royal Road
Virginia
Richmond
Iront Royal
Sperryville
Culpeper
Fredericksburg
Solenberger Land
Gore
Chambersville
West Virginia
Parkersburg
Wheeling
State Line
Charleston
W. Va
Colonel Crozet
Byrd Celebration Pictures At Empire Theatre
Empire Theatre screens Commander Byrd homecoming footage taken by a Pathe cameraman and Universal views. Shows run today through Saturday with no price change, featuring arrival, depot reception, parade, Handley School crowds, and close-ups with local officials.
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R. B. Byrd
Pathe
Empire Theatre
Universal
Byrd
Winchester
Depot
Handley School
Bennett
Citizens' Band Postponed Concert Tonight
The Citizens' Band will perform on the Court House lawn tonight under Prof. W. H. McIlwee after last Friday’s thunder storm cancellation. Uniforms delayed due to a shipment error. Program includes Sir Henry March, Princess of India Overture, Ida and Dottie duet, Sobra Las Olas and Roses, and Royal Bridesmaids March.
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Citizens’ Band
At & O'Grock
Court House
W. H. Mcllwee
Sir Henry
India
Ida
Dottie
Losey
Markwood
Martini
District Nurse Association Meeting Called
A district nurse association will hold a very important meeting at 11 o'clock Wednesday morning July 28 in the Chamber of Commerce building office rooms. Members are urged to attend.
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District Nurse Association
Chamber of Commerce
DICK GOOD COUNTY OFFICER DIES IN WINCHESTER
F Dick Good longtime Frederick County supervisor and Back Creek district leader dies after weeks of illness at 72 in Winchester His life spanned a rise from a penniless teamster to a sizeable fortune with farm land a stave factory and a tannery connection He served on the county board since 1916 and led a life of integrity and public service with funeral services set in his faith church and Mount Hebron Cemetery
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F. Dick Good
County Board of Supervisors
Back Creek
Frederick County
M. L. Lockhart
Fairmont Avenue
Winchester
Mr. Good
C. R. Anderson
Meredith L. Lockhart
Mr. Lockhart
Coche
W. C. Long
Chaneyville
Christian Church
Mount Hebron Cemetery
Hugh B. Kline
Scott Grant
John H. Myers
W. E. Smith
Robert S. Smith
Evan S. Lafollette
C. H. Anderson
Lohr
Leslie Good
Leonard LaFollette
Mirrell Anderson
Good
Selma LaFollette
Evan LaFollette
Bernville
Concord
W. Va
Wardensville
Paul Henne
Mirrel
Mildred Anderson
Harold
Lillian Good
Donald Henne
Richard Good
John Good
Jacob Good
George Good
James Larrick
Elias McKeever
Rock Emon Springs
Board of County Supervisors
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Sunset Orchestra
Dation
Harry K. Thaw
Miss Forest Hope Wall
F Palms
Miss Wall
Son
Marion Goss
Kate
the Evening Star
Schneiderhan
Poincare
Frederick
Valley of Virginia
F. J. Schneiderhan
Winchester Field Laboratory
Bishop Brown
Middletown
Aimee Mpherson
A.P
Front Royal Pike
Empire Today
Dick Good
Phons
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