Colored Horse Show Opens in Winchester Tomorrow
The colored community of Winchester and surrounding counties will host a two day horse show at the Fair grounds starting tomorrow at ten in the morning. Races harness events and a speedway race are planned with Cadet drills from the colored high school as a highlight. Music by the Quince Archard Band from Rockville Md will accompany day and night events and a public dance will follow each day’s program.
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Winchester
Frederick
Clarke
Chareg
Fairgrounds
Quince Archard Band
Rockville
Poor dog jailed for lack of tag at Virginia police station
A lone dog, untagged and thus in violation of law, awaits fate in the Virginia police lockup while human offenders receive bail. The piece notes the dog will be executed if an owner does not claim or fund the tag, portraying the animal as a potentially valuable companion to be adopted if spared.
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Commonwealth of Virginia
3800 Miles in Ford Car With Two Punctures
Mr Lee M Pugh of Grayson County Virginia hosted his son in law and daughter Mr and Mrs Royster from Idaho at White Post Virginia. They drove 3800 miles in a Ford with only two punctures camping each night en route and praised the Shenandoah Valley. The note adds a curious fact about an elephant's smelling nerves located in a nostril at the roof of its mouth.
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Lee M. Pugh
Grayson County
Royster
Idaho
M. M., Pugh
White Post
Shenandoah Valley
Public sale of Frederick County farm in Cedar Grove
Trustee Brannon will auction at the Frederick County courthouse Winchester at 11 A M on July 81 1923 a farm totaling 55 acres including a dwelling and outbuildings. The sale follows a 1918 deed of trust default with one third cash and the balance in one and two years secured by a new deed of trust and insurance policy.
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Frederick County
Virginia
County Court House
Winchester
Cedar Grove
Joel H. DeHaven
Jos. W.hancher
D. H. Emerson
Circuit Clerk’s Office
Kepner Case Sparks Moral Uplift Campaign in Winchester
A religious awakening campaign led by Dr. Joseph H. Apple of Hood College opened with Rotary Club remarks and aims to spread to Kiwanis Lions and other civic clubs. The effort follows coverage of the Kepner murder case and tours highlighting Winchester’s history and local industry, drawing praise from visiting Philadelphia area tourists.
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Yredbrick
Mds
Firederick
Rotary Club
Joseph H. Apple
Hood College
Kiwanis
Lions Clubs
Dr. Apple
All Saints’ Church
Douglass
Foxy
Mr. Hyde
B. Eward Kepner
Abe Says Stop Thief Ruse Uncovers Hidden Spoons
A Richmond Times Dispatch excerpt riffs on a playful scene where a guest yells stop thief and the narrator checks the pocket of the loudest die to discover spoons. The quirky line blends humor with a coin throwing game metaphor.
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Abe
Richmond Times-Dispatch
Visitors Delight in Old Winchester Tour
President W B Cooper and Secretary Andrew Bell of the Chamber of Commerce greeted automobile tourists from Bustite on yesterday morning, as visitors expressed delight at Old Winchester's charm.
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Pat
Winchester
Valley
Pike
Handley Schools
Washington's
Wisitons
Berryville
Charles
Benjamin* Armel
Bustleton
Philadelphia
W. B. Cooper
Andrew Bell
Chamber of Commerce
Bustite
Auto Crash Damages Wagon in Market Area Incident
A meat wagon from Jones Bros. was smashed on Saturday night near Market and Cork in Lebaton Church Va after a car driven by a Lebaton man collided with it. The wagon shaft and wheels were broken and further damage noted. The driver offered to repair the wagon.
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Jones Bros
Market
Cork Clade Dr
Lebaton
Church
Little Girl of Mrs Sherman Dies at Ten Months
Elizabeth Sherman daughter of Mrs Anna Sherman and the Sherman family of Philadelphia died Friday July 20 at the Children's Hospital of cholera infantum. She was ten months old and survived by her mother and a sister Katharine. Interment followed at Calvary Cemetery in Philadelphia in the Catholic Cemetery.
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Lowie Elizabeth Sherman
Anna Sherman
Philadelphia
That
Whites and Blacks in Fierce Fight Injures One
Chicago July 30 One negro was injured and six others were arrested after a shooting during a clash between Negro and white workers at Worth Til Saturday night. Numerous shots were fired. one man was wounded and another struck on the head. Police said reports of deaths were unfounded.
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Chicago
Worth
Til
Pennsylvania
Liggett
Ind
Terre Haute
Tron Mountain
Michi
Long Island
Rockhill
Alameda
Cal
Ern Pacific
Wadesboro
WN. C
One Lynched and Another Sought in Yazoo City Attack
Wil lie Minhifield, a negro farm hand, was burned at the stake for an alleged axe attack on Mrs. William Russell, wife of a merchant. Reports say a posse seeks another Black man believed in danger of lynching. Mrs Russell is hospitalized with wounds likely to be fatal.
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Associated Press
Yazoo City
Miss
Willie Minhifield
William Russell
Russell
Mrs. W H Hoover Dies After Long Illness
Mrs. W H Hoover widow of William H Hoover dies at 7 30 am at 811 South Kent Street after ages related illness. Born May 4 1849 she was 75. Lived in Winchester 16 years after moving from Shenandoah County. Survived by two sons Robert of Winchester and William of Washington and two daughters Mrs Elmer Painter of Washington and Mrs Harry Anderson of Kernstown with two brothers and two sisters. Funeral from Centenary Church Wednesday at 2 30 pm. Interment Mount Hebron Cemetery.
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Mira Biv. Co Hoover
William H. Hoover
Shenandoah County
South Kent Street
Hoover
Woodstock
Misa Coffman
Shenandoah
Mr. Hoover
Robert H. Hoover
Winchester
Washington
Elmer Painter
Harry Anderson
Kernstown
Robert Coffman
Manassas
Absalom Coffman
Edinburg
Mattie Fletcher
Conteville
Mire
Bila Copenhaver
Calvary
Centenary Reformed Church
Robert Hoover
South
Kent Street
Centenary Church
F. M. Casselman
Silor Garrison
Harrigonburg
Mount Hebrot Cemetery
Moonshiner Killed in West Virginia Gun Battle
Prohibition agents in Huntington West Virginia report an unidentified moonshiner was killed and two others wounded during a clash as agents seized a hidden still in a thicket. A pursuing posse sought four gang members who fled with the wounded.
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Associated Press
Huntington
W. Va
Prohibition
Coe
Ed Williams
35 LIVES LOST IN CRASHES AT K. R. CROSSINGS
Chicago reports three fatalities when a handle train struck a automobile at a crossing. The timeline lists many deadly railroad accidents across several states with fatalities and injuries.
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K. R. Crossings
Reading
Land
Augustus
Kan
Chicago
Democratic Primary Set for Frederick County Virginia
The Commonwealth authorizes a Democratic primary to nominate candidates for the Senate and House of Delegates and county district offices. Sheriff Luther Pannett lists precincts Brucetown White Hall Albin ton Dolans Bakers Mill Gaint Yeakley Gore Sam Hassel Run Old Forge Middletown etc with polling from sunrise to sunset on Tuesday July 7 1923. The notice is issued in Richmond and signed by Acting Secretary James Ha.
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Commonwealth
Richmond
Yes
James HA
Virginia
Sta Senate
House
Brucetown
White Hall
Albinton
Dolans
Baker's
Mill
Gaint Yeakley
Gore
Sam
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Kepner
the Man
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Business College
the South’s Great Commercial School
Tultionary Department
M. A. Smythe
Roanoke, Va
Piccadilly and
Market Sts
F. S.emmert Son & Co
F. S Emmert Son &Co
Strasburg
H. J. Mowery
W. Piccaduly St
Standard Oil Company
New Jersey
The
Associated, Press
W.h.hoover
F. R. Coussifnas
Tenary Reformed Church
Iit Bethel
Cong
R. M. Swimley
East Piccadilly Street
C. I. Brumback
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