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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1928
Page
7
Eighteen men died in a fiery train wreck at Guernsey Wyoming on Arlington road. They were trapped in an empty box car as gasoline from tank cars ignited and spread down the Platte River. Authorities fear bodies will be unidentifiable. Officials link the crash to loosened roadbed from last night’s cloudbursts.
Moody led the Democratic primary in Texas with a wide margin as 400000 plus ballots counted. The 35 year old Moody held a clear edge over Louis Wardlaw, William Haskins, and Edith Williams, signaling a likely run off next month for the governorship and a solid path to the office given the nomination implies election.
Special Commissioner under a 1928 Frederick County Va decree will auction a 53 acre unimproved tract near Gainesboro in the western part of the county. The sale in Winchester will be August 11 at 11 am with one third cash and the balance due in two equal yearly installments secured by a deed of trust. Bond is given as required by the decree, witnessed July 26 1928. Auctioneer A G Swanson. Clerk C Brannon.
In the Corporation Court of Winchester Virginia Winnie A Updike sues Sherman Updike for divorce a vinculo matrimonii on three years desertion. The suit seeks alimony and council fees and a lien on Lot 18 Block 1 Robt M Henry Subdivision fronting Whitlock Avenue. The defendant is a non-resident and must appear within ten days after publication. The order runs for four weeks in The Winchester Evening Star with notices posted and mailed.
By order of a deed of trust dated July 2 1928 and at bondholder request the undersigned will auction Lot 18 Block 1 in the Robert M Henry Subdivision fronting 40 feet on Whitlock Avenue to a depth of 120 feet. Sale in Winches Virginia at noon August 8 1928. Terms: one third cash, balance in two equal annual installments with 6 percent interest secured by deed of trust. Auctioneer A G Swanson.
Berkeley Springs Bottling Co Inc of Berkeley Springs West Virginia and Winchester Virginia applies for registration of bottles bearing the mark Berkeley Club. The act from 1918 requires registration of bottlers containers to prevent unlawful use by others and the company states its business as a bottler and vendor of carbonated beverages. President R J Shipe signs the notice.
Ruth E. Allen sues Frederick T. Allen in the Corporation Court of Winchester for absolute divorce on grounds of desertion for over three years. The defendant, not a Virginia resident, must appear within ten days after publication. Notice to be published weekly for four weeks in the Evening Star and posted at the county courthouse front door by September 3, 1998.
At 2 PM on Saturday August 11 1928 a public auction will be held in Stephens City Virginia for the Charles F Venable Home Property on Main Street with seven room dwelling and improvements plus water garden and out-buildings. Terms are cash. Administrators John A Hinkel James P Reardon will also sell personal property including household furniture antiques dishes chairs and other items at the same time and place.
By deed of trust dated May 18 1927 George W Murnan and wife defaulted. Trustee will sell at public auction in front of Winchester Court House at 12 o clock August 25 1928. Property fronts East Pall Mall street 35 by 120 feet with new four room house. Terms include one third cash then two equal annual installments secured by bonds deed of trust and insurance policy. M M Lynch Trustee. Duvall Dunn Auctioneers.
Federal agents conducted a citywide crusade in Charleston arresting 40 people and seizing liquor valued at about 75000 dollars. The operation led by Deputy Prohibition Administrator P H Walford and District Attorney J D Meyer extended through the county after weeks of undercover work.
The Highview Community League will hold its regular monthly meeting Thursday night August 2. A full attendance was reported and new members are invited. G. H. Ripenour presides. London Opinion notes a prophecy of America sinking under the sea and calls for efforts to keep the country dry.
Miss Mary J. Gray returned from the University of Virginia after attending the first session of the summer school for teachers. The notice announces a reduced subscription rate of 3.00 per year by mail or 4.00 by carrier if paid in advance on or before July 31. The item is a brief public notice within local newspaper text.
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