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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jun 07, 1924

Page

8

First performance of Home Sweet Home in Covent Garden

The aria Home Sweet Home was sung for the first time on May 8 1823 during the work Clart the Maid of Milan at Covent Garden in London.

Clart Milan Covent Garden London

Memphis Confederate reunion ends with parade in 34th annual pageant

Flags furled and drums muffled as the Confederate legion surrendered the city along the ChicaSaw river. Veterans in gray marched into the night for what may be the last reunion, a somber pageant marking the end of a historic era.

Memphis Tenn ChicaSaw River

Confederate reunion march through Dallas for next year

Dallas hosted a Confederate veterans reunion with a three hour parade led by Gen. John T. Hinkam. Bank of Commerce and Trust Company of Memphis insured $1,000,000 to guarantee next year’s reunion in Dallas, backed by a city warrant deed and mayoral officials.

John T. Hinkam Nashville Dallas Texas United Confederate Veterans Bank of Commerce and Trust Company of Memphis Memphis

Two Small Boys Cause Twilight Express Wreck

Police detectives say 8 year old Robert Boria and 6 year old Michael Terriole admitted placing rocks on the rails, causing the Twilight Express wreck in Worcester Massachusetts last Tuesday afternoon that killed three people.

Worcester Mass Boston Albany Robert Boria Michael Terriole

Handley School to Hold Commencement Events with 50 Cent Play Fee

Principal Jarman announced that public attendance is invited for the commencement sermon class day exercises and graduating exercises with no ticketing. An admission fee of 50 cents will be charged for the commencement play Tuesday night, while reserved seating is limited to graduates' immediate families for the graduation performance.

Handley School Jarman

Mine disaster at Loomis Colliery claims ten lives

Ten men are dead and five seriously injured after a gas explosion at Loomis Colliery of the Glen Alden Coal Co near Wilkes Barre Pennsylvania. Rescue teams search the mine as officials withhold details while reports later put total deaths at nineteen in the Loomis Colliery incidents.

Wilkes Barre Loomis Colery Glen Alden Cogs Company Loomis Glen Alden Coat Company Glen Alden

Rifle Barrel Fence Encloses Grant Cabin Site

A fence made from rifle barrels collected on Civil War battlefields surrounds the cabin where Ulysses S. Grant once stayed in St. Louis. The unusual enclosure preserves a piece of Civil War history tied to the famed general.

Grant Whident St. Louis

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S. H. Hable THE Shenandoah Valley Nat'l. Bank Jolliffe South Main Street Winchester the Commercial & Savings Bank W. M. Fletcher Bell Phone Wadess Elyett Wadesville Farmers Union Stephens City Farmers’ Union L. J. McCartnney Sect Empire Theatre Washington Orchestra Fox Shirley Mason Pathe News Ernest Truex Handley “Hi J. M. Orndoff Palm Beach Gray & Sheetz Schloss Bros HANNT the Union Bank OF Winchester Virginia Jas. B. Russell Chas. J. Summers Cashier Geo B. Bushnell Asst Jas Russell H. E Lupton Geo W. Kurts T. Hussell Cather Funkhouser CG M. Ebert Cksmithing East End Fairfax Lane F. C. Parker Mary Adverti
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