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Newspaper

Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jun 14, 1920

Page

6

Census reveals population increases in listed towns

Associated Press report from Washington on June 14 states Cumberland shows a 36.6 percent rise with 7,998 new residents reaching 29,837. Moundsville West Virginia grows 1,721 persons, a 19.6 percent gain.

China Associated Press Ifsngton Census ‘Bureau Cantertkin Moundsville W.va

Family Slayer Ends Life After Killing Family in Virginia

An oil driller named Beckman killed his wife and four children at Shirley, West Virginia, near Sisterson, then took his own life by slashing his throat with the same razor and jumping into a rainwater barrel.

Associated Press Sisterson Janet H Red Beckman Shirley

Gaston Means Sues Officials Over Murder Case

Attorneys for Gaston B. Means file a $1,000,000 damages suit in federal court charging District Attorney Edward Svann and Assistant District Attorney John J. Dooling with conspiring with Northern Trust Company officials in Chicago to bribe witnesses and corrupt testimony to defeat probate of James King’s will and convict Means in the Maude A. Robinson King murder case.

Associated’ Press New Peon Gaston B. Means Edward Svann Atorney John J. Dooling Northern Trust Company Chicago Maude A. Robinson King James King

Married at Parsonage on National Avenue

At the United Brethren Parsonage on National Avenue June 12, Harry Neff Rodgers of Baltimore Maryland wed Neoma EB Vrimes of Winchester with Rev. W H Sampsell officiating. Friends extend best wishes for a happy life as Mr and Mrs Rodgers begin married life.

United Brethren Parsonage National Avenue Harry Neff Rodgers Baltimore, Md Neoma EB. Vrimies Winchester W. H. Sampsell

Oldest Warren County Resident Dies at 94

"Oldest man" in Warren County Va. Mr Updike, born in Rap pahannock County, died last Friday at age 94. Retired farmer and blacksmith, he spent most of his life in Warren. Funeral was Saturday with interment at Wharton. Survived by one son Dolph Updike and four daughters Mrs F M Goods Mrs Julia Updike of Warren County Mrs Ashby Updike and Mrs Jerry Dunlop of Winchester. His wife Elizabeth Rudacille died about 13 years ago.

Updike Saint Warren County Rap‘pahannock County Warren

Gainesboro Club Meeting on Canning and Drying Topic

The Gainesboro Home Demonstration Club will meet at the ac t GoThouse on Tuesday June 15 at 2 30. The program topic is Canning and Drying. Dundee is noted as a leading industrial center in Scotland and the jute industry hub employing about 35 000 workers. The Alto Parana river could position Paraguay as a key monsoon center with waters capable of 100 000 horse power.

Gainesboro Demonstraton Dundee Scotland United Kingdom Manly Alto Parana Paraguay Argentina Srazil Ignaza Niagara

Memory Fragment Sparks Anecdote About Early Start

The passage recalls a memory starting from infancy with a claim of perfect recall. A participant named Jack challenges the assertion, recalling a moment when a doctor urged standing and a corneal note about eye placement. The dialogue hints at themes of memory, identity, and age.

Federal condemnation notice for 7926 acres in Shenandoah Frederick area

United States seeks to acquire by condemnation 7926.68 acres in Shenandoah and Frederick Counties Virginia for navigability conservation under Weeks Forestry Law. Tracts include John D Racey, St Luke's Hospital, Shenandoah Iron & Coal, Bear Pond Lumber interests and Wetherholtz Heirs plus multiple overlapping grants and complex boundary claims. Public action follows order by Judge Henry McDowell in Western District of Virginia Lynchburg noting sixteen parcels and extensive overlaps.

John D. Racey Elizabeth Holmes Hannah Peer Christian Devries Hot H. Delashinut Luther A. Swartz Bear +Pond Lumber, Coal, & Oil Company A. Crist Martin. Miley William Davis Luke's Hospital Frank Peer Frank Wymer Joseph T. Jackson Wirza A. Funk Houser Henry @. McDowell District Court of United States of America Western ‘District of Virginia United States of United States Shenandoah Frederick Virginia John PD Racey Opequon Frederick County Stonewall Shenandoah County Great North ‘Mountain Paddy Mountain McCune John Koontz Bear, Pond Lumber, Coal& Company Holmes Grant Snandoah Opequén Erith County Hn Koontz Devries and Delashmut Luther A. Swartz J.D. Thomas Bear Pond Lumber, Coal Oil Company Nicholas Walter Crist Alexander Lowry S. €. Orngorff Thomas Davis St. Luke’s Hospital Stonewall District Cedar Creek Valley Great North Mountain Little North Mountain Bonnett Hill Francis Deakins Beatack North Mountain Secretary of Agriculture Shenandoah Iron & Coal Company Martha D. Racy Otis Brill H. C. Borden E. L. Schriver John M. Steck Preston. Richards James R Maggie G. Timberlake Samuel McCune Margaret A. McCune I. H. Rhodes H.S. Larrick Harry R. Kern John M. ‘Steck R. Gray Williams Robert L. Peer Robert ‘ Peer Arthur L. Peer Essie Peer Emma F. Orndorff DeKalb Orndorff John S. Peer S. C. Orndorff Susan* Orndorff Jénfannei ‘Orndorff Hattie Orndorff Bettie Peer Frank’ Wymer Gustave M. Wilde Fannieus Wilde John Orndorff Martha Orndorff Joseph Patterson Lizzie Patterson Lamar Walton A.F. Grand Staff Virginia Moore Samuel Moore Dana B Or V.) Wunder Henry Wunder Mollie (Walton) Kibler Dan Kibler William ‘Walton Robbie Walton Dora (Walton) Kronk Edward Kronk Lon Grandstaff Maude Grabill Dan Grabill Flora V B.) Fravel Frank Fravel J. M. Walton Alice “Walton Charles L. Walton Annie Walton Walton Eliza ~ Funkhouser Richard Funkhouser J. H. Smoot Nettie Smoot Josiah Wisman Ella Wisman Martha Dellinger James Dellinger Delilah Strawderman Alfred Delander Catherine Delander Vernie Charles Rinker George W. Funkhouser Beulah B. Funkhouser Harry K Meen Catherine Art Area Emma BE Isband Thomas Dunn Lout A B. Crist R. D. Campbell C.F. Moul D. J. Cunningham George M. Wiley C. Evans Wiley John S. Harnsberger Hansberger Wiley-Moul Lumber Company Christian Devries Minnie Devries H S. Dulaney Lawrence B. Kemp John B. Ramsey Edward T. H. Delashmut EB. T. H. Delashmut Susan James William’ W. James Laura J. Kline Keya Ira W Kline C. B. Rats Boyd G Roya Florence Wilson Hushad Wilson John B. Deakins John A. Deakins Joseph M. Deakins Parsons Parran Fauver Fauber Septimus — C. Deakins Dborah Fauver Frank C. Pulliam Claude Pullam Glovina D. Jeffers Jeffers Howard S. Pulliam Lucy Pulliam John A. Pulliam Ethel Teets Teets Alice Heath Mollie Shore Shore William du Cassin Maude Johnson Johnson George W. ‘Pulliam Virginia L. Kinkaid Kinkaid Hhitishband TW. Kinkaid Kinkardy R. Eugenia Laughland William R. Heath Quaker City National Bank of Philadelphia William R. Merriam J. F. Good Shenandoah Lumber and Iron Company Isaiah Strawderman Nimrod Strawderman Ward L. Strawderman Edward L. Strawderman Charles E. Strawderman Charles KE. Straddermayn Cora Strawderman Asa Jenkins Luther Louder Luther Souder Russell D. Kohne Nehemiah Delawder Neheimah Delawder Laura Adams Adams W. L

Shenandoah County condemnation notices for multiple tracts

Court issues notice in a federal condemnation case for several Shenandoah County tracts. It lists tract names and acreages, values, and responsible owners as of 1920, with a July 6 deadline to appear before the Lynchburg court. Publication and posting requirements are specified in Woodstock and Winchester.

Ashby Shenandoah County North Mountain Stony Creek United States of America United States Dstrict Court Western Virginia Federal Building Lynchburg Shenandoah Herald Woodstock Star Winchester Frederick County Cour Pad -Peoderide Federal E. Gentry U. S. Vitanak Court Western District of Virginia Louis H. Price C. E. Gentry Louis H. Prite

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