Stephens City Votes on Water Bonds June 26
Stephens City Virginia schedules a June 26 referendum to issue 25000 dollars for a standardized water system mainly for fire protection. Local firm offers complete installation for under 18500 dollars with bonds double the contract value. Insurance rates could fall 20 percent, and five year costs are projected under 2000 dollars annually, with gradual self support after year five.
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Stephens City
Virginia State Board of Health
Underwriters Association
Main Street
Winchester
Front Royal
Frederick County
Purcellville
Friends' Meeting Attendance Noted for Sunday
Daniel Shoemaker of Washington DC will attend the Winchester Friends meeting at 10 15 in the morning and the Ga iasboro Methodist Church services at 3 in the afternoon on the same Sunday.
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Daniel. Shoemaker
Washington, D. C
Friends
Winchester
Gaiiasboro Methodist Church
Children’s Day At Burnt Church Services
The Burnt Church Presbyterian Sunday school holds its annual children’s day exercises in the church next Tuesday evening June 19 at o’clock. All are invited to attend this service.
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Burnt Church Presbyterian
Floods Threaten Thousands of Arkansas Acres
White river flood spreads fanlike over about 40 000 acres in Arkansas Jackson county residents camp in improvised shelters 800 people affected main levee at Stephens breached warning a day earlier saved livestock another flood from Black river looms. Levee breaks on St Francis near Kennet Missouri drive hundreds from homes as 300 feet breach expands. mayor orders business closures and mobilizes workers to reinforce the levee.
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Associated Press
Newport
Ark
White River
Jackson County
Stephens
St. Francis Levee
Kennet
St. Francis River
Here
Norris Attacks Republicans Over Platform and Nominee
Senator Norris of Nebraska criticizes the Republican platform and convention in Kansas City. He denounces the party and targets figures including Mabel Willebrandt and Bascom Slemp, accusing them of power influence and hindering progress on farmers and major projects.
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Associated Press
Washington
Norris
Nebraska
Kansas City
United States
Boulder Dam
Muscle Shoals
Fess
Ohio
Mabel Walker Willebrandt
Senator Smoot
Utah
William M. Butler
Bascom Slemp
Irvine L. Lenroot
Wisconsin
Mr. Slemp
Solid South
Hoover
Farm Leader Backs Virginia Constitution Amendments
George A. Lambert president of the Farmers' Educational and Co-Operative Union told the Richmond News Leader that amendments to Virginia's constitution reflect the administration's efficiency and economy. He praises bipartisan support, legislative endorsement, and Governor Byrd's endorsement, arguing adoption will create a more economical, modern government.
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Virginia
George A. Lambert
Farmers’ Educational and Co-Operative Union
Richmond News-Leader
Lambert
Mr. Lambert
Byrd
Tou Dance Monday at Opeqton Lake Park
Dance event announced for Monday at Opeqton Lake Park with timing details unclear. Organizers invite community participation in a local entertainment gathering.
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Opeqton Lake Park
Essex Coach for Sale in Leicester Area
Essex Con coach nearly new for quick sale. Bargain price for a fast buyer. Phone 2J S18 W Leicester.
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ESSEX
Leicester
Byrd Urges Valley Of Virginia Vote For Constitutional Amendments
Governor Harry F. Byrd appeals to voters in the Valley of Virginia to go to polls on Tuesday June 19 and vote for all proposed constitutional amendments. He cites tax reductions, state efficiency, and decentralization of government as key aims and urges Democrats and Republicans alike to support the amendments to safeguard progress and prevent new central tax controls.
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Valley of Virginia
Harry F. Byrd
Valley of
Virginia
Richmond
Congressman Deal
Norfolk
Mapp
Gov
Byrd
Chautauqua to Bring Three Day Winchester Program
Radcliffe Chautauqua starts Saturday June 23 in Winchester with a unified three day lecture series on riches. Notable speakers include Dr W T S Culp Russell Berg and Charles A Harr. Adult season tickets are $2 and junior tickets $1 with six lectures and six entertainments including a side splitting comedy Putting Pep in Pap2.
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Radcliffe Chautauqua
Winchester
Chester
Eastern Silica and Chemical Corporation Charters in Virginia
The Virginia Corporation Commission granted a charter for Eastern Silica and Chemical Corporation based in Winchester Virginia. Authorized capital stock increases from 300 000 to 500 000 shares without par value. Officers John F Penrose president and G Towl secretary both of New York. D H Sencia diver of Winchester acts as promoter. The firm aims to engage in contracting converting smelting treating and preparing coal ores metals including gold silver zinc stone silica copper iron ore brass and steel. Ward and Larrick of Winchester are attorneys.
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Virginia Corporation Commission
Richmond
Eastern Silica and Chemical Corporation
Winchester
John F. Penrose
G. Towl
New York
N. Y
D. H. Senciadiver
Ward and Larrick
Vote on Amendments Called By Congressman Deal
Norfolk’s J T Deal urges Tidewater Virginia voters to reject constitutional amendments on June 19 claiming they ban state taxation of land and tangible personal property. He argues farmers won’t vote and urges residents to cast ballots to reduce taxes and boost government efficiency.
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J. T. Deal
Norfolk
Tidewater
Virginia
Deal
Congressman Deal
Preston Crews Weekend Visit with John Williams
Preston Crews, Esq. of Harrisburg, spends the weekend with John Williams, sharing time at a local residence.
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Preston Crews, Esq
Harrisonburg
John Williams
Nancy Rossman Plans Visits to Chambersbore and Sunbury
Miss Nancy Rossman of North Loudoun street leaves tomorrow to visit friends in Chambersbore and Sunbury Pennsylvania for several weeks.
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Nancy Rossman
North Loudoun Street
Chambersbore
Sunbury
Major Barton urges adopting the short ballot in Virginia
Major Robert T. Barton argues for the short ballot as essential for efficient government in Virginia. He contends governors need capable department heads, subject to Assembly confirmation, and warns that a failed election could slow state progress. He addresses segregation, land value, and fiscal protections in Richmond.
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Virginia
Robert T. Barton
Winchester
Richmond
Charles R. McCann
Barton
General Assembly
Fines for Cursing in Gore Area as Dunlops Bond for Peace
Mr. Dunlop and his 11 year old daughter Lena paid $5 fines each plus costs totaling 37.40 after visiting Miss Ile Grady last Sunday. They were placed under $100 peace bonds for one year for cursing Grady during a melee triggered by an earlier remark about a boy washing.
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Mark Dunlop
Lena Dunlop
Ile Grady
Gore
Mr. Dunlop
Miss Grady
Grady
Peacemaker
Dunlop
Lena
Att Candler and Beau Geste At Colonial Next Week
Winchester theatergoers will see Att Candler and his Merry Gang Monday through Wednesday with a changing program and chorus the Follies of the South. The bill includes films Bare Knees The Girl from Rio and San Francisco Nights. Thursday and Friday bring Percival C Wren's Beau Geste starring Ronald Colman Ralph Forbes and Victo r McLaglen.
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Winchester
Candler
South
Carolina Trio
Casko Sisters
Lillian Meeks
Virginia Lee Corbin
Carmel Myers
Rio
Percy Marmont
San Francisco
Percival C. Wrenn
Ronald Colman
Ralph Forbes
Victor McLaglen
Neill Hamilton
Alice Joyce
Norman Trevor
Herbert Brennan
Sahara
Photoplay Magazine
Black Eagle Plans Nonstop Flight To Europe In July
Hubert Julian known as the Black Eagle announced at Curtiss Field he will attempt a non stop flight to Paris or Rome in the last two weeks of July. He previously tried a Liberia flight on July 4, 1924 but failed to lift a float boat named Ethiopia from the water.
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Associated Press
Curtiss Field
N. Y
Hubert Julian
Paris
Rome
Julian
Liberia
Ethiopia
Dunaway Chosen Superintendent At Sunday School Meet
R W Dunaway of this city was chosen superintendent of Sunday schools for Winchester in the Southern Methodists convention at Braddock Street Church. He will organize adult classes and register each with the Nashville board. Mrs Hugh M Nelson of Boyce visited and shopped in town.
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Southern Methodists
Braddock Street
R.W. Dunaway
Winchester
Didnet
Dunaway
Nashville
Tenn
Brown will probate grants stepmother and aunt major shares
The late Homer L Brown veteran of the Spanish American War whose death occurred recently had his will probated in the Corporation Court He leaves to his aunt Mrs Laura V Stryker 500 and to his stepmother Laura V Brown life estate with remainder to his aunt Mrs Stryker The estate is to be sold after Mrs Stryker dies with 200 paid to Mount Hebron Cemetery Company and the remainder distributed to paternal relatives The Farmers and Merchants National Bank acts as executor with bond for 50000 The witnesses were M M Lynch James P and Miss Irene Headley
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Homer
Ie Brown
North Cameron
Corporation Court
Laura V. Brown
M. M. Lynch
Mias Irene &. Headley
Winchester and Fredericksburg Struggle At Golf Meet
The Tri-State Golf Association holds a summer tourney at the Princess Club Fredericksburg with team matches including Princess Anne vs Winchester and Harrisonburg vs Martinsburg. Fredericksburg and Winchester split their prior match by 17 points. their duel today draws keen interest.
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Tri-State Golf Association
Princess Club
Mannsfield Manor
Fredericksburg
Princess Anne
Winchester
Harrisonburg
Martinsburg
Alexandria
Boyce
Crest
Fifty poisoned at Galician wedding in Dobshatly tragedy
At a Dobshatly wedding in Galicia today fifty people were poisoned by homemade spirits, sixteen dying. The wedding feast led to a mass illness with a deadly outcome attributed to tainted liquor.
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Strij
Galicia
Dobshatly
Winchester Requires City Tags For Auto Ownership
The police department announces that all persons purchasing automobiles who live in Winchester must secure a city license tag before they may operate their cars. Arrests will be made where this law is not complied with.
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Police Department
Winchester
Wrong Phone Notice for Cats Causes Confusion
A typographical error misreported the contact number for homeless cats and kittens. The correct phone should be 252-1, not 262-3, prompting updated outreach efforts.
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Star
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Major Barton
J. G. Walter Mapp
J.L. Deal
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Att Candler
Beau Geste
Colonial
Europe
R. W. Dunaway
Winchester Steam Laundry
Hugh M. Nelson
Homer L. Brown
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