Virginia clergyman Nelson chosen for Winchester church rector
The Christ Protestant Episcopal Church vestry in Winchester voted to hire Rev Nelson as rector to fill the vacancy caused by last March's resignation. Nelson, aged about 41, is a Virginia native, Virginian education, WWI army chaplain, and has worked with health departments. he left Winchester today after discussions and is expected to assume duties soon.
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Christ Protestant Episcon Church
Winchester
Christ Church
Nelson
Christie
Goodwin
Kinloch Nelson
Tt Nelson
Richmond
University of Virginia
Virginia Theological Seminary
Alexandria
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Blacksburg
Lee
Vas
France
U.S. Department of Health
State Board of Health
Virginia
For Sale Good Stock Ewes and Lambs
Rumsey Smith of Hanging Rock West Virginia offers hundreds of young ewes for sale before the breeding season. Currently 15 top ewes with lambs, $5.50 per head. 27 Shropshires with some full mouths, 20 lambs averaging 56 pounds at $8.50 per head. Lambs included. Sale is near Capon Bridge. One period week day ad.
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Rumsey Smith
Hanging Rock
W. Va
Capon Bridge
Handlian for Sale at Winchester High School
New Ford sedan with 125.00 extra equipment. Two Dodge Tourings in excellent shape. 20-1p-2t 4 Hicks. Handlian for sale at Solenberger's. If interested in the school, get a copy.
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Handlian
Winchester High School
Solenberger’s
Building Lots on Pike Edge of Town
Building lots on Pike edge of town measure 178 by 400 feet and offer an excellent location for fruit and water services. Price listed at $1,800 with sale notice by G. Clarence Miller.
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Pike At
Clarence Miller
Waffle Supper Benefit For Camp Evenings
A community waffle supper hosted by the Came Fire Girls supports Camp Evenings summer program. The event takes place Thursday evening June 2 at the Elks venue, with proceeds aiding camp activities and youth outreach.
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Fire Girls
Elks
Lloyd George urges pacific stance at Imperial Conference
British Prime Minister Lloyd George told the Imperial Conference opening that the Anglo Japanese agreement is an urgent Empire issue. He added the goal is peace and fair play in the Pacific and Far East and to avoid armament competition.
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Associated Press
Lon
Lloyd George
Pacific
Far East
Army to be reduced to 150000 men by October
The House and Senate conferees on the Army Appropriation Bill urged both chambers to cut the U S Army to 150000 enlisted men by next October. The decision follows ongoing budget reductions and military restructuring debates in Washington.
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Associated Press
Washington
House
Senate
United States Army
Robbers Grab $16,000 From Express Wagon
Five men robbed an American Railway Express wagon in Granite City Illinois and escaped with a safe reportedly containing $16,000. The money was en route from the St Louis office of the National Lead Company to its Granite City office. Mrs Aulick Gibbons departed for Hagerstown Maryland to attend her grandmother Mrs Martha McFarland's funeral held this afternoon.
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Associated Press
Granite City, Ill
American Railway Express Company
St. Louis
National Lead Company
Granite City
Aulick Gibbons
Hagerstown
Martha McFarland
Congress Helps the Philippines Boosts Debt Limit
Washington June 20 The House passed a bill authorizing the Philippine Government to raise the indebtedness limit from 15 million to 30 million. Supporters will push for Senate approval.
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Associated Press
Washington
House
Senate
Autos Collide on Valley Pike Near Winchester
An auto driven by Sidner Curl of Winchester collided with a second car carrying a group from Front Royal Va on the Valley pike yesterday afternoon. Both cars were damaged but the occupants escaped serious injuries. Curl and his wife were in the lead vehicle when the Front Royal party emerged from a side road without signaling, and Curl’s quick maneuvering reportedly prevented a worse crash.
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Sidner Curl
Winchester
Front Royal
Valley Pike
Curl
Sale of great interest to every woman ad
An advertisement promotes a sale of great interest to every woman and invites readers to see the full page ad on the next to last page, credited to H. K. Green & Bro.
Spray the Garden at Winchester Orchard Sup Co
Leaf eating insects and fungus can be controlled by spraying or dusting with proper materials. Special hand dusters powder knapsack and hand sprayers are available for flower and vegetable gardens. Low prices on garden hose nozzles fittings. Winchester Orchard Sup Co 301 N Market St.
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Winchester Orchard Sup. CO
Market St. D
Handlian for Sale Winchester High School Item
Handlian for sale listed under Winchester High School. The document references an item titled Handlian with catalog codes 20 1p 21 and mentions sale context in a school ledger. No further details are provided.
Yard Party Benefits Leagues at Carpers Valley School House
Mrs S Logan Owens arrives from Washington to join her children at Fairmount Avenue home. Miller's Drug Store offers refrigerators or iceboxes and TANSAC event details advertise a June 25 fundraiser at the School House with a Miller's Drug Store location.
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Carpers Valley
Benefit of League
Miss Helen Zirkle Weds Frederick Crisman in Frederick Md
The ceremony for Miss Helen Elizabeth Zirkle and Mr. Frederick Ashby Crisman took place in Frederick Maryland at 2 pm on Saturday. Rev James O Wrightson officiated. The couple will reside in Winchester and travel this summer with a stay at the Zirkle home on South Main Street.
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Helen Elizabeth Zirkle
Frederick Ashby Crisman
Winchester
Frederick County
Frederick
The
Star
James 0
Wrightson
Episcopal Church
Louise O. Zirkle
Rains Bring Great Benefit to Shenandoah Valley Farmers
Heavy rains Friday afternoon and Saturday eased drought in Frederick County and Winchester area. Farmers report corn and gardens may rebound after weeks of stagnation, with potential for a good crop. Storms caused lightning surges and minor power interruptions, burning transformers at the North Kent Street substation and forcing the Virginia Woolen mill to close briefly.
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Shenandoah Valley
Winchester
Frederick County
Northern Virginia Power Company
Power Company
North Kent Street
Virginia Woolen
Two Young Men Arrested After Park Scrape
In Spring Park yesterday afternoon two Chester men identified as Jesse ik Brown and Doug Brown were arrested for disorderly conduct after a lively fist fight. Police officers Jel and Clark detained them. each posted 30 collateral and await a 7:90 o'clock hearing before Magistrate Worsley this evening. Bystanders reported excitement and fainting among women. Neither man was injured, and the quarrel is expected to be testified at the police court.
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Chester
Jesse Ik Brown
Jel and Clark
Ber
Worsley
Doug
Brown
Quick operation saves young girl at hospital
Little Mary McKenzie of West Water street fell acutely ill yesterday. Dr. P W Boyd rushed her to the hospital where the appendix was nearly bursting. An immediate operation was performed and Mary emerged well, with recovery expected. The item also notes a sale listing for a library table by Mrs May Mort in Ip.
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Mary McKenzie
William McKenzie
West Water Street
P.W. Boyd
Miss Nulton Engaged To Navy Officer Dean D. Francis
The engagement is announced of Virginia Adams Nulton daughter of Mr and Mrs Louis M Nulton of Philadelphia to Dean D Francis of Flint Michigan a 1919 Naval Academy graduate The couple will wed as announced by the Nulton family in the Navy Yard area.
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Louis M. Nulton
S. Nulton
Navy Yard
Philadelphia
Virginia Adams Nulton
Dean D. Francis
Flint, Mich
Naval Academy At
Annapollis
Mob Lynches Georgia Negro in Moultrie
John Henry Williams, a Black man convicted of murdering Lorena Wilkes, a 12 year old white girl, was seized by a mob from officers after a court verdict and lynched near Autreyville Georgia. Authorities were overwhelmed during the incident.
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Moultrie
John Henry Williams
Lorena. Wilkes
Autreyville
Amundsen Reaches Nome After Arctic Voyage
Roald Amundsen arrived in Nome aboard The Maude after wintering off Cape Serge. The expedition leader said The Maude will be towed to Nome for propeller repairs before departing for Seattle on the first steamer.
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Nome
Alaska
Roald Amundsen
Explorer
Cape Serge
Siberia
Seattle
Investment query seeking 7 percent safe annual return
The note asks for a dependable investment returning money in the year of need, absolutely safe and yielding 7 percent interest regularly and punctually. It cites Hansbrough & Carter, Insurance-Loans-Real Estate, volume 6 page 18 issue 1 page 31 as the source.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hansbrough & Carter
Camp Fire Girls plan two week Capon River camping trip
Camp Fire Girls seek public support to raise funds to rent Boy Scouts equipment for a two week Capon River outing. They will host a waffle supper Thursday night at the Elks Club from six to eight p.m. in Winchester to raise money and invite contributions to Mrs. H. K. Russell of Mrs. H. Clay de Grange.
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Camp Fire
Capon River
Boy Scouts
Elks’ Club
Winchester
H. K. Russell
H. Clay de Grange
The Devil at Empire Tonight
Tonight and tomorrow at the Empire Theater feature The Devil with a large all star cast. Two shows tonight at seven and eight forty five paired with Double Adventure. Tomorrow the reels rotate and The Devil returns with the same admission price and special pianist music.
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Mr. George
Empire Theater
Dr Harris Preaches at Mt View Dedication Service
Rev Dr Carlton D Harris visiting Frederick county officiated at the dedication of the new Methodist church near Mountain View. He preached the dedicatory sermon and later spoke on his travels in Japan and the Orient. The event drew residents from the county and Winchester with a large crowd and a community dinner.
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Carlton D. Harris
Middletown
This County
Baltimore Southern Methodist
Southern Methodist Church
Baltimore
Harris
Frederick County
New Methodist Church
Mt. View
Winchester
Mountain View
Mountain Falls
Japan
David Harris
Special GREEN & BRO Announcement on Next to Last Page
A brief special notice appears on the penultimate page of the paper highlighting GREEN & BRO activities or services. The item lacks details but indicates a forthcoming or ongoing matter connected to the firm.
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A. Paper
Green & Bro
Crook Players and Gamblers Face Trial in 1919 Scandal
Chicago the chief justice scheduled eighteen former baseball players and gamblers for trial on charges of throwing the 1919 World Series. Trials set for next Monday before judges Hugo Friend Benjamin Franklin and Carl Zork. Named defendants include Eddie Cicotte Joe Jackson Buck Weaver Chick Gandil Abe Attell and others.
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Chicago
Jus McDonald
Hugo Friend
Benjamin Franklin
Carl Zork
St. Louis
Zork
Eddie Cicotte
Claud Williams
Joe Jackson
Buck Weaver
Fred Mullin
Hagerstown Man Slashes Throat in Home
Orville David Potter, 43, a silk weaver, was found dead in his Hagerstown home by his wife. His throat was cut with a razor, with despondency given as the cause. He had moved to Hagerstown from York, Pennsylvania.
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Associated Press
Hagerstown
Orville David Potter
Silk Weever
York
Klan Drama and Jungle Serial Featured at Auditor
Tonight at the auditor, children are admitted free alongside a screening of a Klu Klux Klan drama Face At Your Window and the new serial The Miracles of the Jungles by Selig, maker of Kathleen's Adventures and The Lost City.
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Klu Klux Klan
Jungles
Selig
Kathleen
Four Men Executed in Pennsylvania for Erie Murder
In Bellefont Pa on June 20 four inmates Mil ton Hudson Robert Crammel William Scragin and Steve Schiot were electrocuted at Rockview for the murder of Szima Florian in Erie last September. It marked the first four-for-one death penalty in Pennsylvania in many years.
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Associated Press
Bellefont
Western
Rockview
Szima Florian
Erie
Milton Hudson
Robert Crammel
William Scragin
Steve Schiot
Pennsylvania
Racer Killed at Hagerstown Fair Grounds
Mrs Carroll Willis from this city witnessed the fatal accident at the Hagerstown fair grounds yesterday afternoon in which Henry Williams of Philadelphia, a racing driver, was fatally injured during automobile and motorcycle races.
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Carroll Willis
Hagerstown Fair Grounds
Henry Williams
Philadelphia
Miss Dinwiddie A Visitor
Miss Martha Dinwiddie formerly with the Virginia extension service as home demonstration agent spent the weekend as guest of Mr and Mrs Allen B Bond at their west of town home. Mrs Bond and Miss Dinwiddie were associated in home economics here several years ago.
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Martha Dinwiddie
Virginia Extension Service
Allen B. Bond
Shawnee Tribe No 2 members urged to attend meeting
Notice calls all Shawnee Tribe No 2 members to be at Wigwam on Tuesday July 21 at 8 pm for important business. Also an ad seeks intelligent factory foreman and mentions upholstered and wicker furniture line from M SWIMLEY.
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Ip H. R. Smithey
C. of
M. Swimley
Wheat Insurance and Loans on Farm Property
Advertisement notes insurance for wheat and other grain on farms with low rates. Mentions insurance loans and real estate services offered by the firm.
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Hansbrough & Carter
SHORT HAY CROP AND SEED DEALS IN CITY ADS
Short hay crop notes including Miller Sudan grass and sorghum offered as cheap deeds by Winchester Seed Co Inc. Mention of Mr W Davis and Conrad, Admiralty counsel for the United States Shipping Board, arriving in New York and visiting his mother on West Water Street before returning home.
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Son Miller
Winchester Seed Co., Inc
Clarke County mass meeting opposes large bond issue
Strong sentiment against a 200000 bond for Chapel road and Greenway projects dominates a Clarke County mass meeting at Berryville court house. Citizens pass a resolution opposing any bond issues and pledge to oppose candidates supporting bonds. Meeting chaired by Edward Barnett, with Dabney Harrison criticizing bond proponents.
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Clarke Courier
Berryville
J. B. Barhett
Board of Supervisors
Chapel
Greenway
Gise
Chapel Road
Clarke
Court House
Clarke County
Cal Edward Barnett
Dabney Harrison
Gilpin
State Highways Here Tuesday Inspection Planned
Telegram from Wade HH of Rappahannock county indicates the State Highway department will arrive in the city on Tuesday for a day of inspecting the highways in this and nearby counties. The local highway committee of the Chamber of Commerce hosted the visitors as the group, led by the committee chairman and the Chamber president, discussed ongoing road work.
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H. F. Byrd
Anes
Wade HH
Rappahannock County
Thasimmorrow
Cf of Commerce
C. W
Irish girls seek work here on artists models and stenog
Seventeen Irish immigrant girls aboard the Celtic arrive in New York seeking domestic service or similar positions. They express no desire to return home and look for employment opportunities in the city.
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New York
Stenogrew
Dempsey Will Not Enter Jersey For Carpentier Fight
Atlantic City dispatch says Jack Dempsey will not invade Jersey for the world heavyweight title bout with Georges Carpentier until 24 hours before the fight. Manager Jack Britton confirms Dempsey will train away from public view and stay at a private Jersey home the night before the bout. Piscicottin will not be visible to fans until he enters the arena.
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Atlantic City
Jack Dempsey
Jedit
Georges Carpentier
Jack B
Dempsey
Jersey Oe
Pisciecotyn Swill
Conditions in dry Norway
A June report from Christiania states that 23,694 persons were arrested for intoxication and 34,000 others were arrested for related offenses in Norway during the year. Norway’s coastline with many fjords aids smuggling. Mrs Pauline Shannon of Baltimore arrived for a visit to Mr May Greenwalt on West Water Street.
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Associated Press
Christiania
Norway
Pauline Shannon
Baltimore
May Greenwalt
West Water Street
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Fk. Green & Bro
Moling & Seal
Ain'far East
Congress
Philippines
H. K. Green & Bro
Tansac
Miller’s Drug Store
R. M. Swimley
Zirkle
F. A. Crism
Truth
Maryland
Fredericks
Mary A. Zirkle
A. M. Zirkle
Old Episcopal Female Institute
Grisman
Crisman
Jacob Crisman
Kernstown
Stephens City
May Mort
Miss Nulton
Georgia
Amundsen
Trinkle
Strasburg
Empire Theatre
Capon
Empire
DR. Harris
New Methodist
CROOK
Auditor
Racer
Miss Dinwiddie
Care Star
Oe Courier
Dempsey Will. Hide Hinsele
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