Fire destroys Handley School offices in icy blaze
Fire at the Handley School site destroyed the general contractors J L Crouse offices and their contents. Water was scarce as the nearby hydrant was distant and frozen, hampering efforts. Night watchman Daugherty raised the alarm. workers saved some tools while the office roof burned and plans were lost. insured losses around four thousand dollars.
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Handley School
General
J. L. Crouse
F. É
J. N. Crouse
Washington and
Gerara
Daugherty
Lynch
Reginald Jes
Leicester Street
Friendship
Rouss
Sarah Zane
South End
Winchester
Elks" Minstrels
Empire Théatre
John H. Lamp
Gerard Street
Sarah Zane Company
Paugherty
J. 5 Crouse
Handley Schools
Handley
Empire Theatre
Court cases set for April in Corporation Court
K W Adams a chiropractor faces a fourth jury trial for practicing medicine without a license with April 16 set. Three prior juries failed to reach verdict. Cecil Loy also goes to trial April 24 before Judge Whiting for a collision injuring Mrs M B V Snake.
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K. W. Adams
Corporation Court
Cecil Loy
M. B. V. Snake
Whiting
Piggy Wiggly Rises 21 Points in New York Stocks
Pool operations ran through the morning with profit taking sending a reactionary trend. Piggy Wiggly jumped 21 points to 93 in a sensational rise, a new high for the year amid ongoing New York Stock Exchange investigations. Call money opened at 5 percent.
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Associated
New York
New York Stock Exchange
Call Money
Three Die In Powder Plant Blast At Deliaville
An explosion at the Du Pont Powder Company in Deliaville near Scranton kills three workers, identified as John Graham Edward Ketcham and a third employee named Taylor. Fire and police units respond as investigators begin work on the cause.
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Associated Press
Scranton
du Pont Powder Company
Delia Village
John Graham
Edward Ketcham
Taylor
Hotel Evans sale bargains on dining room sets
Fragmentary notice advertises dining room tables and chairs at the Hotel Evans sale scheduled for Friday March 23. The snippet mentions Firestone Oldfield and Montford and a crowd, but details are incomplete.
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Firestone
Oldfield
Montford
Henson
Hotel
Evans Sale
Byrd replies to Goolrick on road bond bill debate
Richmond Times Dispatch reports Virginia State Senator Harry Flood Byrd of Winchester responds to Senator C C Goolrick of Frederickshire. Byrd accuses Goolrick of reversing positions on state aid for feeder roads and questions the bond referendum plan as drafted.
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Byrd
Goalrick
Bill
Richmond Times-Dispatch
Harry Flood Byrd
Winchester
O’conor Goolrick
Frederickshiro
Goolrick
House of Delegates
Times-Dispatch
Fenee
Pension Ae Oe
Godlrick
Senate
Virginia
Hope
Chicken and Waffle Supper at Church of Christ Rouss Hall
Ladies' Aid plans a chicken and waffle supper at Rouss Hall on Thursday March 22 starting 5 p m. price one dollar. Also a sale notice for 3 000 bundles of fodder by J C Hiser at Ridgeway's farm near Nineveh. Rugs and Office Furniture auction at Hotel Evans on Friday March 23.
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Ladies’ Aid
Church of Christ
Rouss Hall
J. C. Hiser
Ridgeway
Nineveh
Hotel Evans
Springs Gaskets Rings and Accessories Ad
Local ad listing springs gaskets rings and related accessories offered at the MID CITY GARAGE. Includes basic shop items and contact point for purchase.
Kiwanis Gathers Guests From Winchester to Washington
The Winchester Kiwanis Club will visit Washington D C on Thursday for a pre arranged inter club luncheon tour. About sixty members will travel twelve cars via Winchester Charles Town Harpers Ferry and Frederick to the George Washington Hotel for a luncheon and a tour of Washington club projects. The return will be by the same route and the weekly luncheon is canceled.
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Kiwanis Club
Winchester
Washington, D.C
Kiw
American ‘Legion
Winchester Club
National
J. Howard Cather
Robert c. Green
When Knighthood Was In Flower at the Empire
Paramount film promo for When Knighthood Was In Flower highlighting a 12 reel production set in old England and France. It notes a cast of thousands, cost near a million, and lavish costumes and sets with Henry VIII and Louis XII halls reproduced. Showtimes and matinee details listed with Richard Barthelmess as a star.
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Paramount
England
France
New York
Henry the
Louis the Twelfth
Europe
M Davies
Mary Tudor
the Empire
Richard Barthelmess
Furniture sale to move largest lot in ten years
Friday March 23 the Commercial and Savings Book will sell the biggest lot of furniture in one day in the last ten years. Attendees may find desirable building lot on Gray Avenue offered by G. Clarence Miller for sale notice.
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Gray Avenue
G. Clarence Miller
Crops Suffer Greatly From Cold Weather
Richmond reports freezing night temp spared Virginia fruit crops but delayed buds in main belts may curb development and avert worse frost later. Georgia peaches in central belt sustain heavy bloom damage. official estimates pending 24 to 48 hours to assess full impact.
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Associated Press
Richmond
Virginia
George W. Koiner
Koiner
Chicago
Great Lakes
Mississippi Valley
Misissippi
Texas
Florida
Bureau
Canada
Atlantic Coast
Weather Bureau
Missouri Valley
Plain States
Rocky Mountain
Plateau
Pacific Coast
Edat
Minnesota
Lower Lake Region
Ohio Valley
Tennessee
East Gulf
South Atlantic States
Rockford
Mil
Baxter
Colo
Waukesha
Wis
Kutch
Whiting
Ind
Mississippi
Georgia
Macon
Oliver I. Snapp
United States Bureau of Entomology
Fort Valley
Georgia Fruit Belt
Snapp
Spelling Bee by Third Troop at Centenary Reform Church
The Third troop Boy Scouts will hold a spelling bee at the Centenary Reform Church Friday March 23 at 8 p.m. Dr Cox and Mr Marshall Baker will be team captains. Two silver cups awarded as first and second prizes. Admission 15 cents. 3-19-1p-51 WANTED Boy Apply City Meat Market 19-19-21
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Centenary Reform
Cox
Marshall Baker
35 Houses Burn At Key West Fire
Fire in a building occupied by the Cortez Cigar Company destroyed 35 dwellings in Key West Florida. Army and Navy departments were called for help as investigators seek the blaze origin and cause.
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Key West
Fla
Associated Press
Cortez Cigar Company
Army
Navy
Mississippi tornado relief counts 1000 homeless
In northwest Mississippi about 1000 people are homeless after the twister. G. C. Crane and E. Lovett of the American Red Cross estimate the number and urge food and clothing to aid rehabilitation efforts. Bertha von Hillern promotes homemade rolls and rusks, baked with Crystal Flour, through J. F. Kremer and Bro. in Memphis.
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Associated Press
Memphis
Tenn
Mississippi
G. C. Crane
E. Lovett
American Red Cross
Bertha von Hillern
J. F. Kremer
Bro
Hoov er Barn Fires Tied to Timberville Threats in Virginia
County officers near Harrisonburg say they have a trace of the arsonists who burned the Hoover and Hoover cousin Beery Moover barns at Stanley Hoover’s in Timberville. Loss estimated 12 000 to 15 000 with 16 horses and a calf killed. Threats linked to cedar cuttings drive motive. Beery Hoover notes a warned letter about “war” from the Hoover clan.
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Harrisonburg
Timberville
Here
Barnes
Stanley Hoover
Beery Moover
Hoovers
Fle Street
Beery Hoover
Hoover
Hoover Farms
I 8. L. Hoover
Rm Vireinta Power Company
Winchester
Cox and Bryan Endorsement in Miami Banquet
Former Governor James M. Cox’s stance on the international scene was endorsed by William Jennings Bryan at a Florida State Bar Association banquet in Miami. Cox urged active peace and readjustment aid, while Bryan stressed U S participation and endorsed Cox’s program as a common sense solution.
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Miami
Gla
James M. Cox
William Jenhige Bryan
Florida State Bar Association
Cox
America
Bryan Rose
Sixteenth Street State Bank Closed in Chicago
Chicago March 20 The Six teenth Street State Bank at 3660 West Sixteenth Street was closed today by the state bank examiner. Deposits totaling about 700000 will be fully protected, the examiner said. WANTED Cart driver Shawnee Fuel Co Jeas Nathanson left yesterday for New York to buy Easter goods for his Main Street Store.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Sixteenth Street State Bank
West Sixteenth Street
State Bank Examiner
Cart
Shawnee Fuel Co
Jeas Nathanson
The
Nathanson
New York
Elks Night Show at Theatre Delights Local Crowd
The Elks staged a lively variety night featuring a stage show with skits songs and a large orchestra. Richard Newlin led the cast with Miss Mary and a host of local performers delivering humorous acts and musical numbers to a delighted audience.
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Elks
Richard
Mr Newlin
Sistas Misa
Mary Reshenas Kern
Big Bill
Gladys Sanford
Ray Willey
Agni Boxwell
Mary
Louis Rice
Ba Ner
Mary Green
Seabel McCann Thomas
Frank Reynolds
Henry F. Seal
Vic
Jim
DuShane
Carbota
Hiks
George Dunham
Tor
Jim DuShane
Vic Arthur
John Boxwell
Earl Ritter
Bill Schneider
Russ
Buzzella Henry
Migs Crisman
Cla
Mra
Frank
Susan Reid Wiliams
Mrs Cooper
Major Courson
Nols
Harry Bryant
R. B. Griffith
Thelmas Carver
Elizabeth
Jim Frances Cross
Isabel McCann
Garet Cross
Janette Rathman
Hilda Dean
Mamier
Love “Allamong
Lena Newlin
Louise Hollis
Keen Shiner
Margaret Kelchiner
Garet Hawkins
Virginia F . Mary
McDonald
Don Finfrock
Wy Windle
Ernest Thomas
I Kern
Bryan’ Breckenridge
Chapman
Clyde DeHart
Won Suit of Clothes by Lucky Club Member
Pred. Whetzel of Clea won a suit of clothes at Gearing's clothing store last Saturday. He joined the suit club two weeks ago and contributed only $2.
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Whetzel
Clea
Gearing’s
Suit Club
Wedded at Parsonage by United Brethren Minister
Harm M. Ritter and Karl, who obtained a license last Saturday, were married in the evening by a United Brethren minister at the parsonage on national avenue. Bureaus and wash-stands sold at Mt Hotel Evans sale Friday March 1.
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Harm
Ritter
Karl
The
Star
United Brethren
Clergy National Avenue
Mt Hotel
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Play Court
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Fredericksburg
N. Main Street
A. G. Swanson
Washington
Capital City
H. D. Albin
Bell Phone
Spelling Bee
Apply City
Harry Worsley
Bemel
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Worsley
Mr. Worsley
Robert Worsley
Njamin Ar
Cox and
Bryan
Empire
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