Garden Club of Virginia meeting planned in Winchester
Social news reports the Winchester and Clarke County Garden Club hosting events for the Garden Club of Virginia meeting in Winchester June 11 to 13. Activities include tea, dinners, lectures, garden visits at Scaleby Carter Hall Kentmere and other local gardens, with arrangements announced by Mrs. Roszel and Mrs. Wilpin.
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Virginia
Jane
Winchester
Clarke Countyarden
Robert M. Ward
Washington Street
Garden Club
Ofirginia
Eorge Washington Hotel
H. B. McCormac
W. A. Baker
Rge Washington
Oge
Jantz M. Roszel
Lib
Scaleby
Carer Hall
Clarke County
Kenneth Wilpin
Kentmere
Dr. Ilmer
Dward G. Butler
Frank V. Tilord
Uncheon
Milton Valley
Fairfield
Anneeld
Cathedral Gardens
Washington
F. L. Mulford
Daniel E. Wright
Garden Club of Virginia
Farmers and Merchants National Bank
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
John S. Solenberger and Company
Winchester Seed Company
Edwards. Butler
Playhouse
Valley Marble and Granite Works
George Washington Hotel
Engle to Speak on Church Epics Here Tonight
Miss Cornelia Engle, field secretary of Christian education and material relief of the Presbyterian church on South Loudoun street, under the auspices of the Woman's Auxiliary, is billed as an attractive speaker with a single message for attendees. An image of Miss Elizabeth Lee Valentine, daughter of Mr and Mrs Granville Valentine of Richmond, appears as the first photograph of a princess at the Apple Blossom Festival to debut this spring.
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Liss Payne
Betsy Payne
Front Royal
Shenanoah Valley, Inc
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Lokes
Roger W. Payne
Afton
A. G. Jeaver
Warrentonappahannock Trust Company
Iss Engle
Cornelia Engle
Presbyterian Church
South Loudoun Street
Woman’s Auxiary
Miss Engle
Miss Valentine Richmond
Apar
Elsbeth Lee Valentine
Granville Valentine
Richand
Richmond News
Lynch Family Update Shows Gradual Improvement
Mr. Harry Lynch from Huntington West Virginia arrived for a visit with his parents Mr. and Mrs. M. M. Lynch. Mr. Lynch Sr. on South Washington street has been ill for two weeks and showed a slight improvement after a restful night.
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Lynch
Harry Lynch
Huntington
W. Va
M. M. Lynch
South Washington Street
Summit Point ME Church South Plans March Meeting
The regular quarterly meeting of the Methodist Episcopal Church South at Summit Point W Va will be held Saturday and Sunday March 23 24 led by Rev C E Kirby Dr Canter will preach at 11 am Sunday and Rev Mr Kirby at the evening service. The Winchester Christian Endeavor Union schedules a Sunrise meeting Easter Sunday at 730 am in Mount Hebron Cemetery with weather permitting outdoor services or a chapel if inclement.
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Christian Endeavor
Winchester Christian Endeavor Union
Mount Hebron
Scotch Irish Dinner Guest Heads to Philadelphia
Mr. R Gray Williams leaves for Philadelphia to attend the annual Scotch Irish Society of Pennsylvania dinner at the Bellevue-Stratford Hotel, guest of Col. M C Kennedy, vice president of the Pennsylvania Railroad.
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Philadelphia
R. Gray Williams
Scotch-Irish Society of Pennsylvania
Bellevue-Stratford Hotel
Williams
Col. M. C. Kennedy
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Visitors greet townsfolk with Easter plans and arrivals
Mrs Edwards and son and Mr and Mrs Arthur Brown and son were guests of Mrs J W North on South Braddock street en route to Huntley Virginia. C E Edmondson of Alexandria Virginia is spending days on business. Norman Stump of Harrisburg Pennsylvania visiting relatives. Lewis H Hyde and Walter Blood from Denver arrived from Lawrenceville New Jersey to spend Easter with Mrs Hyde on West Boscawen Street. Miss Mary Hyde to join next week. Miss Mary Greenway Rowesell from Farmington School visits with her parents on South Stewart Street for Easter. Elmer Godlove of Coal Mine Virginia spent yesterday in town.
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Wellessly College
Wellessly
Mass
Mary Warden Boyd
Robert Beach School
Catonsville
P. W. Boyd
West Boscawen Street
Mrs. Edwards
Arthur Brown
Mrs. Brown
J. W. North
South Braddock Street
Huntley, Va
Lewis H. Hyde
Walter Blood
Denver, Colo
Lawrenceville
N. J
Mary Greenway Rowuesell
Farmington School
Harry K. Russell
South Stewart Street
Elmer Godlove
Coal Mine
Norwegian Swedish Royal Wedding Unites Two Nations
The first royal wedding in 340 years links Norway and Sweden as Crown Prince Olaf marries Princess Martha in Oslo. A throng cheers as the couple depart for a honeymoon while Swedish students sing and the Bishop of Oslo presides in a Lutheran ceremony at Our Holy Savior Church.
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Norway
Sweden
Scandinavian Peninsula
Olaf
Martha
Church of Our Holy Savior
Oslo
Johan Lunde
Over Two Billion Spent In America For Education
Washington reports a 1926 figure placing public school spending at 2 255 251 327, versus life insurance at 2 624 000 000 and 1927 automobile costs at 11 955 907 443. The piece contrasts school funding with luxury expenditures and asks if education is overvalued.
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Washington
United States
Rebels Attack Pacific Coast Regions Amid Mexican Conflict
Reports say insurgents move toward Mazatlan and Durango while General Calles concentrates forces at Torreon. Rebel actions threaten Naco border and aim to draw Calles northward into a trap for a larger drive. Captures at Pueblo and Guanajuato claimed but not confirmed.
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Mexico City
Vera Cruz
J. M. Aguirre
Aguirre
Calles
Torreon
Sinaloa
Mazatlan
Carrillo
Nayarit
Jalisco
Durango
Naco
Pueblo
Guana Juato
Grand National Steeplechase Result At Aintree
Gregalach, owned by Mrs. M. A. Gemmill, wins the Grand National by six lengths at Aintree in 9 minutes 47.25 seconds. Easter Hero, owned by J. H. Witney, places second. Richmond, owned by R. McAlpine, third. Billy Barton, America’s leading contender, falls while leading on the second circuit. A record field of 66 started and nearly 300,000 watched.
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Aintree
Eng
Gregalach
Tipperary Tim
Billy Barton
America
Barton
Easter Hero
Billy
Miner Entombed Over 24 Hours Is Taken Out Alive
At Kinloch mine in Parnassus Pa rescue teams pulled a live 29 year old miner, Lawrence Althouse, from an 13th butt after more than 24 hours entombed. He was found wandering in a dark tunnel with a buddy dead nearby. His condition was listed as fair.
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Associated Press
Parnassus
Kinloch
Lawrence Althouse
Althouse
O. F. Taylor
Andy Zicn
John Riley
American Indian Among Those Paying Tribute To Foch
Paris mourners paid tribute to Marshal Ferdinand Foch as preparations began for his interment beside France's Unknown Soldier in the Arc de Triomphe. Visitors entered the courtyard to sign the black bordered pages of the memorial book while the Foch household awaited funeral rites.
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Associated Press
Paris
Marshal Ferdinand Foch
France
Arc de Triomphe
Horee
Magle
Foch
Madame Foch
Lakehurst Officer Is Given Sea Duty
The Navy department announced that Capt. E. S. Jackson, commanding the naval air station at Lakehurst New Jersey, where the Los Angeles and other airships are stationed, had been assigned to command the battleship New York.
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Associated Press
Washington
Navy Department
E. S. Jackson
Naval Air Station
Lakehurst
N. J
Los Angeles
New York
Segrave Wins Motor Boat Championship Over Wood
In a two race duel for the championship Segrave earned 761 points after winning yesterday’s race and 400 today while Wood could not finish yesterday due to a broken steering quadrant and won today only by a final burst of speed. Wood held the mile straightaway mark of 92.8 mph with Miss England in a separate event.
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Gar Wood
England
Wood
Silver Fox
Segrave
Old Guard Republicans Split With West Loyalists
"Old Guard" Republicans condemn Democratic and Progressive Republican opposition to Mr. West’s prominent role in national campaigns. The dispute signals tensions within the party over direction and alliances.
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Mr. West
Dempsey Forms International Boxing Alliance With Fugasy
New York March 22. Jack Dempsey signs a two year agreement with Humbert J. Fugasy rival of Madison Square Garden for promotion of boxing matches in New York and elsewhere. The alliance forms an international combination and may stage bouts abroad.
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Associated Press
New York
Jack Dempsey
Humbert J. Fugasy
Metropolitian
Madison Square Garden
Fugasy
Fistic Alliance
Segrave Wins Speed Record For The Motor Boats
Major H. O. D. Segrave of England won the world motor boat speed championship at Biscayne Bay Miami Beach with a 12 mile 1 3 4 lap race. Gar Wood of Detroit finished first but Segrave earned the championship title under the American Power Boat Association sanction.
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Associated Press
Miami Beach
Fla
Biscayne Bay
H. O. D. Segrave
England
Gar Wood
Detroit
Segrave
American Power Boat Association
Section of Virginia Tax Law Declared Unconstitutional
The Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals ruled that Section 441-2 of the Virginia Tax Bill, imposing a two percent tax on securities owned by non-residents when located in Virginia, is unconstitutional and repugnant to the U S Constitution. Commonwealth vs Fleet's Executor led to six similar cases, with the court set to apply the same judgment to all.
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Richmond
Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals
Lower Court of
Virginia
Appelate Court
United States
Commonwealth Vs. Fleet
Appelate
Circuit Court
The cub who never wrote a word about the judge
A humorous dispatch describes a cub reporter at a banquet who avoided covering the judge’s death at the speaker’s table. When scolded for missing the punch line, the cub quips I saw a man fall dead, but it seemed to me to mar the proceedings.
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