Mrs Anna Spottswood Buchanan Washington dies in DC
Mrs Anna Spottswood Buchanan Washington a longtime Frederick County landowner and Virginia family member died at her Washington DC home after a five year illness. She leaves a daughter Miss Byrdie Washington who died January 1. Services will be at Mount Hebron Cemetery with Rev J H Lacy. She was a Presbyterian and connected to Kent Street Church. Survived by sister Miss Mary Spottswood Buchanan and nieces.
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Anna Spottswood Buchanan Washington
Virginia
Frederick County
N. Street
N. W
Washington
D. C
Byrdie Washington
Burwel Bassett Washington
University of Virginia
Fruit Growers Supply Immediate Delivery of Spray Equipment
Local provider announces immediate delivery of pyrox, lead arsenate, bluestone and genuine dusting materials. Also offers spray hoses, rods, guns, nozzles, fittings, power and hand sprayers and related equipment under the slogan everything for better fruit.
Winchester Orchards: Market Street Supply Ad
Winchester Orchard Supply Co announces contact at 801 N Market St with phone 818 for orders and inquiries dated 4 28.
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N. Market ST
Governor Coolidge vetoes beer bill as hypocrisy
Boston report says Governor Coolidge vetoed the 2.75 percent beer bill, calling its passage hypocrisy and stating it would not grant beer and would criminalize attempts to act on it. The veto, read in the Senate, leaves the outcome uncertain though broad support for sustaining it is expected.
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Boston
Mass
Coolidge
Senate
House
Try Herrells Before Planting Your Corn
Advertisement note promoting high grade pedigreed seed corn from Winchester Seed Co Inc. urging farmers to choose from yellow, white and ensilage seed varieties. Mentions an experienced stenographer and a banking audience in Farmers and Merchants Nat. Bank.
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Winchester Seed Co., Inc
Nat. Banko
Greene County Democrats Endorse Harrison at May Meeting
The Greene County Democratic mass meeting at Stanardsville endorsed Harrison for Congress and Cedar Glass for Roanoke convention delegates. They approved a resolution praising President Wilson and urging a Democratic victory in both houses, lauding Hon. Thomas W. Harrison’s wartime leadership and service to constituents.
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Greene County Record
Stanardsville
Greene Democrats
Harrison
Greene County
Court House
E. D. Davis
B. M. Bushong
Roanoke
John 8. Chapman
EB. D. Davis
A. “T. Dulaney
B. W. Lillard
Claude A. Swanson
Carter Glass
San Francisco
Wilson
Congress
League’ of
Thomas W. Harrison
Washington
Winchester Gun Club Hosts Notable Trap Shooting Event
The Winchester Gun Club staged a well attended trap shoot with two squads and a large crowd. Out of town competitors included W W Downey and G A Kershner of Martinsburg and Dr Thomas Lippitt of Berryville among others. Wisecarver set a local Berryville record with 99 of 100 earlier.
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Winchester Gun Club
Messrs
W. W. Downey
G. A. Kershner
Martinsburg
W. Va
W D. Wisecarver
Thomas Lippitt
Berryville
Wilmer Sherrick
Richmond
W. D. Wisecarver
Arthur Seabright
George Chapman
F. L. Buckley
Roger Jones
Dr. Lippitt
Baker Seabright
Dr. Sherrick
Mr. Wisecarver
Save the Bees Pollination Message to Fruit Growers
A civic notice urges fruit growers to protect bees by avoiding spraying while three quarters of bloom have fallen. It argues pollination work cannot be replicated by any other agency and stresses bee preservation for apple production.
Contempt case heard over cedar tree dispute
The State Entomologist charges Mr. John Randall with contempt for blocking cedar tree cutting after agreeing to cull, court orders six inch ground cut and immediate removal, Randall disputes causing okay of method and claims damages. Judge Whiting orders compliance to six inch cut and warns writ will be dismissed once satisfied.
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John Randall
Randall
Tr ‘E Praraair
Whiting
Week's Weather Generally Fair Forecast
Weather bureau predicts a generally fair week for the North and Middle Atlantic States with near normal temperatures, likely slightly above in the second half over the interior. Strong regional variations to be monitored as conditions unfold through the week.
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The
Associated Press
Washington
Weather Bureau
North
Middle Atlantic
Interior
Wood Gets Jersey Delegates Majority for Chicago
Revised lists show General Wood with 17 of New Jersey's 28 convention delegates to Chicago while Senator Johnson holds 11. Secretary of State Marti announced the figures from Trenton on May 8.
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Associated Press
Trenton
N. J
New Jersey
Chicago
General Wood
Johnson
Marti
8 Per Cent Real Estate Investment Notification
An investment note offering eight percent interest payable quarterly and exempt from taxation in Virginia. Minimum amounts start at $160. For details contact Heansbrough & Carter, Insurance Loans Real Estate.
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Virginia
Heansbrough &Carter
Newlin & Company Promotes Investment Ads
Large and small investors are invited to review promotional notices in this paper for opportunities from Newlin & Company as part of their ongoing advertising campaign.
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Iptf Newlin & Company
Wanted laborers and stonemasons for quarry and wall rebuilding
Classified items note recruitment for 25 laborers to work in a quarry and on city streets with wages not less than 3 dollars for nine hours. Stonemasons are sought to rebuild the Town Run wall, either day work or contract per perch, with applications to the city manager. Also listed are a soda fountain for sale, a tack party notice, church service times, bakery help wanted, bedding plants, and a flower shop location.
Postmaster Fawcett Dies at Opequon Age 63
Theophilus F. Fawcett postmaster at Opequon Frederick County and longtime merchant died at his home after a long illness from hardening of the arteries at age 63. He leaves his widow Robbie Wynne and children Georgia and Robert with siblings Nora Clark W. P. Joseph. A Mason of Hiram Lodge No 21 he will be buried Tuesday at Mount Hebron Cemetery with Masonic rites.
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Theophilus F. Fawcett
Opequon
Fawcett
Elkanah Fawcett
Frederick
Fawcetts Gap
Robbie Wynne
Georgia
Georgia Fawcett
Washington,d. C
Robert Fawcett
Nora Fawcett
Chicago
Clark
W. P
Alderton
W. Va
Joseph Fawcett
Winchester
Hiram Lodge No. 21
Mount Hebron
Educational entertainment at Carpers Valley May 11
Valley residents will attend an educational entertainment at Carpers Valley school house Tuesday night May 11 at 8 p m. Lantern slides will be shown with a health talk by Dr. Anderson. Miss Anna Haines Red Cross executive secretary will discuss two years in Siberia and wear native costume. Miss Mabel Haynes county home demonstration agent will present demonstrations from Frederick county. Miss M K Strickler Red Cross school nurse will make announcements.
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Carpers Valley
Anderson
Anna Haines
The
Red Cross
Siberia
Mabel Haynes
Frederick County
M. K. Strickler
Hoover Urges Sugar Rationing and Noncompetitive Ward
Washington May 8 President Hoover proposes sugar rationing for manufacturers and an agreement with foreign nations to avoid bidding against each other for the commodity.
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The
Associated Press
Washington
United States
Italian Rebel Seizes a Ship in Quarnero Bay
Triest May 8 Capt Gabriele D Annunzio captured the Italian steamship Saro Fejerbary bound from Triest to Catania with a grain cargo. He sent two anti submarine craft to the scene and ordered the captain to sail to Fiume where a blockade has held for a fortnight and guards prevent supplies to the insurgents.
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Triest
Gabriele D'Annunzio
Catania
Quarnero Bay
Fiume
D’annunzio
Indicted for Banker's Murder in Maryland
Indictments for the killing of Francis M Hallowell director of the National Bank of Sandy Springs and for robbing the bank were returned by Montgomery county grand jury against Clarence Adams alias James Cane. He was arrested at Camden New Jersey and Baltimore detectives with requisition papers went to Camden to bring Adams to Maryland. Mrs Turner Sencindiver is recovering after an appendicitis operation at Memorial hospital.
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Associated Press
Rockville
Francis M Hallowell
National Bank of
Sandy Springs
Grand Jury
Montgomery County
Clarence Adama
James Cane
Camden
N. J. Baltimore
Adams
Maryland
Minimum family budget cited in railroad wage case
Washington May 8. A railroad labor board hearing on wage standards concluded with officials arguing for a $2,500 annual minimum for a family of five. W. Jett Lauck urged industry wide scale while citing cost of living studies and blaming profiteering for economic instability and high prices.
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Washington
Tabor
Comuntry
Railread Labor Board
Ww Y. Lanek
War Thor Board
W. Jett Lauck
Conanttine
Railroad Brotherhood
Railroad Lebbor Board
Teuck
Yeaterday
United States
Lauck
Firemen Killed Fighting Baltimore Blaze
May 8 Baltimore fire claimed the life of fireman Charlen Parks and injured four others when a clothing store on Baltimore Street near Calvert ignited. The Emerson Hotel nearby was briefly menaced but guests remained calm. Loss to the building and stock valued at about $150,000.
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Associated Press
Baltimore
Charlen Parks
Baltimore Street
Calvert
Israel
Emerson Hotel
Socialists Seek Large Vote At National Convention
Maurice Hilquit, temporary chairman, opened the Socialist national convention in New York predicting the party would poll over 2,000,000 votes in the presidential campaign. He said the party would endure attacks from all powers of darkness and oppression in the country.
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New York
May
Wilson
Socialist Party
Maurice Hilquit
Socialist National Convention
Poles and Ukrainians Capture Kiev, Report Says
London May 8 Polish and Ukrainian troops captured Kiev Thursday night an official Moscow statement said when received by wireless. The report adds no further details on casualties or timing.
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Associated Press
London
Kiev
Moscow
Reception Held for New Pastor at Market Street Church
The Rev Walter M Depp former ly of Baltimore succeeded the Rev H G Spencer as pastor of Market Street Methodist Episcopal Church and with Mrs Depp was honored at a reception last evening by the congregation. A large number of members and friends attended the event in thelecture room.
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Walter M. Depp
Baltimore
H. G. Spencer
Market Street Methodist Episcopal Church
Depp
Ari
Amd
Aotiaas
Game Warden to Enforce Frederick Dog Tax
The county expects a house to house canvass after commissioners release reports. Warnings will be issued for untagged dogs and owners with tags but missing tags may face dismissal of one charge and an additional charge for not tagging. Regular Game Warden for County.
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The
Star
Frederick County
Commissioners of the Revenue
Tickets for As You Was Go Fast at Empire
Tickets for the American site show As You Was go on sale for the Empire performance on Wednesday May 12. Mr Nail says tickets are selling quickly and urges quick reservations for those who missed the last clever musical. Mrs A M Baker reports many changes since the prior performance and anticipates a bigger show based on reports from other towns.
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The
Empire
Nail
A. M. Baker
Patriotic Daughters of America Sponsor Social for New Members
The Patriotic Daughters of America held a social for new members in their lodge room last night. Mrs. Charles Bayliss gave an address while other members spoke briefly. Music accompanied the event and refreshments followed. The gathering was well attended with a large delegation and a rapidly growing membership.
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The
Patriotic Daughters of America
Charles Bayliss
Plans for world’s largest hotel in Chicago
Plans announced in Chicago for the world’s largest hotel to be built in five units. The Edgewater Beach Hotel site would form one unit, spanning three blocks on Lake Michigan and Sheridan Road. Architects expect 4,000 rooms with a $15 million cost, a theater seating 2,500, 400 kitchenettes, and a 16 story bachelor unit.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Edgewater Beach
Lake Michigan
Sheridan Road
Desperate Burglar Assaults Lawyer in City Hotel
Philadelphia report says William G. Thompson, lawyer and clubman, was attacked in his St James Hotel apartment by a bar party. He fought off the intruder after a struggle, receiving a head wound and later recounting a tense attempt to summon help while the burglar blocked the door. Police were investigating the break in.
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Associated Press
Philadelphia
William G. Thompson
Bachetras
St. James
Thomson
Pregris
Leedy Addresses Large Crowd in Winchester Meeting
Col Robert F Leedy a Virginia State Senate candidate spoke to about 400 locals and Winchester residents in Winchester during the afternoon. He denounced Judge T W Harrison as opponent as part of his bid for the Democratic nomination for Congress. The Star could not publish a full epitome of the speech due to lateness.
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Robert F. Leedy
Virginia State Senate
Luray
Colgress
T. W. Harrison
Winchester
Orstecsiz
Mos
Colonel Leedy
Star
Leedy
Morals and Religion Sermons At Market Street Church
Rev Walter Mark Depp, Market Street Methodist Episcopal Church, outlines next two Sundays themes “all and Religion.” May 16 features “The Morals of a Religious Man” and “The Religion of a Moral Man” with evening worship at eight.
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Walter Mark Depp
Market Street Methodist Episcopal Church
Death claims former pastor Rev Charles T Weedde
The Rev. Charles T. Weedde longtime pastor of Market Street Methodist Episcopal church Baltimore died at 15607 McCulloch Street Baltimore on Tuesday. Funeral held at the house and interment was in Dru Ridge Cemetery. He was about 73, NC native, served in the Confederate Army and on the staff of a major general. Widow is Mrs Saltie Me Weedde. He had many friends in Winchester.
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Charles, T. Woeede
Market Street Methodist Episcopal Church
McCulloch Street
Baltimore
Dru Ridge
Mr. Weéde
Winchester Church
Maryland
Balthmars
North Carolina
Saltie
Winchester
General strike ordered in Paris disrupts transit systems
The Associated Press reports a general strike issued for Monday in Paris affecting subways and the metro lines. Demonstrators and labor groups urge action as public transportation grinds to a halt across the capital.
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Associated Press
Paris
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