Old Confederate veteran Charles E Bush dies at 81
Charles Emory Bush, 81, longtime Strasburg resident and Civil War veteran, died at home after a week of critical illness. Wounded three times at Manassas, Gettysburg, and Kernstown, he was captured and imprisoned after the war. He married Rachel McIntyre of Woodstock 52 years ago and served on the town council. He is survived by a sister and two daughters.
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Strasburg
Charles Emory Bush
Timberville
Manassas
Gettysburg
Kernstown
Rachel McIntyre
Woodstock
Conferees Expected to Change Tax Bill
Washington May 13 The tax reduction bill goes to a conference with three Republicans and two Democrats after a warning from Democrats that radical changes could trigger a reorganization. Senate Republicans declined a Democratic request for a majority on the conference committee. The vital provisions are in dispute as the committee prepares to adjust the measure carried by the minority.
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Washington
Senate
Senate Republican Organization
State Conference Committee
House
Treasury Department
Immigration bill to be called up Thursday
The conference report on the immigration bill sets July 1 1924 as the effective date for Japanese exclusion and will be called up in the House on Thursday, announced by Immigration committee chairman Johnson.
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Washington
House
Johnson
Immigration Committee
Many Women Executives Rise in U S Industry
An estimate points to over 15 000 women in the United States filling senior roles as industrial superintendents and factory managers. The figure reflects growing female participation in manufacturing leadership and management positions nationwide.
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United States
Virginia wheat crop forecast cut to 8.2 million bushels
Virginia agricultural statistician Henry M. Taylor predicts 8,218,000 bushels of wheat for the state this year based on May 1 conditions at 82 percent of normal. Harvest area is about 737,000 acres, 12 percent below last year, the smallest since 1909, with prices and weather delaying planting and progress.
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Richmond
Virginia
Henry M. Taylor
Virginia Crop Reporting Service
Taylor
United States
Socialist Labor Nominates Carpenter for President
Frank T. Johns a 35 year old Portland Oregon carpenter was chosen as the Socialist Labor party presidential nominee at the national convention with 40 delegates from 15 states also nominating Bernie L. Reynolds of Baltimore for vice president. Resolutions condemn national corruption and mourn Lenine’s death. A ratification meeting is set for next Saturday night.
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New York
Frank T. Johns
Portland
Ore
United States
Socialist Labor Party
Bernie L. Reynolds
Baltimore
Lenine
Russia
Coolidge Quickly Accepts Circus Visit Invitation
President Coolidge, noted for avoiding speaking engagements, agreed within minutes to join John Ringling and I C C Commissioner McChord at the White House for a circus visit tomorrow afternoon rain or shine. He also accepted for Mrs. Coolidge.
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Washington
Coolidge
John Ringling
Commissioner McChord
Interstate Commerce Commission
White House
Missing St Hilda Hall student Louise Baker leaves in travel clothes
Charles Town West Virginia May 14 Miss Louise Sewell Baker 17 a St Hilda Hall student disappeared from the institution early last Sunday She wore a white sweater khaki or white flannel trousers green golf stockings white canvas shoes a cap and carried a raincoat She is about 5 6 135 pounds with medium brown hair She removed all identification tags and took $4 and her watch A search began the same day Her father John C Baker of Germantown Pennsylvania arrived later that day She had been collecting road maps and may have taken maps of Virginia West Virginia Maryland and Pennsylvania Her roommate said she knew nothing of departing until shortly before breakfast
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Charles Town
W. Va
Louise Sewell Baker
St. Hilda Hall
John C. Baker
Germantown
Miss Baker
Virginia
West Virginia
Maryland
Pennsylvania
The Made True Mey ttn sermon at Blessed Sacrament
In Harrisonburg Rev. Wm. J. Meredith delivers a talk on The Sacrament of the Church as part of a parish series. He emphasizes a universal, uncompromising Catholic message with unity holiness and universality, tracing Papal authority and Christ’s call to all nations.
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Harrisonburg
Marea
Wm. J. Meredith
Church of the Blessed Sacrament
Father Meredith
Dagbivree
Christ
Pius IX
St. Peter
Jesus Christ
Child Shot in Church by Accidental Gunfire
Fourteen year old Clinging Smith lies in critical condition after a pistol dropped from her father William Smith's pocket in Homeville Christian Church in Pittsburgh. The weapon discharged as the father rose during a hymn, wounding the girl in the abdomen. Smith said he carries the gun for protection after recent robberies.
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Pittsburgh
Clinging Smith
C. S. Scott
Homeville Christian Church
William Smith
Smith
One Truck At A Time Plan For Fire Alarms
Winchester city council discussed limiting fire responses to a single truck per alarm to conserve apparatus and costs. A Martinsburg example showed small trucks handling about 90 percent of calls while reserve units remain in engine houses. Firemen backed the idea, believing it would not harm morale or firefighting effectiveness.
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Central Exchange
Henry
Martinsburg
W. Va
Winchester
Telephone Central Office
Eteran
Jitney Regs Adopted As City Council Passes Measures
The city council approved the jitney licensing reform shifting approval to the revenue commissioner and set age and charge rules with license revocation for violations. A $15,000 borrowing authorization for current expenses passed unanimously. The council also ordered payment to Lake J. Frazier for stenographic work in a lawsuit, and referred band funding to a committee after Henry urged support to keep the local cornet band from disbanding.
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Port Blais
Realgae
Commissioner of the Revenue and Council
Lake J. Frazier
Winchester
Standard Gas and Oil Supply Company
Standard Een
Henry
Council
McVicar
Capt
Cooper
Funding to Sustain Band for Summer Concert Program
The inquiry asks for an amount to place the band on a firm financial footing, with plans to arrange a concert program during the summer months. The focus is on securing stable funding to enable a series of performances.
City Council defeats safety seat limit ordinance
The city council rejected an intended safety rule limiting front seat passengers. An eight to one vote left it defeated after arguments about driver control and overcrowding, with reports of three riders on a front seat and one on the operator’s lap.
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Stephens City
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Valley Radiator & Welding CO
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Mer
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R.willis
East Piccadilly St
Good & CO
Roues Avenue
Vic Arthur
Rouss Avenue
Insurance
Winches
Carpenter
Ayeno
Goulturou
Wm. J. Ith
R.t.jones & CO. Funeral Directors
William Jennings Bryan
U. S
Riaie Ang Ahi
Ter
Roal
H. C. Light
Bunker Hills
Lee L. Jackson
Skillcraft
Skill Craft Clothes Shop
Next New Theatre
the Home Grocery
Reid Murdock
Monarch
Glaize & Bro
Moresco
Jessie Hillyard Trenary
East Water Street
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