Dance and wedding events color Winchester social
Miss Jane Cover and Miss Cassandra Stewart host pre wedding dance at Miss Cover’s home in Winchester with others attending. Mrs. Chunn returns from Washington after illness in family. Mr. Charles George, noted playwright, spends summer in Hagerstown and plans new work for New York. Glee Club from Harrisonburg to broadcast May 21 on WRC. Various locals attend events, travels, and society meetings in Winchester and surrounding towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jane Cover
Cassandra Stewart
Baltimore
Jane Bailey Cover
Mary Bernard Towers
Miss Cover
Carolyn Brooks
Vaun Sweetser Ewing
Charles George
Hagerstown
New York
State Teachers’ College
Harrisonburg
Statiny Wrc
Sarah Bharker
Charles Mort
Samuel Gerschenak
Capon Bridge Local Notes and Ill Residents
Capon Bridge and surrounding area report several ill residents including Mrs E G Nine wife of the high school principal and Mrs S Offutt aiding her. Numerous visits and social calls are noted among residents, with small town events and a weekend car wreck involving Mr Benjamin Lockhart. The community also mentions church activities and revival progress in nearby Augusta West Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Capon Bridge
W. Va
E. G. Nine
J. J. S. Offutt
DS McKee
Charles’ Peacemaker
Mr. Moreland
Hetzel Whitlock
Benjamin Lockhart
Lockhart
Fairmont
Ruth Kerns
Charles Town
J. T. Funkhouser
Oliver DeHaven
Linal
Doris
Cross Junction
Beulah McKee
Gore
Bernice Funkhouser
W. P. Good
M. E
Beulah Hook
John, Jr
Harry Burkheimer
Harry Hardy
Romney
Giffin
R. C. Stickley
Saumsville
George Parrish
Nora Parrish
Winchester
Frank Kerns
Nell Kerns
E. W. Dolan
Augusta
New Four Cylinder Ford To Be Produced
Detroit officials report production of a new four cylinder gear shift Ford will start July 1. The Chicago and Detroit authorities discuss purchasing Ford cars as Model T may be discontinued before June 1. The Ford group did not deny or confirm the report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ford
Associated Press
Detroit
Police Department
Peace Parley Planned Between Warring Factions
Mineola N Y May 18 A peace conference between the Bellanca trans Atlantic flying camp factions was arranged by Giuseppe M Tanca designer of the plane Columbia to iron out internal difficulties threatening the flight The meeting would occur during the day at Roosevelt Field and involve Bellanca Balchen and Chamberlin negotiations with Commander Byrd’s support noted both sides at a hotel. Work on Byrd’s big Fokker continued with a 12600 pound load test takeoff in 25 seconds and a cruise of about 85 miles an hour despite foul weather keeping all three planes grounded
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Mineola
N. Y
Bellanca trans-Atlantic
Giuseppe M. Tanca
Columbia
Bellanca
Charles Levine
Balchen
Bernt Balchen
Byrd
Spitzbergen
Chamberlin
Atlantic Aircraft Company
America
Roosevelt Field
Bertaud
Woosung Fort Shelling by Northern Forces in Shanghai area
Northern cruisers Haichi and Chaoho bombarded Woosung fort north of Shanghai held by southern forces. The fort fired back, five northern destroyers retreated upriver toward Whampoa, while three direct hits damaged the fort. The Momo destroyer was fired on near Chinkiang, two hours of firing wounded an officer. A Shanghai cable reports a protest over a British soldier entering a Chinese residence and insulting a maid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Shanghai
Haichi
Chaoho
Chang Tsung Chang
Woosung
Whanpoo
Lungsha
Momo
Hankow
Foreign Office
Yangtse Valley
China
Chinkiang
New York
Today
Quo Tai-Chi
Eight Railway Classes Vote to Strike in Detroit
Detroit May 18 Members of eight classes of Pere Marquette Railway employees voted overwhelmingly to strike. The vote, announced by Assistant Grand Chief Paddock of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen, seeks readjustment of working conditions and higher pay. Classes include engineers, firemen, conductors, train men, telegraphers, longshoremen, switchmen, among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Detroit
Mich
Pere Marquette Railway
Paddock
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Berryville merchant Louis Scheuer dies at 69
Berryville Virginia May 18 Louis Scheuer longtime local merchant died at his home from a heart attack after a possible stroke from an automobile crash six weeks earlier He was 69 native of Germany a former Baltimore resident and a town council member He is survived by six children and four grandchildren with funeral conducted at his daughter’s home in Baltimore and burial in Hebrew Cemetery Baltimore
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Berryville
Louis Scheuer
Baltimore
Scheuer
Germany
Treadwell Lodge of
First National Bank
Mise Letta Mvyers
Emma Myers
Maurice L
Front Royal
Leon. Welsh
W. Va
Joseph
New York City
Manes Hecht
Edward Rosenthal
Howard
Matilda Scheuer
Philadelphia
Hecht
Lakeview Avenue
Hebrew Cemetery
Mistress Jailed Over Unlicensed Dog Fine
Mrs. Maude Nichols Jenkins was jailed for twenty days after failing to pay a $9.75 fine for her unlicensed dog found during a canvass by the dog warden. The dog was killed due to the lack of license funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maude Nichols Jenkins
Gather
Pingley
Medical Delegates Back Amendment To Volstead Law
The American Medical Association’s house of delegates adopted a resolution authorizing drafting a bill to amend the Volstead law to limit the amounts of liquor physicians may prescribe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House of Delegates
American Medical Association
Budget and bonds eyed at diocese council meeting
The council discussed a $178 700 budget with $17 570 in secondary obligations and a $1 500 charitable sum. A bond issue for church schools was proposed by Rev. Dr. Peter of Richmond and referred to the fiscal policies committee. The day featured canon-law amendments, greetings to ill health absent delegates, a finance report, and a Handley Orchestra concert as sessions continued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul's Normal and
Lawrenceville
Peter
Richmond
Page
R. Powel Page
Cunningham Chapel
Clarke County
R. Carter Scott
Diocesan Education Commission
W. A. Cox
Christ Church
Handley Orchestra
Pinedo Continues On To Shippingan
QUEBEC May 18 Commander Francesco de Pinedo Italian aviator altered plans en route and flew over Quebec continuing to Shippingan N B He had announced earlier a stopover overnight in Montreal before departing this morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Quebec
Francesco de Pinedo
Shippingan
N. B
Montreal
Buick Car Campaign Offers Five Week Prize Push
A 1920s style sales contest promises a Buick Roadster or Sedan or $1,000 cash for five weeks of ticket selling. Participants like Rosi Lonas and John A Spaid compete as prizes include Hollywood trips and a Brunswick phonograph with prizes awarded by votes. The campaign touts no strings and urges contestants to start immediately.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rosi
Lonas
John A. Spaid
Hilda Patton
John Arvanitis Deefreseeyesenes
India Masonio
Ichivssesoens
Mrs
C. C. Brannon
Ernest C. Dove
Mary Wisecarver
Mary Capper
Fitcles
Flo Hag
O. R. Clowser
Julian Michael
Ada Smith
Wilbur Jenkins
Nina G. Anderson
Ella G. Hughes
Kenneth Cather
J. Raymond Levi
Berryville
Hollywood California
aThixl
Prize List and Campaign Details for Litt le Win Theatre Contest
Fourth prize offers a $150 diamond ring or $75 cash. Fifth prize $50 in Little Win Theatre Ticket Books. Sixth prize $40 in Little Win. Seventh prize $30 in Little Win. Right prize $25 in Little Win Theatre Ticket Books. Ninth prize $20 in Little Win. Tenth to Fifteenth prizes $15 in ticket books. Sixteenth to One Hundredth prizes 10 percent cash commission on all ticket sales. Campaign headquarters are in the Henry Building, phone 908.
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Little
Henry Building
Week Favorable For Growing Wheat
Week ended yesterday reports from Washington indicate Virginia has favorable wheat conditions. Other crops showed slower growth while corn planting and tobacco setting progressed well. Cotton and peanut planting was completed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
Virginia
Black Plans Flight to the Dutch Indies
Amsterdam reports that Van Lear Black of Baltimore plans a round trip by airplane to the Dutch East Indies. He intends to depart on June 13 or 14, using an aircraft provided by the Royal Dutch Air Service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amsterdam
van Lear Black
Dutch East Indies
Royal Dutch Air Service
Former Banker Is Taken To Jail In A Chair On Wheels
John A. Bell former president of the Carnegie Trust Company was committed to jail for six and a half years after being convicted of embezzling more than 600000 dollars from the bank. He was brought to court in a wheelchair and then moved to the jail across the street.
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Associated Press
Pittsburgh
John A. Bell
Carnegie Trust Company
First Georgia Peaches Arrive in New York Early Season
The first Georgia peaches arrived in New York consigned to Robert T. Cochran and Company. One crate came from Winter Slocum of Erley, Georgia and the other from J. H. Whatley of Reynolds, Georgia, fetching eight dollars per crate. Cochran praised their quality noting strong Georgia peach aroma and flavor despite small size.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Robert T. Cochran
Georgia
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Mr. George
Frederick L. Chunn
Stuart H. Edmonds
Chunn
Marshall Kremer
Fxlna
Elia Louise
Kremer
H. M. Sartelle
Mary Louise Sartelle
Louise Grim
Washington, D. C
Harry K. Russell
Mrs.w. J. Kelley
George Washington Hotel
W. B. Horner
Roanoke, Va
A. W. Bean
Stephens City
T.A. Rankin
Outher
J.B. Spurrier
J. T. Bronk
Rochester, N. Y
Messrs
Fred Robinson
C. P. McVicar
Joseph Wright
G. F. Norton
Alexandria
The
Willing Workers Society of
Sret Baptist Church
Margaret McVicar
Jesse Willey
C. T. Owens
Anna Ford
W. L. Ramsey
Samuel Pancake
Rodger Jones
Norfolk, Va
Great Council
Harry L. Reardon
G. F. ‘House
O. M. Ramsey
Martinsburg
Circle No
Methodist Episcopal Church
South
Courtney Byrd Jones
Office Supply’ Company
Evelyn Wright
Josephine Arthur
Charlottesville
Miss Arthur
Robert L. McCarty
R. Gray Williams
Lynchburg
Lynchburg Bar Association
H. E. Hawkins
Harrisonburg, Va
W. A. Hawins
Albert Shirkely
Randolph Macon College
Capon Bridge News
TH. Bant
Huntsberry
Coucir
Clarke
Stsryville Merchant
Dog
Council
Pinedo
Colonial
Pacific
Empire
Chas. Jones
Desert Valley
Black
Dutch Indies
Marcus Aurelius
Palla
Paris
Dethal
Petermans’ Discovery
Tanglefoot
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