Virginia Garden Clubs Hold Charlottesville Convention Visit Historic Farms
One hundred fifty delegates gathered in Charlottesville to plan beautification of Virginia. Activities included tours of Monticello Ash Lawn and Windle Knowe with visits to Garden Club homes and a luncheon at Rose Hill and tea at Birdwood. An Open Forum at Madison Hall featured an exhibit judged by E A White. A surprise 88th birthday dinner for Mrs Mollie Hite followed in Bloomery with many friends attending.
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Charlottesville
Graves
Observatory Mountain
Monticello
Ash Lawn
Hilcrest
Percy
Brown
Barboursville
W. R. Massin
Virginia Garden Clubs
Rose Hill
Birdwood
Anne McCleery
Windle Knowe
Richmond Terrill Minor
John Key
Ridgeway
C. E. Blue
Maxfield
MecVeigh
Rinehart
Garden Club
Blue Ridge Club
Scottsville
East Lawn
University
I. F. Lewis
Madison Hall
Garden Clubs of
Virginia
Floyd Harris
E. A. White
Cornell University
Mollie Hite
Bloomery
Gilbert
Hite
George Johnson
Genevieve
Janie
Raymond Omps
Charles William
Offutt Peacemaker
Leslie ‘Kerns
Bessie
Harrison Able
Thomas
Clark Kiter
Dennis
Gladys
John Omps
Nerva
Paskell
Arma
Pauline
Verdie Lieth
Arthur Kesner
Lloyd Bennett
Delbert Whitacre
Paul
Harry
Charles Hite
Naomie
Retha
Mary Largent
Romney
W. Va
Good, W. Va
and Alabaugh
Good
Local bridal shower honors Miss Janet Rinker
Miss Janet Rinker surprised at Miss Miller Wisecarver home on South Washington Street with a mixed social gathering. Engagement to Mr Earl Fansler of Alexandria announced. wedding planned for late May at the Rinker residence in the county.
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Miss Miller Wisecarver
South
Washington Street
Janet Rinker
Miss Rinkker
Wisecarver
Miss Rinker
Earl Fansler
Alexandria
Rinker
Local Guests and Visitors Stay at Winchester Hotels
Miss Rebecca Beverley returns from Washington and Baltimore while Mrs. Maggie Rothgeb and Mr. R. O. Rothgeb of Luray Va stay at Hotel Jack. Many residents travel to Washington Chattanooga Lovettsville and Cumberland for family visits church events and business.
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Rebecca Beverley
Washington
Baltimore
Maggie Rothgeb
R. 0. Rothgeb
Luray, Va
Hotel Jack
John G. Hottel
Trenton, N. J
Jack Hotel
Edgar Wilson
Massey, Pa
George Washington Hotel
Sam Quiler
Salisbury, Md
Creighton
B. G. Pedde
Bronxville, N. Y
J. G. Quinn
Potomac, Va
Hotel
Jack
Crying Seen as Beneficial by Some British Physicians
The Louisville Times notes that certain British doctors advocate crying as healthy yet wryly observes they have not faced personal emotional strain requiring such a release.
Home of Official Executioner Bombed in Long Island
The home of Robert Elliott, the state official executioner for New York and several states, was bombed just after 11 am in a lonely Long Island area. Elliott his wife and four children were tossed from bed but unharmed. He oversaw Sacco and Vanzetti and Ruth Snyder and Henry Judd Gray executions and police suspect sympathizers of a condemned person. A guard had been placed at his home following prior threats.
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New York
Robert Elliott
New Jersey
Massachusetts
Pennsylvania
Long Island
Elliott
Sacco
Vancetti
Boston
Ruth Snyder
Henry Judd Gray
Sing Sing
N. Y
Man Ordered to Guard Elliott Home After Boat Explosion
A man aboard a vessel was ordered to maintain a special watch over Elliott's home. In the Queensborough area near Bunton station on the Long Island Railroad, a section of track was wrecked by the blast. The porch was torn off and every window in the house and several neighboring homes were shattered.
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Elliott
Queensborough
Bunton Station
Long Island Railroad
Cost. Watson Over $33,000 To Get Indiana Delegates
A report to the Republican Senate campaign funds committee shows $53,856 raised for Senator James B. Watson in Indiana and $32,671.05 in expenses to date. Campaign manager M. Bert Thurman provided the figures, noting remaining bills. Hoover campaign figures from West Virginia and Southern states were also discussed by Harry Woodward and others.
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Associated Press
Washington
James B. Watson
Indiana
Senate
M. Bert Thurman
Indianapolis
Thurman
Senator Watson
Herbert Hoover
Harry ©. Woodward
West Virginia
Market Yields To General Selling Pressure
The stock market finally yielded to general selling pressure after months of drift as credit facilities tightened. Speculators had pushed the advance but did not give up without a struggle.
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Associated Press
New York
Market gains after overnight selling orders absorb influx
Amid a flurry of activity, about a dozen issues posted record highs after the first batch of overnight selling orders was absorbed. Several issues rose from 5 to nearly 12 points as call money climbed from 5 percent to 6 percent.
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Call Money
Attorney Tyrrell urged held on murder charge
A coroner's jury in Pittsburgh recommends that Attorney Fayette J. Tyrrell be held on a murder charge for the shooting of Philip Clark at the First Christian Church in Munhall during Sunday school. Clark had planned to press charges claiming Tyrrell was unfit to oversee the church Sunday school.
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Pittsburgh
Fayette J. Tyrrell
Philip Clark
First Christian Church
Munhall
Clark
Tyrrell
Widow Hazel Clark Sues For Divorce After Slain Husband
Mrs Hazel Clark widow of a slain man filed for divorce. The case shows a widow seeking legal separation amid the death that affected her and likely other family members.
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Hazel Clark
Lutherans Gather For Church Matters In Stephens City
May 18 in Stephens City Virginia Mr J P Carbaugh drove to Pennsylvania to collect Rev Alleman s household goods after he accepted the Lutheran Church call Here Mrs BE Lemley and Mrs Bila Cadwallader visited Mr A M Smith at Toms Brook The Lutheran Ladies Aid postponed their May 30 lawn party due to unspecified reasons Mr D K Drake remains ill Mr and Mrs A B Funkhouser attended a Lutheran Church conference at Woodstock The editor notes a proverb about bravery and risk.
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Stephens City
J. P. Carbaugh
Pennsylvania
Alleman
Lutheran Church
BE. L. Lemley
Bila Cadwallader
A. M. Smith
Toms Brook
Ladies’ Aid Society
The
D. K. Drake
A. B. Funkhouser
Woodstock
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Linda
Whitacre
George Hawkins
Ada
Della
Russell
Nancy Kearns
Cold Stream
W. A. Horner
Herschel H. Omps
Capon Bridge
Deria Payne
Erwin
Holmes
Cassert
Berkley Springs
Lloyd Kiter
Winton
Winton Kerns
Sidnor Kerns
Shockeysville
Scott Strother
Cross Junction
Frank Chapman
Jennie Coe
Winchester
Paul de Haven
Hazel
Sem Braithwaite
Forrest Bageant
Gainesboro
George Clark
Ernest Dailey
Lee Whitacre
Boyd Lee
Lee Kerns
Cecil Shan-+holtz
Francis Marie
Walter Dailey
Lawrence
Melvin
Eva
Alberta
Nellie Dailey
Millie Kerns
Elmer Clark
Dorsey Strother
Adam Shirley
Paul Luttrell
Kerns
Huntsman
North
M. E. Huntsman
Rochester
Nyack
Mass
8. R. Williams
W. F. Sheets
M. A. Rudisill
Gertie May Welch
Mr. Shreck
North Braddock Street
Weeden R. Shreek
Stephenson
Wadesville
F. T. McFaden
R. K. Sim
Milwaukee
Wis
Huntsberry’s
Grace Bush
John Cather
Stanley E. Harmer
L. K. Mooers
Staunton, Va
Ralph Mooers
BE. T. Clark
First Baptist Church
Chattanooga
Tenn
Southern Baptist Convention
H. B. Harris
Clarke County
Richmond
Davis
Harris
H. P. Markwood
Cumberland, Md
Charles McDermott
Markwood
Lily Pierce
Elizabeth Brown
Mrs
Garland Williams
Joseph F. Moore
Berryville
Hunter Williams
Devereux Bowly
George Bowly
Chicago
W. J. Twiss
Balboa Heights
Canal Zone
Miller McDonald
Memorial Hospital
J. Newton McDonald
A. A. Williams
Messrs
Robert Adams
Cambridge, Mass
Reynolds, Green
White Post
Louisville Times
Erstence
Winchester Wholesale Grocery CO
Calumet
Ed Per Baking
Knights of Pythias
New Market
Winchester Lodge
No 65
Virginia Pythian Orphans’ Home
Joseph Tusing
EB. M. Rice
Henry I. Tusing
C. M. Maloney
W. F. Marshall
O. A. Bazzel
B. F. White
B. Theis
Allen Branner
Charles Haigh
Portsmouth
Watson
Claudius H. Huston
Rush L. Holand
Hoover
Woodwards
Lovett Bros
Stephens
Niagara
C. L
Golden-Rule
Sample Shoe
Au Pot
Raphael
Smithfield
Peach
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