Death of Chief Justice Edward White Shocks Capital
Edward Douglas White, 76, veteran Chief Justice of the United States, dies after bladder surgery. Private funeral set for Saturday at St Matthews Church. interment in Oak Hill Cemetery. Taft discussed as possible successor amid Harding administration deliberations. Senate adjourns after announcement. memorial rites planned with Supreme Court justices as honorary pallbearers.
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Edward Douglas White
United States
Supreme Court
Namira
Carline
Cater
Washington
Edward Douglas Bpreen
United Fate
William H. ‘Taft
Harding
Senate
Taft
Justies
St. Mathews’ Catholic Church
Rhode Island Avenue
Oak Hill Cemetery
Georgetown
Cummins
Justice White
Lodge
Massachusetts
House
In Doubt as to the Fatal Hour at the Empire
A Metro release theater notice promotes a new film at the Empire with a star cast. It urges audiences to attend Saturday showings and mentions Doctor Harmon and Miss Martin as coming soon for stage appearances.
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the Empire
Metro
Doctor Harmon
Martan
Notice Stolen Tires Publicized By Police
Two new auto tires reported stolen and later found at the police station awaiting owner. Doran chief of police notes the local theft incident and asks owners to verify possession. Also includes small ads for seeds and sale listings.
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Te Pec HM
Gig
West Virginia Tug River conflict prompts deputized officers
In Williamson and Mingo County, 69 residents were sworn as state police deputies to aid local authorities amid renewed clashes in the Tug River mining region. John L. Lewis and Secretary Davis discussed settlement efforts as violence concerns persist after Matewan’s anniversary.
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Tug River
West Virginia
Davis
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
Williamson
W. Va
John ‘Tussing
Rawi
Lick Creek
War Eagle
Tussineg
Charles Cully
Crystal Block
Rawl
Wilileamson
Mingo County
Matewan
Stone Mountain Coal Company
Pinson
Broé¢kus
National
Kentucky
Used Cars Touring and Roadster Listings 1919 Ford 1916 1917
Overland Sales and Service Co lists used cars including a 1919 Ford Touring a 1916 Ford Touring a 1919 Chevrolet 490 Touring and a 1917 Chevrolet 490 Roadster with contact at Main and Water Streets and phone 492.
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Ford
Chevrolet
Overland
Service.co
Main & Water
Railroad Weekend Excursion Off Peak Ticket Fears Denied
Local agents said there will be plenty of coaches for Winchester residents traveling to New York City on Saturday night. Availability hinges on how many people board the train between Winchester and Hagerstown Maryland, affecting equipment on the Cumberland Valley division.
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Pennsylvania Railroad
Winchester
New York City
Snook Today
Hagerstown
HANSBROUGH & CARTER Promote Farm Hail Insurance
Hansbrough and Carter offer hail insurance on wheat corn rye and apples with emphasis on lowest rates at their Hart sowry office. They describe themselves as Loans Real Estate agents.
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Hansbrough & Carter
Ford Roadster 1921 Model for sale with extra equipment
Classified note lists a 1921 Ford roadster for 50 dollars with witty extra equipment priced at 390 dollars. Contact Gather's Garage for quick buyer inquiry.
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Gather
No plays tonight at the auditorium benefit show
Notice notes a colored benefit theater program with a Friday night comedy act and a back page advertisement. Also a Lost item report offers a reward for a black seal neckpiece at the Star office dated 5 19 11.
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Theater For Colored
Star Office
Old Clothes drive for Armenians urged in Virginia
The Near East Relief designated May 29 to June 5 as Old Clothes week in Virginia to aid Armenians and Syrians in distress. W S White and Oliver J. Bairds reported from state and local committees with Josephus Daniels guiding North Carolina efforts to collect worn clothing by June 1. Virginia and the Old Dominion campaigns emphasized urgent relief as war hardships press the needy.
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Virginia
Armenia
Syria
W. 8. White
Oliver J. Bairds
Claude W. Hooper
North Carolina
Raleigh
Josephus Daniels
Navy
Daniels
Sands
Old Dominion
America
Hats 1 3 Off at Grove Bros Dept Store
All ladies and children's spring and summer hats reduced. Big lot must be sold. Grove Bros. Dept. Store. 19 19 21.
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Grove Bros. Dept
Lane Ashes Scattered From Peak in Yosemite Valley
The body of Franklin K. Lane former interior secretary who died in Rochester Minnesota was cremated in Chicago. His remains will be scattered from the peak of El Capitan in Yosemite Valley California according to his prior request. Relatives say he loved the Yosemite region after a life spent there.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Franklin K. Lane
Secretary of the Interior
Rochester
Minn
EY Capitan
Yosemite Valley
California
Lane
Yosemite
Wad dill to be circuit judge Wad dill named for Fourth Circuit seat
Attorney General Daugherty recommended Edmund Wad dill Jr of Richmond to the president for appointment as judge of the Fourth Federal Circuit Court to succeed the late Peter C. Pritchard of Asheville North Carolina. Groner of Norfolk was also recommended for the Eastern District of Virginia to succeed Judge Wad dill.
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Associated Press
Edmund Waddill, Jr
Richmond
Fourth Federal Circuit Court
Harding
Daugherty
Peter C. Pritchard
Asheville
N.C
Lawrence Groner
Norfolk
Mr. Daugherty
United States Court For
Eastern District of Virginia
Waddill
Forney's Auto Repair at Rosenberger Yard
Tam announces expanded shop behind Rosenberger's lumber yard offering all car and truck repairs and electrical equipment. Services include starting motors generators and batteries with 18 month local guarantee and a push to buy from G W Forney to save money and avoid trouble.
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Tam
Rosenberger
G. W! Forney
Horse Show and Races at Ridge Hunt Club May 21
Blue Ridge Hunt Club hosts a Saturday event at Carter Hall Millwood Virginia with horse show and races starting 10 30 a m. Special seed sale includes Cow Peas Soy Beans Sudan Grass Sorghum German Millet offered by Winchester Seed Co with low prices and clothing specials such as white back denim overalls.
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Winchester
Seed CO
Ridge’ Hunt Club
Carter Hall
Millwood
Winchester Seed CO
Death of Edw J Evans Rich Tobacco Merchant
Edward J. Evans a prominent Winchester tobacco dealer and churchman died yesterday in Philadelphia at about 85 from pneumonia. He will be brought home to Winchester for funeral at Methodist Church South under Rev Richardson. He mentored Sunday school picnics, served as recorder and acting mayor, owned real estate and a farm, and left one daughter Mrs Louis M Nalton.
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Edward J. Bins
wWin
Yesterdernoon
Louige McCoy Nurton
Philadelphia
Captain Nurton
United States Navy Yard
Evans
Leiester
Methodist Church
South
the .Im. Richardson
Mary Adams Evans
Main Street
Braddock Street Methodist Episcopal Church
Frederick County
City of
Winchester
Old Market Square
Union Bank of Winchester
Martinsburg Pike
Henry
Samuel
John
David
William Evans
Sarah Breckenridge
Tip Evons
Charles J. Evans
Moral reform urged by women’s Auxiliary in Virginia diocese
Bishop William Cabell Brown addresses the 126th annual Protes tant Episcopal Church assembly in Virginia urging the Woman’s Auxiliary to raise moral standards. He calls for committees to bolster American home life, curb indecent dress, vulgar dancing, and moving pictures while stressing wisdom and tact to avoid faction.
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Protestant Episcopal Church
Virginia
William Cabell Brown
Woman's Auxiliary
Brown
Bishop Brown
Unusual Bargain Property Bundle Offered at Auction
A combined sale lists a double dwelling on one lot a large warehouse and a store with living quarters. Price quoted at 7500 dollars as advertised by Clarence Miller in notice 18-1 p-21 G.
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Clarence Miller
Beer famine hits England amid coal strike disruption
London May 19 a beer shortage spreads nationwide as coal scarcity from the miners' strike tightens supply. Punch warned something serious could follow as industry faces fuel and production constraints.
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London
Punch
Klingtite Belts Offer Time and Power Savings
Goodyear Klingtite belts promise no shrink or stretch and unusually long service. Sold in waterproof unstitched form at similar cost to ordinary belts. Winchester Orchard Sup. Co. stocks various sizes and supplies. Phone 313. 301 N. Market St.
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Winchester Orchard Sup. CO
Market St
Fidelity Bank and Trust Company Closes in Miami
The Fidelity Bank and Trust Company in Miami closed its doors by order of the state comptroller. The amount involved in the closure has not yet been disclosed.
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Associated Press
Miami, Fla
Fidelity Bank and Trust Company
Jersey Vets On Tour Of Battlefields
A party of about ninety veterans and guests arrived in Winchester from the Cumberland Valley by rail for a Civil War battlefield tour. They visited Strasburg Fishers Hill New Market and the Endless Caverns with arrangements by C K Armstrong and the Winchester Chamber of Commerce. The trip highlights Valley Campaign scenes near Winchester and Jacksons legacy with planned travel to Gettysburg Antietam Harpers Ferry and return to Washington Newark and beyond.
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Winchester
Pennsylvania
Cumberland Valley
Virginia
Motel Jack
Winchester Chamber of Commerce
Strasburg
Fishers Hill
New Market
Fifteenth New Jersey Regiment
Gettysburg
Stonewall” Jackson
Jackson
Achester Aioe
N. J
Peas Pa
Cumberland
Pen<Mar
Antietam
Saarpers Ferry
Hagerstown
Fordson Tractor Demonstration Near Hopewell Church
Friday may 20 at two p m on Lou A Lamp farm near Clearbrook va public invited to see plowing and hoeing the demonstration tractor offered at 660 delivered easy terms Let the tractor pay for itself Chapman s Auto Sales. 18 1p 21 Values building lots on West Leicester St concrete walks gas sewer see Baker and Shrydéck 5 18 1p 2t
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Lou A. Lamp
Old Hopewell Quaker Church
Clearbrook
Chapman's
Leicester St
Baker and Shrydéck
Miss Marjorie Orndorff Weds Ralph Maines in Washington
Mrs Katharine Orndorff announces the marriage of Marjorie Belle Orndorff to Ralph Stokes Maines of Morristown New Jersey. The ceremony was held in Washington D C on a May Monday with Rev Morgan Compher officiating. The couple will reside at 206 South Church Street Morristown after July 1.
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Katharine Orndorff
Marjorie Belle Orndorff
Ralph Stokes Maines
Elmer E.maines
Moristown, N J
Washington, D. C
Morgan Compher
Methodist Episcopal Church
Prommer
Jenkins
Washington
Maines
South Church Street
Morristown
N. J
Beth Named Solicitor General by Attorney General
Washington May 19 The appointment of James M Beth of New York as solicitor general was announced today by Attorney General Daugherty.
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Associated Press
Washington
James M. Beth
New York
Daugherty
Hit Legion meal revue a roaring success at Empire
The second American Legion meal revue drew a packed crowd on Market Street in Empire last night. Burley the author, Mira Baker the director, and a cast including Swanson McFadden Coble and Mary Stuart delivered a lively program with song, dance, and comedy, earning critical praise for its energy and performances.
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American Legion
Empire
Hted Market Street
Rollas
Mr. Burley
Burley
Mira
A. M Baker
M. T. Dad
Swanson
F. Burley
McFadden
Dee Ca
Mary
Stuart
Funeral attendance notes for Mrs EB Had
Relatives from out of town attended the funeral of the late Mrs. EB Had on Tuesday afternoon. Attendees included Woodward a sister Mr. Thomas Fisher and Graves nephew and niece burg Va Miss Belle granddaughter of Washington Mrs Robert Thomson and Meta Davis of Martinsburg. The service was conducted by Rev Adey of the Baptist Church.
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EB. L
Woodward
Thomas Fisher
Graves
Burg
Belle
Washington
Robert Thomson
iMias Meta Davis
Martinsburma
Adey
the Baptist Church
Fred Penn Undergoes Operation After Harpers Ferry Wreck
A well known city resident Fred Penn underwent surgery yesterday at Memorial Hospital for a leg injury suffered when a ponderous wreck occurred near Harpers Ferry. Doctors Stuart and Myers performed jaw setting and other procedures as his condition shows initial improvement. His wife remained at his side during the medical ordeal.
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Fred
Penn
Ploye
Billy
Harpers Ferry
Stuart and
Myers
Maternity Bill Reported Favorable by Senate Committee
The Spard-Towner maternity bill was favorably reported by a Senate committee on May 19. Minor changes were made to the bill authorizing joint federal and state funding for maternity and infancy care.
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Associated Press
Washington
Sipard-Towner
Senate
Three Identified Bomb Suspect In Wall Street Blast
Bayonne New Jersey May 19 three persons identified Giuseppe de Filippo a Bayonne truck driver as the man suspected in the Wall Street bombing. Police said de Filippo had been traced to a composite image of the wagon believed to have carried the bomb used in the disaster last September.
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Associated Press
Bayonne
N. J
Flice
Giuseppe de Pilippo
Stone
Mo Tley
Wall Street
de Filippo
Detal
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Hester
Mr. Evans
Fishdane Vt Agethers
Old Taylor
North Main Street
Woman’s Auxiliary
Virginia di
England
Goodyear
Miami Bank
Main St
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Jersey
Fifteenth Regimental Association
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Empire Theater
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