Winchester to Build Porch Chair Factory With $52,000 Raised
Winchester Chamber of Commerce mobilizes funds and a 76 000 dollar cap company forms to establish a chair factory. H. H. Jennings and partners bring 100 000 dollars cash, plan building leasing, nine percent return, target operation by February 1 next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester Chamber of Commerce
Chamber of Commerce
Messrs
Andrew Bell
D. BE. Stultz
Northern Virginia Powerpany
Percy Miller
Miller and Anderson
State Corporation Commission
Factory Buildings Corporation
H. H. Jennings
R. J. Funkhouser Company
Hagerstown
Oyster Supper by Ladies' Aid at Church of Christ
The Ladies Aid of Church of Christ hosts an oyster supper at 20 West Cork Street from 5 to 8 p.m. on November 17 with proceeds listed in local notices. Admission details appear in the community listing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies’ Aid
Church of Christ
Cork St
PrIce Tnc
BE ON HAND Wednesday and Thursday Sales Notice
Readers are urged to be on hand for events on Wednesday and Thursday November 16 and 17. Details about prices and locations not provided in the fragment.
Gas Tank Blast Kills 22 in Pittsburgh On North Side
Rescue crews near the site of yesterday’s gas tank explosion in Pittsburgh’s lower Northside recovered 22 dead and many injured. One worker, Frank Kuepferle, was killed immediately. Anthony Cayne and John Wise were injured by falling steel. Fire and police officials said it could take a week to clear the ruins and assess the full number of fatalities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Associated Press
Pittsburgh
Frank Kuepferle
Anthony Cayne
John Wise
Pittsburgh Clay Pot Company
Confederate Daughters To Meet Thursday
The Turner Ashby D. C. regular monthly meeting will be at Mrs. Clarence Hardy’s home 710 South Braddock street Thursday afternoon November 17 at three o’clock. Members will send their annual turkey contribution to the Leé Camp Soldiers Home in Richmond for Thanksgiving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Turner Ashby D. C
Clarence Hardy
South Braddock Street
Leé Camp
Richmond
Sugar Nations Sign Pact to Restore Export Balance
In Paris on November 15 representatives of Cuba Germany Poland and Czechoslovakia signed an agreement among major sugar producers to share export responsibilities and restore balance between global production and consumption.
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Associated Press
Paris
Cuba
Germany
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Agent hands Dorothy Woodward policy payout for mother
O L Jamison of Aetna Life Insurance paid Dorothy May Woodward 500.54 for her mother Mrs Frank T Woodward who died last week. Mrs Woodward worked for the Lewis Jones Company and the payout relates to a group life policy initiated by manager W Nelson Page as a Christmas gift to employees. The beneficiary is the insured's daughter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. L. Jamison
Aetna Life Insurance Company
Dorothy May Woodward
Frank T. Woodward
Woodward
Lewis Jones Company
W. Nelson Page
Page
Weather Update Cloudy Skies Bring Rain Later
Increasing cloudiness with rain late tonight or Wednesday. Warmer tonight, cooler Wednesday afternoon, and much colder by Thursday. Winds rise from the south and southwest, shifting to northwest by Wednesday night.
Last Opportunity to Buy Six Percent Bonds
Last chance to purchase six percent bonds with state tax refund on sale of one half per cent. Guaranteed principal and interest by the largest bonding company. Trust companies report no more sales. 5 and 4 percent issues offered. Few six percent bonds remain acceptable to bankers and trust estates. For details contact Hansbrough & Carter Insurance Loans Investments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hansbrough. & Carter Insurance
Merchants Prepare for Dollar Day Shopping Surge
Winchester merchants sponsor two day Dollar Day sales with extra clerks, boosted by warm weather, expecting strong turnout for Christmas buying. Participating firms include Orndoff and Brown Co, E Huntsberry, The Leader, People’s Drug Store, and Ramsey Furniture among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
The
Chamber of Commerce
Orndoff and Brown
Co. E. Huntsberry
the Leader
People’s Drug Store
Sample Shoe
Jolliffe and Jolliffe
Hambureger’s
Ramsey Furniture Company
Hamman’s Dollar
Alexander’s
Hodgson and Brown
Army and Navy
Wonder’s
Moling and Seal
Emmert’s. Ss
H. Hable
the Evening Star
Two Negroes Die After Crawling Onto B and O Tracks
At Kensington Maryland two men Arthur Bell and Harry West were killed when they crawled under lowered gates onto the eastbound track as a freight train passed. Bell’s wife was seriously hurt and police noted doubt about her recovery. A passenger train struck the trio on the main crossing during a freight move.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Pre
Baltimore
Kensington
Arthur Bell
Harry West
Bell
Kensig stor @ing
118 Lives Lost As Steamer Sinks Off India
The Tukaram sank seven miles off India's west coast during a sudden storm. About 118 people are believed dead. A rescue steamer returned with 16 survivors. the Tukaram and Jayanti are owned by Bombay Cooperative Navigation Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
Associated Press
Bombay
Jayanti
Bombay Cooperative Navigation Company
Winchester Glass Sand Options in Frederick County
The Winchester Glass Sand Corporation granted options to John F. Penrose and to the same grantee from R. B. Triplett for Back Creek District land with glass sand deposits. The Penrose option covers sand machinery and equipment for 43 500 dollars for ninety days as Penrose plans a development corporation. The Triplett option covers 135 acres at 1 500 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester Glass Sand Corporation
John F. Penrose
R. B. Triplett
Back Creek
Penrose
Pennsylvania
Triplett
Barrie Property In County Is Sold
A deed recorded in the county clerk's office shows George Barrie III estate transferring two land tracts near Albin totaling just over 41 acres to Harry R. Butler and Jessie I. Butler for 14000 dollars in cash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Barrie III
Harry R. Butler
Jessie I. Butler
Albin
Benefit Rest Church Event at Ridgeway Hall
An event is planned at Ridgeway Hall on Friday November 18 at 6 30 p m to aid the Rest Church with a benefit program. Proceeds go to support church activities and community outreach efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ridgeway Hall
Benefit Rest Church
Shawnee Building and Loan Ad Promises Easy Home Financing
An advertisement by Shawnee Building and Loan Association at No. 3 North Main St promotes financing for building, purchasing, or reconstructing homes through easy payments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shawnee Bldg. .& Loan Ass'n
North Main St
Virginia apple crop value rises despite drought and frosts
Virginia growers expect larger returns from the 1927 commercial apple crop despite drought and frost reducing fruit size in the North Valley. About 2,300,000 barrels are forecast with 44 percent graded A, strong local demand, and 31 percent of production exported. Total U S shipments approached 24,060,000 barrels nationwide.
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Virginia
Aicve
Virgin Rop
Piedmont
North Valley
United States
Idahooe
Eta
Misouri
Arkansas
Colorado
Idaho
Washington
Oregon
California
Lindbergh Guests Start Virginia Hunting Trip With Governor
Col Charles A Lindbergh arrived at Byrd airport Richmond at 11 05 this morning as guest of Governor H F Byrd. He will hunt in Virginia woods with the governor and Mrs Byrd after a visit to the executive mansion. The party includes Mr and Mrs Harry Guggenheim and Milburn of Cleveland who visited Winchester during their stay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Charles A. Lindbergh
Byrd Airport
Washington
Harry Guggenheim
Guggenheim Foundation
Executive Mansion
H. F. Byrd
Virginia Woods
Knife Sharpener Free With Each Dollar or Days Purchase
The People s Drug Co offers a knife sharpener free with every purchase during the Dollar or Days promotion.
Emmert Son Co. Sells 75 Coats in New York Purchase
Mr. Emmert announces a special purchase of 75 coats made in New York this week for F S Emmert Son & Co. Unusual savings highlighted on page 11.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emmert
New York
F. S. Emmert Son & CO
Wedding Bell Denial Confirms No Rushed Marriage
Mrs Murnan denied authorizing Sanders Pangle to obtain a marriage license. The license was secured Saturday at the Corporation clerk's office and printed in The Star. She said Pangle appeared at her home with the license urging an immediate marriage and she refused.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minerva Murnan
Sanders Pangle
Corporation Clerk’s Office
Star
Stickers Sold By Children Not Tuberculosis Seals
The District Nurse Association warns that stickers sold by children are not the official Christmas seals of the American Tuberculosis Society. The fund drive will start Monday November 28, led by Mrs. H. D. Fuller, urging Winchester residents to donate generously.
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America
Rathe
Remus Wins Right To Question Venice On Insanity Plea
Cincinnati November 15 George Remus on trial for his life for the murder of his second wife Imogene Holmes Remus won the right to question veniremen about his mental condition on October 6 to determine if he was insane when the fatal shot was fired and thus avoid the electric chair. The prosecution had argued against this line of questioning. Judge Chester R Shook approved Remus contention that the legal question centers on his condition on October 6 rather than his present mental status.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Cincinnati
George Remus
Imogene Holmes Remus
Veniremen
Remus
Chester R. Shook
Book Praise for Winchester History by Lyon G. Tyler
Mrs. Katherine Glass Greene’s Winchester book "Winchester, Virginia, and Its Beginnings, 1743-1814" earns strong reviews from Virginia critics. Lyon G. Tyler notes the work covers founder James Wood Sr. and Gen. James Wood, Braddock, Andrew Lewis, George Washington, with twenty eight chapters and letters of Gen. James Wood published here for the first time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Virginia
Katherine Glass Greene
Shenandoah
Strasburg
Lyon G. Tyler
Tyler
Quarterly Historical and Genealogical Magazine
Richmond
Richard Evelyn Byrd
North Pole
Robert Y. Conratt
James Wood
General Braddock
Fort Duquesne
Andrew Lewis
George Washington
Stockholders of Old Lincoln Sue Henry Ford
Henry Ford named defendant in a chancery suit for 6 million dollars filed in Pontiac Circuit Court by Henry M. Lelan and son Wilfred C. Leland on behalf of about 2,000 Lincoln Motor Company stockholders. The suit stems from a 1922 transaction in which Ford bought Lincoln for 8 million, with the Lelands alleging Ford did not complete a verbal agreement to buy remaining stock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Pontiac
Mich
Henry Ford
Henry M. Lelan
Wilfred C. Leland
Lincoln Motor Company
Ford
Lelands
Dollar Days Event Promises Savings
Community sale promotes discounts during eight dollar days with prices around 33 dollars and a mixed schedule from November to December, inviting shoppers to enjoy reduced rates on select items.
Court appoints investigators in oil trial scandal
Justice Siddons names Gordon, Laskey and Easby-Smith to probe possible criminal contempt of the DC Supreme Court tied to the Fall Sinclair jury surveillance affair. Action follows affidavits about Burns agency detectives shadowing jurors and juror Kidwell’s claimed self interest.
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Associated Press
Washington
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Sinclair
Frederick L. Siddons
Gordon
John
Laskey
James E. Easby-Smith
District of Columbia Bar
Siddens
Teapot Dome
Burns Agency
Edward J. Kidwell
Gilbert Adoree Star in Monte Cristo at Empire Theatre
John Gilbert and Renee Adoree, stars of The Big Parade, appear in a special booking of Monte Cristo at Empire Theatre tomorrow and Thursday. The tale follows the young count’s escape from Chateau d If and treasure, with Gilbert in the leading role and Adoree co starring in this Metro Goldwyn production. No price increase for this presentation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Gilbert
Renee Adoree
Empire Theatre
Alexander Dumas
Monte Cristo
Eeco
Chateau D'If
Metro-Goldwyn
Apple shipments from New York to British markets headline week totals
The report from G. R. Cooper, Harnden and Company lists weekly apple shipments to British ports for the week ending November 2. Liverpool received 17,994 barrels, London 20,068, Clacton 8,156, Southampton 2,280, Manchester 4,112, and other consignments totaling 95,160 barrels.
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York
Chancellor House at Chancellorsville Battlefield Destroyed by Fire
The historic Chancellor house in Fredericksburg Virginia on the Chancellorsville battlefield was destroyed by fire last night. The site had seen Civil War fighting with May 1863 shelling and a federalshell strike on the west side. It was the place where Gen Robert E Lee later rallied his forces.
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Associated Press
Fredericksburg
Chancellor House
Chancellorsville
Robert FE. Lee
Winchester Steam Laundry Notice
The fragment references FE rough dry service offered by Winchester Steam Laundry. No clear event date or details are readable beyond the service description and monetary markers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester Steam Laundry
6 44 14 10 21 Puzzle Fragments
The readable text shows a sequence of numbers and symbols forming a puzzle fragment. No clear event names places or dates are present. Without additional context, the item reads as a cryptic numeric string awaiting interpretation.
Handley Schools Revenue Spent With Care for Education
The Handley school system relies on multiple income streams including the Handley fund city state and tuition with 47 percent from Handley fund 33 percent from the city 12 percent from the state 5 percent from tuitions and 3 percent from miscellaneous sources Nearly three fourths of funds go to instructional costs The Handley building project shows economies cutting completion costs to about one third of original estimates and promises full finish below prior projections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Star
Handley Fund
Cnet
FEA
Probono Fund
Winchester
Four Fined for Hunting Game Out of Season
John Richards fined 14.75 and James C Harler 9.75 for killing a wild turkey out of season. Clinton Batt and Meredith Himelright also paid 9.75 each for rabbit hunting out of season on Batt land. Court ruled landowner rabbits action cannot be delegated.
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John Richards
James C. Harler
Cort
Richards
Harler
Clinton Batt
Meredith W. Himelright
Batt
Henry Batt
Also Mentioned on This Page
Chamber Commerce
Mr. Jennings and Associates
H. B. McCormac
J. S. Haldeman
I. N. Good
T. B. Patton
Shirley Carter
D. E. Stultz
Fred L. Glaize
Rewari
Star Office
Moling & Seal’s Ad
Margaret L. Hodgson
Nini Tank
Weather Report
Frederick Co
Barrie
County
Atwater
Kent Radio
E. Water St. P
Col. Lindbergh
the People's Drug CO
Just
Venice
Mrs. Greene
Old Lincoln
Supreme Justice
Siddons
John Gilbert and
Tom’w
Apple
British
Handley Schools
City of Winchester
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