Winchester Man Bayliss Boyce Found Dead in Maryland
Winchester native Bayliss Boyce was found dead in a Hagerstown home with gas escaping from four stove jets. A note on the dining room table asked that his wife be notified in New York City. He served in World War I, worked as a local insurance solicitor, and owned a gas station before moving between Winchester Hagerstown and Cumberland. Funeral set for Mount Hebron Cemetery with Rev. George W. Stover to officiate.
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Winchester
Bertha Boyce
Ritz Carlton
New York City
Boyce
Sarah Zane Fire Company
Mr. Boyce
Hagerstown
Cumberland
Charles Boyce
Bertha Johnson
Mount Hebron
H. P. Boyce
Clearbrook
Sarah J. Johnson
North
Loudoun Street
R. M. Johnson
Mount Hebron Cemetery
George W. Stover
United Brethren Church
Aulick Gibbons
Ray McDonald
Richard Brown
D. L. Ely
Paul Hershey
Alexander Hamilton
Hampden-Sidney Tops Schools in Who's Who Percentage
Hampden-Sidney College leads the nation in the share of living graduates named in Who's Who, with 7.45 percent of its alumni listed. Harvard tops counts by number with 1,374 names, Amherst ranks second in prestige, while Hampden-Sidney, founded in 1776 near Farmville, Virginia, boasts notable alumni including governors and a U.S. president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia College
Hampden- Sidney
Lafayette College
Virginia
Amherst
Harvard
Hampden-Sidney
South
Middle West
North Caroline
Hampden
Oyster Supper And Fancy Work Sale At Summit Point
The Ladies Aid host an oyster supper and fancy work sale in the M. E. Church South basement at Summit Point on Thursday evening November 20. Proceeds support church and community activities.
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Ladies’ Aid
M. E. Church
Summit Point
Handley Night Postpones W C T U Public Meeting
The W Cc T U public meeting scheduled for Friday is postponed due to Handley night at the school and will be rescheduled for a later date.
Bank Stock Auction At Court House Saturday
Public auction Saturday November 22 at 12 M at the Court House. Twenty shares sold in blocks of two and five. Purchaser to receive January 1 dividend. Dunn and Duvall, auctioneers. Also Apple Butter Apples for sale 25c a bit phone 442-W.
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Farmers & Merchants National Bank & Trust CO
Court House
Dunn & Duvall
Growth of City Schools Shows Steady Expansion
In 1920 white pupils crowded John Kerr School while colored students met at the old Presbyterian Church on Piccadilly. Since then three new buildings opened Handley, Douglas Colored School, and Virginia Avenue. Current enrollment totals 2176 with Handley 1269, Kerr 499, Virginia Avenue 213, Douglas 195. Attendance averages rose to 85 percent overall. high school 96, primary 95, elementary 94, colored 91. Handley High School has graduated 370 in seven years, with many entering college or remaining local in business and professions. Visitation days are set for John Kerr and Handley this week, with a Friday night session. Virginia Avenue will have opening and visitation later.
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John Kerr School
Handley
Colored School
Sesssons
Old Presbyterian Church
Piccadilly Street
Douglas Colored School
Virginia Avenue
Aen
Handley Building
John Kerr
Douglas School
Winchester
Handley High School
Earl Shade Hurt Leaping From a Runaway Truck
Earl Shade a Winchester garage proprietor escaped serious injury when a coal truck lost a wheel and careered downhill near Capon Bridge West Virginia. He leaped free suffering cuts and bruises to his hand wrist and knee. He was treated at home and more coal was to be moved.
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Earl Shade
Winchester
Capon Bridge
W. Va
Mr. Shade
Keyser
Shade
Gould Lovett
No. 1601
Valley Pike
Global Catholic Population Reaches 341 Million in 1929
Vatican statistics released on November 18 say Catholics worldwide numbered 341,430,900 in 1929. Americas accounted for 109,097,000, Europe 208,882,000, Asia 16,636,900, and Africa and Australia totaled 1,585,? million.
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Associated Press
Vatican City
Vatican
North
Central
South America
Mr Neale to Speak on Roadside Planting
Landscape engineer Mr Neale of the Virginia Highway Commission will lecture on Roadside Planting and Beautifying of Highways in the George Washington Hotel gold room. The Winchester and Clarke County Garden Club sponsors the address and invites Civic League, local clubs and interested residents to attend.
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Neale
Virginia Highway Commission
George Washington Hotel
Winchester
Clarke County
Colored Man Wounded by Girl With Revolver in Domestic Dispute
Newton Williams, a colored man, was shot in the leg by Dorothy Clifford, a colored woman, after a dispute over a revolver lent for safekeeping. Williams was taken to the hospital where the bullet was removed. Dorothy was arrested on an assault charge, Williams on disturbing the peace, with hearings slated before Justice Weems.
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Newton Williams
Dorothy Clifford
Newton
Dorothy
Winchester
Williams
Hinkins
H.S. Pifer
Boyd
Dove
Justice Weems
Willaims
Best Foot Forward Risk at Five O'Clock
A brief line notes the caution of making a bold move at 5 o'clock, suggesting it is risky to push ahead in that moment. The remark underscores timing and prudence in taking action.
Newly Rebuilt Sarah Zane Fire Truck Arrives in Winchester
The Sarah Zane Fire Company truck, rebuilt by Seagrave at a cost around 3000 dollars, arrived in Winchester from Columbus Ohio. It received a full overhaul with nickel replating new steering gear a 120 gallon booster tank and rear spotlight. The unit was repainted decorated with the coat of arms and will undergo tests in the coming days for first class performance.
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Sarah Zané Fire Company
Winchester
Columbus
Ohio
North Loudoun Street
Sarah Zane Fire Company
Seagrave
Sarah Zane
Friendship and
Reuss
Sarah Zane Company
Frederick County Board Holds Special Session on Jail Plans
Frederick county board of supervisors meets in special session to review alterations to the city county jail. The session focuses on changes to the original plan and whether they are desirable. Dr Clarence Gook is referenced as former “stormy petrel of education.”
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Board of Supervisors
Frederick County
Clarence
Stormy Petre
Indictments for Aerial Smuggling Rings Revealed
Detroit, Nov 18 Indictments were returned against ten men linked to two aerial smuggling syndicates that used about 30 planes to bring liquor and aliens from Canada into the United States. Planes reportedly landed contraband near cities in Ohio, Indiana and Illinois after undercover agents joined the operations for weeks.
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Associated Press
Detroit
Mich
Canada
United States
Federal Grand Jury
Ohio
Indiana
Illinois
Former King Hussein of Hedjaz Dies in Cyprus
BAGDAD IREK Nov 18 Former King Hussein of the Hedjaz a romantic figure in the Arab revolt against Turkey in World War I died today in exile on the island of Cyprus. At his death his son King Feisal of Irek rushed to his side after receiving word of the grave condition. Hussein supported the Allied powers during the war and was a powerful ruler in Arabia for many years.
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Associated Press
Bagdad
Irek
Hussein
Hedjaz
Turkey
Cyprus
Feisal
Arabia
Two Striking Workmen Killed In Police Battle
In Barcelona two striking workers were killed and four wounded in a pistol battle with police near the Columbus monument as mobs clashed with officers.
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Associated Press
Barcelona
Spain
Columbus Monumen
Madrid
Central University
Medical University
Belasco Improves After Pneumonia Illness
New York reports 76 year old David Belasco, renowned stage producer, showing improvement after lobar pneumonia. He returned from Baltimore where rehearsals for Tonight or Never were halted and rests in his hotel apartment under care of his physician and daughter Mrs Forrest Gest.
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Associated Press
New York
David Belasco
Belasco
Baltimore
Forrest Gest
Fog That Hugs Coast Halts Traffic Across Seaboard
New York and the Atlantic coast enter the fifth day of dense fog with wintry rain as land sea and air travel halt. From the Canadian border to Florida traffic slows with ships aground off Chesapeake Bay and flights limited. The Weather Bureau predicts slow improvement with continued fog and a persistent drought in Maryland despite late showers helping crops.
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Associated Press
New York
Atlantic Seaboard
Canadian
Florida
Pittsburgh
Boston
Jackson-ville
Fla
Baltimore
Mangore
Norfolk
Chesapeake Bay
Cedar Point
Seaboard
Weather Bureau
Maryland
Former Police Coroner's Wild Baltimore Ride
Dr Albert D Driscoll 48 former police coroner held on $1000 bail after an early morning chase in Baltimore. Police say his car struck a bakery wagon injuring a horse that had to be destroyed. He faces charges of driving under the influence failing to keep to the right and firing a pistol within city limits.
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Associated Press
Baltimore
Albert D. Driscoll
Driscoll
Fourteen Drowned as Landslide Dams River in Colombia
At Manizales Colombia on November 18 a landslide dammed the Rio Agracatal flooding the area. Fourteen people including two families perished when the river rose destroying Herveo's electric light plant and wrecking four bridges. Sugar cane plantations were inundated.
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Associated Press
Manizales
Colombia
Rio Agracatal
Herveo
Death of Winchester hotelman Harry Jack at 44
Harry Jack 44 longtime Winchester hotelman died at his home 24 West Piccadilly street from throat infection. Born January 2 1886 in Berkeley Springs West Virginia he worked at Hotel Evans and Hotel Jack. No funeral service, simple graveside rites at Mount Hebron Cemetery Thursday at 3 PM.
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Harry Jack
West Piccadilly Street
Mr. Jack
Berkeley Springs
W. Va
Charles P. Jack
Octavia Longfellow Jack
Winchester
Jack
Hotel
Evans
Commercial and Savings Bank
Maxime DuCharme
American Hotels Corporation
Hotel Jack
Hotel Corporation
Cwsle Lenaliod Jack
E. Virginia Smith
James M. Jack
Virginia H. Smith
Mount Hebron Cemetery
Virginia Among States To Lose One Congress Member
President Hoover announced the 1930 census reapportionment will add seats to California Michigan and Texas and add to several other states Connecticut Florida New Jersey New York North Carolina Ohio and Washington. Missouri Georgia Iowa Kentucky Pennsylvania lose seats along with Alabama Indiana Maine Massachusetts Minnesota Mississippi Nebraska North Dakota Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Vermont Virginia and Wisconsin each lose one.
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Associated Press
Washington
Hoover
California
Michigan
Texas
Census’ Bureau
Connecticut
Florida
New Jersey
New York
North Carolina
Ohio
Missouri
Georgia
Iowa
Kentucky
Pennsylvania
Alabama
Indiana
Maine
Massachusetts
Minnesota
Mississippi
Nebraska
North Dakota
Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Vermont
Virginia
Wisconsin
Loyalty Pledges Sought for Bank Reopenings in Arkansas
In Arkansas, financial experts plan reopening after 43 banks have suspended or closed. The American Exchange Trust Company in Little Rock led the closures, with deposits totaling over 27 million dollars across 42 other banks. A B Banks says directors seek community loyalty pledges and supporting capital to prevent runs, while the Little Rock Clearing House assures banks are sound.
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Associated Press
Little Rock
Ark
American Exchange ‘Trust Company
A. B. Banks
American Exchange
Little Rock Clearing House Association
Anne Dandridge Dandridge Dies in Baltimore at Ninety
Miss Anne Spottswood Dandridge a Virginia Maryland lineage member died late last night at her Baltimore home. Her body will go to Winchester for interment in Mount Hebron Cemetery likely tomorrow with a brief service at the cemetery chapel. She was a cultured, scholarly woman once living in Winchester and aunt to several noted figures.
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Anne Spottswood Dandridge
Virginia
Maryland
Baltimore
B. Mitchelght Sr
Fairmont Avenue
Winchester
Mount Hebron
Dandridge
Miss Dandridge
Philip Pendletondleton
William Fitzhugh Dandridge
Frankfort
Peyton R. Harrison
Martinsburg
W. Va
Knight
Edward Foy
United States
Bliss
White House
Mrs. Dandridge
North Braddock Street
Braddock Street Methodist Episcopal Church
South
Stock market shows slight gain after early dip
The New York market opened depressed with about twenty issues down two to four points but recovered unevenly as trading was sluggish. Call money renewed at 2 percent. Helen Atkinson of Chadwick Missouri has attended Sunday school every week for over twenty years. Census figures show Alabama had 967 749 running bales of cotton before October 18.
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Associated
New York
Helen Atkinson
Chadwick
Alabama
Card Party for Building Fund at South End Hose Co Hall
A card party will be held at the South End Hose Co Hall for the building fund. Thursday November 20 at 8 p m 50 cents per person. Reserve tables by phoning Mrs Lewis Clowser 1239 J. Prizes and refreshments offered.
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South End Hose Co
Lewis Clowser
Also Mentioned on This Page
Bayliss Boyce
Little Virginia College
Mr. Neale
Alicante
Baltimore Harbor
Coroner
Congress
Anne _ Spottswood Dandridge
Taylor
Stepmother
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