Capitol Wreck at Weverton Leaves Fireman Dead
A Baltimore and Ohio wreck near Weverton Maryland killed Fireman Giffin and injured several others. Engineer J Ross was scalded and questioned about obeying a caution signal. Cars and locomotive were moved to Brunswick and Mount Clare for repairs as investigation begins into possible criminal negligence.
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Balti- Ohio Railroad
W. van
Capitol ‘Pear
Randall Street
Baltimore
Horn
Rees
Everton
Frederick County
Giffin
Brunswick
Mount Clare
M. G. Maxon
Cumberland
Hake
Ritter
W. Va
J. EB. Ferry
John Henry
R. J. Davis
C.A
Goks
Ed Gatlive
Duffey Couple Welcome First Child At Local Hospital
Supt. and Mrs Duffey announce the birth of a healthy boy this morning. The father, connected with Handley Schools, expresses relief and joy as relatives and friends share in the news of the new arrival.
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Chesté
Mae S. Duffey
Handley
M. M. Lynch
Meeting Notice of Women’s Temperance Union
An interesting meeting of the Women’s Leeman Temperance Union will be held at the Handley Library on Thursday, November 20 at 3 o’clock. Members are urged to come.
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Women’s
Leeman Temperance UN 1
Handley Library
Notice of reg monthly tea for dianons
A reg monthly tea for the dianons will be held Thursday November 20 1924 from 4 30 to 6 30 p m at the designated venue. This notice appears in a 1924 newspaper as a local social event update.
Auction Sale Dec 29 At 12 B Cebu Street
Household items auction includes bedroom and kitchen furniture stands phone table chair rugs dishes cooking equipment double blankets conch hemmeK box typewriter all listed under Mary Moler with date and page reference 11-19-21-25-1p.
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Cebu Street
Mary Moler
Legion and Auxiliary Urge Public Help for Educational Week
The American Legion and the Auxiliary appeal to citizens to support Educational Week November 17 to 24. In cooperation with the Bureau of Education and the National Education Association the groups urge interest in Americanization and literacy, noting illiteracy remains high and calling for public participation in educate our future citizens. Continued on Page Seven.
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American Legion and the Auxiliary
United States Bureau of Education
National Education Association
American Legion
American Legion Auxiliary
America
Legion
Auxiliary
City Council Finalizes 130000 Refunding Bond Issue
The city council in a special session passed the ordinance to issue 130000 refunding bonds to retire existing debt. Bonds bear 4 percent interest for thirty years with a sinking fund for retirement. sale will be to the highest bidder. The council adjourned after visiting Handley Schools at Supt Duffey's invitation.
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Ge Battier
F. Cooper
Robert L Gray
Munter B. Grimm
Chas P. McVicar
White Cargo at Empire Monday
The sensational play White Cargo, a long running success in New York London Chicago and Boston, comes to the Empire Theatre Monday night November 24 with universal critical and public approval backing its merit.
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New York
London
Chicago
Boston
Empire Theatre
Irish Deputy's Wife Dies After Ambush Shot
Mrs. Darrell Figgis wife of Deputy Figgis of the Dail Eireann died in a Dublin hospital from a gunshot wound to the head. The wound followed an ambush while she rode in a taxi near Rathfarnham outside Dublin. She was a noted worker with the White Cross movement aiding Irish political prisoners.
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Associated Press
Dublin
Darrell Figgis
Figgis
Eirran
Rathfarnham
Dublin Mountainee
Figun
White Cross
Funeral Rites Conducted for Mrs Haines in Staunton
Funeral services were held in Staunton Virginia for Mrs Rose Armentrout Haines widow of Charles E Haines former Winchester resident. She died Monday morning after a period of illness aged about seventy five. Interment was in Thornrose Cemetery with pallbearers named. Survived by three daughters Mrs Julia Ryan Frances Haines and Mrs Mary H Fifer and two sons George A Haines and James R Haines.
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Satunton
Rose LE Haines
Charles E. Haines
Winchester
George W. Haines
Am Haines
Stonewall
Wace
John J. Gravatt, Jr
Trinity Episcopal Church
Thornrose Cemetery
Thomas Beardsworth
A. P. Bickle
James L. Templeton
Frank L. Yount
Robert Johnson
Fred Fifer
Staunton
Mary H. Fifer
Washington
George A. Haines
Richmond
James R. Haines
Cider Makers Find Bargain Apples In Keyser Orchard
In Keyser West Virginia on November 19 apples are selling as low as 15 cents a bushel at a local orchard. Buyers must pick up the fruit themselves and take them away ready picked. The announcement notes a large rush of people eager to make cider.
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Keyer
W. Va
World War Veterans Act may raise disability claims for TB
The World War Veterans Act of 1924 lets service men with active tuberculosis before 1925 gain disability compensation. Many rated with arrested TB or chronic bronchitis under ten percent may benefit if reexamined before January 1, 1925. Legion officials urge veterans to seek re-evaluation at the Veterans Bureau.
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Veterans Bureau
Bureau
Watson B. Miller
Legion
National Rehabilitation Committee
G. B. Roszel
R. Y. Conrad
American Légion
Dr Hildreth Dies in Europe Trip Prominent Shenandoah Figure
Dr. Hildreth a leader in Charlottesville and Winchester circles died on a Paris trip. He was a Jefferson College graduate and noted for pediatrics. Survived by widow Jane Neave Brady, five daughters and four sons William Richard Eugene Nathaniel Thomas, with three sons noted for wartime service. The family had long ties to Shenandoah Valley Academy and Hazel Atlas Glass. Body expected to be returned to the United States.
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Academy
Dr. Hildredth
United States
Hily
Mra
Hildredth
Jefferson College
Philadelphia
Shenandoah Valley Academy
Roszel
William
Richard
Eugene
Ck” Dreth
Jane Neave Brady
Wheeling
Hazel-Atlas Glass Manufacturing Company
Cassell
Jane Neave
Frances
Katharine
Sara Hildredth
Charlottesville
William S
Richard P
Standard Oil Company
New Jeraey
Eugene A
Hazel- Atlas Glass Company
St. Paul
Charles Town
W. Va
Europe
Davis and Wife Leave To Spend Vacation Abroad
John W. Davis and his wife sailed from New York on the French liner Paris for three months of rest in Mediterranean countries. He plans to resume his law practice in February after a trip prompted by his Democratic nomination campaign for President.
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Associated Press
New York
John W. Davis
Paris
Davis
Violent Stock Market Buy Wave Grips Opening
New York November 19. One of the most violent buying demonstrations since the election opened the stock market with over 49 issues rising to new year peaks in the first half hour. Total early sales exceeded 330000 shares as rails industrials and merchandising motors led the advance.
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New York
Stock Exchange
Jin
Oncome
New -York
Life in the fading German Empire and student life in Berlin
Dr Arlen describes life in the old German Empire at its zenith under Kaiser rule. He notes Berlin University’s vast medical and dental faculties with a cosmopolitan student body, strict professorship, and formal exam attire while reflecting on social class, police, and public deference to officers and the Kaiser. Special guests attended the meeting in Baltimore.
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A Neo
Germany
McKinley
F Germar
E University of Berlin
Allen
Berlin
United States
Arlen
Robert Bi. Nelson
Nelson Richards
W. B. Thurston, Jr
Baltimore
E. 0. Larrick
Middletown
H. 8. Larrick
The
Lions
Ladies Auxiliary of Reuss Fire Co Plans Bazaar Meeting
The Ladies Auxiliary and Bazaar Committee of the Reuss Fire Co will meet tonight at 7 30 in the company hall. Wives mothers and sisters of the firemen who are not members are invited to help arrange a bazaar to be held soon. O H Lewis chairs the committee.
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Ladies’ Auxiliary
The
Reuss Fire Company
Bazaar Committee
Reuss
H. Lewis
Coolidge Urges Timber Saving Plan At National Conference
President Coolidge urged a concrete timber saving program to close the gap between annual drain of 26 billion and growth of 6 billion cubic feet. He warned unchecked consumption threatens supply and called for growing wood like any crop to bridge the deficit.
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Associated Press
Washington
Coolidge
Detective Scrivener To Bring Beal Back To Capitol City
Detective Arthur Scrivener of the Washington police is due here tomorrow to return Douglas Beal a negro fugitive from justice he was arrested yesterday while washing dishes in a restaurant on $1000 bail for selling dope in the DC district Beals bondsman faced forfeiture before his capture Scrivener a Frederick county native will also reconnect with old friends in the area during the visit
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Arthur Scrivener
Washington
Capitol City
Douglas Beal
Doran
Boyd
Star
Beal
District of Columbia
Scrivener
Frederick County
Mrs. Harding Weak but Resting Comfortably at White Oak Farm
Marion Ohio dispatch reports Mrs. Harding critically ill at Dr. Carl W. Sawyer’s White Oak farm. A 8:15 a.m. bulletin says she rested comfortably most of the night but remains unchanged, still weak with a deteriorating heart and kidney ailment and taking small nourishment.
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Marion
Turner Ashby Chapter to Meet at Handley Library
Members of the Turner Ashby Chapter Daughters of the Confederacy plan a Friday afternoon gathering at Handley Library starting at 3 30 o clock.
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Turner Ashby
Daughters of Confederacy
Handley Library
Winchester and Valley firm aide park drive plan
Phineas V. Stephens, consulting engineer, discusses channeling capital and labor to rural tracts in the Winchester and Shenandoah Valley area. The Winchester Chamber of Commerce will hire his firm to outline development stages for a proposed park territory, with Andrew Bell and a three-member committee accompanying the visit from November 8 to November 15.
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Cal Chatereh
Andoah
Wardensville
Winchester
Chamber of Com
Mr. Stephens
Chamber of Commérce
al Park
Andrew Bell
Cees
Winners of Dollar Days Prize Contest Announced
The Dollar Day Contest results list prizes for first through fourth places with monetary awards. Present numbers at Star Office for redemption and tickets. Location referenced is Star Office with entry steps and related notices about trespass cards and stamps.
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Star No
Star's
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Capitol
Wevert
Frederick
Trone
Supt
Mrs. Duffey
Council
Empire Monday
Mrs. Haines
Stonewall Brigade
Legionnaires
DR A.hildreth
Coleen Y
Wife
Star Office
Handley Schools
Rouss Fire Co
Goolidge
Detective Scrivener
Real
Mrs. Harding
Berkeley
Phineas V. Stephens
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