Bells of Beaucyolais Benefit Firemen Show at Colonial Theatre
Seats on sale for The Bells of Beaucyolais a two act musical play by local talent for twin-firemen conventions in August next year. Performances Tuesday December 2 with 50c to 1 50 admission. Cast includes Miss Marie Bell Pennock S Donald McFadden Victor Arthur Dick Norton Floyd Haines and others with a 60 voice chorus. Tickets from fire company captains. general sale later. Postponed one week to accommodate Handley Schools and a rehearsal tonight.
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Benevolais
Europe
Beaufleur
Marie Bell Pennock
S. Donald McFadden
Victor Arthur
Dick Norton
Floyd Haines
Dick Gray
Marguerite Richards
Mary Sullivan
Philomena Laren
Carter May Tomney
Donald Finfrock
R. Lillis
Handley Schools
Handley and S.V.A. to Meet in Charity Gridiron Game
Handley High School and Shenandoah Valley Academy will clash in Handley Stadium on December 5 to raise funds for the unemployed. The post season charity battle marks the first gridiron meeting since 1923 with proceeds aiding winter relief and civic leaders praising the effort.
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Shenandoah Valley Academy
Handley High School
Handley Stadium
Winchester
Woodberry Forrest
Handley
United States
United States Military Academy
United States Naval Academy
New York
Thanksgiving liver tea at Beverley home event
Thanksgiving liver tea hosted by Mrs. Robert A. Beverley at 321 S. Stewart St on Friday, November 21, from 4 to 6 pm. Women’s Auxiliary Memorial Hospital invites laundry requests with the line Send Us Your Laundry and Keep Your Youth, contact numbers 28 or 29 with Winchester Steam Laundry note.
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Robert A. Beverley
S. Stewart St
Women’s Auxiliary Memorial Hospital
Winchester Steam Laundry
Stewart St
Tornado Rips Bethany Oklahoma Killing At Least 17
A tornado in Bethany Oklahoma seven miles from Oklahoma City killed at least 17 people and injured more than 30. Schools and homes were demolished, telegraph lines were down, and Governor Holloway ordered emergency operating rooms opened.
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Bethany
Associated Press
Oklahoma City
Okla
W. J. Holloway
University Hospital
Campbell Creek
Marguerite Zurling
Delbert Sharp
Mary Proctor
Jack Zurling
Yates Hoover
Young Hoover
Spe
John Hutchinson
Winchester Schools Strict on Pupil Health Programs
Handley Schools receive strong civic support to boost pupil health in Winchester. They enforce vaccination laws and disease prevention while testing sight and hearing annually. Dental exams, funded by the Winchester Dental Association, Red Cross, and School Board, covered 1737 pupils last year.
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Handley
Winchester School Board
Shenandoah Valley Dental Association
Handley Schools
Winchester
Winchester Dental Association
The
Red Cross
20 Million Seals Distributed in Virginia Counties
Virginia tuberculosis officials report 20 million Christmas seals distributed to local groups with 1 million reserved for later orders as the sale opens November 28. Miss Leslie C. Foster notes strong local zeal and a hopeful outlook despite hard times. Amos and Andy will sell health bonds in Winchester led by Mayor Shryock and Chamber secretary Andy Bell.
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Richmond
Virginia Tuberculosis Association
Leslie C. Foster
Chamber of Commerce
Andy Bell
Help Wanted and Draperies Advertisements
WANTED ten salesladies apply in person before 9 o clock Thursday morning at Huntsberry's Shoe Store Stewart Street Friday November 21 11 19 1p 21 Attractive curtains and draperies are being shown by Moling and Cather.
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Huntsberry’s
Moling & Cather
Handley Night Postpones WCTU Public Meeting
Public notice announces postponement of the W C C T U meeting scheduled during Handley night at the school to a later date. The item appears in a dated community notice.
Five arraigned in police court with no fines imposed
Judge Weems arraigned five persons on various charges in police court this morning. Two receive six month jail terms. Sheriff W. W. Smallwood and Rev. P. R Diehl faced reckless driving charges after a collision. both were not fined, each paying court costs.
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Weems
W. W. Smallwood
Clarke County
P. R Diehl
Frederick
Southern Methodist
South Braddock
West Clifford Streets
Swanson
Virginia Russell
Osmar Swanson
South Loudoun Street
Miss Russell
Newt
Williams
Dorothy
Margaret Hodgson Special Sale Notice
Special sale of items priced at $1.00 and $1.95 advertised for Friday and Saturday. Margaret L Hodgson listed as the notice party with dates in the 1919 to 1921 range.
Pocahontas and Hendley Coal Prices at Central Yard
Pocahontas Nut Coal seven dollars per ton Pocahontas Stove Coal eight dollars per ton Beaver Egg Coal eight dollars per ton Hendley All Lump Coal seven fifty per ton Central Coal Yard formerly G O Snapp Coal Yard at 425 North Market Street advertises coal with claims of heat and low ash with room for rent with board for two men preferred written to A B c/o Star.
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Hendley
Central Coal Yard
G. O. Snapp Coal Yard
N. Market St
Highland Hope Rescued in Dense Fog Off Portugal
550 passengers and crew were saved from the British steamer Highland Hope after it ran aground near Berlengas in thick fog. One Spanish emigrant was seriously injured. salvage boats Rio Lisbon and Gibraltar helped steer survivors to Lisbon. Captain George Fried, already famed for two prior rescues, led the ship to safety.
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Lisbon
Portugal
Berlengas
London
Buenoses
Gibraltar
Peniche
America
Associated Press
Mauretania
Ovidai
George Fried
Ovidia
Endicott
Cape Grace
Boston
Hero
Newport News
St Navaire
France
Ovyifia
Dr Edward Janney Dies in Baltimore Home at 74
News from Winchester reports the death of Dr Edward Janney at his Baltimore Park Avenue home after a long illness contracted in England. The noted Friends minister, 74, taught and preached in the Friends Meeting House at Winchester and Hopewell, leaves two daughters and a brother, with burial set for the Friends Burial Ground on Harford road.
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Winchester
Or. Edward Janney
Park Avenue
Econ
England
Janney
Birmingham
Baltimore
Anne Webb Janney
Howard A. Kelley
Society of Friends
Friends Meeting House
Friends
Hopewell
Friends Society
Southern Homeopathic Hospital
Medical Chirurgical Faculty
Maryland Homeopathic Society
Walter R. Johns
Media
Harry Timbres
Timbres
Rabindranath Tagore
William H. Janney
Friends Burial Ground
Harford Road
Tastes Vary but B and C Brand Bread Tastes Vary
An item notes varying flavors or quality of B and C brand bread referenced by Ip 11, suggesting inconsistent taste across batches. It reads like a brief consumer note or advertisement blurb without detailed data.
Oyster Supper and Fancy Work Sale at ME Church basement
The Ladies Aid host an oyster supper and sale of fancy work in the South Summit Point ME Church basement on Thursday evening November 20. A card party at South End Hose Co Hall benefits the building fund, also on November 20 at 8 p.m. Tickets 60 cents per person. tables reserved by calling Mrs. Lewis Clowser at 1239-J.
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Ladies’ Aid
ME. Church
South
Summit Point
South End Hose Co
Lewis Clowser
Afenelimnet
New York Judge Grants Lenient Sentence to Mrs Waters
Mrs Agnes Mulligan Waters of Winchester Virginia received a suspended sentence and two years probation after a grand larceny charge. Her brother William J Mulligan a deputy attorney general pledged restitution. Judge Bertini cited her effort to support her two young daughters as a factor in leniency.
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The
Star
New York
Agnes Mulligan Waters
Winchester
Bertini
William J. Mulligan
Hiram C. Todd
Winchester Woman Extradited to Face 1926 Larceny Charge
Mrs. Waters, long based in Winchester, was nabbed on a New York General Sessions Court bench warrant and sent back to face a 1926 larceny charge. Authorities say she took $300 from Edward Valentic, an artist, and sought to sell land in his name without authorization. She claims a double cross by her mother, Agnes Murphy Mulligan, in a dispute over her father’s estate.
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Valentic
Port Royal business man Charles K. Comley dies after brief illness
Charles K. Comley a well known Port Royal Pa business man died after a short illness at his home. He will be buried in Steubenville Ohio with funeral services at 2 PM Friday. He previously exported hardwoods and logs and had ties to Winchester and Frederick counties. He is survived by two sisters Sadie and Marie Comley of Steubenville and a brother J W Comley of Pittsburgh.
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Charles K. Comley
Port Royal
Winchester
Frederick County
Mr. Comley
Sadie
Marie Comley
Steubenville
J. W. Comley
J. W
Apple Butter Apples For Sale Ad
For sale apples and apple butter priced at 25 cents a bit. Call 442-W for details and orders. Local ad listing notes availability and contact number.
George Washington Highway Assoc completes plans for national highway
The Virginia George Washington Highway Association finalizes its structure and aims to promote US Route 50 from Alexandria to the Pacific, rename it the George Washington National Highway, and seek cooperation from federal state and local groups. The board adopts a constitution, adds directors, and sets the January meeting date.
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Star
Alexandria
Virginia George Washington Highway Association
Pacific Coast
George Mason Hotel
Winchester
Washington Streets
Mount Vernon Boulevard
West Virginia
Ohio
Ford Sedan Wrecked on N W Pike Last Night
A Ford sedan with Pennsylvania plates skidded on a slippery N W Pike near Gore last night and overturned. The sole occupant crawled free unharmed and left on a Winchester wrecking truck without giving his name. The car suffered heavy damage.
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Ford
N. W. Pike
Pennsylvania
Pike
Gore
Winchester
Funeral Tomorrow For Bayliss Boyce
Bayliss Boyce who died Monday in Hagerstown Md is at Jones Undertaking on South Loudoun Street where friends may view. The funeral is tomorrow at two o clock from the Mortuary Chapel in Mount Hebron Cemetery with Rev George W Stover officiating. Burial will be in the family lot.
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Bayliss Boyce
Hagerstown
Jones Undertaking Establishment
South Loudoun Street
Mount Hebron Cemetery
George W. Stover
United Brethren Church
Scientist warns comet gas could drive humans mad
A scientist suggests comet gas might affect minds and laments a missed possible danger. Rebels receive no aid from Uncle Sam who claims aid only to those who can pay, highlighting tension between aid and cost.
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Uncle Sam
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S.V.A
Civic Unemployment Committee
Oklahoma
Ant
Margaret L. Hodgson
Highland Hope
Portugese
O.E. Janney
B. & C. Brfad
Fucepuollnc TV
Chas. K. Comley
GEO
Washington Highway Assoc
Dan S. Hollenga
C. Page Waller
Carroll Pierce
Goodnow
Pierce
Fairfax County
Little River
Kfax
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