Fire engulfs tank car in Winchester yard danger
A 7000 gallon gasoline tank car ignited in the Baltimore and Ohio yards between North Cameron and North Kent streets. Firefighters battled massive smoke and heat while fighting to reach storage tanks. a broken connection caused the blaze and a Conductor Johnson directed tank car coupling under extreme risk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
North Cameron
North Kent Streets
Winchester
Winchester Fire Department
surroWnaites
MeWes
Baltimore and Ohio
Standard Oil Company
Paleont
Oil Company
Johnson
Reuss Fire Company
Reuss Company
Cameron and Clark Strets
Cameron Street
From of Snapp
Common Council
Loudoun Street
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
May Ask Recount of Congress Vote in Seventh District
Richmond Va November 21 A petition for a recount of the Harrison Garber race for Congress in the Seventh district may be filed if the state board canvass report confirms unofficial returns. The district tally shows 30 253 votes with Garber 15 243 and Harrison 15 009 a margin of 234 for Garber.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Congress
State Board of Election
J. A. Garber
T. W. Harrison
Garber
Apple Market Week Shipments to British Ports
Shipments from New York to British ports for the week ending November 17 1928 totaled 42329 barrels and 47023 boxes with Liverpool Southampton London Glasgow Hull Manchester and other ports listed. Commodities include Yorks Ben Davis Ganos Winesaps Staymans Black Twig with prices per barrel and box. Mr and Mrs N H Carpenter and son plan a weekend trip to Milford Connecticut to visit relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Liverpool
London
Southampton
Glasgow
Manchester
Cooper, Harnden & Company
Baltic
Scythis
Yorks
Ben Davis
Ganos
Widespread legal and personal troubles hit Stephens City
A warrant charges former mayor Clarence W. Smallwood with failing to deliver a Durant sedan used as security for a $855 loan from the Washington Credit Corporation. He faces a separate criminal case and a divorce suit filed by his wife Mrs Elsie Lemley Smallwood. Mrs Margaret Hansbrough, widow of Scott H Hansbrough, dies at 73 in Winchester after long illness. funeral at First Baptist Church with burial at Mount Hebron Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence W. Smallwood
Stephens City
Washington Credit Corporttton
Smallwood
Smith
Guard
Winchester Credit Corporation
Smith Guard
A. J. Wigginton
Elsie Lemley Smallwood
Frederick County
Baltimore
Falls Church
Crce
Brumback
Woodstock
The First Year at Handley School Auditorium
The First Year is presented at Handley School Auditorium tomorrow at 8 15 with a cast from prominent stage productions. Tickets cost 25 cents for children and 50 cents for adults and may be purchased at the box office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Handley School
Winchester Amusement
Handley
Handley Auditorium
Free Chest Clinic To Be Held Here Friday
The District Nurse Association will host a tuberculosis clinic at its Chamber of Commerce offices on Friday. Dr C W Scott of the State Board of Health will lead, assisted by association nurses. Clinic hours are 9 30 to noon with lunch, then 2 to 4 p m. The event invites anyone with symptoms to attend for free chest examinations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District Nurse Association
Association
Chamber of Commerce
C. W. Scott
State Board of Health
Square Dance and Cari Club Scenes at Local Homes
A Thursday square dance hosted at Hogue Creek in Northwestern Grade notes a Wednesday Cari Club meeting at Mrs. C. K. Over's South Loudoun Street home. High score prize awarded to Mrs. T. O. Warren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hogue Creek
C. K. Over
South Loudoun Street
T. O. Warren
Mrs Bowly Dies At Willow Lawn Near Winchester
Mrs Mary Rieman Hack Bowly wife of Charles L Bowly died at one o clock this afternoon at Willow Lawn on the Valley pike a mile south of Winchester after years of declining health She was the daughter of the late Mr and Mrs Andrew Hack and is survived by her husband and a daughter Mary De Vereux Bowly Funeral plans were not completed this afternoon Her home Willow Lawn was a social center and she was a member of the Hack family of Baltimore and Winchester
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Rieman Hack Bowly
Charles L. Bowly
Willow Lawn
Valley Pike
Winchester
Andrew Hack
Mr. Bowly
Mary Devereux Bowly
Hack
Baltimore
Trier and Perry Cider Mill Opens in Kent Street
The Trier and Perry Cider Mill is now open at Kent and Pail Mall streets with barrels and brews for sale. A rental notice lists rooms occupied by the Republican Hoover Club at Piccadilly and Cameron Streets and invites improved to suitable tenants at 35 West Piccadilly Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trier and Perry
Kent
Pail Mall
Republican Hoover Club
Cor
Piccadilly
Cameron St
Mertha Busey
W. Piccadilly St
Cake Sale Aids First Christian Ladies’ Aid
The Ladies' Aid of First Christian Church will hold a cake sale at Fisher & Brown's window Saturday morning, November 24, with cakes available for pickup for Sunday. Proceeds support church activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies’ Aid of
First Christian Church
Fisher & Brown's
Noonan’s Taxis Offer Blankets For Winter Nights
Noonans Taxis advertise blankets for cold nights and provide a contact number. Winchester Steam Laundry promotes its cleaning services with a phone line for inquiries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester Steam Laundry
Cumberland Valley Basketball League Expands to Six Teams
A large 1929 Cumberland Valley Basketball League season features six teams including Bath District High Handley High joining alongside Martinsburg Hagerstown Waynesboro and Frederick. Berkeley Springs enters, Allegany High and Charles Town High sit out. Each team plays ten games with January 11 opening and March 2 closing. The C W A L trophy awaits the winner after three titles to claim it permanently.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cumberland Valley Basketball League
Bath District High
Berkeley Springs
Handley High
Winchester
Martinsburg
Hagerstown
Waynesboro
Frederick
Handley
Court Loop
Allegany High
Cumberland
Charles Town High
Hagerstown High
Martinsver
Waynes
J W Chamberlain Dies of Paralysis at His Home
John W Chamberlain 86 a retired farmer died at 10 PM last night at 516 Fairmont avenue from a stroke of paralysis suffered recently He had lived in Winchester after retiring and was a member of the First Baptist Church He is survived by his widow a son and a brother Funeral services will be held Saturday at 2 30 PM in the First Baptist Church with burial in Mount Hebron Cemetery
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Margaret Hansbrough
Scott H. Hansbrough
North
Washington Street
Hansbrough
Walter Bowen
Warren Rifles
New Baptist Church
Springfield
Warren County
Mr. Hansbrough
Winchester
Garland M. Hansbrough
Ethel H. Baptist
M. J
The
Peoples Drug
Hunter Bowen
Florida
Turner Ashby
Daughters of the Confederacy
South
First Baptist Church
E. T. Clark
E. B. Jackson
Harrisonburg
Mount Hebron Cemetery
John W. Chamberlain
Fairmont Avenue
Mr. Chamberlain
Jefferson County
W. Va
Osmin. O
Harriet Jenkins Chamberlain
Eigthy
Nannie Keene Chamberlain
J. Broaddus Chamberlain
Berryville
Clarke County
Robert. P. Chamberlain
C. A. Freed
Grace Lutheran Church
Eberts Offers Liberal Terms On Used Cars This Week
Mrs. Horace Browne hosts a bridge party for Miss Amy Meek a Huntington guest. Mr and Mrs F Estes Kline visit George Fisher in Moorefield WV. Kline hosted last night for the Wednesday bridge club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ebert’s
Horace Browne
Amy Meek
Misses Baker
Miss Meek
Huntington
W. Va
Mrs. F. Estes Kline
Mr. George Fisher
Moorefield
K. W. Adams
King's Daughters and Sons Report Shows Strong Clarke County Year
Berryville Va November 22 The annual report of Mrs John B Neill secretary of the Order of Kings Daughters and Sons of Clarke County shows a 290 member year with 230 in five senior circles and 60 in three junior circles. The circles aided the sick paid hospital bills supplied food clothing and nursing support and contributed to local clinics and child welfare efforts totaling 3051 73.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berryville
John B. Neill
Order of King’s Daughters and Sons of
Clarke County
Order of King’s Daughters and Son
Grace Episcopal Church
Vincent C. Franks
Boyce
Silver Cross
Front Royal
Warrenton
Henry 8. Eley
Suffolk
E. J. Smith
King’s Daughters
Jesus Christ
Live Wire Fire Damages Home on West Leicester Street
A live electrical wire in the cellar at Major Goodier’s house 423 West Leicester street started a fire this morning. Firefighters confined the blaze to the basement after smoke filled the house. Mrs. Goodier, alone with two children, evacuated them to safety and awaited aid. Owner J. Gray Heverley, clerk of the Corporation Court, notes the loss at several hundred dollars, insured in full.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Major Goodier
West
Leicester Street
Christ Expects To Banished Sin In World Revival Sermon
Evangelist Dickson closed a revival at the Church of Christ with a message that Jesus will abolish sin and render the devil powerless. He urged world-wide gospel reach and Christian unity to hasten Jesus' coming. Tonight's topic is The Child In the Midst. tomorrow night Seeking to Save.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church of Christ
Evangelist Dickson
Jesus
Noted trumpeter to perform solo on Apple Blossom broadcast
Winchester festival gains free national exposure via a Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival radio special Sunday evening November 25 from 6 to 6 30 broadcast by Stetson Shoe Parade. 31 NBC stations from New York to Houston will carry the program reaching millions of listeners. the piece features a trumpet solo and a Weymouth American Legion Band performance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Stetson Shoe Company, Inc
South Weymouth
Mass
Uni
Star
National Broadcasting Company
Atlantic
Pacific Coast
California
Aretha Va
Stetson Shoe Company
Cca
Sion
Nouncer
Robert Burlen
Virginia
Legion Band
Stetson Shoe
St. Louis
Lie
Paris
New York
WEAF
WEEI
Boston
WTIC
Hartford
WJAR
Providence
Wwtag
Worcester
WCSH
Portland
WFI
Philadelphia
WRC
Liberty Square
George William Ventre
Weymouth Post American Legion
United States
Stetson
Associated
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Hot Ashes Inc
Texas and American Oil
Time Standard Company
APPLE
N. H. Carpenter
Milford
Conn
RS. Bowly
Willlow Lawn
Auto Parts Corp
Noonan’s Taxis
Handley 10
Valley Loop
J. W. Chamberlain
Clarke County Society
Christ
Apply Star Office
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