Disciples Begin Annual Meeting in Strasburg Church
The forty fourth Annual convention of the Disciples of Christ in Virginia opened in Strasburg with Dr. C. M. Gordon of Norfolk delivering the sermon on Passion and Prayer of Pentecost. More than 200 delegates attended the opening service as discussions begin on the Pentecost program and the church pension fund.
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Associated Press
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The
Disciples of Christ
Virginia
C. M. Gordon
Norfolk
F. Bemith
Indianapolis
Church Pension Fund
Disciples 'Ministerial Union
Arthur Wake
Strasburg Disciples Church
New National Church
Washington
B. A. Abbott
St. Louis
Lee Sadler
Hanover Church
Richmond
Treasure Hunt Sparks Glamorous Garden Party Night
Barbara and Henderson host a midnight treasure hunt after Ray’s disappearance. The couple chase clues across a moonlit English setting, deciphering riddles from a car license plate to a bath tap clue found at Mr Biggar’s home. Barbara clings to hope of restoring calm before Ray’s return.
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Henderson
Barbara
Oxford
Hendy
Laring
Ming
Bradesbury
Bradelbury
Biggar
Mr. Biggar
Dial Press
State convention responds to Wake address at opening sermon
The state convention replied to the address of welcome delivered by the Rev. Mr. Wake before the opening sermon. The event marked the ceremonial start of the convention activities with formal remarks and religious proceedings.
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State Convention
Mr. Wake
Bus Managers to Meet Virginia State Hearing on Carriers
Members of the Motor Bus Association of Virginia will attend the State Corporation Commission hearing on motor carrier facilities in Virginia on October 23 after their sixth annual Richmond convention October 22. The commission, backed by a General Assembly resolution, will report its findings and recommendations to the next General Assembly. The convention will include a Parker bill discussion and a banquet with a dance that night.
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Motor Bus Association of Virginia
State Corporation Commission
Association
Richmond
Virginia General Assembly
General Assembly
Congress
Kane Indicted for Slaying Kenny Williams in Martinsburg
Berkeley county grand jury in Martinsburg West Virginia indicted Constable Joe Kane on murder charges for the killing of Kenny Williams 24 during a confrontation at Kane s filling station three weeks earlier Williams Virginian involved in apple picker migration Harvey Faircloth wounded by a stray shot and hospitalised Kane committed to jail following indictment the first grand jury report lists five more felonies.
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Joe Kane
Berkeley County
Martinsburg
W. Va
Kenny Williams
Kane
Gal
Williams
Harvey Faircloth
Scrivener Murder Case Tangles Maragon Links and Night Club
The article traces Scrivener's murder and claims the homicide squad doubts the inquest verdict of self murder. It notes a long friendship with Maragon a former DOJ agent, their rivalry for Miss Parker, and the pair opening a night club that failed. The Greenwich Village Orchestra later ran the club.
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Maragon
Department of Justice
Florida
Maragons
Washington
Childs
Maryland
Chicago
Engraving Wedding Invitations Arranged for September
Scrivener met with Howard S. Fiske at the Lewis Thayer Printing Company on September 23, 1926 to arrange the engraving of wedding invitations. The draft was made by his fiancée and the bridegroom appeared happy about the upcoming wedding, according to Fiske.
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Scrivener
Lewis Thayer Printing Company
Twelfth St. N. W
Howard S. Fiske
Fiske
Natex advertised as a guaranteed relief medicine
A Natex representative promotes Natex at Peoples Service Drug Store with a nationwide endorsement by a college professor. A Braddock Heights woman, Helen Stine, testifies Natex rebuilt her health, gained six pounds, improved appetite and nerves. Free samples are offered as the store touts the prescription.
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Natex
Peoples Service
Harrisonburg
Hagerstown
Frederick
Cumberland
Helen Stine
Braddock Heights
Peoples Service Drug Store
Wedding plans disclosed in detective Scrivener case
Invitations found after his death reveal the wedding date was set for October 30 rather than October 13. Scrivener planned to marry secretly and hoped to join the American Legion convention in Philadelphia the morning his body was found. He served as detective sergeant and was once enlisted in the Army engineers. The Senate expected to begin an inquiry into police corruption and Scrivener’s death, while police contend suicide and a hidden necktie were involved.
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William F. Franklin
Philadelphia
American Legion
Washington
The
Legion
Vincent B. Costello Post
Franklin
United States
Scrivenner
Grant
Washington Barracks
Pullman
Baker
Maragon Sa
Maryland
Senate
Sackett
Kentucky
Chinatown
Police Department
Department of Justice
Burea
Henry G. Pratt
Cole Blease
South Carolina
Heflin
Alabansa
Yhurderer
Earl E. Holmes
Edward J. Kelly
Kelly
Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound Boosts Woman’s Health
Mrs. Evin Ricnagos of Pittsburgh Pennsylvania reports severe fatigue loss of appetite and weight loss improved daily after using Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound and its tablets. She recommends keeping the medicine on hand and offers to answer letters about her experience.
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Pittsburgh
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lydia E. Pink
Evin Ricnagos
Chautauqua St
N.S
Middletown Notes From Virginia Community Report
Middletown Virginia tidbits note Marsh Run Lodge members attending a Northern Virginia Association convention in Warrenton. Local residents Ed Coverstone and family visit relatives. L S Pee and family visit St George By waters at Opequon. Various visits among Rife and Koerner families and others. Frosts relocate to Florida for winter. Betty Lou Perry from Winchester visits grandmother Alice McInturff.
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Middletown
Claude B. Stickley
Fred E. Kline
Julian C. Kline
Claude Carper
Marsh Run Lodge
Northern Virginia Association
Warrenton
ST. George Bywaters
Opequon
Rinker
Kansas
Pete Ogden
Frost
Joseph Rife
Washington
Spengy
D. W. Rife
George Koerner
W. B. Affleck
A. A. Glaize
George William
Betty Lou Perry
Winchester
Alice MccInturff
Relief Brevities in Relief Virginia
Mrs Copenhaver who lives with her mother Mrs John Crim continues to improve after a months illness. Misses Genevieve Massie Helen Rinker and Glenna White and Messrs Carl Hicks and Alfred Snapp motored to Gaithersburg Sunday. Mrs George Branner is ill. Several families visited Mr Harvey Hicks home Sunday and Monday others from Stephens City Wakeerver Kan Hanover Pa and New Market Va. School opened at Relief with twelve students.
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Reba
Stephens City
Jim Rinker
Wakeever
Kan
Wildasin
James Grier
Hanover
Helen Crim
Jacob Copenhaver
Will Branner
Pensylvania
George Olinger
New Market
George Branner
Local notes feature lodge visits and social remarks
Brucetown residents report Holmes E McCAboy returning from Morgantown after attending a Grand Lodge meeting as Shenandoah Lodge representative with Charles E Murphy and Harry May also noted as I O O F delegates. Weekend visits include James Largent with Connell in Clearbrook and Ashwood in Stephenson plus Gladstone Grubbs visiting Julian Snapp. A satirical item from Kansas City Star and Atchison papers adds humorous quotes.
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Brucetown
Holmes E. MccAboy
Morgantown
W. Va
Shenandoah Lodge
Middleway
Charles E. Murphy
Wadenville
Harry May
Darksville
May
Freshly Brewed Liquors Labeled Yayin Draw Interest
A fragment notes liquors described as yayin and fresh juice, suggesting a distinction between fresh and not fully aged products and their intoxicating effects. The text hints at regulation or classification but lacks full context or names.
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