Late Mr. Baker Laid To Rest In Winchester Funeral
Funeral services were held for Russell C. Baker a lifelong Winchester resident after a short illness. The 3 pm service at Brad dock Street Methodist Church South was led by Rev. Boyd V. Switzer with two hymns. Interment was in Mount Hebron Cemetery. pallbearers included W. A. Baker and L. Marshall Baker. Baker and Company salesman and former cigar maker, he died Saturday.
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Russell C. Baker
Winchester
Braddock Street
Methodist Episcopal Church, South
Boyd V. Switzer
Mount Hebron
W. A. Baker
M. T. Reed
R. Frank Sarr
T.S. Jolliffe
Joan W. Rosen
Wverger
L. Marshall Baker
Brent E Clark on visit in city as state official
Oklahoma State Highway Commissioner Brent F. Clark stays with his mother on West Water Street after arriving from Washington on official business. He plans to return via Lexington Virginia visiting Washington and Lee University, where he is a graduate and brother of Dr. Hugh Clark.
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Brent F. Clark
Oklahoma
George Clark
West Water Street
Washington
Lexington
Washington and Lee University
Mr. Clark
Huch Clark
Dynamite Explosions Hit Uniontown Area Homes
State police and county detectives investigated three dynamite explosions and a fire suspected to be incendiary. The blasts rocked homes occupied by non Union miners at Continental No. 1 Lemont and Dunbar, and the fire damaged the Connellsville Coal and Coke Company tipple at Dunbar.
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Uniontown
Continental No. 1
Lemont and
Dunbar
Connellsvile Coal and Coke Company
Prohibition Ruling Spars With Sea Store Liquor Issue
In New York Attorney General Paugherty’s dry ship ruling faces a key argument by Van Veeder for White Star Line. Veeder says foreign vessels have long carried liquor in sea stores since prohibition began, challenging the mutiny validity before Judge Hand.
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Associated Press
New York
Paugherty
van. Vechten Veeder
White Star Line
Mgr
Greece Moves Toward Republic Amid Royalist Opposition
Athens reports a republican movement in Greece aimed at making Venizelos president though royalist papers denounce it. Venizelos says he will retire after the Turkish peace treaty. Churchill ill but improving. 1200 French troops move to Adrianople as Thrace unrest grows. Lloyd George’s Near East speech fuels Kemalist tensions.
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Greece
Paris
Nicholas Politis
Ventzelist
Ps Nea Hinera
M. Venizelos
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Ete
London
Winston Churchill
Winston Chuchill
Adrianople
Constantinople
Thrace
Hiovd George
Lloyd George
Near East
Funeral for former Hampshire sheriff draws large crowd
A crowd estimated at about 1000 attended the funeral for Jonah N. Sirhaugh former Hampshire county W V official who died of heart failure at his home on Hast Leicester street The service was at Fairview Church with pastors from the nearby Methodist Episcopal Church South officiating Sirhaugh was a well known figure in the county having held public offices years ago and many friends from West Virginia and Virginia traveled to pay respects.
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Jonah N. Sirhaugh
Read
Hampshire County
W. Va
Leicester Street
Sirbaagen
Fairview Church
Ncran
Teigns
Sir
West Virginia
Virginia
Bahengee
Groescup
Episcopal Church
South
Judge Harrison Defends 1920 Election Fairness Amid Controversy
The record outlines how 38 precincts were challenged and 17 Republican precincts allowed voting with limited scrutiny. Judge Harrison reads Paul’s claim that Democratic officials’ statements mask fraud and asserts the election was fair with officials of high integrity across Clarke, Russell, White Post, and Mount Airy. He challenges the committee to prove any fact of dishonesty or resigns if proven truthful.
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Republian
Paul
Harrison
House Elections Committee
House
Chairnidt Dallinger
Clarke County
Berryville
Dallinger
Larke
Russell
Harding
Harrison Gald
Civil Service Reform and Shipping Board Payroll Scandal
A congressional inquiry reveals favoritism in payments under civil service rules. The Shipping Board payroll lists several recipients earning high salaries, including $3,060 and $2,500 per month, with a messenger moved to $300 monthly and eighty attorneys averaging $8,600 yearly.
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Conan
Shipping Board
Funeral attendance announced for William L. Good
A colored lodge of the Odd Fellows and a delegation of the Order of Shepherds Fredericks ter Wise member will attend the funeral of the late William L. Good tomorrow afternoon.
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Odd Fellows
Order of Shepherds
Frederickster R Wise
William L
War Profiteers Probe and Tax Talk Spark Virginia Politics
The piece criticizes wartime profiteer prosecutions delays and Republican tax policy. It cites Henry W. Anderson of Richmond seeking governorship funds, then drawing salary as state senator and city attorney. It also notes Judge Harrison blasting the Fordney McCumber tariff and claimed tax reductions fell short for rural communities while high earners gained.
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Congress
Henry
W. Anderson
Richmond
Virginia
Europe
Red Crossi
Red Cross
John Paul
Republican ‘Committee
Harrisonburg
Harrison
United States
Ford to Stage a Motor Circus at Camp Meigs Exposition
Fordson powered event at Camp Meigs Washington October 24 28 features tractor contests for women ages 15 to 40 no expert needed to drive and stop a Fordson. A tractor powered locomotive with flanged wheels will pull miniature trains around the camp site as part of a continuous tractor circus replacing animals and performers.
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Camp i Meigs
Washington
Chapman Auto Sales
Chapman
Camp'Meigs
Army Flier Walter A Ball Killed In City Crash
Lieutenant Walter A Ball 27 stationed at Kelly Field was crushed to death when his single seater aircraft fell 500 feet over San Antonio at 9 10 this morning. The crash occurred near the intersection of two highways in the southern part of the city. Ball was married and his wife resides in San Antonio.
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Associated Press
San Antonio
Walter A. Ball
Kelly Field
Five bandits rob Rugby Distillery in Louisville
In Louisville Kentucky five armed bandits bound and gagged three guards at Rugby Distillery and escaped with three truckloads of whiskey police report. The incident appears in a corroded newsprint with additional unrelated clippings and scattered phrases.
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Assothtege Press
Louisville
Rugby
Record Flight by Captain Raynham in British Glider
New Haven Connecticut October 17 crowds watch gliding contest at Hartford. Captain Raynham piloted a British craft for one hour and 53 minutes despite strong winds. He was forced to land after hitting an air pocket.
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New Haven
Enelafid
Itford
Hill
Pp, Raynham
Reds at Gates of Vladivostok
Special dispatch from Vladivostok reports impending danger to Soviet forces and activity of the White government on the Russo-Chinese border. The situation involves military movement of ships and troops toward the frontier.
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Vladivostok
Associated Prag
Tokio
Digpa
Sith Tok
White
Eda
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