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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1928
Page
9
Inwood West Virginia endures a busy apple harvest as crews rush apples to Musselman plant and by products facilities. The town buzzes with workers loading unloading and transporting fifteen carloads of apples daily to markets and storage cars.
The plant handles vast daily quantities as ninety percent of the fruit is good, packed in barrels or baskets while bulk fruit makes up about ten percent. The season is at its height with last week and this week expected to set high season records before a tapering finish. Orchard men push to harvest all fruit before season ends.
Charles Town court verdict finds Theodore W. Allen a Charles Town district constable and former Independent Wire Company secretary guilty on arson charges. Trial spanned from Friday with a hard fought case. Allen faced three counts of arson and an accusation as an accessory. Fran Bilmier and Winter Galladay, already in prison for two fires, mentioned in proceedings.
The prosecu tion states Allen was convicted and released on bail of 5 000. His case was continued until the January term of court pending a motion for a new trial. The notes mention concerns about political prognosticators and graft in Philadelphia.
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