Virginia Military Institute Cadets End Strike Over Hazing
After a two hour meeting the V M I cadet corps returned to formation and classes. Senior class president Jack West said the strike achieved a hearing from the Board of Visitors and that everything was done in an orderly military manner under the honor court.
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Jack West
Suffolk
Cocke
Associated Press
Lexington
Cadet Corps of
Virginia Military Institute
W. R. Griffith
Institute
Board of
Board of Visitors
Honor Court
Enth
Cadet Corps
W. F. R. Griffith
W. H. Cocke
Griffith
Col
William Cooper
Roanoke Mother Sues World’s Biggest Circus Over Two Boys
T W Messick files an attachment suit for 100000 against Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey citing Willie and Georgie Muse were abducted in Roanoke and exhibited as ambassadors from Mars. Harriet Muse says the boys were taken by Stokes and later joined the circus, living in side shows and traveling across the country without parental consent.
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Associated Press
Rich
T. W. Messick
Roanoke
Willie
Georgie Muse
Mars
Ringling Brothers
Barnum and Bailey
Harriet Muse
Stokes
California
Richmond
Ame
Herman Shelton
Madison Square Garden
New York
Pacific Coast
Remains of Miss Sommerville Interred in Mount Hebron
The body of Miss Sophia White Sommerville died unexpectedly at her sister Ada S. Hatcher’s home in Washington was brought to Winchester and laid to rest in Mount Hebron Cemetery. Funeral services were led by Rev. Robert B. Nelson and Rev. Dr F T McFaden and Charles D. Gilkeson. Pallbearers included Stewart Bell Godfrey Miller Evans Johnston Richard Hatcher Capt James Hatcher and Louis B. Rice. Miss Sommerville was the youngest daughter of the late Dr William Sommerville and Mrs Louisa Sommerville of White Post Clarke County Va. She is survived by three sisters and three brothers.
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Sophia White Sommerville
Ada S. Hatcher
Washington
Winchester
Mount Hebron
Robert B. Nelson
Christ Episcopal Church
F. T. McFaden
Charles D. Gilkeson
Presbyterian Church
Episcopal Church
Henry Sommerville
Cleland Welton
Richmond
Lula Bowen
Moorefield
W. Va
Adam S. Hatcher
C. W. Sommerville
Charlotte
N. C
Richard Sommerville
North Carolina
James A. Sommerville
Red Cross Promise to Help Self Reliance and Humanity
The Red Cross promotes self help through financial aid, job placement, and training for the physically disabled. It aims to prevent dependency, reduce poverty and crime, and fosters humane action. Readers are urged to support the Red Cross and its intelligent aid approach.
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Red Cross
Elbert Hubbard
Red _ Cross
United Brethren Rally Highlights Community Focus
The United Brethren Christian Endeavor Society held a well attended rally at the church last Sunday evening. The program featured orchestra, hymns, prayer, talk on community enterprises, piano solo by Miss Helen Mason, readings by Miss Garnet Hamrick, junior songs and plays, remarks by T Russell Cather, a duet by Misses Janet and Dorothy Wisecarver, and the Mizpah benediction with the orchestra closing.
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Christian Endeavor Society of the United Brethren Church
Helen Mason
Floyd Haines
Garnet Hamrick
Grandmother’s
T. Russell Cather
Misses Janet
Dorothy Wisecarver
Barr's Studio Preserves Valuables with Fresh Moulding
Valuables are safeguarded as 2000 feet of new moulding is prepared and a line of swinging frames added at Barr's Studio. The brief note indicates upgrades to display and protect cherished pictures.
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Barr’s’ Studio
Canning Apples Wanted by Shenandoa Apple Products
Shenandoah Apple Products Corporation of Strasburg Virginia seeks canned apples from locals. Advertisement lists rough dry laundry pricing and location at Winchester Steam Laundry, hinting at a local commerce notice.
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Shenandoa
Apple Products Corporation
Strasburg, Va
Winchester Steam Laundry
Sinclair counsel outlines defense in federal charge
Harry F. Sinclair and Albert B. Fall face a jury in a crim inal conspiracy case over the Teapot Dome lease. Martin W. Littleton, Sinclair’s counsel, argued Fall delayed a lease pending an interior probe and noted navy secrecy drove the negotiations. He traced a 1921 Washington conference with Fall Robinson Bain and Ambrose urging leasing to a pipeline capable firm.
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Harry F. Sinclair
Albert Fall
Interior
Fall
Washington, D. C
Associated Press
Washington
Albert B. Fall
Teapot Home
Naval Oil Reserve
New Mexico
Martin W. Littleton
Littleton
Sinclair
Naval Reserve No
Teapot Dome
Oklahoma
Navy
Interior Department
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr
Pearl Harbor
Robinson
H. Foster Bain
Bureau of Mines
A. W. Ambrose
Bain
Ambrose
Atlantic
Gulf
Wyoming
Suggests method of eradicating farm crop pests
Carter Wormeley reports from the Virginia Department of Agriculture urging fall field cleanup after harvest. Remove crop remnants to starve pests like Mexican bean beetle and squash vine borers, then burn affected vines while green to prevent overwintering near fields and fences. European corn borer and Japanese beetle sightings in nearby states underscore urgency.
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Carter Wormeley
Virginia Department of Agriculture
Virginia
Maryland
Pennsylvania
District of Columbia
West Virginia
Advocates a United Front For WCTU Convention
Mrs. J Walter Barnes state president of the Women's Christian Temperance Union urged a united front at the forty fourth annual convention in Huntington West Virginia. She said partisan differences must not interfere with principles and patriotism and urged support for prohibition during the opening session.
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Associated Press
Huntington
W. Va
J. Walter Barnes
Women’s Christian Temperance Union
Child Dead From Cholera Infantum in Whitacre
An infant child of Mr. and Mrs. Clark Bageant, about nine months old, died of cholera infantum and was buried in Whitacre Va on Sunday. The father, mother and another child survive. The Bageants formerly lived nearby but now reside near Wadesville on the A C Slonaker farm.
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Whitacre
Clark Bageant
Reverend E B Shaver Dies at 85 in Maurertown
Special to The Star Maurertown Va Oct 19 Rev E B Shaver D D prominent Brethren Church preacher and longtime Valley pastor died at his home He was 84 years 10 months 10 days Born February 8 1843 in Maurertown He led Maurertown Brethren Church for decades and remained active after retirement Funeral set for Friday at 2 p m at Maurertown Brethren Church with Dr Dombaugh and Rev B K Miller in charge
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Maurertown
E. B. Shaver
Brethren Church
Valley Churches
Maurertown Brethren Church
Dombaugh
Hagerstown
BK. L. Miller
Shaver
Maurer
Elder Shaver
Rockingham Memorial Hospital
Progressive Brethren
John W. Wayland
Shenandoah County
Shiloh
Spanole
Pennsylvania
Round Hill
St. Lukes
Union Forge
Liberty
Quicksburg
Orel Hill
Lebanon
Oak Grove
Iting
Woodstock
Valley Pike
Mattertown
The
Brethren
Tauret
Round Hill Church
Toms Brook
Fishers Hill
George A. Copp
Penna. Railroad Is Censured For Excessive Speed
Washington report by the Interstate Commerce Commission safety bureau censures the Pennsylvania Railroad for excessive speed on the Broadway Limited. An August 29 derailment near Gallitzin Pennsylvania killed two and injured three, with the report saying speed exceeded the curve limit and safety margin.
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Associated Press
Washington
Pennsylvania Railroad
Interstate Commerce Commission
Safety Bureau
Gallitzin
President Pays a Tribute to Meade at Memorial Rites
President Coolidge honors General George Gordon Meade with a Pennsylvania monument near the Capitol. He praises Meade as a reliable commander who inspired confidence and universal loyalty to the flag. The feature discusses memorial art, public honors, and Meade’s Gettysburg role.
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Associated Press
Washington
George Gordon Meade
Pennsylvania
Coolidge
Gettysburg
Botanical Gardens
Capitol
Austiia
Witon
Lincoln
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Escaped Gunman Found In St. Paul
Chicago post office investigators report that Terrible Tommy O Connor, the Chicago gunman who escaped Cook county jail five years ago, is in custody of the St Paul Police. He was to have been hanged for murder.
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Chicago
Chicago Post Office
William O'Connor
Tommy O'Connor
French Aviators Take Off From Rio to Buenos Aires
Dieudonne Costes and Joseph Le Brix, French aviators who crossed the south Atlantic, departed Rio de Janeiro at 5 27 am for Buenos Aires a distance of 1144 miles.
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Associated Press
Rio DE Janeiro
Brazil
Dieudonne Costes
Joseph le Brix
South Atlantic
Buenos Aires
Hare
Man, Wife and Children Perish in Cleveland Fire
Rufus R. Williams aged 30, his wife, and their four children were killed in a fire of undetermined origin that destroyed their home in Cleveland. The tragedy occurred today, leaving the community in shock.
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Associated Press
Cleveland
Rufus R. Williams
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Sinclair Counsel
Martin Littleton
Finney
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