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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1923
Page
2
Thieves broke into Frank Reynolds and Co on South Brades Street leaving a Black Hand warning on a letterhead and fingerprints on glass. They gained entry by a window and fled after ransacking near the safe, with no known items taken.
Charles Feltner's trio Dalrose Low Tide and Bill Simmons have run in 32 Maryland Virginia county fairs and horse shows this summer winning 23 races landing second five times and taking all the money in four. He plans Wheeling West Virginia entries hoping to contend for big purses though expects tougher opposition.
A smokeless powder blast aboard a Pennsylvania Railroad car train in South Amboy New Jersey killed three men J Gillian and his brother William of Newark and Marion P Helies of Elizabeth. Investigators weigh negligence as the cause with damage estimated near one million dollars.
Rev Boyd Switzer officiated at the funeral of Lewis Battie who died at the county almshouse from paralysis. A choir rendered appropriate hymns.
Public notice by Dallas M Kremer stating he will not be responsible for debts contracted by his wife Mary Blanche Kremer who has left his household. The notice asserts separation and shifts financial responsibility away from the husband.
W. G. Stayman of Hagerstown a Western Maryland yardmaster forgot $200 in cash in a pillow case at a Winchester hotel. He alerted Martinsburg police when he remembered after boarding a train. Police recovered the money at room 10 and Stayman, recently married in Winchester, returned to retrieve it.
Joseph Pifer and wife defaulted on a 1922 deed of trust recorded in Frederick County Va. The trustee will auction the property at 12 o clock in front of the Winchester courthouse. Immediate possession given. Terms: one third cash, balance in two annual installments secured by bonds and a deed of trust with insurance. Auctioneers Duvall Dunn.
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