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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1929
Page
3
Isabelle F Miller invites society notes by phone or mail for the following day. Mrs Miller will receive calls between 3 and 4 pm and can be reached at phone number 33.
Mr and Mrs Baker of Wheatland Jefferson county W V recover from August 16 accident north of Millwood on Berryville pike Their car was struck head on Mrs Baker suffered chest bruises multiple teeth loss arm sprain and facial injuries Mr Bakers wrist cut to the bone and he endured a severe shock The Bakers have ties to Mutual Life Insurance Co of New York.
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad general officials spent a day in Winchester on an inspection tour and to meet local business leaders. The group included Superintendent I G Hoskins and staff such as M Gosnell E Hurlock W Harrison G Crites James Hayes and J McCabe. George Conner of Pittsburgh visited the Hillyard home as a former town resident returning after 29 years. Roy Samuel Giffin, son of B A Giffin, is recovering from an appendicitis operation at Memorial Hospital with his mother by his side.
Ida Carper and relatives travel to Boyce and Winchester for a county fair. Many locals are listed: Knee and Fultz expect study in Richmond at the Medical College of Virginia, Kercheval returns home from Memorial Hospital, Trenary visits Baltimore, and Kramer family moves between Washington and Virginia. Other notes cover hospital patients, arrests, and housing arrangements in Winchester.
A stream of visitors and locals assemble in Charlottesville with stays at the George Washington Hotel and Chalfonte-Haddon Hall. Notables include Nashville’s Eskridge and Fay couples, Nyack and Rochester guests, and Virginia University students. The community also notes a memorial service at Old Chapel and a planned church chicken supper on September 26.
Miss Virginia Allen who has been visiting relatives in Shenandoah county with her parents Mr and Mrs Hugh Allen after an appendicitis operation expects to return to her nursing duties tomorrow at Winchester Memorial Hospital.
A State Welfare report claims seven northern Virginia counties could save 76000 in recapitalization by merging almshouses. Figures detail each county's potential costs and property values, with audits planned before December 1 and a general meeting to review results.
A 200 year Baltimore history parade marched through the business district to Baltimore Stadium drawing tickets for 80 000 capacity crowds. Floats showed the city’s growth from 1629 Lord Baltimore to present time with night concerts and a street carnival. Sunday featured church services and a stadium band concert as the final event.
The late Mrs. Annie Copenhaver Ritchie’s home on South Cameron Street sold at public auction today. Special commissioner Herbert B. Larrick conveyed the property to Marion Anderson for $2,100. Anderson and his mother Mrs. Emma Anderson occupy the adjoining north house, which he built years ago.
Nellie Webb reports in the Atchison Globe how a wife controlled her husband’s meals after his cheating, noting he grew sick as a result of the scheme.
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