Threats and Hoaxes Surround New York Customs House
A post card warning of an explosion at the New York customs house was sent to collector William Edwards. Officials deem the warning a hoax, while investigation also touched on the Wall Street explosion and a Russian journalist's detainment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
William B. Edwards
Edwards
Patten
Department of Justice
Alexander Brailovsky
Kocwee
Fischer
Edwin T. Fischer
Hamilton
Ont
Wall Street
Auction Like Notice for Property Sale in Winchester
For sale notice details appear. subject to a government permit and sailing dates. Applicants should contact Thomas W. Mathews at West Piccadilly Street Winchester near the Post Office for sale prospects. House and two lots on Harris addition available. inquiries at City Hotel Winchester.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas W. Mathews
Tas West Piccadilly St
Winchester
Harris Addition
City Hotel
Lee Highway Plan Outlined From New York To San Francisco
Dr. M. Johnson of the Lee Highway Association announces plans to build a southern route from New York to New Orleans and on to San Francisco. The route would run via Gettysburg Winchester Lexington Natural Bridge Roanoke Bristol Knoxville Chattanooga and Birmingham and would serve as a southern counterpart to the Lincoln Highway. The group also aims to beautify the Lee Highway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Roanoke
8. M. Johnson
Lee Highway Association
Sit
New York
New Orleans
San Francisco
Winchester
Staunton
Robert E. Lee
Lexington
Natural Bridge
Bristol
Knoxville
Chickamauga _ National Park
Chattanooga
Birmingham
Johnson
Lee Highway
Runaway Lads From Virginia Found in Frederick County
Roy Crider and Charles Grim from Rockingham county Virginia were arrested in Frederick on Saturday night for being minors without guardianship. They ran away about a week earlier and sought work in Frederick county. Crider, 18, is son of J Wy Crider of Daphna. Grim is son of Mrs Dollie Grim, living in Washington DC, staying with grandmother Mrs Lillie Philips in Mayland, Rockingham. They were locked up and later returned home by Crider.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Crider
Charles Grim
Rickingham County
Legg
Frederick County
Crider
J. Wy Crider
Daphna
Grim
Dollie Grim
Washington, D. C
Lillie Philips
Mayland
Rockingham County
Men Wanted at the Winchester and Western Railway Work
The Winchester and Western Railway seeks 50 additional men immediately for construction. Good wages, board, and quarters provided. Immediate workers receive regular employment through winter. Apply Winchester & Western R R Orelce, 27 Pall Mall Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester. and
Western Rgr
Winchester & Western-R-R-Orelce
Plccadilly Street
For Soviet in Scotland
Extraordinary rumors sweep Lanarkshire of a planned coup by Scottish communist leaders. The dispatch claims a seizure of the Blantyre coal tipple and the swift establishment of a soviet system of mining control near Glasgow. Authorities acknowledge the rumors amid a wider undercurrent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
London
Lanarkshire
Blantyre
Glasgow
Westminster Gazette
Exchange Telegraph Company
Winchester Orchard Supply Ad Highlights Apple Equipment
Orchard supplies list for the Winchester Orchard Supply Company includes Trescott apple graders presses hatchets liners caps rubber stamps nails sacks baskets carriers ladders and belt and chain conveyors Everything for the apple crop with contact at 313 ptt 301 N Market St
Kid Hall Case Set For Third Trial At Manassas
The third trial for William C. Hall of Danville, charged with murder in the March 26 1919 shooting death of Lawrence Hudson and Raymond Shackelford near Fishers Hill Va, is expected to begin October 4 at Manassas. Jury has been previously unable to reach a verdict. witnesses have scattered and officials expect delays.
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Circuit Rt
Prince
William County
Manassas
William C
Lid
Baltimore
Petersburg
Hall
J. Sidney Peters
Prohibition
Virginia
Peters
Smith
Aner
Nelle Presse
Bone Court
Nolle
Prohibition Department
Commonwealth
Winchester
Fishers. Hill
Mayflower Celebration Program Noted in Hull Item
Col. H. H. Baker received a Hull newspaper detailing a September 6 celebration for the Mayflower sailing to Massachusetts. The program and publication were presented by Charles Wray, secretary of the event committee, a Winchester figure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. H. Baker
Hull
England
Massachusetts
Baker
Charles Wray
Winchester
Estate Listings with Various Homes and Land for Sale
Large lot priced at 2,500 dollars with rent options. Main brick house offers 14 rooms with heat and bath at bargain to quick purchaser. Newly built six room house at 6,500 dollars. 28 acres near town with 6 room house, new barn and outbuildings, refining water and home fruit at 5,200 dollars. Small Valley Pike property at 5,000 dollars. 20 To 81. Parker & Shryock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Brick
Valley Pike
Paker & Shryock
Coal Barons Face Prosecution Over High Coal Prices
A special grand jury in Kentucky reported to the U S District Court that bituminous coal prices above five dollars a ton at the mines were unreasonable. The Department of Justice was advised to act, directing the district attorney to pursue action against certain operators in the Kentucky field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Graud
Govington
United States District Court
Department of Justice
Kentucky
Ship Your Apples Abroad
Humber Fruit Brokers Hull Manchester Fruit Brokers Liverpool Humber Produce Co. ip HW. H. Baker represent shipping apple exports to foreign markets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Humber
Members to Attend Wigwam Social and Banquet
All members of the organization are requested to be present at the Wigwam. Sept 21 event includes social and banquet. Wilson P of Martinsburg will be present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. M
Paaeks
OT - Wilson
Martinsburg
Address on the Life of Gen Ramseur
Congressman Charles M. Stedman Delivers a masterly address at Belle Grove on General Ramseur life and character during the Ramseur monument unveiling. He reflects on monuments as universal symbols of valor and memory, praising Ramseur’s career and the dedication of the bronze tablet and granite column. Continued on page 7.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles M. Stedman
Belle Grove
General Ramseur
Stedman
Fifth
North Carolina
Egypt
Caphterim
Herodotus
Diodorus
Strabo
Stephen D.ramseur
Ramseur
Gage Hats Supplementary Shipment Noted at Millinery Parlor
Supplementary shipment of Gage Hats arrived at Miss Hodgson's Millinery Parlors, marking a restock event for local shoppers. The notice highlights inventory updates and ongoing millinery services.
Harding Talks on Civil War Explained for Voters in Ohio
Senator Harding addressed about 400 veterans from Cleveland and northern cities in Marion to explain that the Civil War arose mainly from constitutional ambiguities. He urged avoiding covenants with ambiguities and argued he would rather break the heart of the world than destroy the soul of the United States by joining the league of nations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion
Ohio
Grand Army of the Republic
Kentucky
Tennessee
Harding
Cleveland
Indianapolis
Wilson
America
League ‘of Nations
United States
West Virginia Democrats select state committee reps in Parkersburg
Mrs Sallie Faulkner Snodgrass of Martinsburg and Mrs. A O Endler of Romney were named as members of the State Democratic Committee of West Virginia at a Parkersburg meeting that named representatives from all senatorial divisions. FOR RENT Unfurnished heated house keeping apartment 210 Water St. 201 p-21
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sallie Faulkner Snodgrass
Martinisburg
A. O. Endler
Romney
Water St
Local Property Listings Highlight Various Double Houses
Real estate notes show multiple properties for sale including double houses priced at 4 60 and 7 000. Clarence Miller listed as contact with a 18 1 pattern noted. Nearby area details appear fragmented in the OCR text.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milion Pike
Clarence Miller
Paty
Slemp Withdraws From Ninth Virginia Congressional Race
Campbell Bascom Slemp, longtime Republican congressman from Virginia Ninth District, announces he will not run again due to health and private business. Democrat Bolling H. Mandy is nominated to oppose the GOP candidate, while Bristol hosts the district convention on September 21 with several Republicans named as possible candidates.
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Campbell Bascom Slemp
Virginia
Congress
Winchester
Slemp
Bolling H. Mandy
Bristol
Ninth
Republicanate Committee
Campbell Slemp
Henry C. Stuart
J. M. Daugherty
Scott County
Roland B. Chase
Dickensohn
P. J. Davenport
Washington County
Martinsburg Judge Elisha Faulkner Dies at Home
Elisha Boyd Faulkner a longtime Martinsburg jurist and retired judge of the Thirteenth Judicial District West Virginia died at his Martinsburg home after an illness. Born in 1841 in Berkeley County then Virginia he served in the Confederate Army and later held legal and social prominence in Martinsburg and Winchester. Funeral services are planned in Martinsburg with local admirers expected to attend.
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Martinsburg
W. Va
Elisha Boyd Faulkner
West Virginia
Faulkner
Berkeley County
Virginia
Mary B. Faulkner
Charles. James Faw
Mary Campbell
Winchester
William Love
Orchester
J. Sherry
Georgetown
University of Winforward
Rope
Paris
France
Charles J Faulkner
Ted States
Leteher
Port
Johnson's
Kinsville
Ufe
Egypt
Cleveland
Siehie
Judee Faulkner
Mar
Judge Faulkner
Wanted Fruit at V. Depot
A brief notice seeks all kinds of fruit for the depot. The ad lists a contact number 476 and mentions delivery or pickup at the depot location. No further details provided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
V. Depot
Veterans Meet for a Reunion in Indianapolis
Thousands of Civil War veterans gathered in Indianapolis for the fifty fourth annual Grand Army of the Republic encampment. The day featured more than ten committee meetings of armed organizations as comrades of 1861 prepared for further events and an official welcome by Governor Goodrich.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Indianapolis
Ind
Grand Army of the Republic
Goodrich
Terrence Mac Swiney Clings To Life In Brixton
The Irish leader Terrence Mac Swiney, lord mayor of Cork, had a bad night and was very weak in the morning. A bulletin from Brixton prison reports his condition virtually unchanged, as per the Home Office notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
London
Terrence MacSwiney
Cork
The
Irish Self Determination
Home Office
Brixton Prison
Senate panel to resume expense probe
Washington September 26 investigation of campaign expenditures will be reopened here on Wednesday by the Senate sub committee chairman Senator Kenyon announced at his office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Swashington
Senate
Kenyon
Bergdoll Trial Opens in Philadelphia Conspiracy Charge
Mrs Emm Bergdoll mother of Grover and Erwin Bergdoll, convicted draft dodgers, is placed on trial in the U S District Court on charges of conspiracy to aid them to evade military service in the world war. Charles A Bram James B Rotnig Abert Mitchell and Henry Schuh face similar charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Philadelphia
Emm Bergdoll
Grover
Erwin Bergdoll
United States District Court
Charles
Bram
James B. Rotnig
Abert
Mitchell
Henry Schuh
Mra
Bergdol
Frederick Apple Prices Boosted by Exporter Sale
Frederick apples priced by exporter Boyd P Richards with salt apples sold to Northern Virginia Company York Imperials at 4.76 per hn and Winchester for export, Golden apples priced up to 6.00 per barrel, Jonathans 6.26 per barrel, with large volumes traded for American and Southern markets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boyd P. Richards
York Imperials
Northern Virginia Company
Winchester
Jonathans
Hamrick Fatally Injured in Silo Machine Incident
Mrs Sarie Hamrick of this city mourns the death of her husband D D Hamrick after a silo cutting machine accident on a Verona farm. The injured man died at Kings Daughters Hospital after being rushed there from the scene. He is survived by his wife and young son.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarie
Hamrick
George W
R. Terry B “Ie
A. L. Hamrick
Spring Mugusta County
Sile Iling
D. Glenn Buckman
Verona
Kings Daughters
Ton
Ensilage
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N.Y. Gustors House
John D
Talley
Cra
Oliver Kehrer
Brooklyn
Elmer Wallace Kehrer
Kehrer
Si Fischer
Frisco
Cal
Duncan Matthewson
S. Tarrytown
N. Y
John D. Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Association
Scotland
Trescott
Ptt
Gen
Congressman Stedman
N. C
Gage
E. Boyd Faulkner
Frederick
T. Hamrick
Grimes
R. M. Fei
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