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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1927
Page
7
Florence C. Albin from Winchester Virginia argues against fox hunting as cruel and barbaric. She contrasts English reforms like electric dummy foxes with sustained animal torment and condemns Fifth Avenue sport clothes hunters. The letter, dated September 20 1927, denounces fox chases and calls for humane treatment of wildlife.
The Warrenton Hunt will stage a field day at Broad View farm on October 22 with seven horse show classes starting at 11 am and four afternoon races. Members of the Blue Ridge Hunt Club are expected to participate, featuring events from two-year-olds to open stake races and a three-mile broad-view steeplechase.
The racing committee for the Memorial cup is listed as B. D. Spilman Heyward Spilman D. B. Smith J. C. Williams Arthur Charrington F. W. Haserick S. H. Nesbitt Fletcher Harper and Sterling Larrabee. Mrs W N Wilbur presents the cup.
Richmond reports the engagement of noted artist Elsie Littleton Lindsey to John Kerr Branch, heir of banker wealth. Lindsey, active in European and American art circles, has spent the past two years focused on sculpture.
The piece notes that work has been shown in the International Exhibition in Rome and that the artist completed studies in Paris and Rome. It also mentions Mr Branch as a liaison officer with the French army during World War I and currently a member of a Richmond banking house.
Charles Nelly of Hagerstown Maryland was taken to Memorial Hospital yesterday afternoon with a fractured right forearm. The truck driver for a local produce firm was delivering vegetables when the truck crank handle slipped and struck his arm. Dr H I Pifer reduced the fracture at the hospital.
Immediate parole of L P Summers former United States attorney for western Virginia from Atlanta federal penitentiary has been approved by Attorney General Sargent. Summers began a fifteen month sentence December 8 after conviction on charges of making false claims tied to salary vouchers. He became eligible May 2. His home is Abington Virginia.
The fragment notes two story tenant house, barns and other improvements to be included with two country properties. It reads as a basic listing item within a historical property sale notice context.
George Lavender, a colored restaurant employee, claims a fall caused head wounds after a dentist failed to extract a molar and allegedly gave cocaine. Police suspect a knife attack, but Lavender and witness Liz Burkes deny involvement. He recalls little after leaving work and being treated. doctors call the head wounds clean cuts.
Mrs Bertha Riedel Millar wife of Col S R Millar died at Mountain View near Front Royal after several weeks illness. Born December 25 1857 in Heidelberg Germany she was daughter of Prof Jacob Riedel educator and Heidelberg University instructor. Survived by husband one son Samuel Rolfs Millar Jr four daughters Florence Elizabeth at home N J and Mrs Alfred Pochon in Switzerland three sisters in Germany.
Mile. Simone de la Chaume of France enters the Garden City New York event as a strong challenger for the American women's championship.
Mrs James J Larrick and granddaughter Carol visit Washington relatives. Chloe Manuel from Harpers Ferry stays with father Davis Manuel. Maude Wright returns to Washington after time with G B Wrights. George Clark’s wife visits Bealeton. Ruby Everly Jean Hammack and Sadie Long depart for Farmville to attend college. Lelia Ludwig leaves for Flint Hill to teach. Pauline Hudson returns to teach with father C Hudson of Culpeper boarding nearby. New high school teachers include J Roop Martinsburg W Va Woore Clear Brook Va Ward near Winchester and Sampsell Stephenson City. Jeanette Braithwaite near Winchester returns and will attend high school.
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