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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1924
Page
1
A Hagerstown man faces court in a fatal incident involving an aged farmer. Details describe injuries from a daytime attack attributed to the defendant, identified as Hubert Irvin, with the case linked to Saturn and J. Pike Street locations.
The trial details a fatal pedestrian crash near Jordan Springs outside Winchester. Hubert H Algier of Hagerstown Maryland is jailed on grand jury charges after aiding a man struck by his car and fleeing the scene before returning. The victim James Irvin Penn later died from skull fracture and other injuries. Police say Algier surrendered in Hagerstown and a witness saw him discard an item in a field. The case proceeds as authorities recount the sequence from the accident to hospital care.
Hallie Huck a longtime resident of this county and one of the first graduates of the University of Pennsylvania Nurse Training School died at Memorial Hospital after a thirty day illness. Funeral at Christ Church with Rev Robt B Nelson officiating. Interment in Huck family plot Mount Hebron. She leaves sisters brothers and nephews in Winchester and nearby areas.
Partial restoration of wire service shows 33 killed across Wisconsin counties including Clark near Thorp 21 dead and other fatalities in Ashland Couderay Rhinelander and Milwaukee as communications recover and more deaths may be reported.
One miner was killed and eight others were injured at Walker No. 4 mine in Gillonsvale Ohio when a motor carrying workers into the workings was trapped beneath a fall of stone. One victim was seriously injured.
The Associated Press reports that the latest market advance drew little outside participation, renewing selling pressure on speculative industrials in New York trading. Some tobacco shares and tobacco products showed minor gains while call money rose as 700,000 shares changed hands in early sessions.
Mrs. Margarete Kern wife of Rev. Dr John Aerd Kern a leading Methodist minister died at Winchester Memorial Hospital after a two week illness aged seventy seven. She was born in Moorefield West Virginia and survived by her husband three sons and one daughter eight grandchildren and a large circle of relatives. Funeral services will be held at 4 pm Wednesday at their Washington Street residence with interment in Mount Hebron Cemetery.
In Richmond Virginia Rev James Fulcher who traveled from Michigan to confront a racist extremist gathering at St Pauls Episcopal Church interrupted sermon. He apologized to the rector and congregation after being bailed out. Police dismissed charges at rector Rev Beverley Tucker request.
Wilson Wesley Bowles a Clarke county farmer and horse breeder died at his Millwood home from a stroke in his seventy eighth year. Funeral services will be held at the Millwood home on Tuesday at 2 PM with Rev L F Harper officiating and burial in Mount Hebron Cemetery. He owned more than 1200 acres in Clarke and Frederick counties and served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War. He was highly regarded as a citizen and a prominent livestock breeder with a long farming career.
A. H. Jackson's wife Mrs Rose Jackson was seriously injured in a Saturday collision at a dangerous Greencastle Pa curve. The Cadillac struck a Ford driven by Edwin T. Hyde of Frederick Md, ejecting Mrs Jackson and trapping Hyde. Both were taken to Washington County Hospital in Hagerstown Md. An operation on Mrs Jackson's brain was urged as a Baltimore surgeon was summoned. Jackson returned to Winchester then planned to rejoin his wife.
A-1 potatoes arrive with the third car at the local depot. L L Hockman and Son oversee the delivery marked 22-IP-21.
Watches clocks and jewelry left unpaid after 30 days will be advertised for sale to cover repair bills. Patrons are urged to call Hodgson & Brown for details.
Advertisement notes the superiority of the Hudson and Essex closed car from Winchester Hudson Co at Mid City Garage. Another line seeks apples and pears for pickup at a warehouse on Millwood road crossing. Ends with a signature & Shryock and the ad code 93-W dated 9-12-16.
Berryville Virginia September 22 John B Neill former Clarke County Bank cashier and Berryville resident fell on his front porch injuring his left hip and a head cut. He was hospitalized but improved and returned home with his wife and sons after evaluation. Neill long linked with local business and lodge service and remains a respected figure in the community.
S V Valley Academy opens the 1924 25 term with over 100 cadets expected. About 86 boarders are signed and 15 Winchester boys will attend, with additional enrollments planned in the first week. Colonel Roszel says standards will be maintained.
After dawn bombardment at the Chekiang line Kiangsu artillery failed to dislodge Shanghai troops in fighting between Hwangtu and Kiating fifteen miles west of Shanghai. Storage spaces available for winter storage reservations at Mid City Garage. Moling & Seal advertise fall and winter dress on the seventh page.
A fragmented report describes an outdoor trip by board members including Col. Smith and Pollock to a land near a scenic high peak, with references to Mount Little, Madison and Rappahannock ridges, Blue Ridge terrain, and a distant summit view. The account mentions roads, acres, and a planned journey across ridges toward a summit lookout.
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