Two Young Plumbers Die After Train Collision Near New Market
William F. Anderson and John W. Knight, both contractors with Miller and Anderson, were killed when their car was struck by a northbound Norfolk and Western train near Boyce station Clarke County. Both men died in Charlestown Hospital after swift transfer. Anderson leaves a widow Dusty and two sisters, while Knight, about 45, was unmarried.
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William F. Anderson
John “W. Knight
Miller
Anderson
Western
New Market Crossing
Boyce Station
Clarke County
Charlestown
W. Va
Mr. An
Percy Miller
Mr. Anderson
Elbert Strickler
Luray
Berryville
Boyce
Frank Anderson
Es . Heart Church
Dusty
Molite
Irene Anderson
Knight
Ward
Osborn
Winchester
A. C. Swimley
Philips
Dr. Banks
Charlestown City Hospital
George W. Kurtz
Miller and Anderson
Messrs
Charles
Luther
Edward Knight
Friendship Fire Company
Young man for soda fountain work
Help wanted for a soda fountain job. Address appears as X, care Star, with reference 24-1p-3t.
Jewish New Year Closure Notices and Local Ads
On account of Jewish New Year The Leader will be closed Thursday and Friday of this week. WANTED Young man as helper in cleaning plant Apply H R Jones and Co 14 E Water St Fort Loudoun Seminary opens Sept 25 Five women at canning plant doing lay or piece work Pleasant surroundings Wages 12 to 18 dollars weekly National Fruit Product Co
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H. R. Jones and Co
E. Water St
Nat'l Fruit
Wanted cabbage and potatoes at Green Orchard
Wanted at once cabbage and potatoes. Apply to foreman at orchard. Clover seed for prompt delivery. Seed wheat rye barley timothy Red Top Orchard Grass and all fall seed. Winchester Seed Co. Also wanted reliable nurse at 226 Amherst St and a farm hand by J W Hogan Paw Paw W Va with good wages and steady year round work.
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Iptt
Winchester Seed CO
J. W. Hogan
Paw Paw
W. Va
Wanted good woman for hotel housekeeping
Help wanted for a hotel. Seeks an experienced housekeeper with good salary room and board. Replies directed to Hotel Proprietor via this paper. 23-1p-4t.
Jail Yard to Be Replaced by Building Lots
A county supervisors meeting discussed tearing down the jail yard wall to create building lots. Supervisor Scott Grant proposed using the brick for houses to ease local housing shortages, with a committee to confer with the city council. The plan notes the yard rarely houses prisoners and could yield homes on Cecil Street. county and city officials would decide next steps. A separate classified ad offers a bungalow with 30 acres near Bartonville for $12,000.
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Board of County Supervisors
Scott Grant
Grant
John H. Myers
Hone
Cecil Street
Counry
Mrs. Lola Shearer Dies After Brief Illness
Mrs Lola Blanche Shearer 27 wife of Clarence Shearer of Clarke county died Monday at Winchester Memorial Hospital from appendicitis after a short illness. Former Miss Shipe daughter of Joseph Baker Shipe Front Royal Va she leaves husband parents three brothers and two sisters. Funeral Tuesday at Mount Hebron Cemetery with Rev E W Brubaker officiating.
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Lola Blanche Shearer
Clarence Shearer
Clarke County
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Shearer
Miss Shipe
Joseph Baker Shipe
Front Royal
Robert Russell
Manly Shipe
Robert Dix
Lela Athey
Ashby Station
Rosemont Farm
Mount Hebron
E. W. Brubaker
Seed rye barley alfalfa and grasses offered by iptf Winchester Seed Co
Winchester Seed Co offers 660 bushels of Falcaster Seed Rye Seed Barley Alfalfa Timothy and all Grass Seeds for sale.
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Iptf
For sale second hand academy books lot
A listing offers a large lot of used academy textbooks for sale. Contact by calling 413J for details.
Train No 61 Derails on B and O Line at Aldridge West Virginia
Passenger train No 61 on the Baltimore and Ohio was derailed on a siding at Aldridge WV delaying arrivals in the city until after 9. A freight train passed on the main track. Engine of No 54 aided by a wrecking crew from Brunswick MD, derailed engine placed back on track.
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Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Aldridge
W.va
Winchester
Brunswick
Colored Boys Cleared In Police Court Theft Case
Justice Talbot discharged three colored boys charged with breaking open a desk at J. H. Henry’s printing shop and stealing about 34 dollars. Restitution was arranged. Henry testified the youths were not employed at the Empire Theater and did not learn of the robbery from moving pictures.
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Justice Talbot
J. H. Henry
Henry
Empire Theater
Soldier Wade Bailey Improves After Influenza Care
Wade Bailey, the former young soldier found ill at a poolroom with Spanish influenza, showed improvement today. He was without friends or money when found and was taken in by the District Nurse Association under Miss Mary K. Strickler. He is cared for in the association tent on Highland Avenue, donated by the Camp Fire Girls, until he recovers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wade Bailey
District Nurse Association
Mary K. Strickler
Camp Fire Girls
Highland Avenue
Express Robbers Confess After Chicago Arrest
Three men charged with robbing express messengers of 235000 at Whiting Indiana last Thursday were arrested in Chicago. Police recovered 95000 of the stolen money. The packages were for Standard Oil Company of Indiana at Whiting. The remainder, per alleged confessions, was abandoned when the car broke down outside Chicago.
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Chicago
Whiting
Ind
Standard Oi Company of
Indiana
Fireman Killed in Mishap Aboard Night Express
Near Confluence Pennsylvania the Pittsburgh and New York night express on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad derailed or suffered a mishap. Fireman W A Glenn of Connellsville was killed. Engineer T K Miller of Connellsville was badly scalded but no passengers were harmed.
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Connellsville
Pittsburgh and
Baltimore and Ohio
Confluence
W. A. Glenn
T. KE. Miller
Noted Ad Expert in Town Visits Capon Springs Trip
Mr. E. St. Elmo Lewis, of New York, a noted advertising expert, spent yesterday in this city while en route to Capon Springs, Wyoming.
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E. St. Elmo Lewis
New York
Capon Springs
W. Y
Sisters Smallwood badly hurt in Berryville automobile crash
Miss Marguerite Smallwood a Berryville teacher lies in Winchester Memorial Hospital with fractured hip leg arm and shoulder after their car overturned on Smith Street. Her sister Miss Mary Smallwood a Gaylord teacher is at home with a fractured shoulder and other injuries. Driver Clarence Smallwood escaped injury.
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Berryville
Marguerite Smallwood
Winchester Memorial ‘Hospital
Mary Smallwood
Gaylord
Clarence Smallwood
Baltimore
Smith Street
Fultner
Joseph Hardesty
T. W. Whitacre
Jacob Cave
Winchester
Smallwood
Benjamin Smallwood
Clarke County
Keifer Pears Marketed At White Post And Depot
Keifer pears offered at the warehouse near C. V. Depot and at White Post Virginia with top prices. Poultry and fruit dealers report strong demand as the season continues.
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C. V
Keifer Pears
White Post
Ptf
Eaves Attends Funeral of Sister Minnie Sperman
Mr. John Lamb traveled to Romney West Virginia to attend the funeral of his sister Mrs Minnie Sperman wife of Elmer Sperman who died after a two month illness. She was 48 and a native of Rockingham County Virginia and had five children.
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John Lamb
Romney
W. Va
Minnie Sperman
Elmer E. Sperman
Sperman
Rockingham County
Mr. Sperman
Wilson Joins the American Legion in Glendive
President Wilson's special train arrives in Glendive Montana where the American Legion places its badge on his coat lapel and votes him a veteran member. The Glendive chapter extends full membership for the commander in chief of the American army and navy during a brief stop.
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Associated Press
Wilson
American Legion
Legion
Glendive
Mont
American Army
Navy
Belgian Cardinal Mercier Visits Washington for Catholic Conference
Cardinal Mercier, a famed Belgian prelate who resisted German invaders, arrived in Washington for a national Catholic conference called by Cardinal Gibbons. The Sept 23 event gathers church leaders from across the United States to discuss war and faith.
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Associated Press
Washington
Cardinal Mercier
Cardinal Gibbons
Oklahoma Mob Cuts Communication Riot Ties Up City
Oklahoma City reports rioting in Drumright as telegraph and telephone wires were seized by a mob demanding city officials resign. The disruption followed a strike by telephone operators, leaving communications blocked in the region overnight.
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Associated Press
Oklahoma City
Okla
Drumright
Seth Bullock Dies Friend of Theodore Roosevelt
Seth Bullock, lifelong personal friend of the late ex President Roosevelt, died at his Deadwood home after weeks of illness. He was a Black Hills pioneer and 62 years old.
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Associated Press
Deadwood
Seth Bullock
Roosevelt
Bullock
Black Hills
Wedded in Hagerstown Marriage Licenses Issued
Marriage licenses issued in Hagerstown Maryland list Martin Wisecarver and Edna Brill both of Star Tannery Frederick county Virginia Robert A McKenna of Atlantic City and Marguerite Alleback of Winchester Virginia as a couple pair
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Hagerstown
Martin Wisecarver
Edna Brill
Star Tannery
Frederick County
Robert A. McKenna
Atlantic City
Marguerite Alleback
Winchester
Senators View Industrial Unrest With Alarm
National news from Gary and Cleveland reports mixed progress in a large steel strike. Officials claim partial work return, while union leaders say many idle. Bethlehem Steel and related plants show cautious responses as deputies patrol Weirton. Railroad workers at the Gary yard reportedly pulled back to avoid trouble.
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theyMongagahela
Gary
New York
United States
Cne
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Steel Indusry
Pittsburgh
Cleveland
Ohio
Imory
wntom_ Pryures
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Fort Loudoun Seminary
Amherst St
Valley Pike
Bartonville
O. F. Andrews
W. Monroe St
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W. Roy Stephenson
Fai Vigtim
The
Bonex—Slater
Eaves
Moling & Seal
Senate
Court House
John Richardson
Henry Seal
Harry Brourfer
Mary Stuart
Allison
Donald Meden
R. E. Griffith
W. D. Smith
W. R. Miller
H. Duffey
Jesus
Richayda
Oklahoma
T.R
Ussion
Sphrubensville
Weirton
Ton Steel Company
Steubensville
Wierton Yards
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