Virginia Women Registering for November Voting
In Virginia heavy registration of new voters, especially women influenced by the W C T U and anti Smith forces, signals a potential shift in the 1920 presidential race. Norfolk reports 27 000 voters qualified. rural precincts show four to five new registrations daily. Democratic and Republican organizers scramble to mobilize and reorganize, while Bishop Cannon leads anti Smith Democrats.
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Richmond
Baltimore Sun
Inirginia
Norfolk
Cleveland
Harrison
Virginia
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Smith
Bishop Cannon
Hoover
Cannon
Senator Glass
Nellie Tayloe Ross
George Gordon Battle
New York
Smith Bolters
Oklahoma City
Hagerstown Fair Planned On Grander Scale
Hagerstown fair slated for October 9 to 12 will be the largest in association history. Organizers aim to surpass all exhibits and attractions seen at eastern fairs with 12 circus acts and a varied racing program. The grandstand will host polo day and night, balloon ascensions, and the region’s finest livestock, poultry, fruit, and corn displays.
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Hagerstown
Cumberland
Shenandoah
Meals and lodging wanted near town for war applicants
A wartime notice seeks meals and lodging for men and women needing room and board immediately. Readers are asked to report how many can be accommodated in town or within a mile, with contact at phone 346 before 12 o'clock tonight. National Fruit Product Company, Inc.
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National
Company, Inc
Smith praised by Hoover aide in wartime aid speech
Mrs. Casper Whitney former wartime aid to Herbert Hoover voices support for Governor Al Smith in a WEAF Red network broadcast. She highlights Smiths social welfare and women children programs, citing Catt praise and Smiths four term governorship. Whitney notes Smiths Child Welfare Act push and belief in treating people as a governmental duty, not charity. Continued on Page Two.
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Casper Whitney
Whitney
New York State
New York League of Women Voters
Smith
Carrie Chapman Catt
East Side
West Side
al Smith
New York
Boston Woman Slain Near Spokane
Mrs. Katherine Clarke a 36 year old Boston woman was found dead near Spokane with head injuries from a hatchet. She arrived in Spokane after correspondence about marriage and stayed with Archie F Moock who is being questioned. Prosecutor Greenough says robbery is suspected as motive.
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Spokane
Wash
Katherine Clarke
Boston
Mass
Foothill
Greenough
Clark
Watertown
Archie F. Moock
Sreenough
Gasoline tax receipts rise in August in Virginia
Richmond report shows August gasoline tax on 18,404,008 gallons totaling 921,065.99 dollars, up from July 1928 by over 800,000 gallons and about 42,000 dollars. For eight months 1928 receipts total 5,770,668.16 with overall gasoline tax since inception at 28,188,161.81.
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Carter Wormeley
Richmond
Division of Motor Vehicles
Funeral Services Tomorrow For Wife Of Neil Robinson
Mrs Rose E Robinson wife of Cornelius Robinson died of heart trouble Saturday at her home 621 South Braddock street. Funeral from John Mann Methodist Episcopal Church at 2 oclock Tuesday afternoon with Rev H A Johnson officiating. Body to be kept at Jones funeral parlors then moved to the church. Survived by husband, son James Robinson sister-in-law Mrs Amelia Magruder daughter-in-law Mrs Emma Parks Robinson grandson Charles C Reed all of Winchester and relatives including Mrs Bertha Williams of Washington and Mrs Ethel Blackburn of Baltimore.
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Rose E. Robinson
Cornelius Robinson
South Braddock Street
John Mann Methodist Episcopal Church
H. A. Johnson
Jones’ Funeral
James Robinson
Amelia Magruder
Emma Parks Robinson
Charles C. Reed
Winchester
Bertha Williams
Washington
Ethel Blackburn
Baltimore
Mrs. Sarah Baker Dies in Chambersburg Hospital
Mrs. Sarah C. Baker widow of Albert Baker of Frederick County died at 8:00 AM in a Chambersburg hospital after six weeks illness. She had a fractured hip from a recent fall and complications are suspected. Born July 13, 1855, she was 73 turning 74. Surviving relatives include two nieces Mrs. William Bradford and Miss Ann Snyder and a nephew Charles Snyder of Lewistown. Formerly of Stephens City she will receive funeral services in Chambersburg at 9 AM Wednesday, with the body later brought to Ridings Chapel for interment.
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Sarah C. Baker
Albert Baker
Frederick County
Chambersburg
Baker
William Bradford
Ann Snyder
Charles Snyder
Lewistown
Stephens City
This County
Ridings Chapel
Speaking Itinerary Of Democrats For Frederick County
Announcement lists Democratic speaking dates across Frederick County with speakers Fawcetts Gap Mt Airy Bracetown and Middletown venues. Speakers include T R Cather B P Harrison W W Glass D Kline Cather Williams Walton Rex Cather. Also an unrelated note on brain power by scientists and psychologists.
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Severa
Frederick County
Mountain Falls
T. R. Cather
B.‘i’. Harrison
Gore
W. W Glass
Hunter Hughes
Mare
Gainesboro
D. Kline
T. Ry
Cather
Brucetown
L. D. Kline
B. P. Harrison
Mt. Airy School House
Fawcetts Gap
Stephens City
R. Gray Williams
Middletown
M. I
Walton
Woodstock
T. Rex Cather
Tragedy at Madrid Nevades Theatre Fire Claims Hundreds
London dispatch reports from Madrid that about 120 people died in the Novedades theatre fire during a Sunday performance. Fewer than 350 injured, many suffocated or crushed in the panic. several children were saved by shielding victims in the ruins.
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Associated Press
London
Evening News
Madrid
Nevadedes
Novedades Theatre
Potomac Synod Plans Oct 23 Meeting in Middletown Maryland
Arrangements are under way for the annual Potomac Synod of the Reformed Church in Christ to meet October 23 24 25 and 26 in Middletown Maryland with about 200 delegates and visitors expected. The gathering will include representatives from Centenary Church Winchester and delegates from eight classes across Maryland Virginia North Carolina and part of Pennsylvania. The meeting opens October 23 at 8 with a sermon by Rev Dr Charles W LeVan followed by devotional services and social activities and new officers to be elected.
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Potomac Synod of the Reformed Church
Christ Church
Middletown
Johns. Adam
Harvard
Centenary Church
Winchester
S. L. Flickinger
Marylad
Mason-Dixon Line
Virginia
North Carolina
Pennsylvania
Zion
Maryland
Juniata
Mercersburg
Gettysburg
Baltimore- Washington
Charles W. le van
Milton Whitner
High Point
N. C
Roy E. Leinbach
Carlisle
Ten Lepers Die After Fighting Treatment Efforts
A Kota Radja telegram reports ten lepers killed and four wounded as 29 lepers resisted officials attempting treatment. A district commissioner and his military escort opened fire in self defense after lepers attacked with knives and lances in Batavia Java.
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Associated Press
Batavia
Java
Kota Radja
Sumatra
Bombing Rocks Chicago Hosties
Chicago reported its fifty ninth bombing of the year last night. A blast blew out a three story building’s front, hurled a peanut roaster from the front through the structure into a rear alley, and set flames that sent residents into the street.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Kli Dleo
Funeral Services At Berryville For Mrs Hammond
Funeral services for Mrs A M S Hammond of Berryville were held at Grace Episcopal Church with Rev B Duval Chambers officiating. Interment followed at Greenhill Cemetery. Hammond, daughter of the late Mr and Mrs T Griffith, taught music and served as deaconess in Pittsburgh and social secretary to a New York church club. She is survived by her sister Mrs John G Willson of Hagerstown.
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Berryville
A. M. S. Hammond
Riverside Hospital
Newport New Va
Grace Episcopal Church
B. Duval Chambers
Greenhill Cemetrey
Hammond
T. Griffith
House of the Merciful Savior
Bishop Whitehead
Pittsburgh
Augusta Chapin
Church
New York
John G. Willson
Hagerstown
Noted Methodist Editor Suffers Paralytic Stroke
Rev Dr Carlton D Harris editor of the Baltimore Southern Methodist, a leading Baltimore Conference churchman, is critically ill at Maryland General Hospital after a paralytic stroke. He has long battled high blood pressure and recently rallied but remained unconscious. Harris, a 15-year editor, has served as delegate to General Conference and led Wilson Memorial Church's growth in Baltimore.
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Carlton D. Harris
Middletown
Baltimore
Star
Associated Press
Streiken
Baltimore Southern Methodist
The
Methodist Episcopal Church, South
Maryland General Hospital
Charles
Harris
General Conference of the Church
Southern Methodist
Wilson Memorial Church
David Harris
Wilson
Excellent Stage and Screen Shows On Week’s Program
The Colonial Theatre features Johnny Mattise and the Dixie Darlings with Madge Bellamy in The Play Girl. Bessie Love and Tom Moore star in Has Anybody Here Seen Kelly. Lionel Barrymore performs Road House. Bozo Mattise’s Dixie Darlings billed Thu–Sat with Black Diamond Orchestra as added attraction and Surprise Night with merchant prizes. U.S. Smith, Lila Lee and Kenneth Harlen, Claire Windsor in Blondes by Choice, Myrna Loy in Turn Back the Hours, plus The Scarlet Arrow, Guardians of the Wild, The Cloud Dodger, Rough Riders, Vanishing Pioneer. Both venues promise top weekly showings in Witchester.
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Johnny
Bozo
Mattise
Dixie Darlings
Colonial Theatre
Madge Bellamy
Bessie Love
Tom Moore
Kelly
Lionel Barrymore
Bozo Mattise
Black Diamond Orchestra
U. S. Smith
Marine Corps
Lila Lee
Kenneth Harlen
Claire Windsor
South Seas
Myrna Loy
Guardians of the Wild
Ted Wells
al Wilson
Bot Gibson
Rough Riders
Zane Grey
Jack Holt
Rev Dr C R Hyde In Local Pulpit
The Rev Charles R Hyde D D of Chattanooga Tenn filled the pulpit at the Presbyterian Church and preached a fine sermon from Romans 1 16 on the power of the gospel. He has pastored churches in Nashville Memphis and Richmond and now lives in Chattanooga. He was heard by an unusually large congregation with pleasure and profit.
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Charles R. Hyde
D. D
Chatanooga
Ten
Presbyterian Church
Sand
Hyde
Nashville
Memphis
Tenn
Richmond
They Come Back Clean At Winchester Steam Laundry
Telephone line note reports customers return to Winchester Steam Laundry for cleaning services after a brief disruption. No further details on dates or figures are provided.
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Winchester Steam
Presbyterians Meet in Front Royal for Fall Presbytery Session
The Winchester Presbytery meets in Front Royal this week with about 60 ministers and elders from 54 churches attending. Opening sermon by Rev. Dr. F. T. McFaden. sessions run daily from 9 a.m. to 12:30, 2 p.m., and 7:30 p.m. with talks on missions, religious education, and Mary Baldwin College.
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Presbyterian Church
Winchester
Frederick County
Front Royal
Seasion
F. T. McFaden
A. B. Mann
Thomas, W. Va
O. V. Armstrong
Suchowfee
China
Charles R. Bailey
Romney
Temple
Roanoke
J. A. Naff
Staunton
Mary Baldwin College
C. D. Gilkeson
Theatre Receipts To Aid Storm Victims At Colonial
Manager Frank Boucher of local theatres announces part of Wednesday night proceeds from the Colonial Theatre will be donated to Red Cross storm victims. A midnight show at 11 o'clock with 60 cent admission will feature movies plus local talent. Tomorrow's Star will advertise the program. The plan aims to boost funds for the storm area and spur Winchester to raise its quota for relief.
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Frank Boucher
Colonial Theatre
Star
Boucher
Winchester
Yom Kippur Observed Worldwide With Fasting and Services
Observances for Yom Kippur began yesterday evening and last through sunset today. The holiest day in the Jewish calendar sees global participation with services, a shofar blast at night, and strict fasting. Many businesses close in observance.
Gov Smith to Receive Indian Name at State Fair
Helena Sept 24 Gov Smith if willing will be adorned and given an Indian name Chief of All Montana by a representative of the Indian tribes from the reservations at the state fair grounds this afternoon He is to receive an Indian headdress pipe of peace and a heavy buckskin shirt.
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Associated Press
Helena
Mont
Goveror Smith
Montana
State Fair
Gov Smith Targets Hoover in Montana Campaign Swing
Governor Alfred E. Smith denounces Herbert Hoover as the Republican party blocks public power development and vetoes Muscle Shoals. He accuses a power lobby of shaping policy and ties Hoover to lobbyists and officials aligned with utility interests as his campaign moves toward Helena and Denver.
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Associated Press
Billings
Mont
Alfred FB. Smith
Rim Rock
Smith
Helena
Thomas J. Walsh
Senate
Herbert Hoov
Republican Party
Colorado
Montana
Denver
Hoover
Melena
Colo
Herbert
Gov. Smith
Bryat
Lo Angeles
Guv. Smith
Preside Coolidge
Congress
New York
National Electric Associat
Federal Trade Commission
Removal Notice at W N Market property
Notice announces removal on Friday September 28 at the W. W. Wall property on WN Market one door north of I. Brumback's. The author provides a location cue and a reward offer for lost keys tied to the Star newspaper.
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W. W. Wall
Sirvat
I. Brumback
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Herbert Hoover
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Neil Robinson
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Exias
Potomac Synod
Ino
Maryland Church
Moling & Cather’s
Heath
Davis Grocery
Baltimore Hospital
C. R. Hyde
Presbyterians
Dr. McFaden
Hery Gross
Billings, Mont
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Raps
Judge Davis
Merry
Paul Clapp
Joint Committee
Walsh
E. J. Snapp
Trescott
Fargale
Massey Brothers
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