Reign of Terror Records Sway in Barton Village Ohio
In Barton Ohio a night rider band held sway for months with threats and beatings. John Eberhart coal foreman was indicted on riot and conspiracy charges as part of a case tied to an alleged lynching attempt on Goldie Wheeler and Peter Berry. Witnesses described intimidation by masked robed groups and abductions of women and youths.
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Ohio
Associated Press
ST. Clairsvillh
Night Riders
Barton
Paul Waddell
John Eberhart
Coal 6
Eberhart
Night Rider
Goldie Wheeler
Andeter Berry
Belmont County
Highly Colored Apples Demand at Liverpool Auction
Edwin Smith of the U S Department of Agriculture reports Liverpool apple market lower but strong demand for highly colored barrelled apples. Virginia Yorks were plentiful and generally good. two inch Yorks sold $5.84 to $6.08, down from last week. Grimes were light, condition poor, demand slow. two inch Grimes sold $4.14 to $4.87. Jonathans moderate in supply with good demand. two inch minimums sold $5.84 to $6.33, below last week.
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Star
Washington
Edwin Smith
United States Department of Ley
Europe
Liverpool
Virginia Jonathans
Hassell Plans Another Overseas Flight In Spring
Bert Hassell American flyer returns from Greenland with Parker Cramer and says he will attempt a U S to Stockholm flight via Greenland next year using a Greater Rockford type aircraft He blames this year s failure on gasoline shortage after the plane was blown off course The landing reception aboard the Fulton was quiet in Copenhagen Denmark
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Associated Press
Copenhagen
Denmark
Bert Hassell
Greenland
Parker Cramer
United States
Stockholm
Hassell
Greater Rockford
Killed in Porto Rico After Hurricane Toll Reported
Governor Towner of Porto Rico stated official reports show 224 killed and 1 6587 injured with ten missing across 71 of 76 municipalities. Red Cross and the West Indian Florida relief fund total reached 1 920 689 dollars.
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Associated Press
Washington
Towner
Porto Rico
Bureau of Insular Affairs
Police Department
Red Cross
Russell Silivous Former Resident Dies in Baltimore
Information was received in Winchester of the death of Russell G. Silivous this morning at University Hospital Baltimore. He formerly resided in Winchester and had many friends here. In recent years he lived at Savage Maryland. He went to Baltimore for treatment and his remains will be brought back for burial with funeral details not yet completed.
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Winchester
Russell G. Sivous
University Hospital
Baltimore
Silivous
Savage
Tiffany favrile window honors Bishop Brown at Virginia Seminary
An ornate three-opening Gothic Tiffany window depicting Paul before Agrippa is installed in the seminary chapel at Alexandria Virginia as a memorial to late Rt. Rev. William Cabell Brown. The design centers on Paul before Agrippa with surrounding figures and landscapes. outer panels show architectural and botanical motifs.
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Paul
Agrippa
Theological Seminary
Alexandria
William Cabell Brown
Virginia
Henry B. Gilpin
Winchester
Rome
Bernice
Festus
Virginia racks boost tourist literature distribution statewide
The Virginia State Chamber of Commerce reports over a ton of Virginia literature is moved monthly via 60 new tourist information racks across the state. Demand outstrips supply as maps, caverns guides, and resort brochures fly off racks, with plans to expand into Washington and active involvement from chambers and civic groups.
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Virginia
Virginia State Chamber of Commerce
Virginia State Chamber
Chambers of Commerce
Virginia Chamber of Commerce
Washington
Chamber of Commerce
The
Old Dominion
Bridge Club Meets at Cawthorne Home
The Monday Bridge Club gathered at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Cawthorne last Monday evening. Four tables of bridge were played during the event.
Byrd Letter on Real Estate Tax Relief Attracts National Attention
Governor Harry S. Byrd writes in the Manufacturers Record explaining Virginia’s no state real estate tax and urging other states to study the issue. The paper notes such tax relief spurs industrial growth, points to $275 million in construction in Virginia, and argues politicians could be challenged to curb broad legislative power.
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Harry S. Byrd
Byrd
Union
Virginia
Former Miss Stewart Dies in Paris Hospital at 24
Mrs. Mary Messer, formerly Miss Mary Stuart Stewart of Martinsburg West Virginia, died in a Paris hospital of peritonitis aged 24 yesterday morning. She married Teale Messer of Chicago last October after meeting in Paris while studying art. The body will be brought to Martinsburg for interment.
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Oda N. Stewart
Martinsburg
W. Va
Paris
Mary Messer
Teale Messer
Mr. Messer
Chicago
Messer
States
Mary Stuart Stewart
J. William Stewart
W.W. O. Nicklas
Peggy Stewart
West Virginia University
Winchester
Passenger Train Schedules Change on Two Railroads
New schedules take effect Sunday on the Baltimore and Ohio and the Winchester and Western railways. Baltimore and Ohio No. 53 from Harpers Ferry will depart at 6.55 a.m. and reach Winchester at 6.51 a.m., with connections to No. 10 and Southern Railway No. 45. No. 56 from Winchester will depart at 11.25 a.m. and reach Harpers Ferry at 12.35 p.m., linking to No. 5 to Chicago and No. 22 to Baltimore and New York. Winchester and Western motor bus trains run 8:50 a.m. and 3:45 p.m. from Winchester to Wardensville, with return trips at 7:20 a.m. and 2:15 p.m.
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Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Winchester and Western Railroad
Baltimore and Ohio
Harpers Ferry
Winchester
Southern Railway
Strasburg Junction
Harrisonburg
Washington
Baltimore
Chicago
Philadelphia
New York
Wardensville
W. Va
Wanted Two Men to Sell High Grade Automobiles
Auto Parts Corporation seeks two men 25 to 30 with neat appearance and good character to sell a high grade line of automobiles. See Langford between 4 and 6 p m.
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Langford
Auto Parts Corporation
Winchester Steam Laundry Returns Cleaned Items
A short classified note states Winchester Steam Laundry promises return of cleaned items. The terse 2s line emphasizes reliable service and care for customers’ laundry.
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Winchester Steam Laundry
National honors to be accorded by school program
Washington reports Phi Beta Kappa plans to extend a national honors program to Virginia high schools including Winchester’s John Handley Foundation. It will form scholarship societies with seal bearers on graduation and expert advisers to ease college transition, promoting intellectual achievement over mere athletics.
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Star
Washington
Winchester
John Handley Foundation
Phi Beta Kappa Society
United States
Virginia
Phi Beta Kappa
Funeral Services Held For Wife of Chas Leftridge
Funeral services for Virginia Leftridge, 67, wife of Charles Leftridge, were held last Sunday at the Cedar Hill colored church. She died after a five year illness and is survived by her husband and nine sons and two daughters. Rev. Curtis and Rev. Johnson conducted the service. burial followed at Orrick Cemetery. The Leftridges were prominent Cedar Hill residents respected by white and Black communities.
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Colored People’s Church
Cedar Hill
Virginia Leftridge
Charles Leftridge
Curtis
Darkesville
W. Va
Johnson
Winchester
Orrick
Leftridges
Efforts to Locate Relatives of Emmanuel Brumbaugh
Dr. H I Pifer searches for Brumbaugh relatives after the 79 year old died of heart disease in Memorial Hospital. Officials pursue a Michigan link with a possible brother or son. He was known around the Court House and peanut stand at Loudoun and Rouse, with scant verified family details.
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H. I. Pifer
Board of Health
Emmanuel M. Brumbaugh
Memorial Hospital
Michigan
Pifer
Brumbaugh
Court House
George Cochran
George Purcell
Loudoun Street
Rouse Avenue
Jefferson County
W. Va
Over 2000 KIA in Clash With Nationalists Near Tientsin
Peking Sept. 26. More than two thousand Chihli Shantung soldiers were killed opposing the nationalists northeast of Tientsin as reports say the last remnant of the northern army surrendered.
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Associated Press
Peking
Tientstin
Kismin News Service
Winchester Considers City Water Problem Special Study
The Winchester Common Council held a special session to discuss the city water problem including metering and conservation. Weston Fuller of Swarthmore offered a survey of the situation and possible further work, with data to be prepared for him by the city manager. The meeting also approved a resolution urging state road authorities to speed repairs on the Lee Jackson memorial highway between Middleburg and Aldie, and it was sent to Governor Byrd and Highway Commission officials.
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Common Council
Weston EK. Fuller
Swarthmore
Winchester
Fuller
Hergnan H. Hable
Uamous
Lee-Jackson Memorial Highway
Middleburgh Aldie
Loudour County
Washington
Middleburg
Aldie
Chaiman
State Hghway Commission
Wade Massie
Rappahannock County
Virginia to Stay Democratic Says Ex Governor Davis
Albany dispatch notes three Virginia men of affairs including former Governor Westmoreland Davis and Mrs Davis visiting on a yachting cruise. They predict Virginia will back Governor Smith in November, despite some uncertainty about his familiarity and southern votes.
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Virginia
Davis
Albany
N. Y
Smith
Thousand Islands
Westmoreland Davis
Richmond
Wyndlam R. Meredith
George Bryan
Meredith
Mr. Bryan
Speaking Itineraries for Frederick County Democrats
Announcement lists schedules for Democratic ticket speaking events across Frederick County. Speakers include Gore W W Glass Hunter Hughes Gainesboro L D Kline T R Cather B P Harrison Mt Airy Brucetown I D Kline and others at venues such as Stephens City Middletown and Fawcetts Gap with dates from Sept 26 to Oct 6.
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Severa
Frederick County
Gore
W. W Glass
Hunter Hughes
Gainesboro
Mt. Airy School House
Fawcetts Gap
T. R. Cather
B. P. Harrison
Stephens City
R. Gray Williams
Middletown
ML. Watton
Woodstock
Cather
Canadian apple crop expected to exceed last year
Canadian commercial apple outlook for 1928 shows an estimated 2 965 000 barrels, up about 5 percent from 1927, led by British Columbia with a 36 percent above last year crop. Ontario and BC totals dominate the gains while eastern provinces lag below the five year average.
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The
Star
Washington
Canada
British Columbia
Dominion Department of Agriculture
Foreign Service
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Okanagan
Nova Scotia
New Brunswick
Ontario
Quebec
England
Ministry of Agriculture
Orange Pippins Were Light To Fair and Blenheim
Lord Dervey
Lane
Prince Albert
Newton
Gala Midnight Benefit at Colonial Theatre Tonight
The midnight show at the Colonial Theatre starts eleven tonight for storm relief. Local stars perform with the Colonial Serenaders Russell and Perry and others. film program includes Gold Widows Flaming Fathers and shorts. Proceeds from all three shows go to the Red Cross.
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Colonial
Colonial Serenaders
Russell and Perry
Bill” Norton
Philomena Laren
Floyd Haines
Shenandoah Orchestra
The
Palace Syncopators
Winchester
Red Cross
Laborers Wanted at Shryock's Packing House Millwood Ave
Help wanted for laborer positions at Shryock's Packing House located on Millwood Avenue. Apply in person at the packing house for immediate employment opportunities.
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Shryock’s’ Packing House
Millwood
Ave
Republicans Promise Equal Basis For Agriculture Campaign
The Republican platform pledges to place U S agriculture on an equal basis with industry and outlines a plan to regulate farming costs. Senator Curtis clashes with Gov. Smith on liquor policy and state control, urging a nonpartisan farm leadership commission. Hoover's campaign schedule expands with Midwest briefings and talks in multiple cities.
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Obama
Curtis
Iican
America
Gov. Smith
Omaha
Supreme Court
United States
Hoover
Washington
Mid West
Louis
John Haimmill
Lowa
Corn Belt
Iowa
Hubert Work
Republican National Committee
Roy O. West
Interior
National Committee
Middle West
Apple Market Shipment Totals From New York to British Ports
Weekly cargo report shows 198 shipments from New York to Liverpool London Glasgow and other ports with totals of barrels and bulk fruit. Prices listed in shillings per cargo type include Jonathan Golden Delicious Stayman and Ben Davis with exchange rate four cents per shilling.
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New York
Liverpool
London
Glasgow
Univer Aoe
Southampton
I Fanchester
Ee Ponte
Cooper, Netiden, & Co
Liverplea
Balte
Samaria
Jonathans
Bonun
King Davids
Yorks
Mos
Ben Davis
Women Wanted For Canning Plant Jobs Attracting Wages
An advertisement seeks women for fall ime employment in a canning plant offering unusually attractive wages. Applicants are urged to act quickly. National Freight Product Company, ing.
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ING
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Gilpin
Virginia Seminary
Bishop Brown
William Cabell
Brown
Tiffany Studios
New York City
Record R
Richmond Times-Dispatch
Stewart
Phi Betta Kappa Society
Chas
Leftridge
Mr. Brumbaugh
Council
Lee-Jackson
Trescott
Massey
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