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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1923
Page
1
A car robbery at a tollgate was carried out by two armed suspects. Police report the assailants fled in a car with the tollgate receipts. One suspect is described as a son of J. A. Stick. No injuries reported.
A daytime armed robbery near Serryville Clarke County left J A Stickle’s son shocked as four unmasked Black men in a Buick seized between 300 and 400 dollars from tolls and his own funds. The car fled toward Winchester and authorities sought suspects in nearby towns. The victim could not describe the assailants.
United States Marines and Washington College Chestertown Md meet this afternoon at Haddox Terrace East Cork street. Marines arrive from Quantico and are quartered at the fair grounds with the East Coast Expeditionary Force. Washington College opens its 1923 season under Captain Duffey with manager Griffith leading a squad of about eighteen.
The Empire presents a Paramount picture starring 52 screen stars in a major all star drama. Directed by the creator of The Covered Wagon. See Empire ad on last page for leading favorites.
After stealing 400 dollars the bandits backed into a car and fled toward Winchester. Chief Doran and Policeman Armel pursued along the Berryville pike but the suspects vanished. It is believed they turned toward Charles Town and took a concealed route. The write up ends with the note Were Familiar With House.
Miss Lacey Spengler of Strasburg Virginia and Mr J D Womack of Suffolk Virginia wed this afternoon at the Vermont Avenue Christian Church parsonage Washington D C. The bride, a Baltimore and Ohio employee chosen to represent the company in the Good Will delegation to France, will honeymoon in Canada and return to a future home in Suffolk Virginia.
More than 350 cities and towns in New York and several eastern states will return to standard time at 2 a m tomorrow after clocks were set forward in spring. New York and New Jersey led eastern states in adopting daylight saving. Massachusetts and about 50 New England cities also observed the change.
Reported by the Shenandoah Valley newspaper at New Market notes that on the day after a cannon action at New Market heavy rains fell, described as the heaviest in years, with a further downpour the next night causing discomfort for marines in camp nearby.
Richmond Virginia September 29 The Republican chairman in Virginia visits President Coolidge amid no visible concern from party regulars. Private secretary Bascom Slemp could explain the situation, as Slemp once led the state party and recalls years of political activity. The Colored Republicans may join as individuals with equal footing, not as a separate bloc, with no concessions expected. Delegates favorable to Coolidge are slated to be the only admitted voices at the state convention.
Harvest festival observed at Trinity Lutheran Church Stephen City Virginia on September 29. Rev E O Graham preached morning and evening sermons on The Harvest and What It Means Materially and Spiritually. Choir sang appropriate selections. Flowers sent to Memorial Hospital Winchester. Produce sent to National Lutheran Home for the Area Washington. Services enjoyed. decorations praised.
Cedar Cliff Presbyterian Church at Vaucluse hosts quarterly communion on Sunday at 11 a m and Marlboro holds preaching at 7 30 p m. From October 7 to 21 evangelistic services at Cedar Cliff led by Rev J McC Lacy of Washington DC, with cottage prayer meetings Monday through Friday of next week.
Winchester residents learn William Carroll Alexander has been elected Lieutenant-Governor of New York State Kiwanis at the Binghamp ton convention held September 24 and 25. He chairs the State Education Committee and sits on the international committee of business standards. A former president of New York City Kiwanis and Winchester boy, he is the son of the late William R. Alexander, noted local lawyer. He was born and raised here and found success after moving to New York.
The Joseph Pifer farm comprising 148 acres with a good residence and new barn at Armel seven miles from Winchester along the Front Royal turnpike will be sold at a Trustee's Sale in front of the Court House on Saturday October 6 with immediate possession. See sale bill.
A football game today features Washington College of Chester Town Maryland facing a Marine Corps squad, both strong in the region. The 2 pm kickoff at Haddox Terrace East Cork Street is open to ticket holders with 75 cent grounds admission and military police on site. The Marines parade at 12:30 pm from the fair grounds to Haddox Terrace, then camp nearby with tents and field kitchens providing meals as they march toward Quantico.
In Front Royal Va on September 29 the local Methodist Church baptized fifty six converts during morning services and welcomed ten new members at night. About seventy five more expressed desire to join and are expected tomorrow. Riverton churches added members and Baptists Presbyterians and Royal Avenue Baptist report new joins from August 21 to September 9 under Dr. Bulgin.
About 500 second hand watches are to be sold Saturday at a sacrifice announced by M B Clowe The Jeweler located at 28 1p 21) titled as a notices sale.
Weatherneck WA reports a Marine unit moving through Kernstown toward Winchester when a soldier suddenly grew ill. He was assisted to a shaded spot on the Cammer place and cared for under a hastily erected tent. An ambulance was reportedly sent later. For rent first floor apartment apply P Ogpox 226 927 Ip St.
The Medical association of Virginia held its semi annual meeting at the Y in Biwn ton Va. All day Thursday doctors from Winchester Harrisonburg Staunton Clifton Forge and other towns attended. Papers discussed cancer treated with radium infantile diarrhoea and diabetes new pancreatic extract treatment and blood transfusion. Officers were nominated and the group planned to meet in Harrisonburg next spring.
Mining in the Portland Canal region of British Columbia and southeastern Alaska boomed this summer. Hyder Alaska reports new discoveries and more prospectors in the field, with Texas Creek and Chickamen Valley finds yielding silver lead ore valued at more than 100 dollars per ton in silver content.
Advertisement notes steady work for women in a canning plant with an office on Fairmont Avenue in Winchester Virginia. It lists meat scrap tasks at National Fruit Products Co offering 4 dollars per bag and mentions Albin's as another posting location.
Local page lists The Hagerstown fair dates in October 1928 with event coverage and auto rates. Public notice details likely include venue days October 9 through 12 and related Saturday activities.
Richmond city officials plan to invite the United States Marines to visit in the fall for maneuvers on the old battlefield. The Advertising and Economic Committee approved forwarding a resolution to the Common Council after meetings with civic groups. Proposals include a Marines football game against Virginia Military Institute and social events to celebrate the visit and link with local history.
Report notes Marines praised for conduct near New Market in an official recount. Staging a grand display, the event drew the largest crowd yet and set Market down on the map, with favorable remarks about discipline and participation.
London Sept mask of Napoleon made hours after the Emperor's death was discovered by an English surgeon in a French town. The artefact, once moved through Raia and presented by a diplomat to Czars Alexander I, vanished for two decades before resurfacing.
The fragment notes a Thelma related acrostic and lyric lines dated September 29, 1923 in Harrison Va. The text includes lines of longing and a musical or poetic reference with unclear full context. The fragment preserves a request for heaven to speed the sentiment.
Ashbu Knt represents 9 6 1p e0d 15t in a directive directing export to Geraldo Costa. The fragment references a representative and a numeric code, implying a formal posting or transfer of duties. Further readable elements are limited.
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