Frederick Growers to Exhibit Apples at Lynchburg Convention
Frederick county fruit growers plan to attend the Virginia Horticultural Society meeting in Lynchburg January 8 to 10. They will display apples and compete for prizes, hoping to continue their success from Roanoke when they won most cash and ribbons. The program includes topics on marketing fruit, orchard renovation, grading, packing, disease control, with officials announcing careful care of exhibited fruit.
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Baltimore and Sunday Railroad Company
Ghenandoah Valley
Virginia Horticultural Society
Lynchburg
Winchester
Prederick County
Metalis
Perederick
Roanoke
Frederick County
J. D. Paxton
D. D
William King, Jr
Board of Aldermen
Mr R Gray Williams Delivers Memorial Address
Mr R Gray Williams delivered the principal address at the Elks memorial exercises in Cumberland Maryland. The Mary land Theater housed about two thousand attendees and was nearly full. Local papers praised the speech as thoughtful and well delivered with wide visibility in the venue.
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R. Gray Williams
Maryland
Cumberland
Elks
Cumberland Morning News
Williams
Cumberland Express
Evening Times
Wiliams
Sol Bod
Winchester
Battle in the Virginia Hills at Winchester Auditorium
Kalem's best company presents the first moving picture in Winchester titled the Battle in the Virginia Hills or Mountain Feud. The show occurs tonight at the Auditorium and the theater will open before 7 o'clock to accommodate crowds. patrons are urged to come early for seats.
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Virginia Hills
Winchester
Kalem
Best Company
Mrs Teets Dies of Tuberculosis at Welltown
Mrs. Sarah Isabella atherine Teets wife of George Washington Teets died Sunday at her Welltown home at age sixty one from tuberculosis. She leaves husband two sons L. B. Teets W M Teets and two daughters Erima Baker Minnie Teets. Funeral services at 10 a m Wednesday at Mount Hebron Cemetery with Rev Roy Schmucker officiating. Also note barber shop moved one door south of Hotel Evans.
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Teets
George Washington Teets
Ohio
Chapman White
Welltown
Roy Schmucker
Mount Hebron “Cemetery
Messrs. L. B. and
W. M. Teets
Erima Baker
Minnie Teets
Hotel Evans
H. R. Grim
Lost fifty nine in greenbacks reward offer
Lost dollars found claim for return to 318 North Main Street with reward offered. The notice appears in a Christmas ad section mentioning Capper's Jewelry store and a Santa Claus event for children, credited to Henry Baetjer & Co.
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N. Main, St
OW KurTZ Heads Camp For Another Year
Capt. George W. Kurlz will lead Gen Turner Ashby Camp, Confederate Veterans, for another year with the same officers. An election determined the slate as plans begin for Gen Lee’s birthday observance January 19. Dr W P McGuire and Chaplain W J Hyde were appointed to coordinate with the Daughters of the Confederacy. An ex Confederate soldier is expected to speak, with Col R Preston Chew invited to deliver the address at Handley Library January 19. Public attendance is invited.
Mr. Lewis’s Body On The Way To Winchester
The remains of Mr. Turner A. Lewis who died Sunday in York Pennsylvania from injuries in a threshing machine explosion are en route to Winchester. He is accompanied by his widow Mrs. Mattie Bell Lewis and the body will be taken to his South Braddock street residence. Funeral arrangements have not yet been announced.
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Turner ‘A. Lewis
York
Winchester
Mattie Bell Lewis
Cumberland Valley Railroad
Lewis
South Braddock Street
Court Session Postponed in Western Virginia
The first regular term of the U S Court for the Western District of Virginia in Harrisonburg was postponed to June next year due to Judge Henry Clay McDowell's illness. Court officials veniremen witnesses and defendants were gathered yesterday for a session that did not occur. possible future appointment of Richard Evelyn Byrd as successor to Barnes Gillespie is noted.
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United States ‘Court
Virginia
Harrisonburg
Henry Clay_ McDowell
Aynesburg
McDowell
Clark A. J. Fletcher, Sr
Veniremen
Fredérick
Byrd
Jone
Atso
Richard Evelyn’ Byrd
Winchester
Woodrow Wilson
Barnes Gillespie
Tazewell
Two Winchester Men Excused From Jury Duty
In Wytheville venire for the Sidna Allen murder trial, two Winchester men and a third summoned man are excused. Mayor Ramsburg and Mr Sheets left Winchester after selecting 16 salesmen. 33 veniremen were examined. four opposed capital punishment and were rejected. Jurors are residents near the Blue Ridge. Court adjourned with motions to quash the indictments denied. Mrs Allen kissed Sidna in court. The Allen daughters were not present. court resumed today with testimony.
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Charles W. ‘Ramsburg
Sheets
Wytheville
Sidna Allen
Commonwealth
William M. Foster
Carroll County
The
Star
Wr. W. 8. White
Ramsburg
Sheetz
Winchester
Adam Forney
Blue Ridge Mountains
Walter R. Staples
Roanoke
Thornton L. Massie
Factus
Mrs. Allen
Little Allen
Marguerite
Pauline
Last Rites for Mrs Heflin Held in Front Royal
Special to The Star. Funeral services for Mrs. Fannie Heflin widow of William Heflin and a Winchester resident for 17 years were conducted at the Methodist Episcopal Church South in Front Royal. Rev. Hildebrand led the service with hymns, and the grave at Prospect Hill Cemetery was covered with flowers. Pallbearers and attendees included family members from Front Royal Warren county and relatives from Washington Baltimore and Winchester.
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Front. Royal
Fannie Heflin
Wiliam Heflin
Warren Couty
Winchester
Charles F. Sumption
Charles Henning
Charles Preach
T. Leach
Wikia Kendrick
William
Charles Fletcher
Front Royal
Warren County
Maude Herrell
Washington
Emma Heflin
Baltimore
Isaac Mason
Ashby Mason
Stewart L. Forney
Lelia Mason
India
Mason
Julia Forney
Banks Report Denied by U.S. Currency Chief
The comptroller of the currency denied a call for a nationwide bank condition report as of November 26. In Chicago, Lucy Cameron, a 19 year old from Minneapolis, is set to marry Jack Johnson the boxer tonight, amid indictment for white slave act violations linked to alleged abductions.
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Washington
Comptroller of the Currency
Chicago
Luctlle Cameron
Minneapolis
Jack Johnson
Johnson
Virginia Weather Forecast Indicates Rain Tonight
Weather outlook for Virginia calls for fair skies tonight with increasing clouds by Wednesday and probable rain at night. Temperatures remain steady with little change.
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Virginia
Local Visitors Ta k e Holiday Stage in Chambersville
Mr and Mrs John Kennedy of Clearbrook visited Mr and Mrs John Duncan. H S Hawkins and family along with Mrs Rebecca Eaton and Mr and Mrs Winton Spillman of Winchester spent last Sunday with Mr and Mrs John Gough. Edward Hicks and others visited relatives while Misses Irene and Hilda Hawkins visited Miss Eva Hawkins. Jesse Coffman of Hagerstown visited friends nearby.
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Chambersville
John Kennedy
Clearbrook
John Duncan
H.S. Hawkins
M. L. Hawkins
Rebecca Eaton
Winton Spillman
Winchester
John Gough
Edward Hicks
Gon
Johnson
Irene
Hilda ‘Hawkins
Eva. Hawkins
Jesse Coffman
Hagerstown
Global War Hearsay and Local Verdicts in December News
Items report tensions in the Balkans with Austria Turkey and Greece amid armistice talks. Beall Snead is freed by jury in Fort Worth after being charged with murder. A Senate impeachment trial for Judge Archbald begins as governors convene in Richmond for a conference.
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Richmond
Chateldja
Garia
Snead
Fort Worth
Texas
Beall Snead
Washington
Senate
Archbald
United States Court of Commerce
Mann
Jefferson Hotel
Harmon
Ohio
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Cumberland Elks
Mrs. Teets
Mrs
Sarah Isabella
Capper’s Jewelry Store
Aldin Washington
Congress
United States
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William P. Bolard
Marian Coal Company
Scranton
Wrisley Brown
Wickersham
House Judicial Committee
Ee Archbald Iba
Tayout
Weisley, Brown
Robert W. Archbald
William P. Bola
OW Kurtz
Col. Chew
Lee
George W. Kurl
Will Head
Turner Ashby
Sam Corps
Gen
Robert EB. Lee
W. P. McGuire
Mr. Lewis
Judge McDowell
R. E. Byrd
Joseph Clegg Wysor
J. CC. Buxton
W.C. Seibert
Luray
Turkey
Greece
Asiatic
JURY
Vienna
Austria
Hungary
Danube
Belgrade
Athens
M. Gry
Aldiiia
Durezeo
Berlin
Constantinople
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