Robin Tries Suicide as He Awaits Arraignment
Joseph G. Robin known as the kite flying financier attempted to swallow twelve hyoscyamine tablets at Bellevue Hospital after choosing to die before facing grand larceny charges. Doctors pumped his stomach and saved him, with conditions described as serious but potentially recoverable.
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New York
Joseph G. Robin
Northern Bank
Washington Savings Bank
Robin
Bellevue Hospital
Criminal Courts
Crain
Detective Bureau
Ofobin
Austin F
Jerome
Goodby
Louise G. Robinovitch
Flint
Dr. Crippen
Belle ¥Imore
Robinovitch
Bazaar Ladies Fleet Officers Elected For Rouss Festival
The Charley Rouss Fire Company hosts a meeting in Rouss hall to elect officers for the bazar and festival planned for January 24. President is Mrs. D. F. Haines with vice-presidents Mrs. Sartelle Nail Eskey and Tur tle.
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Charley Rouss
Rouss Hall
D. F. Haines
John P. Sartelle
John W. Nail
D. Eskey
Harry J. Tur
Appeal to Mr Taft over jailed orphan leads to potential action
The Star reports John Anderson the orphan may appeal to President Taft after United States District Attorney Gillespie delayed the case. Anderson was jailed for taking a brass post office door handle with $100 bail and faces several months in Harrisonburg awaiting a court hearing. Many fear prolonged detention harms his character and favor sending him to the National Training School for Boys or a Washington reform school to learn a trade.
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the Star
John Anderson
Winchester
United States
Gillespie
Taft
National Training School For Boys
Washington
Anderson
A. J. Tavenner
Harrisonburg
Reform School
Great Indian Picture Auditorium Tonight
A thrilling Indian feature reel has been secured at the Auditorium tonight for Saturday night crowds, along with two other great films.
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Great Indian Picture Auditorium
Three Mischief Pranksters Cited In Court
Three young offenders appeared in police court on disturbing the peace after a sneezing powder prank in the Auditorium caused a mass sneeze. Mayor Baker and Justice Miller imposed $10 fines suspended with condition of no repeat offense. repeat offenders would face $30.
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Baker
Justice Miller
New Year Ball Invitations From Hagerstown Club
Many Winchester residents have received invitations to the annual New Year ball hosted by the Hagerstown Assembly Club at the Hamilton Hotel on Monday night. Invitations are highly sought and attendance is expected to be large.
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Winchester
Hagerstown Assembly Club
Hamilton Hotel
Nurses Miss Strother and visitors depart for visits
Miss Strother of Memorial Hospital nurses unit travels to Washington for a brief family visit. Miss Grace Armstrong and Miss Bessie Crisman from Salina Kansas will return to Columbian University New York to resume studies on Monday after holiday hosting at Mr and Mrs John Lt Sloat on Fairmont avenue.
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Strother
Memorial Hospital
Washington
Grace Armstrong
Bessie Crisman
Salina
Kansas
John Lt. Sloat
Fairmont Avenue
Columbian University
New York
Gore Indian land fraud charges loom large in House probe
Washington officials announce a partisan whitewash plan targeting public figures amid Gore's accusations of bribe offers in the McMurray Indian contract case. The House Indian affairs committee, led by Burke, will press Gore for explanations as records show continued talks with Hamon after the alleged bribe.
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House of Representatives
Washington
Thomas Pryor Gore
Oklahoma
Kalsemine
Sherman
Ballinger
Curtis and Lorimer
Representative McGuire
House
Gore
Jake” Hannon
McMurray
Curtis
McGuire
House Committee
Burke
Indian Affairs Committee
Hannon
Monday at the Rink Glows With Holiday Festivities
Skating in the afternoon followed by a mask carnival and New Year celebrations at night. Henry Baetjer & Co advertises fun devices and blankets as giveaways on the 4th page. Buy the Washington Sunday Star tomorrow morning from local newsdealer.
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Henry Baetjer & Co
Washington Sunday Star
Death by own action in Martinsburg hotel room
Thomas Conley a 25 year old white man committed death by own action by drinking carbolic acid in Room No. 23 at Valley Hotel on Queen Street Martinsburg after arriving from Terra Alta to begin work at Crawford Woolen Mills. He had four cents in his pocket and relatives in Lewistown Pa were being advised.
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Martinsburg
W.va
Valley
Queen Street
Thomas Conley
T. K. Oates
Conley
Terra Alta
Crawford Woolen Mills
Wilen
Lewistown
Reidsville
Pai Ee
Abell and Hack Off For Europe
Messrs. Walter R. Abell and Frederick H. Hack of Baltimore, who spend much time in Winchester, sailed from New York on Thursday for an extended European tour lasting several months. Abell will visit his brother in law and sister in Paris after which he will tour the continent.
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Messrs
Walter R. Abell
Frederick H. Hack
Sjr
Baltimore
Winchester
New York
Mr. Abell
Joseph Edwards
Paris
Body Laid In A Tunnel Two Days
Relatives of Frank Whalen Jr. of Baltimore believe his body lay on the Baltimore and Ohio tunnel tracks between Camden and Mount Royal for two days. Many trains passed over the remains before a trackman found him. He had a Georgia town ticket and was traveling from Camden to Mount Royal to catch a Pennsylvania Railroad train at Union Station southbound. It is thought he fell from a rear platform and was killed.
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Frank Whalen, Jr
Baltimore
Star
Baltimore and Ohio
Camden
Mount Royal
Georgia
Union Station
For Sale Smith Premier Typewriter In Good Condition
Classified notice advertises a Smith Premier typewriter in good condition for sale. Interested buyers are directed to apply at Star office, up to date.
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Smith Premier Typewriter
Star Office
New Year Reflections and Carnival to Lent Transition
A reflective piece on New Year’s Eve, penance, and memories of the past year. It contrasts carnival celebrations with Lent, noting loss and renewal, and cites poems and biblical imagery. The prose moves from nostalgia to hope as the old year dies and a new one begins.
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God's Acre
Gethsemane
Calvary
Winchester Its Traditions and Other Verses
Miss Kate McVicar publishes Winchester Its Traditions and Other Verses a 145 page collection of poems many about local history and friends. The book dedicated to Gertrude Brannon Edwards is offered for private circulation with a limited public release at Norton Bell Brothers and T. T. Wall stores selling for 50 cents.
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Miss McVicar
Winchester
Kate McVicar
The
Star
Gertrude Brannon Edwards
Messie
George F. Norton
Bell Brothers
T. T. Wall
Conte
Woman killed after quarrel during visit at Shenandoah
In Shenandoah a domestic dispute escalated when a man fired a revolver during a quarrel at a house. The shot struck a woman identified as the stepdaughter, with relatives in Harrisonburg and nearby towns notified of the tragedy. The assailant, named Strickler, fled the scene and was later reported at large.
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Strickler
Myrtle
Harrison Wang
Shenandoah
Harrisonburg
William —Striel Kite
Cami
Missing Husband Sought by Woodstock Wife
Mrs. Gonn Bowers of Woodstock asks Lynchburg police to locate her husband missing for several days. Last seen in Somerset Orange County and thought headed toward Lynchburg. He was reportedly intoxicated and in a bowiered state.
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Gonn Bowers
Woodstock
Lynchburg
Somerset
Orange County
Bowers
Sunday To Be Warmer Here Sunday To Be Warmer Here
Forecast from the Weather Bureau declares a cold night with warmer conditions in the west Sunday as clouds increase and rain may follow in the west portion. The note appears with an advertising line about a sale of California Navel Oranges at 25c per dozen at T M Barr on N Main St.
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West Portion
California
T. M. Barr’s
N. Main St
Leatherman Leaves Wall's for Baltimore Tailoring Co
Mr. D. FE Leatherman resigns from Wall's book store on Main Street to become traveling salesman for the Adolph Ginsberg Tailoring Co of Baltimore. Also notes real estate listings and farming land specialties by Hansbrough & Carter. Philip Williamseft travels to Raleigh NC for law exam before practicing in that state.
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D. FE. Leatherman
Wall's Book Store
Main Street
Adolph Ginsberg Tailoring Co
Baltimore
Iptf Hansbrough & Carter
Philip Williamseft
Raleigh
N. C
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