Berryville Three Day Horse Show Dates Announced
The Virginia horse show season lists dates for multiple towns with Berryville scheduled August 18 to 20. Officers include Chas M. Broun as secretary treasurer, R Power Page as president, and H W Shephard as manager. The Manassas show is upcoming midweek, with Orange Charlottesville and other events following.
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Manassas
Orange
Charlottesville
Harrisonburg
Pront Royal
Berryville
Upperville
Warrenton
Petersburg
Richmond
Virginia
Keswick
Leesburg
Culpeper
Chas
M. Broun
R. Power Page
H. W. Shepherd
Record hammer throw by Plapnagan at International Olympiad
Enthusiastic crowd watches day two at the London stadium as Plapnagan of the Irish American Club wins the hammer event and breaks his own Olympiad record with 170 feet 4 and a quarter inches. American cyclists struggle in the 20 kilometer race while M. Sheppard of the U S team takes the final heat of the 100 meter dash.
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Plapnagan
Flannagan
Sheppard
Im. We ‘Sheppard
Scandal Prompts Milestone Staff Changes at Shepherd College
In Shepherdstown the board of regents dismissed C. W. Littler and Miss Eva Wright after a local scandal. Walter M. Duke, longtime Hedgesville grammar school principal, is named modern languages teacher and Blanche Burns of Fairmont is hired as music teacher to fill the vacancies. Littler, a married man with children, reportedly left town for Pittsburgh while Wright remains missing. officials declined further comment.
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Hedgesville
Shepherd College
Shepherdstown
C. W. Littler
Blanche Burns
Fairmont
Miss Wright
Littler
Pittsburg
Board of Regents
Wheeling
Young People Camp On Placidl Capon River
A Winchester party camps along the placid Capon river by Hook's Mill to escape heat and dust. Mrs. H. D. Fuller leads chaperone duties. Attending are Virginia Fuller Anne Douglas Williams Margaret Stokes Willie McGuire Thomas B. Byrd Neville Stephenson J. B. Beverley Jr. Richard Jolliffe and Philip Williams. The outing will last a week or more.
Bought Farm in Clarke County by Mr Boyd Richards
Mr Boyd Richards of Clarke County purchased from Mr William R Orndorff of Philadelphia Pa his Clarke county home He will move to West Virginia after September as Mr Orndorff has bought timber land there and will move first then Richards takes possession Meanwhile manager R R Brown of the Hangerstown baseball team was in the city with friends seeking apples and potatoes for Sprint Produce Co
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Boyd Richards
This County
William R. Orndorff
Philadelphia
Clarke County
Mr. Orndorff
West Virginia
R. R. ‘Brown
Hangerstown
Tears Pond
Drew
Dr James Simpson Shot in New York Area
Dispatches report Dr James Simpson shot at the Horner home in Roosevelt Hospital New York with a left liver wound and precarious condition. He has issued a warrant against his mother in law Mrs Horner who is under arrest for the shooting.
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Jas. Simpson
James W. Simpson
New York
Bartley T Horner
Simpson
Horner
Dr. Simpson
Ing
Winchester Triumphs Over Hagerstown In Close Win
In a lively game at Park yesterday Winchester defeated Hagerstown 7 to 3. Cy McDonald hit a pivotal three run homer as Winchester broke a seventh inning stalemate with four hits and an error driven rally. Cy McDonald also doubled and scored, while Cantwell and Miller combined for eight strikeouts. The Giants schedule a game with Gaithersburg Md this afternoon at the park.
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Winchester
Hagerstown
Ald
Dalton
Cantwell
Hanks
Lentz
Miller
Cy McDonald
Duffy
Luhn
Don McDonald
Scheller
Hingerstown
Mr. Swanson
Giants
Gaithersburg
Lawrence Huff seeks lien on Orrick cemetery interest
William Lawrence Huff sues in Frederick County Circuit Court to attach Frank E. Martin's half interest in the Orrick cemetery south of town. Huff claims Martin owes at least 50 dollars from various transactions and seeks protection as Martin vanished after a 500 dollar purchase financing.
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Frederick County
William Lawrence Huff
Frank E. Martin
Orrick Cemetery
Huff
Martin
Star
Hutt and
Robert Orrick
Murderers Known in Hazel Drew Case Arrests Expected
District Attorney O Brien says police know who killed Hazel Drew 19 and that one or two arrests likely this evening. Frank Smith 17 under surveillance and Rudolph Fundrum 35 sought. body found in Tea pond near Troy with a neck cord and fatal skull wound.
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Pretty Hazel
Drew
Troy
N. Y
O Brien
Hazel I. Drew
John Drew
Tea Pond
Frank Smith
Rudolph Fundrum
Smith
Fundrum
Sousa Band Tour Plans From Auditor ium Concert to New York
Manager Hable books Sousa and his band for September 24 at the Auditor ium. The ensemble will perform in Martinsburg and Hagersdown before proceeding to New York for the fall season.
Market-St Special Dawdles With Cold Coffee Deal
A scrambled Market Street ad offers a limited time sale for two pounds of coffee at 20 cents. The wording is garbled but suggests a promotional item at the Market Street rink area this week only.
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Market - St
Rink
Constabulary Attacks Mindanao Outlaws in Bold Action
Lieutenants Burr and Whitney leading a Philippine Constabulary detachment stormed a Mindanao village held by outlaws. Fourteen outlaws killed and two guns seized. Burr lightly injured and one private seriously injured. Rosa Rio Serge hanged at New Castle jail for murder at 10 26 AM. She collapsed en route to the scaffold and protested innocence to the end.
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Rio
Serge
Ina
Infant Death in Gerrardstown Cholera Infantum
The infant child of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Markle of Gerrardstown died Sunday night from cholera infantum.
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J. E. Markle
Gerrardstown
Paper mill in receivers hands at Winchester Old Dominion PF Company
The Winchester Old Dominion PF Company paper mill, operator of the Winchester plant, has entered receivership with Sidney Mitchell of Chicago named as receiver. Most workers have been laid off while cleanup and office tasks continue under manager Harry M. Baker. Some employees say they were not paid when they quit.
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American Strawboard
Old Dominion PF Company
Winchester Paper
Sidney Mitchell
Chicago
Mips
Well
Ceivers
United Box “1 and Paper Company
New Jersey
Old Dominion
Harry M. Baker
Forest Fire Rages Across New England States
The fire sweeping Maine New Hampshire and Massachusetts devastates property threatens villages and endangers lives. Railways are disrupted as crews battle the blazes near Plymouth County while berry pickers go missing and trains pass burning sections under tight windows and alert crews. Glidden Tourists depart Harrisburg for Philadelphia with 42 cars and a Quaker City Motorclub committee.
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Hearst News Service
Boston
New England
Maine
New Hampshire
Plymouth
Harrisburg
Philadelphia
Quaker City Motorclub
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Norfolk and Western
Cumberland Valley
London
Japan
Ceylon
Iptf
Walter M. Duke
Eva Wright
Cently
Placid Capon River
Hook
H. D. Fuller
Virginia Fuller
Anne Doug
Ip Williams
Clarke
Sprint Produce Co
North Port
L. L
Hird
Ntwell
C. Brown
Cy McDon
Lawrence Huff
Hutt
Dr. Joyce
Joyce
History of
Mur
Sousa Is
Hable
Constabulary
Bulharst. News Service
Manila
Burr and Whitney
Philippine
Mindanao
Ant Burr
New Castle
Rosa
American Strawboard Company
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