Tragedy in Strasburg: Youth Kills Man Then Self
Stanley Maphis, a bright Strasburg student and bank worker, fatally wounds his uncle or patron with a throat slash and dies by suicide near his sister Beulah Maphis in Washington. The incident follows overwork and stress from night school studies after a spring move to Washington for a bank job. The community mourns as D Maphis, a banker, travels from Strasburg to comfort kin.
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Qasburg
Maphis
Pais
Strasburg
Ces
Razor
Strasburg School
Bee
Washington
Beulah Maphis
D. Maphis
People's Bank
Virginia
Ashington
Young
Stanley
Postoffice To Be Beautified In Winchester
The Winchester post office interior will be repainted with a stippled finish after soil accumulation. Gardner B. Hillyard of Winchester won the contract after bids from several firms. Work starts next week and must finish by September 13. The project follows the Shenandoah Valley National Bank interior style.
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Winchester
Shenandoah Valley
National Bank
Gardner B. Hillyard
Treasury Department
Washington
Hillyard
Ork
Beef Price Rises Again as Packers Boost Wholesale Cost
Chicago June 21 price of beef raised from 1 1 2 to 2 cents per pound, marking a second wholesale increase by packers in a few days. Government and traders watch closely as retail rates reflect the higher wholesale cost. Local markets adapt to the new pricing.
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the Star
Chicago
Severe heat leaves Louisville troubled by six prostrations
wire reports from Louisville on June 21 describe a personal crisis linked to intense heat with six people prostrated within 24 hours.
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The
Star
Louisville
House to Reject Banana Tax Amid Food-Sales Dispute
Washington month day 1933 members of the ways and means committee predict the House will refuse the Senate amendment that would place a five cent duty per banana bunch. They argue a tax on food violates the Baltimore platform and would grant the Union Fruit Company a banana monopoly.
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Washington
House
Ways and ‘Means
Senate
Baltimore
Union Fruit Company
Sealed bids sought to wire Boyce streets in 1913
On June 25 1913 sealed bids for wiring streets of Boyce will be received and opened before the town officials at 10 o clock a m The privilege of rejecting one or all bids is reserved Chairman Stinson St Com 19 19 3t
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Boyce
Stinson
St. Com
Will pay potest price for cutting cord wood 8 M Chiles
Classified fragment notes a wood cutting task offered by M Chiles with a stated price placeholder. Mentions automobiles for hire and Rouss Garage with date line 23-1p-tt, suggesting a mixed classifieds item.
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Rouss Garage
Nemo’s tale of humility and a pant tail gift
A fragmentary notice recounts a Baltimore Sun retelling about an invalid woman with no money who sewed for a babies fund. Her small pant tail labor is praised as a virtue that inspired aid and charity despite hardship.
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Nemo
Baltimore Sun
Apostle
Color public schools graduates and promotions noted in 1912 13 report
The 1912 13 color public schools session closed with six grammar graduates and many pupils promoted across grades. Principal John H. Qu highlights eager students and affordable books with Virginia Board of Education price limits. Names listed include Lockley, Finley, Harmon, and Ga rner among graduates and promotions to 8th Grade and first and second divisions.
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Virginia Board.of. Education
Wilbert Bey
Rovtiaon
Rias Harmon
Charles”ge
Octavia Brooks
Carrie Spradhey
Wille Banister
Edmondson
Charles Nickens
G . Edmondson
John H
Carrie Farley
Madi
Alex
Ander
Charles
Pearson
Louis Atblawon
Richard Washing
Ton
Mary Dis
Phird Anes
Kirk Gaskins
Lawrence
Phil Francis
Cold
Rachel Jackson
Bert Devis
Sarah Harmon
Laure Meéyers
Hilda Lee
Con Oaks Green
Rebecca Ransom
Pe Aelett
Thomas ‘Banister
Samuel Wington
Martha Harris
Douis
Kay
Virginia Locksey
Marshall Johnson
Anna” Cook
Shea Burrell
Tracey Myers
Emily Maso
Myrtle Maso
A Fletcher
Suffragette Laura Hennex Released From Holloway Jail
Miss Laura Hennex, one of six suffragettes sentenced for malicious destruction of property, is released after four days of a six month term in Holloway Prison due to a hunger strike. Militant suffragists set fire to St John’s Church in London using oil tar soaked cotton and efforts to prevent complete destruction. Loss estimated around $86,000.
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The
Star
London
Laura Hennex
Holloway
St Johns Church
Boarders Sought During Army Maneuvers
Desiring to take boarders, rent rooms or flats or whole house furnished July 20 to September 20. Parties should file with a committee on accommodations their desired furnishings and rates. Communications to Frank H. Krebs, secretary, City Hall. Committee on Accommodations ROBT. L. Gray and Brank H. Krebs.
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Uadet
L. Gray
Frank H. Krebs
Yoommnittee City Hall
Widow of Job Cookus Dies After Overdose Incident
Mrs. Mary Magallis Ookus widow of Job Cookus aged 68 died after a disputed overdose of medicine given by Mary Bradford at Burnt Factory in Rome county. Dr A L Miller attended. The body was embalmed and funeral expected tomorrow.
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Mary Magallis
Ookus
Job Cookus
Is City
Burnt Factory
Rome
A. L. Miller
Mary
Marimba Duo to Perform Tonight at the Auditorium
The novelty act AG The Marimba Duo, described as refined and pleasing, will appear at the Auditorium tonight. They have played top theaters in large cities. The program includes the feature film The Shriners' Big Parade. Dallas Texas admission is 10 cents.
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Shriners
Dallas
Texas
Lightning Strikes Home in Pequon County Farm Area
This morning a report from Pequon County states John Bywatera's residence near that area was struck and slightly damaged by a lightning during last night's electrical storm. The storm was heaviest in the county's southern region with high winds causing garden and vegetation damage while rain fell across all sections but failed to aid crops significantly.
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Pequon
John Bywatera
Indemnity Demanded from Turkey by Allies Note
Paris June 24 Allied notes delivered to the International Commission demand two hundred million dollars in war indemnity from Turkey. The report appears in a joint note from Balkans allies. Also listed is a lost gray cloth coat and a lost pearl ring with rewards offered, plus a boy wanted ad.
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Paris
Turkey
Balkanales
International Commission
Evansville University student injured in fall at work
Thomas Jones son of Mr and Mrs M W Jones suffered a serious accident while washing windows at a Northwestern University College of Liberal Arts campus building in Evanston Illinois He fell about thirty feet possibly due to a fright or lightning and sustained multiple broken bones and eye injuries He was treated at Evanston Hospital where friends await his recovery Also Sam Briggs was injured at Feltner's blacksmith shop but not seriously and Dr A P Osborne aided him before return home
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Berryville
Thomas, Jones
M. W. Jones
Evanston
Jones
Thes
Sam
Tally
Briggs
Feltner
A. P. Osborne
Emerson Wedding Attended by Wilson and Cabinet
Miss Ethel P. McCormick daughter of Mrs Isaac Emerson wed Francis H McIadeo secretary of the Treasury at 4 this afternoon in Green Spring Valley Brookland Wood estate of Mrs Emerson. President Wilson and Secretary Marshall attended along with cabinet members marking a rare national executive presence in Baltimore.
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Baltimore
Jungs ZhenThe
Ethel. P
McCormick
Isaac Emerson
Francis
McIadeo
Secretary of the Treasury
Green Spring Valley
Brookland Wood
Emerson
Wilson Mice
Marshall
Othher
Bation
Big Chicago Strike Remains Unsettled
The Chicago union refused arbitration preventing settlement of a lockout affecting nearly 30 000 workers on city building projects. The dispute continues as of June 21 with no resolution in sight.
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Chicago
The
Union Today
Brave Girl Rescues Kansas City Flyer Passengers
Brave 14 year old Bertha Key ran to the bridge near her Hot Springs home and flagged the burning train preventing a wreck. Passengers then collected a $100 purse in gratitude.
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Star
Hot Springs
Ark
Bertha Key
Local Virginia Showers Forecast and Cooler Temperatures
Local weather forecast calls for showers in Virginia tonight and Sunday with a drop in temperatures. Breezy conditions and a cooler air mass expected across coastal and inland areas.
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Virginia
Ak San
Funeral of Camil lus J. Gopenhaver
Funeral services were held at his home on Wednesday for Camil lus J. Gopenhaver of 16 West Monmouth Street. A large number of relatives and friends attended, with representation from General Turner Ashby Camp Confederate Veterans. Interment followed at Mount Hebron Cemetery after a memorial reading by Rev. Dr. Hyde. Pallbearers included M. Pingley, Dr. W. Macell, Jacob Rudolph, J. W. Sibert, Lynch, and Robert B. Strike.
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Camillus J. Gopenhaver
the Star
Monmouth Street
Turner
Ashby Camp
H. Thirteenth Virginia Regiment
R. D. Hottel
New Market
Seventh Day Adventiat Church
W. O. Tal
Braddock Street
Methodial Episcopal
Church
South
Mount Hebron
Hottel
Talbert
United Confederate Ceterana
John P. Hyde
Turner Ashby Camp
Mesears
M. Pingley
Dr. W. Maell
Jacob Rudolph
J.W. Sibert
Lynch
Robert B
Rouse Garage Apt In Good Condition
Short note states a garage apartment at Rouse in good condition. No additional details provided.
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Rouse Garage
Apt
Front Royal Gets New Southern Railway Station Facilities
The Southern Railway announces a new passenger depot at Front Royal with modern conveniences. The existing depot will be converted to a freight station.
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Front Royal
The
Southern Railway
Peasenger
Golden Rate Bible Class Promises Surprises for Attendees
The Golden Rate Bible class meets tomorrow at 9 30 a m with Dr Miffin W Swartz as guest speaker. The lesson titled The Binding of Sin focuses on James chapter 4 verses 9. A surprise program is planned for each Sunday through the last Sunday in August and all men are invited.
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Allinéen
Miffin
Warsaw Woman Guests on Fairmont Avenue
Mrs. H. L. Seger of Warsaw West Virginia visits Miss Lizzie Jones as a guest on Fairmont avenue.
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H. L. Seger
Warsaw, W. Va
Lizzie Jones
Fairmont Avenue
Local committee to confer on cavalry encampment supplies
Measrs W B Cooper J M Steck and W ds Fults form a committee appointed by President Lupten of the Business Man's Association to meet depot quartermaster Mah[e]gan on purchasing for the encampment. They opened an office on Rouse avenue and plan to secure daily staples including 1400 pounds potatoes 400 onions 300 pounds butter 4000 pounds of lime and 100 gallons of are all additional items to be determined later.
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J M. Steck
W. Ds Fults
Gottismittee
Prenidgnt
Lis Lupten
Man's Association
Mahegan
Rouse Avenue
Mir
Cot
Onanites
Logan
Man Bilderfight at Anti-Saloon League Office Incident
Report states an attack occurred at the Anti-Saloon League office in Baltimore where a man assaulted William HH Anderson, superintendent of the League, striking him in the eye and body. The assailant was arrested.
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William HH
Anderson
On League of
Maryland
Baltimore
Robert
Kee Allman
Anti-Saloon League
Ahman
For Sale Two Shepherd Puppies in Va
For sale two well bred shepherd puppies listed by Wyatt Richards in Qpe Quon Virginia. Contact details not provided.
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Wyatt Richards
Qpequon
George Broy Thought It Was Right To Wed Without Divorce
The Commonwealth against George Broy, colored, charged with bigamy, was heard at a Berryville circuit court term. Judge Thomas Harrison presiding. The two hour hearing showed Gray had wed a second woman. the defense argued Broy acted without intent to wrong and believed his actions were proper after his first wife left him with a child.
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George Broy
the Commonwealth
Circuit Court of
Berryville
Thomas
Harrison
Gray
Bray
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