Woman Slayer Shot by Sheriff Near McDaniel Wharf
A Baltimore dispatch reports Emmett E Roberts shot and killed by a sheriff at McDaniel's wharf while fleeing law enforcement after being charged with murdering Edith May Thompson Woodhill. The victim, 22, was found nude in Back River with a brick weighted body.
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the Star
Baltimore
Emmett
Roberts
Edith Woodhill
McDaniel
McDaniel’s Wharf
Emmett E. Roberts
Edith May Thompson Woodhill
Back River
Gilbert Woodhill
Los Angeles
Cal
Thomas H. Thompson
Woodhill
Peabody Conservatory
New York
Minneapolis
Minin
Col
Thompson
Class Prophecy at John Kerr Public Schools
The John Kerr Public Schools graduates hear a class prophecy read by Vera Lynch. It envisions futures for Bertha Boehm Marie Graber Ethel Hollar Maggie Hodgson Mary Lawler Festina Kremer Mary Brown Virginia Kremer Margaret Keating Elma Kremer among others, with careers as teachers missionaries authors and more, previewed as the seniors’ hopes for the future.
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John Kerr Public Schools
Vera Lynch
Maurice Mynth
Scintillating Chips from the Ball Diamond
A lively column reports on local baseball chatter and game scenes. Mentions James Patrick Collins and Captain Baker, notes injuries, signing news, and key players like Daley and Mabry. References Fredericksburg dispatches and upcoming matches with Winchester and Harrisonburg.
Closing Notice from Baker & Co. Cooper Bros
On and after July 1 we will close our stores on Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Mr. Howard L. Cather, who has been visiting his parents at Chamberaville, All county, left this morning for La Junta Colorado to resume his duties as a teacher in a large summer school.
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Daley
Frederick
Curly Brown
Howard L. Cather
John W. Larrick
Chamberaville
All Couny
la Junta Colorado
Herbert Henkel Witness in Gould Separation Suit
Herbert M. Henkel a clerk at the Hotel Carroll in Lynchburg and son of Rev S Henkel is in New York as a witness for Mrs Katherine Clemmons Gould in her famous suit for separation from her husband Howard Gould the millionaire.
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Herbert Henkel
Herbert M. Henkel
Carroll
Lynchburg
Aid S. Henkel
New York
Katherine Clemmons Gould
Howard Gould
Boyce State Bank Announces Stock Increase Opportunity
The Boyce State Bank plans to raise capital to forty thousand dollars with new stock. Subscriptions open at the Boyce banking house in Virginia on July 1, 1909. Write to President George B. Harrison for details about the stock offering. The ad also promotes window screens by John Solenberger & Co.
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Boyce State Bank
Boyce
Virginia
George B. Harrison
Domestic turmoil follows Pingley family dispute in Strasburg
Strasburg, VA June 26 A local scandal centers on Edward Pingley and his wife. After a court fine for assault, Mrs Pingley moved out with their son to Lebanon Church. Pingley allegedly took the boy to Oklahoma City then Winchester to join him for work, later disappearing with the child. Mrs Pingley returned to Strasburg unaware of the plan. Pingley reportedly seeks a divorce in Oklahoma. household goods have been seized by C B Linn.
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Strasburg
Edward Pingleys
Oklahoma City
Oklo
Lebanon
Pingley
Oklahoma Sty
C. B. Linn
Harrisonburg May Vote On Local Option Petition
The Anti-Saloon League met at the Southern Methodist Church in Harrisonburg to discuss circulating a local option petition. No decision was reached and the meeting adjourned to next week.
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Anti-Saloon League
Southern Methodist Church
Harrisonburg
Presiding Elder to Preach at Braddock St Church
Rev. George T. Tyler, presiding Elder, will preach at Braddock Street Methodist Episcopal Church South on Sunday morning. Rev. Dr. J. W. Duffy, the pastor, will preach at 8 p m.
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George T. Tyler
Ider
Braddock St. Methodist Episcopal Church
South
A. Ay
J. W. Duffy
Rev N F A Cupp to preach at Pleasant Valley and Fairview
Rev N F A Cupp will preach Sunday June 27 at Pleasant Valley 11 a m and at Fairview Vinseection Jill. The quarterly conference will be held in Winchester United Brethren Church at 1 pm on July.
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Treasury Department
Winchester
James Knox Taylor
Mr. Cupp
N. F. A. Cupp
Pleasant Valley
Fairview
Winchester Orchestra At Empire Tonight
Winchester Orchestra performs at the Empire tonight with vaudeville acts and a new film service advertised. Patrons are invited to see “Be ween Love and Honor” and “Fuss and Feathers” as part of a varied program.
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Winchester Orchestra
Empire Tonight
New Film Service
Norton Returns From Lyons Interment Of Mother
Mr. George F. Norton has returned from Lyons New York where the interment of his mother the late Mrs. E K Norton took place last Sunday Mrs Norton died in this city Thursday night after a lingering illness
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George F. Norton
Lyons
N. Y
E. K. Norton
Staunton Man Mr R L Floyd In Town On Business
Mr. R. L. Floyd of Staunton Virginia is visiting the city on business.
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R. L. Floyd
Staunton, Va
Good Roads Pathfinders Praise Southern Roads
New York Herald and Atlanta Journal pathfinders in Winchester and Washington laud Southern highways amid a tour for the Herald Journal reliability run. Officials report Shenandoah Valley roads as among the best while Virginia stretches show poor conditions.
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Hamilton Peltz
New York Herald
John S. Cohen
Atlanta Journal
Star
Winchester
New York
Atlanta
Herald-Journal
Washington
Richmond
Atlantic Seaboard
Pathfinders
Taft
White House
New Willard Hotel
Virginia
Shenandoah Valley
Cohen
South
G. Grosvenor Dame
Southern Commercial Congress
Finley
Southern Railway
New Witness Emerges in Sigel Murder Case
Arthur Yung, linked to Chu Gain, is identified as a key witness and a man wanted by New York police. Leong Ling and Chu Gain are missing, and Elsie Sigel’s murder remains unsolved as authorities press for Yung’s arrest.
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New York
Sigel Tr
Leong Ling
Arthur Yung
Chu Gain
Olice
Amerca
Yung
Sigel
Elsie
Bisle
Willie
Heong
Chu
Dusin Farnum
Howard Gould
fMarnum
New livery promotes prompt service and low prices
A local advert announces Me llwee's Livery offering prompt prompt prompt prompt services with good teams and easy vehicles at low prices. Traveling men special and terms noted along Fairfax Lane.
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Mellwee
Bottiphones
Fairfax Lane
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Mrs. Woodhill
Post Office
Bertha Boehm
Marie Graber
A.scotmbdies
Ethel Hollar
Maggie Hodgson
Mary Lawler
Festina Eer Iil
Mary Brown
Virginia Kremer
John
Margaret Keating
Woodstock
Tion
Elma Kremer
Gay
Ansl
Bland’ Smith
Hon. Collins
Hagerstown
James Patrick Collins
Pennsylvania Railroad Y. M. C. A
Baker
Doc Duffy
Sterzer
Dolly Gray
Ed. Duggan
Hessler
Mabry
Johnson
McDonald
Brooks
Baker & CO
Cooper Bros
Colorado
John 8. Solenberger & Co
Ptt
Says
Oklahoma
Burnt Church
Major Cohen
Arthur Yumgy
Mys
Hi Gould
Poughkeepsie
John Matthews
du Pont Powder Works
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