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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1921
Page
7
Resolution orders bids for leasing City Auditorium in City Hall under the February 11 1921 ordinance. Bids must be written sealed with $200 certified check and received by 8 PM December 12 1921. Council may reject all bids. Published weekly in The Winchester Evening Star for four weeks. THOS. J. TRIBR, Clerk.
Court orders partition of a 19 acre tract near Nain Frederick County Virginia for the heirs of John Brown or sale if not in kind. Defendants Donald and Minnie Conneston must appear within 15 days to protect their interest. Publication in The Evening Star and posting at the courthouse required by April 18, 1921.
A Philadelphia party led by Mr. and Mrs. Ja non Bundey with Mr. H. Berger and Mr. Snapp and son traveled through Mosenbarger Valley to Harrisonburg and Middletown Virginia, dining at Wayside Inn and returning home near 5 30 p m after a pleasant Valley excursion.
West Virginia senators hear a push to shorten the marriage license waiting period from twenty to five days. Senator Harmer urges rejection of Senator Bloch amendments as the state faces calls for licensing restrictions.
Decree in Sampsell versus Campbell causes public sale of a 30 acre limestone farm near Beale RR Depot west of Stephens City Virginia. Sale set for May 7 1921 at 11 am in front of Winchester Court House. Terms one third cash and balance in two annual installments with 6 percent interest secured by deed of trust. Special Commissioner Geo A Sampsell. Clerk Brannon certifies compliance.
In Winchester on March 21 1921 the Clerk of the Corporation Court issues an order in the Valley of Virginia Taka Kola Bottling Corp liquidation. Creditors including Liquid Carbonic Co Bishop Babcock Crown Cork and Seal and many others must act within fifteen days to safeguard their interests. Public notice to be published weekly for four weeks in The Winchester Star and a copy posted at the courthouse.
A local article records a church retreat and reorganization of Sunday school with officers and teachers named. It notes several parishioners traveling to Martinsburg Stephens City and Hagerstown to visit relatives and seek medical treatment, detailing past week movements and visitors.
Local wholesale markets list a range of livestock and grain prices with Butter, eggs, chickens, and hay shown. Retail figures include flour, wheat hour, middling, screenings, and cracked corn. Prices are labeled as corrected as of the previous day for standard timothy hay and other staples.
Mrs New ton Burkhart of Opequon visited Mrs J C Burkhart on Sunday. Ottie Dorsey spent Sunday with Carl Martin. Ladies Aid Society of the Methodist Church planned a pie and ice cream social at the school on Saturday night April 9. Frank Massie and family visited Mr and Mrs Philip Frye. Rev Harold N Smith preached a splendid sermon to a large congregation Sunday night.
Miss Virginia Martin and sisters Misses Emily Massie and Mary Massie called on Miss Edna Snapp at her home, sharing greetings and light conversation during a brief social visit.
In Martinsburg W V April local shop units of the Baltimore and Ohio may be moved to Zanesville Ohio and Cumbo Cumberland Valley Pennsylvania freight traffic agreement could be abandoned if the transfer occurs as intimated by railroad men.
The Moon will enter Earth's shadow on April 21 with a total lunar eclipse visible tonight in the area. Claude H. Mal, chair of the Maryland Academy of Sciences astronomy section, warns it may be 50 or 60 years before another total eclipse is visible locally.
In Kansas City Missouri on April 6 Carl Widmer of 336 East Tenth Street nervously awaits news. A nurse announces he is the father of triplets two girls and a boy. He rises to greet his newborns and collapses fatally.
A patient collapsed and died of heart disease after staggered across the floor and near a nurse who reached him. The incident ended in death with medical staff providing response indications.
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