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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1921
Page
7
Farmers with straight timothy or good light clover mixed baled hay to sell in April, communicate with Saum & Runkle, Woodstock, Virginia. Hay can be loaded on Cumberland Valley, N. & W., B. & C., or Southern Ry lines.
Harrisonburg Hatchery in Virginia offers shipments of baby chicks every Tuesday or Wednesday. Barred Plymouth Rocks and Rhode Island Reds priced at 20 cents, Leghorns at 18 cents. Order at once.
The old Sage and Sulphur mixture is praised as a simple solution to darken gray or streaked hair. Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Compound is advertised as a reliable product to restore natural color and shine without claiming health benefits.
A series of land transfer records shows multiple deeds filed across districts including Shawnee Step City Middletown and Stonewall. Purchases cover nine acres for 7500 dollars 196 acres for 14864.05 and 180 acres plus personal property for 23000 dollars among others. Names include Reardon Campbell Mellinger Star liper and Leight with parcels in Stephens City Cedar Grove Gainesboro Opequon and Winchester.
The Charley Rouss Fire Company sues Moses G. O'Brien for 380 dollars claiming payment for fire brigade efforts to save his Clarke county property. Judge Whiting, tied up with a damage suit in Winchester, postponed the trial until next Tuesday.
A three day dedication program for the new parish hall at Boyce Clarke county includes Governor Davis and several bishops. The schedule features a 3 pm ceremony, an 8 20 pm reception, rural life day Thursday with rallies and farmer meeting, and a Friday youth event. Bishops Brown Jett Gravatt Murray and Harding expected to participate. Music from Grace Winchester Meade Memorial Christ Millwood Emmanuel Boyce churches. Davis to speak at the Thursday rally with other dignitaries from Richmond Washington and beyond.
Gerrardstown area residents are listed visiting relatives and traveling to nearby towns. Families such as Price, Turner, Heironimus, Chorpening, Lefevre and McCormick are mentioned visiting Darkesville Berryville Shepherdstown Martinsburg and Winebrenner Cross Roads. Ladies Aid meets at Mrs Coe Wiest with other locals noted.
Public auction for the late Mrs. Gertrude Peery’s home near Opeaton with about 10 acres of limestone land, eight rooms plus outbuildings, three nearby apple trees, and suitability for trucking. Terms: one-third cash, balance in one and two years by deed of trust and insurance policy. immediate possession. Heirs of Mrs Gertrude Peery deceased. Auction in Winchester Courthouse at 10 a.m. on April 16, 1921.
Place your order S C R J Rels and D W Young offer 8 C White Leghorn hens at 18 cents each. Eggs reduced to 1 dollar for 15.
A Strasburg town committee visited Winchester and learned the Sarah Zane Fire Company may sell a fully equipped Brockway fire truck to boost local safety. The town council voted 750 toward the equipment, with the company promising to name a price and delivery date by April 20.
Father Waldron in St. Pauls Church Wilmington denounced short skirts ultra-decolette waists rouge and penciled eyebrows during Easter service. He handed a handkerchief to several girls telling them to wipe off their faces and dress properly before entering the church.
The Beaver Creek Church of the Brethren near Harrisonburg Virginia grappled with whether scriptural authority allows or forbids holding festivals such as oyster suppers to support religious work. After a heated debate leaders participated but a definite decision was deferred. The congregation numbers 490 members.
An aging classified style notice invites readers to request prices for yearly newspaper or magazine subscriptions from STAR AGENCY based in Grimes Virginia. It urges readers to send their subscription requests.
One of the largest foreign shipments of machinery in recent months was made by the Frick Company of Waynesboro Pennsylvania. They sent sixteen ice plants to Cuba to aid local refrigeration and food preservation efforts.
Carloads of ice refrigerating machines are shipped to Cuba. Two engineers from the Waynesboro plant will supervise erection of the equipment.
Washington county Md fruit reports show deeper damage from the recent cold and frosts than first thought. Joseph W Wolfinger of Smithsburg cites 75 to 100 percent injury to peach crops in Smithsburg Cavetown area with about one bad tree per hundred. apples fared better with about 25 percent saved. York Imperial Winesap and other late varieties will dominate the crop.
From how on persons in Peters burg Virginia who purchase contraband whiskey will be prosecuted just as much as those who sell it. Judge J.
A court ruling states that persons who purchase whiskey violate the prohibition laws just as strictly as bootleggers and will face prosecution, shaping enforcement expectations.
Berlin reports Germany will submit a note to the allied system proposing reconstruction aid for devastated northern France. The note repeats a desire for rapid rebuilding and offers German labor and materials to assist the effort.
A local observer reports March temperatures averaged 53.5 degrees, higher than 50.7 degrees from twelve years ago, marking the hottest March in recent decades and noting frigid days earlier in the month.
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