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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1920
Page
6
Blanch Pickett leads the new Sania touring company at the Empire Theatre with a strengthened cast. The troupe promises added attractions and a strong opening night following improvements since their last appearance.
Reported settlement of the act proposed by Fass without United States aid. The text suggests a draft or policy plan reaching a decision today, though details are unclear due to damaged OCR. No confirmed attributes of person, place, or organization are clearly readable.
Fragmented OCR text shows markets section with typographical errors and scattered price entries. The readable items include a few price-like tokens such as 8.00 and 90.00, alongside garbled company or commodity names. No clear entities or outcomes emerge from the legible portions.
Chaos erupts in Plauen as disorder spreads in the Ruhr region with reports of clashes between police Reichswehr and rioters. Troops reportedly occupy posts and barracks following attacks during the unrest.
Willis and her sister Russell, long with Jol Bye Roddy and daughter, are expected to return home tonight after a several day visit. They have been in Rock City and other places, visiting relatives and friends.
The Wesleyan Men's Bible Class at Market Street Methodist Episcopal Church will host an address on Life of Israel During Period of Judges by Mr. Fr. B. Clerk, Superintendent of Schools, tomorrow at 9 46. The talk will cover historical Israel and its domestic social and economic life with applications to modern times. Mr. Clerk will take twenty young men to hear the lecture. Mrs. Thomas F. Burley will sing, Miss Meta Sartelle and Mr. Glaude Grim will play a violin duet, Miss Bessie Sartelle will play the organ, and a musical program will follow as a valuable treat for attendees.
The United States Steel Corporation reports unfilled orders on March 31 at 9,892,070 tons, up 389,944 tons from February. This marks the tenth straight monthly increase and the largest total since August 1917, when unfilled orders reached 10,407,049 tons.
Weather predictions from the Weather Bureau anticipate rain early in the week for the North and Middle Atlantic States followed by fair skies. Temperatures will be low as the week starts.
April 10 report from Hogue Creek notes Mr Peers Ed Peer and family of Wink, Easter visits with W F Orndoff's family, Harry White and Scott with Joe White's family in Strasburgh, Russell Holland visiting John Rogers. Laura Orndoff at David Foster's. Harry White visiting Clemet Kump in Yellow Springs. L M Larrick and Ottie Crowser visit Lup tohs. Nervie Cooper and John Ellett visit Orndoff. Ollie Crowser family spend Easter with Morris near High View. Chas Farrand Jr family ill with flu. Lucinda Foster ill with flu. Mount Olive Church Sunday school at 10 am. invitation to all.
The notice urges saving old clothing and cast-off furniture for a sale to aid women and children and animals. Call Mrs. R. M. Ward or send items to be collected, highlighting relief from high living costs and charitable aid through donations.
Dr P W Boyd a noted Winchester surgeon has been confined to his West Water street home for several days with a severe illness though not entirely paralyzed. The article notes visitors including Mr and Mrs W A Ramsey of Richmond Virginia who arrived last evening and registered at Hotel Evans.
The Rural Life Conference will be held at the University of Virginia starting July 12. Henry B. Jackson, special agent in community organization of the US Bureau of Education, will lead the Community Center topic with courses in native agriculture school gardening and field demonstration. Miss Ethel Gowans, noted for Garden Army work, will not attend this year. Supervisors and university faculty will guide summer courses with participation from Supt. Clerk of Winchester and other institutions, plus the usual lyceum concert series.
Miss Sara B. Moore of Washington spent the holidays with her sister Miss Jane C. Moore. Miss Cornelia Ware and Miss Virginia Mason, both of Washington, were guests of relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Benest Shanck entertained friends over the holidays. Various locals and visitors from West Virginia, Augusta, Ga., Philadelphia, Florence, Ala., and Washington are noted for Easter and holiday visits, with several attending events in Lexington and Buena Vista. Rev H Bean attended the South Methodist Conference.
A humorous exchange from the Cincinnati Proquirer questions whether birds in Africa with exceptionally long beaks might be the spirits of departed people. The Little Man asks if souls migrate while the Big Man ponders the idea with jokes about birds carrying pills.
A terse dialogue fragment notes plans to dine at six with a twist as a character jokes that Smith will delay guests until seven. A second quip mentions Ben Yusuf and a road spin amid a whirl to jazz music, reflecting lively street chatter.
A witty exchange about discipline and courtship unfolds as a parent teases about trouble with a daughter’s beaux. The narrator jokes that a parlor signal keeps order without resorting to harsher measures.
A fragmentary ode to Benjamin Franklin praising industrious life and eight hour ideals. The lines blend archaic spellings with playful misspellings, suggesting a historical voice on work ethic and invention without a cohesive narrative or clear event.
A superstition thread frames a farmer named Corntessel who laughs at wishes upon seeing hay. The joke notes current high hay prices mean a man with hay already has what he wishes for, highlighting market conditions through humorous dialogue.
The Salvation Army operates a Missing Persons Bureau conducting daily inquiries to locate those who disappear. In the United States over 1,800 inquiries arrive yearly, with varied methods including clues in War Cry and other media. Many cases remain unsolved for years, driven by themes of poverty fear and danger.
Mrs O L Jack and her daughter Mrs E Virginia Smith leave for Washington for several days with friends. Wis Tatrisba visits relatives in Frederick Maryland. Baker attends Baltimore after a week with Mr and Mrs Jacob Baker on South Washington Street. Lynn Hoyt and X Deal arrive at Hotel Evans from Chicago. Miss Capper returns to Staunton Virginia after Easter at her parents home on North Main Street. Elizabeth Steck resumes studies at National Cathedral School in Washington after Easter with her parents on Fairmont Avenue.
A reader's fragmentary abstract discusses a celestial Shroud shimmering in nebulae and a telescope’s faint glow. It mentions constellations Sog targus and Scorpio with Antares, noted as a distant star system comparing to our Sun and a vast cosmic distance.
The article explains Abyssinian burial rites. Newborns are laid to rest under the floor after lying, while adults are washed in water sweetened with honey, wrapped in a shroud, placed on straw, and buried in the churchyard after the ceremony.
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