12 Apr 1919
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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1919
Page
1
The text interprets Massachusetts acts on prohibition noting it is lawful to give away ardent spirits in one's own home but bans distribution to minors or intemperate individuals. It cites sections on possession and sale evidence and clarifies homes as allowed venues with restrictions.
Four youths in a Buick stopped in front of the South End Hose Company hall and one man entered to ring a fire bell. The false alarm drew the town's fire apparatus, but no fire existed. Police will seek warrants if the trio does not surrender and answer the charge.
Sascha Jacobsen violinist will replace Oscar Seagle in the April 23 Empire Theater program with Miss Barbara Maurel mezzo soprano. Seagle on doctor’s orders cannot sing due to health, contract intact, Jacobsen to perform at no price increase. Winton and Livingston will present Jacobsen with Maurel and plan more concerts if this engagement succeeds. Tickets $1.25 sold by Winchester High School cadets.
Postal officials announced reductions in rural mail routes affecting service between Winchester and Leesburg. The cutbacks impact local motor truck operations and disrupt daily deliveries.
David P. Garvin of High View Hampshire county West Virginia has been appointed Danville Virginia tax collector by Judge Jones Dillard. Garvin previously served as deputy to retiring collector Robert H. Herndon and has 17 years in the city office. He was sworn in with a $50,000 bond as the term runs to the next successor.
Classified notice calling for 10 young men or women to canvass during spare time. Paid big money for evenings between 5 and 7 p m at Seal's Music Store Ip.
The City Hall hosts a mass meeting under the Law Gover ment League auspices urging league members and residents to attend. Rev Charles Adey and Rev F M Richardson speak with W S White and others, plus a large orchestra. Also listed is a rental notice for 2 store rooms in the Hable Building.
Easter flowers and designs available with cut and potted arrangements. See the window and attend the floral opening on Tuesday April 15 from 12 to 1 at 11 W. Piccadilly St by Miller Bros.
A secret Moscow conference with Nicholai Lenin presiding reportedly agreed to revise Bolshevik policy to secure numerous concessions from the United States. The report originates from Petrograd via wire.
Christian Science services are held every Sunday morning at 11 o'clock on the second floor of the Farmers and Merchants Bank building.
President Wilson has chosen a tentative date for a special session of the new Congress and has informed White House officials. No date is announced yet due to potential unforeseen developments, with a plan to reveal the timing if Congress can be convened as intended.
The first bigamy case in years ends when Hellis Snapp pleads guilty before Judge Frank B. Whiting in Frederick County Circuit Court. Snapp receives a three year penitentiary sentence after claiming belief in a seven year separation gave him a divorce. His first wife, Miss Vina DeHaven, and a younger second wife sit in court as he is led away to jail.
Special sale on sheet music with prices from 15 cents to 35 cents for a week only. Six items available for 50 cents. Seal's Music Store runs the promotion.
AMSTERDAM April 12 The German workmen in the Ruhr district refused the seven hour work day offer. The Spartacides allied with the strikers are conducting an all Germany campaign with airplanes. 35 cows to be sold at Fishpaw sale April 15 6 fresh Jersey cows 6 Holstein cows.
General March reports an American infantry company, Company I of the 339th infantry, mutinied in the Archangel area after receiving Bolshevik style leaflets. Officers were asked the same questions as the leaflets urged and the general vows to investigate to the bottom.
Pearls found at Hodgson and Browns Water Street Jewelers hailed as the purest color beauty unexcelled as seen in the shop window.
The Handley Library curates Ambassador Morgenthau's account of Armenian suffering under the Ottoman Empire. The writer contrasts Christian Armenian endurance with Kaiser Wilhelm II's complicity and Germany's wartime alliance with Turkey. Page 6 continues.
Paris April 12. The completed League of Nations Covenant is ready for insertion in the peace treaty. It contains 26 articles and safeguards the Monroe Doctrine. Japan failed to force a race equality clause and may resubmit it later. German envoys expected to sign within two weeks if no obstacles arise. Italian and Jugo Slav dispute noted. French press criticizes demands as impractical.
Chapman's Auto Supply Co. promotes used Ford cars in perfect condition with an advertisement on the second page. Winchester Virginia business lists contact and page reference for buyers seeking reliable pre owned vehicles.
Capt Richard Prescott Hildreth, U S Army, recently returned from France, was honored at Shenandoah Valley Academy in Winchester. He spoke to cadets about his service from Chateau-Thierry to the Argonne and his decorations including the Croix de Guerre and the Distinguished Service Cross.
The Rev Frank Rines, noted Methodist platform cartoonist, will speak at Market Street Church Sunday at 8 PM about the Centenary Movement aiming to raise 80 million dollars for home and foreign missions. He blends speech and crayon art, a technique he promotes with the saying An ounce of picture is no a pound of talk.
Miss Ann and Miss Bella Carson daughters of Mr and Mrs Joseph L Carson of Riverton Warren county Virginia have arrived home in New York after serving as Red Cross nurses in France. They plan to visit friends in Winchester soon and will be at their parents home. A sale at Fishpaw's on April 15 offers a fine bred bull opportunity.
Soviet authorities at Danzig announced union with Russia as street fighting flared in the city between Spartacides and government troops. Munich reports Bavarian Soviet government joins the Russian and Hungarian Bolshevik governments.
Cedar balls are in full blossom and forecasters warn of a heavy cedar rust year. To minimize spread, cut cedars next week with windsock guidance, two miles from orchards and one mile in other directions.
A sermon will be delivered at St. Pauls A M E Church by Reverend Right. The notice calls congregants to attend the service at the church.
The Martinsburg Glee Club staged a minstrel program at the pire Theater drawing a sizable crowd despite yesterday stormy weather. Performers received encores with standout acts by Herbert Flynn and William Custer, while the pony ballet led by the Misses Farnsworth drew praise. a lack of orchestra limited the show’s impact.
Property listing for sale describes an acrem land near a road off the pike with a dwelling a new barn and other outbuildings. The ad mentions Hansbrough & Caritt Insurance Loans Real Estate as the listing contact.
London April 12 Germany will be forced to pay all the losses in shipping and indemnity. A dispatch notes the settlement of the war claims and mentions related payments, with references to Fishpaw and a house sale ad.
The Woman’s Christian Temperance Union is called to a meeting at City Hall tomorrow at ten o’clock. Seats are set for all members and a large attendance is requested. Secretary.
French and Greek forces evacuated Sebastopol as Ukrainian troops allegedly outnumbered them seven to one. Dispatches from Paris report grand duke Alexander Nicholas calling the allied effort impossible and warning that only a small force could save Crimea.
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