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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1920
Page
4
Voter list shows candidates for mayor W W Glass and council seats First Ward with H. H. Anderson W A Baker and H B Grimm among other names read from a June 8 1920 issue.
A weary speaker lists chores from winding a clock to tending a cat and fixing a home, lamenting endless duties and never finishing. The voice, quoting Walt Mason, voices fatigue at being asked to juggle six foot shelves, cisterns, a mower, and other tasks in a single day.
Apr 28 report from Chambersville Virginia notes social calls by Mrs Pope Mrs Cooper Luttrell Kaiter and family visit neighbors. A strong wind cracked a tin roof over James Sawyer barn. Recent rains delay plowing but spring arrives with green growth and fruit trees blooming.
The Community League of Carpers mane will hold a meeting at the school on April 28 at eight o clock. All members are requested to be present. The subject concerns the Virgin's Country staying the Farm and the closing of the school. Public and neighboring schools are invited. Secretary.
Former mayor Broun is listed among thirty examiners of records and will form part of the Tax Board starting May 4. He is described as a partner in law with McCormick and married to the tax examiner for rentirth in the judicial circuit.
Mrs Minnie Mandelko of Fort Dodge Iowa writes that from age 13 her daughter endured monthly suffering with backache and weakness until using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. After sixteen bottles she reports full recovery and urges others to seek restoration to health. Correspondence is handled by the Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co Lynn Mass.
The article argues for valuing rural work and adjusting school aims to reduce rural drudgery. It cites John Preston McConnell of Radford Normal School urging teachers to promote dignity in rural professions, not just urban success. It compares rural and urban life and highlights learning from Japanese respect for labor.
The county clerk reports numerous real estate conveyances including B P Ramey to Russell Ramey for a Gainesboro district lot, $10 payment. Ow Larrick to A J for 102 acres in Back Creek district, $3,000. Warren Rice trustee to Clark Grim for a Shawnee district lot, $?. Grim to Joseph Patton for a Shawnee district lot, $500. Frances Tipton to Cora Massie one third undivided interest from Dennis O Neal in Opequon district, $10,000. W R Stephenson to Tipton et al for 125 acres near Stephensons, $24,000. J H Seal Jr to J W Baker Shawnee district lot, $500. J Gardner to H T Grubb Shawnee district lot, $100. C K Schuller et ux to S M Cogea Shawnee district lot, $5. Hessler Himelright to D C Orndorff for 24 acres near Star Tannery, $1,300. EB Hook to Evelyn Lafollette 107 acres in Back Creek district, $1,900 plus other valuables.
In loving memory of Mrs W E Grim who departed this life April 29 1915. Gone but not forgotten. For as long as life and memory last we will remember thee. Sleep on dear mother in God’s peaceful home. Our hearts remain filled with pain but we look forward to meeting you again.
Frank P. Glass of Birmingham, former president of the American Newspaper Publishers' Association, testifies before the Senate commerce committee on the world wide news print shortage. He doubts Congress can greatly relieve the shortage and questions the feasibility of limiting publication mail sizes. He notes rising costs and asserts printers are making high profits.
Shawnee District School Board met in Winchester on Saturday April 24 and fixed a salary scale for the coming session. Principals of traded schools 70 dollars professional certificates 65 first grade certificates 60 second-grade certificates 50. A Kernstown delegation asked for a four room school building noting 4150 children for the proposed Kernstown school. The board took the matter under consideration.
An official Japanese statement reports that guards in Nikolaevsk district eastern Siberia were annihilated and the Japanese consul there massacred. Communication with the area is suspended making the full situation unclear but a serious upheaval is evident. A relief expedition failed due to ice conditions.
Directors of the Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company announce a stock dividend of more than 400 percent, exceeding 80 million dollars. Jas A Campbell, president of the company, disclosed the decision on April 28 in Youngstown Ohio.
Miss Etha Miller daughter of Mrs Margaret Miller and Mr John F Green son of Mr John Green were married at 630 this morning at the parsonage of the Church of the Sacred Hearts by Rev John Mc Verry Three intimate friends attended the ceremony The couple left for a wedding trip to Pennsylvania The groom works for the Cumberland Valley Railroad Company The bride is a popular young lady and received many presents from friends.
In New Jersey Major General Leonard Wood led Senator H W Johnson in the residential preferential primary. By 12 45 PM returns from 1859 of 2025 districts gave Wood 49770 to Johnson 49237 with Johnson gaining two more district delegates to six to Wood's four. In Ohio Harding led Wood by about 10 000 with 4929 precincts reported.
Construction starts on the Mussulman Glaming and Glove Company plant in Inwood to cost 150,900 with 25 workers under C. W. Mussulman of Biglerville Pennsylvania. The firm aims to be ready for apples and small fruits this autumn and lead to glove production in the off season at related plants in Biglerville and Gettysboro. The Martinsburg Chamber of Commerce helped bring the plant here. A branch bank is established in Martinistum to handle orchard cash flow.
Mayor Ward received a telegram from T N Long of Cleveland reporting T A Porter died in Phoenix Arizona. Moore and McClellan undertakers hold the body awaiting instructions. Porter had claimed an interest in estates at Winchester and Richmond Virginia and authorities seek relatives to assume responsibility. Attempts to locate Porter’s relatives in the city were unsuccessful.
Reports from Juarez indicate wire communication to Perazas and clashes near Chihuahua City as rebels engage loyal forces. Rebels seize Alvarado on the east coast south of Vera Cruz and federal troops rush from Vera Cruz to restore the fort. About 4000 Carranza troops at Parral and Jiminez in Chihuahua revolted, per General Callex.
A purified and refined form of calomel tablets is advertised as nausea free, safe to use, and reliable for relief. The claim emphasizes purity and trustworthiness in the product's composition and effects.
In Hagerstown on April 28 22 year old John P. Bixler a local representative of a correspondence school was killed. John D Trimmer and Lester Snyder both of Hagerstown were injured when the automobile driven by Snyder veered off the Shepherdstown bridge into the Chesapeake and Ohio canal during a foggy return from a West Virginia business trip.
Premier Miller told the Chamber of Deputies the French would evacuate Frankfort and Darmstadt territories once the allied commission confirms German forces are below the August 1919 convention limits after the San Remo supreme council session.
Warsaw reports a broad Polish offensive along a 180 mile front into the Ukraine. The general staff says the push aims to expel foreign invaders, with Poles covering about 50 miles on the first day and reaching within 60 miles of key positions.
A deed of trust dated June 30 1917 recorded in Frederick County Virginia will offer for sale at public auction in Winchester on Saturday April 17 1920 a tract of about 108 acres two miles northwest of Gainsboro adjoining Messinee Light and others. One third cash with balance in two annual payments at 6 percent interest. sale postponed to May 1 1920.
A druggist guaranteed remedy Dodson's Liver Tone costs a few cents for a large bottle. It is a pleasant vegetable tonic claimed to cure liver sluggishness and constipation without causing gripe or next day sickness as calomel does.
The bodies of 253 American soldiers killed in France arrive in New York aboard the army transport Mercury. Among them are four officers all second lieutenants. A soldier guard of honor accompanies each casket as they are prepared for rail shipment home.
Advertisement notes a young active man with experience in handling general merchandise applying for a business office role at Star Office. The brief entry hints at a job-seeking intent and basic qualifications.
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