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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1919
Page
5
Winchester prepares a large homecoming on September 1 with a 5000 fireworks budget. The event honors returning soldiers and features a local band participation. Martinsburg and Berkeley county residents plan to attend while Winchester and Frederick county residents anticipate reciprocal events.
The Berkeley Morgan and Jefferson county stockholders of the old Eastern Panhandle Fair Association are summoned to answer a bill in chancery filed by John W. Stewart, a wealthy orchardist of Martinsburg. About 500 people across Maryland Virginia and Pennsylvania are affected.
Patrons along the Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company line oppose a rate increase after the company sought permission from the State Corporation Commission based on plant value. Proposals include ten to fifteen cent extra calls between Winchester Berryville and Boyce and a limited call service charging yearly subscribers for excess usage. Local manager R W Stake defends the move citing wartime plant exhaustion, while Dr H H McGuire of the Winchester Chamber protests any rise. The Postal Telegraph plans a 20 percent cut, and critics note a prior $20 million casualty fund reserve.
Local buyers quoted the following wholesale prices today in The Star market reports. Prices reflect daily corrections and are not guaranteed against typographical errors.
Local retail market list shows prices for butter eggs bacon ham and poultry. Included are creamery butter country butter young chickens and various grains and staples with per unit costs and pack sizes. Prices are presented for potatoes flour cornmeal middlings and bran with notes on butterfat and related dairy products.
Market list shows spring chicken, old hens, roosters, and hogs with price ranges. Eggs from Virginia, butter, corn, and hay also cataloged. Prices include hogs at about 23.50 per head and mixed hay near 39 to 42 dollars.
The Rt. Rev. H. St. George Tucker, bishop of the Episcopal diocese of Japan, argues Japan has no territorial aims and Korea should remain under Japanese rule. He defends Japan against charges about Shantung and immigration limits, praising cooperation with America and predicting Korea’s future as part of Japan. He also says Japan will not interfere in the American continent and holds China needs outside help and guidance from Tokyo.
A garbled market blotter lists cattle prices including heifers and steers in various grades. It shows ranges from 9.00 to 13.00 per head with an extra choice line at 12.00 and a Calvan figure of 17.00, though several words are unreadable.
Nashua New Hampshire nineteen year old girl Delina Martin describes monthly pains causing fainting and distress. She reports relief after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and urges other girls with similar symptoms to try the remedy.
Arthur D. Cather and Hattie R. Clark, both of Frederick County, were married at the United Brethren Church parsonage on National Avenue. Rev. W. H. Sampsell officiated. Cather is a farmer from the Fairview neighborhood. Friends extend best wishes.
A meeting of the stockholders of the Berryville Turnpike Co. will be held in the directors room of First National Bank at Berryville on Saturday August 9 1919 at 10 a.m. Immediately before the stockholders meeting a meeting of the directors will be held in the same place. Jno S Russell Secy.
A Feltham quotation emphasizes that the best results come from simple means and the exercise of ordinary qualities. It highlights common sense and perseverance as key traits for success in life.
Fragments note a line about skimming milk and distributing kindness, with a remark that givers keep much of it. The text lacks concrete subjects, dates, or places to anchor a specific event or person.
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