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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1922
Page
4
The Evening Star of Win Virginia lists publisher Garry Flood Byrd and post office circulation notes. It includes outdated mailing rates by mail and carrier, references to Associated Press dispatch usage, and mentions consolidation with Morning News Weekly News and The Weekly Mirror.
A column from the August 5, 1922 edition discusses political hopes in the Ninth District with Hassinger and party leaders, plus a Walt Mason poem about law and traffic limits. The piece touches on party leadership, candidates, and public sentiment within a historical Virginia context.
A god speed meeting will be held at 8 o'clock Tuesday evening August 8 at the Presbyterian Church to honor Dr Ran T Shields a medical missionary bound for China on furlough. Short addresses will be given and many friends from every denomination are invited.
The Star quotes a reader asking why Winchester cannot fund a Confederate Veterans camp. He urges State Camps of Confederate Veterans and the Sons of Confederate Veterans to mobilize more support among local sons to honor aging veterans and the Confederacy's ideals of chivalry and self government.
J Pedward Beale, Division Commander of the 8S. C. VY, urges supporters to organize a camp on August 29 to greet returning soldiers and defend what he terms Anglo-Saxon Christian civilization against Reconstruction era changes. He frames ancestors’ sacrifices as a call to action for Virginia and the South.
Announcement says three steel mills will curtail operations due to coal shortage, putting about 2 700 workers off. At Farrell Works in Farrell Pennsylvania all departments except one blast furnace will suspend tonight for an indefinite period, with 1 200 men out of work.
Associated Press reports Senator James A Reed led in the Missouri Senate race with 68 precincts remaining and a margin of about 5 957 votes over Breckenridge Long. Reed faces Republican R R Brewster who held a plurality near 30 000.
Prices rose substantially in a short holiday stock market session as optimism over labor troubles grew. Rail and industrial shares hit new year highs with rail stocks leading in late trading and total volume around 300000 shares.
Elizabeth Haines of Slanesville WV was playing with a pistol when it discharged. The bullet hit her finger. she received surgical aid from Dr. Martin and is under anti tetanus treatment. Her mother Annie Haines and sister Adelaide visit Mrs. Newton Grove on North Braddock Street.
J B Crowell cites Claude A Swanson as the choice for United States Senator in 1922. He warns voters to resist Independent and GOP attempts to lure support away from Swanson, urging steadfast backing of the nominee and noting Swanson’s past record. The letter dates Aug 4 1922 from Mt Falls Virginia.
A wife recounts living with a husband whose moods swing unpredictably, making every day fraught with sudden anger and mounting tension. The piece centers on her cautious navigation of his volatile reactions and the strain on their relationship.
In Chicago Aug 5 renewed rail strike actions emerged as pro negotiations and a Washington peace conference unfold. B M Jewell pressed for talks with President Harding while unionists seek a separate peace with Southern Railway officials. A call for a sympathetic strike on 28 eastern roads was telegraphed by leaders of maintenance of way workers. In North Carolina a mob flogged five Seaboard Air Line employees near Southern Pines. a $400 reward was posted for arrest.
A devastating typhoon hit Swatow, 250 miles north of Hong Kong, wrecking nearly every house and leaving bodies floating in the harbor. The death toll is reported at 5,000 with widespread flooding driving residents from their homes.
In this Philadelphia Inquirer note a curious habit is observed where a barber takes especial pleasure brushing a map’s hair in a way he dislikes. The anecdote hints at a peculiar local quirk or symbolic gesture tied to navigation.
William Carter Kronmiller and Mary Belle Pease are jailed in Ellicott City after Pattison's body with two bullet holes was found May 18 near Savage. Pease says Pattison spied on Kronmiller and her meetings. Gavigan, her uncle, was cleared of involvement.
Sunday school meets at 9.45 with Bible classes at the same hour supervised by Supt. T. S. Hancher. Worship at 11 a. m. and 8 p. m. led by the pastor. Young people's meeting at 7.15 p. m. led by Hattie Stover. Prayer meeting Wednesday.
At 8 p m Captain T Cather leads a full Sunday school and large membership turnout is requested for services to arrange the dedication of the new church. Important committees will be announced and a statement of broad interest will be made. Doors open to all.
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports anti Reed Democrats are moving to nominate an independent candidate to oppose United States Senator James A. Reed in the November election. About half a dozen conferences have been held since Breckenridge Long's defeat to plan the approach and defeat Reed.
A dealer assures a prospective buyer that all principal parts are shown before she asks where depreciation is. The dialogue echoes a humorous exchange from an American Legion Weekly joke or feature.
A 45 member National Guard detachment with 20 machine gunners remained at the North Carolina state prison after three black suspects were arrested in a shooting of E. F. Ketchen of Miami and an assault on his wife near Southern Pines. Ketchen, wounded, was en route to New York with his wife and child. he is expected to recover.
A family scene recalls a six year old girl whose birth of twins changes the household. During a visit home a dinner table moment features Mary asking Aunt Josephine what she would do if she had twins, revealing family dynamics and curiosity.
The Girls' Athletic Association of this city enjoyed a delightful outing on the Shenandoah river banks yesterday evening. Bathing swimming and boating were enjoyed by all members. The guest of honor W. A. Collins displayed water mastery likened to Annette Kellermann by association members.
A. C. Oats of Highview West Virginia secured the Democratic nomination for Commissioner of Accounts in Hampshire County after a spirited August 1 primary. Oats, a lumberman with interests in Winchester and Frederick County, is a director of West Frederick Bank of Gore and a large apple barrel manufacturer supplying local growers.
The Rev W Mark Depp officiated at the noon ceremony in Market Street M E Church Frederick County couple Harry Armel and Margerie Knight wed with only a few witnesses present.
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