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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1922
Page
4
The piece argues that agitation and clamor over prohibition overlook the period since its start marked by enforcement gaps and wartime crime. It cites lax enforcement and poor machinery but remains hopeful that prohibition can improve with time, enforcement, and shifts in public habits.
A humorous verse by Walt Mason lampoons Arctic explorers and freezing excursions. It imagines sending hay to nourish horses instead of chasing endless polar ambitions, praising practical work over perilous journeys and dreaming of warmer comforts.
Richmond Virginia August 5 The secretary of the commonwealth notes about 900 automobiles and trucks licensed in Virginia for 1920 The state population 2 306 351 yields roughly one motor vehicle for every fourteen and a half people Virginia ranks among the lower car ownership states with about 160 000 private cars and 4 500 taxis 2 400 owned by drivers 22 000 trucks and 500 side cars compared with other states showing higher ratios
A mute foreign man, likely Italian or Greek, was found near a mining center and jailed in Martinsburg after wandering away from companions. He ate ravenously in custody and carried raw corn ears. Local Italians and Greeks tried to interview him without success. a Spanish speaker is sought to identify him.
Wm. M. McKenzie qualified in the Corporation Court as administrator on the estate of his mother Mrs. Columbia E. McKenzie who died at her North Main Street home. He gave a $500 bond, the likely value of personal property to be received. As the sole heir, he will inherit the entire estate with no will.
The report notes weekly highs and lows with temperatures from 84 to 86 degrees and lows of 59. Humidity ranged from 37 to 100 percent. Total rainfall for the week measured .06 inch, dated August 4 with pathologist J F Schneiderhan signing.
A Reverend speaks from Winchester after twenty three years away. He recalls years as preacher teacher in Bristol Abingdon Pulaski Martinsville Bedford City and emphasizes harmony between races. He praises law officials for broad minded sympathy and urges the race to work with white citizens lawfully.
Mr and Mrs Herman Lee welcome a boy born last Saturday evening. Mrs Eagle, formerly Miss Sidney Eagle, is the daughter of Mr and Mrs George H Eagle. Mr See, a Rockingham County native, has run a Winchester business for years and served overseas with Company I in the war.
W. Benton Snider of Winchester and Miss Freda Atwood of Front Royal won one of three silver cups for best dancers at a large Front Royal ball. A large turnout of Winchester youths attended with Snider and Atwood as partners.
An as yet unnamed prospectus urges joining the American Gas Improvement Cooperative in Winchester. The piece promotes civic duty and warns against fear of investing, urging readers to visit 21 West Piccadilly to sign up for shares and to note signatures from 69 years ago on historic agreements.
The page item lists numerous individuals and firms alphabetically by surname, including Orndorft Barr Kurtz Hope Beverley Angell, plus Capper Jnc Solenberger Solenberger, Taylor Scott Affleck, McKown Ensogna Henson Bowers Miller Baker Pappas Geoneos Anderson Davis Ramacciotti Orndoff Jolliffe & Jolliffe Knight Baker Hodgson Lupton Dettra Schriver Fuller Huggins Reed Beck’s Baking Corp Snider & Sons Cooper Clowe McVicar Reynolds Rosenberger Rosenberger Beverley Fisher Kline Baker Shryock Klompus Drummond.
Bill Shreck a regular from the county paid seven dollars in police court for the usual offense public drunkenness He promised not to drink any more until the Winchester air several weeks off
At residents' request, Sheriff Pan arrested a foreign man about 25 found sitting near the brook. Authorities imply the man may be a trespasser or in distress but details are unclear from the fragment.
Mrs. Virginia Sumption was fined $10.25 for a noisy house after neighbors filed a complaint. The incident reflects local noise nuisance enforcement and community disturbance concerns.
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