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Newspaper

Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Aug 09, 1922

Page

5

Community urged to invest in Winchester gas stock drive

The piece touts cooperative civic spirit and urges Winchester residents to buy into the American Gas Improvement Company. It likens investment to setting eggs in a incubator and lists subscribers as notable local names, banks, and firms, warning that missed opportunities will foreclose future gains.

Othe Tay Virginia Woollen Mills Co Northern Virginia Power Co The Gold Storage Company Big Lumber Co New Brick Co George Washington Hotel Company New Gas Company Winchester George Washington Amm American Gas Improvement Company

Local Names List Highlights Community Figures

A long roster of residents and officials appears, listing Mrs Marshall Willis to D H Fuller. Names include Cora Newcome H Harlee L B Rice I N Kern Mary McFadden Cecil Bailey and many others, suggesting a social or organizational roll call.

Mrs. Marshall Willis Cora M. Newcome L. B. Rice I. N. Kern Mary, McFadden Cecil H. Bailey Wm. M. Lupton ©. A. Bahlman H. M. Darlington W. Ai. Jessie Hillyard John L. Shine F. C. Grove

University of Virginia Training Grounds For All The People

Edwin A Alderman announces training ground programs at the University of Virginia. Departments include College, Graduate Studies, Education, Engineering, Law, Medicine, Fine Arts, Architecture, Business, Chemistry. Tuition free for Virginians with minimized expenses and loan funds for men and women. Registrar, University, Va.

Edwin A Alderman Phe University

League Games Dozens Set Across Dates At Home

League schedule lists games at home on multiple dates including Aug 28 Aug 26 Sept 2 and Sept 7 with opponents Boyce Woodstock and Harrisonburg. Abroad games occur July 24 Aug 10 and Aug 31, indicating a broad calendar.

Banks Named For A G I Company Subscriptions

Shenandoah Valley National Bank Farmers and Merchants National Bank The Union Bank Commercial and Savings Bank will receive and care for $100000 of the A G I Company capital stock. Funds stay in these banks until final payment and are secured by actual physical property in Winchester.

Winchester Shenandoah Valley Ley Shenandoah Valley National Bank Farmers & Merchants Nat’l. Bank the Union Bank Commercial & Savings Bank

Public sale of desirable city home in Winchester Va

The undersigned offers for sale at public auction in front of the Court House in Winchester Virginia at 10 delock Myon Saturday Sept 2 1922 the home of the late Mrs Harriett G Shepherd a seven room residence at 29 Cork street between Main and Braddock streets Immediate possession. One third cash on day of sale. balance in two equal annual installments secured by deed of trust and insurance policy. M M Lynch Executor of Mrs Harriett G Shepherd deceased. 8-8-ts

Winchester Virginia Delock Myon Harriett G. Shepherd Cork Street Main Braddock Streets

Glorious feeling of a clear ruddy complexion revealed

A brief note celebrates the sensation of a healthy rosy complexion, describing the joy of visible skin tone improvement and a sense of wellbeing.

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A. G. Swanson C. A. J. Summers W. Nail C. A Barr E. R. Himetright R. Willis T. W. English P. W. Boyd Gray & Sheetz G. O. Henshall II Dbd Ritter Geo. F. Norton Www Harry P. D. Miller Ao Snapp Eva H. Taylor Malissol Allamong Emily W. Jones Harry R. Kern M. Wisecarver M. Tilden Reed J. H. Campbell W. McC. Bond J. W. Sibert Isabel S. Hott W. EB. Cooper Julia Wall Bertha Purcell Phil H. Gold Co Vernon Eddy S. B. .Lupton George B. Chapman Stewart Bell Edmonia S. Bak John E. Lupton A. D. Boone Maria B. Robins James M. Hott Chas. A. Lupton Lucy B. Jones Rebecca C. Gold Emma B. Louis L. Baker J. F. Ward Maggie Murry M. L. Huggins Wm. H Reed Beck's Baking Corp W. B. Snider & Sons Louis A. Cooper M. B. Clowe P. McVicar F. M Kate Webster Frances Gold P. McGuire E. Miller Streit KE L. Lupton B. L. Krause McMillan Winchester Steam Lay H. P. Garber Orndorfft T. Barr George W. Kurtz Elsie L. Hope Rebecca D. Beverley John A. Angell F. S. Boyd R._S. Fansler W. A. Sampsell Wm. H. Gold J. B. Beverley Emma E. Wisecarver D. McDonald H. H. Jackson Jolliffe University OF Virginia S. Braddock St Boyce Woodstock Harrisonburg Mickie N. G. Hottel Bell Phone Carver & McVicar Market St Macedonia Beneft Chichester Bax Es Amond Ugust Haines N. Main St Seat Newspaper Union Govolo HE Winchester Fair M. M. Lynch Atlantic City Baltimore & Ohio India Garber’s Ita Garber Rber Mfg. Co., Inc E. Garber Mgr Baie Orkney Springs Orkney Springs, Va Allegheny Mountains iJrs
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