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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1923
Page
3
Ada Cole Smith sues William Taylor Smith for an absolute divorce alleging desertion since September 3 1917 and cites marriage on August 5 1915 in Winchester. She asserts they lived in Warren and Frederick Counties and that he abandoned her and their six year old daughter Pearl Smith prompting her to work in a factory. She seeks custody of the child.
New York August 8 reports reveal confessions by E. M. Ler and William M. McGee to attorney Hayward. The two men, labeled stock bucketeers, are implicated in a case likely to affect financial markets and involve Carl E. Whitney as a new figure in the unfolding story.
Survey crews work on the Martinsburg to Williamsport pike as officials plan a first class road with bituminous macadam and concrete shoulders. A state commission delays new projects while contractors already busy with existing bids hesitate to bid on additional work.
Gasoline can be bought for 16 cents per gallon at the state supply depot in Mitchell. The price cut, a drop from 19 cents, comes as Governor McMaster responds to dealer complaints about rising local prices. He says retailers set retail levels and calls the high prices highway robbery.
Manila dispatch reports details of a battle in the Lanao district on Mindanao between Filipino constabulary troops and Moro religious fanatics. Governor-General Wood says after two days of fighting the band had been essentially destroyed with 46 reported killed and leaders eliminated. Seventeen natives deserted or were captured while others remain behind stone barricades. Filipino casualties were noted.
List of unclaimed letters dated Aug 4 1923 for Chester post office with names Carr Owens and Co Crisman Miss Oda Goins Mrs Ada all must pay one cent per letter to claim letters remaining after the date.
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