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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1924
Page
5
A Washington Star report quotes Uncle Ruben recalling a surprising bid that aimed for a plush prize but yielded only an ambulance ride, highlighting a mishap or joke gone wrong.
The renowned Vallombrosa Forest in Italy was historically planted by patient St. Benedictine monks during the Dark Ages, shaping a lasting woodland legacy.
Greek chronology was reckoned in four year cycles aligned with the Olympic period at Olympia.
Union meeting of Christian Endeavor groups at 8 pm in First Christian Church presided by Irvine Cather and Rev J F Morgan. Program includes orchestra selections, song service, reports from Richmond convention, nominating committee report, pastor talks, announcements, offering, and adjournment.
Heavy liquidation in oil shares pushed Atlantic Refining down 2 percent and other issues lower by 1 percent or more. Buying support weakened at the end of the first hour with a sag in prices across the list. American Waterworks rose four points while Atcheson, Erie and Lacawanna fell a point or more. Call money opened at 2 percent with the close described as heavy. about 1,150,000 shares traded.
John W. Coffelt aged 83 near Vaucluse was fined 59 dollars and Horace McKinster 69 dollars for illegal possession of intoxicating liquor. Each carried about a half pint found on arrest after intoxication. Jail sentences were suspended under state law. Alfred Bly Claud Carroll Aaron Baker and Upton Thompson also paid seven dollars each for intoxication.
A quirky note describes Joy as unstoppable in music, but the line hints at tension as his fiddle strings snap under relentless play.
A $40,000 gift to endow a chair at Wittenberg College Springfield Ohio was announced by John L. Zimmerman treasurer The gift in government bonds comes from John W Guard Logansport Ind driven by a family history beginning with Rev John Luther Guard of Stephens City Va and Indiana to fund Lutheran work and college leadership The Guardian brothers pledged service to church and college and the younger Rev William E Guard Urbana Ohio became a college director while John W Guard built a successful Logansport business and wealth supporting the endowment
John W. Guard presented the Wittenberg College board with 40000 in government bonds to endow a faculty chair. The gift, arranged through treasurer Mr. Zimmerman, honors the Guard brothers and their family. The college will name the chair the Mr and Mrs John W Guard Chair as they plan an eastward extended tour after the announcement.
The Ro bert Y. Conrad Post American Legion delayed by the circus will hold its August meeting Thursday evening August 4 at the legion building on North Main Street. This will be the last meeting before the state convention at Danville and a full attendance is desired.
New York August 12 Judge Cordozo denied William H. Anderson former superintendent of the Anti Saloon League of New York a certificate of reasonable doubt allowing bail while appealing a forgery in the third degree conviction. The application was made by counsel Charles Whitman and argued July 28. The judge ruled the conviction valid.
An abortive attempt by communists to incite a revolt in Lisbon was made last night. A few bombs were thrown but caused no damage. several persons were arrested. Police and military units have restored order and conditions are normal.
In the 1824 presidential election Andrew Jackson won the most votes but the House chose John Quincy Adams. Speaker Henry Clay influenced the selection, shaping a pivotal outcome in early U.S. politics.
Senator Oscar W Underwood praised John W Davis for his Democratic nomination acceptance speech. Underwood, a principal opponent, issued the statement in Birmingham Alabama.
In Burnt Factory Virginia the Loyal Workers Bible class announces a lawn party at the church for Friday August 16 with rain backup if needed. Local farmers report a large hay crop as hot weather drives town folks to the Opequon banks and nearby Spout Spring campers. Hottle Lind and Co add an International two ton truck and new store sign to their operation. A separate science note describes a tiny newly discovered aquatic organism seen only with magnification that moves via whip like hair projections.
A remarkable oyster mound rises along the Damarais¢otta rivers in Maine, described as 403 feet long and 60 feet high, attracting attention for its unusual size and location.
In Pittsburgh workers set marble slabs around a wall bank when a cat hid behind the stones. Crevices proved tight and attempts to coax the cat failed until a small boy crawled in and freed nine kittens from the crevice.
A fragmented line attributed to J. QO Adama reflects on life as a problem and mortal struggle to discern right from wrong. The brief note hints at philosophical reflection embedded in a stray quotation.
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