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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1915
Page
6
The Star lists today’s local market quotations with prices for wheat, corn, hay, straw, oats, barley, bran, millfeed, butter, chickens, hams, and potatoes. Figures appear unevenly, reflecting retail and wholesale ranges from Stephenson to regional buyers.
Federal government to prosecute whisky dealers in Hopewell as licensing gaps and lax sale practices draw action. Internal revenue agents hold names of many implicated. state authorities will pursue. Also notes Du Pont plant expands shifts. visits by Miss Emily Smith and Mrs. Walter Jenkins.
A vaudeville and picture program headlines the night with Pathe Weeklies on the Erie flood loss of 7 million and 75 deaths. Shorty Hamilton stars in a western comic His Trout Sleep. John and Billie Dunn perform a double vaudeville act. Two shows at 7:15 and 9.00 pm.
Winchester police report growing compliance with the new traffic ordinance aimed at reducing accidents and congestion. No arrests yet, but offenders may face police court if they resist the law. many vehicles are already moved to the curb with right-hand hubs toward the curb.
In Torrytown West Virginia August 13 Mr N P Havermale and sister Lena of Berkeley Springs visited Mr Harry Crim and Lena Crim. The Mount Pleasant Ladies Aid Society picnic was well attended. Zeph Morgan hosted visitors and Martinsburg trip marked by a bank celebration. Laura Ewing Mrs Hott and family were mentioned with local gatherings. Adai Agnes Busey Laura Walker joined a Mount Pleasant picnic at James K Boyles.
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