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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1919
Page
6
Fragmentary OCR text indicates the Revenue Bureau tax applies to bills for hire. Mentions licenses and arrests for nonpayment, with references to Roanoke Virginia and internal revenue measures. Details are unclear due to garbled source.
Byrd invited by F Sheppard Potts president of Rural Road Improvement League as delegate from this locality to a conference at Rossen Murphy's Hotel. Byrd left Winchester for Richmond for an extraordinary Assembly session and may attend the road congress if duties permit.
White Post Virginia August notes list a horse show in Berryville drawing a large crowd. Local socialities includeMiss Jessie Chrisman hosting bridge. visits from Misses Waggoner and Lawson. trips of Mamie Denny and Susie Sommerville to Mrs. L. S. Clay at Greenwood. Baltimore’s Mrs. Rochinbar visiting Mrs. Lucas at Benvenue. Martha Mason Kennerly of New York visiting Nellie Kennerly and relatives. Washington guests Miss Thompson and Miss Sullivan at the Hughes home. Mabel and Eva Massey buying a five passenger car. Rev. Scott Johnson and wife from Oklahoma City visiting Mrs. David Meade. Nancy Steigles of Washington visiting Mrs. Thompson Sowers at Federal Hill. Ada Levi of Berryville visiting aunt Mrs. Charles Elliott. Mrs. J. F. Sowers vacationing at Ocean City Maryland.
In Ceylon elephants are hunted mainly for sport as they yield less ivory than African and other elephants, attracting attention to hunting practices abroad and local attitudes toward elephant populations.
Attorney General John R. Saunders says the state constitution blocks granting voting rights to service members who cannot meet poll tax requirements. He notes the legislature cannot alter constitutional qualifications or extend suffrage to any class, even for those in the armed forces.
The piece cites Napoleon on an ideal woman, praising middle aged matrons who attain health through balance and vigor. It promotes Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound as the enduring remedy for nervousness headaches backaches sleeplessness and the blues.
J Frank Fooshe director of the Virginia division of markets announces the bureau of markets will run a special field station at Winchester for the shipping season with M S Wiggins in charge starting September 1. Daily reports aid growers in monitoring the apple market as they report a small portion of the 1919 crop sold and a questionnaire will survey growers to determine what percent has been sold to date.
A brief note explains that Portugal was once called Lusitania and that the present name derives from the ancient town of Portus, now known as Oporto. The piece links the historical names to the modern city.
A man named John A. Fetzer of Defiance, Ohio, entered a Munsey Trust Company counting room in downtown Washington, produced two pistols, demanded money, fired at a clerk, then shot himself in the jaw. He was hospitalized and expected to recover. Fetzer said his uncle Charles Fetzer could explain his actions.
Marlboro Virginia on Aug 13 notes visits by Mr. and Mrs. H. G. Shull and daughter from Washington to Mrs. S. G. Jamison. Mr. and Mrs. John W. Hinkins from Rustburg to Mr. and Mrs. Lee Everly. Miss Naont of Opeduon visiting Miss Louise Shull. Mrs. S. C. Fisher visiting her daughter Mrs. Dora Strasnider in Strasburg. other kinfolk, Walter Little and families from Lebanon Church and Winchester area seen in various calls and trips.
Richmond Va August 13 S L Lupton Winchester president of the Virginia Good Roads Association advised about 1200 members of the Southern Retail Merchants Association in session here for three days to let price adjustments in the high cost of living work themselves out He urged merchants to back the good roads proposition to be taken up by a special legislative session The opening session featured Lupton and a plan to improve road conditions In a later session Virginia and North and South Carolina merchants will tour a local meat company to view an abbatoir and the meat production process heading to the market.
Mr and Mrs G O Miller and relatives enjoy their annual Capon River trip staying at Edward Arnold home near Hooks Mill Hampshire Co West Virginia. Reports from Winchester say the tassfistine has improved for several days and luck is coming. Accompanying them are Miss Mary Miller Miss Louise Cooper and Messrs Charles William and Harry Miller of Winchester and Mr and Mrs Paxton the latter formerly Miss Marion Waters Miss Helen Waters and Mr Henning of Washington.
A brief annotative note discusses restricting the freedom of the vvis and its implications. The fragment hints at an argument about limiting movement or expression, but lacks clear details or named entities.
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