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Newspaper

Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Aug 14, 1923

Page

5

Coolidge Tackles Strike Menaces In First White House Day

President Coolidge, occupying the White House offices for the first time, met with cabinet members and senior officials as he began directing administration affairs. Key figures included Hoover Weeks and Lord, with Cabinet heads and agency leaders filing through the Willard Hotel offices.

Washington Coolidge White House George Smith Sunetr Hoover Willard Hotel Mra. Coolidge Harding Weeks Lord Finney Interior Department McCarl Camerene Europe George B. Christian, Jr Edward T. Clark

Heat Melted Glaciers Trigger Slides in French Alps

Heat waves in the French Alps push glaciers to crack and slide, arc valley glaciers receding meters, disrupting electrical works and factory power from mountain streams. Looted ice blocks clog conduits as tourists face restricted mountain paths awaiting guide assessment.

France French Alps Chambery Arc Valley

Local Market Prices and Butter Sales Report

Local and Baltimore wholesale markets list prices for eggs butter flour and feed. The note records butter types creamery and country, flour barrels and sacks, corn meal and mixed feeds, and live stock quotes with day end corrections.

Baltimore

Crowded China and Its Vast Population

The article states China is larger in area than the U S Mexico and Central America with four times the U S population and eight times that of all South America. It compares the Yangtze delta area to Illinois and cites 40 000 000 people or 500 per square mile. ADVERTISE IN THE STAR.

China United States Mexico Central America South America Europes Col Yangtze Delta

Lucinda Lavender Faces Court Over Jug Toss Incident

Lucinda Lavender amid a melee at Mrs Ransom's restaurant on Sunday night tossed a jug instead of a pop bottle, narrowly missing patrons. A bouncer was fined seven dollars for intervening. Lucinda paid seven for the jug and left court with her escort.

Lucinda Ransom Mrs.Ransom Douglas

Yard Parties and Picnic Supplies Ad

Garber Mfg. Co advertises ice cream and soft drinks for yard parties and picnics with high quality products and a prompt supply service. Thomas & Messer Co lists latest wallpaper patterns and shades priced from 20 cents, located at 1015 W Balto Baltimore Md.

Garber Mfg. Co Thomas. & Messer, Company Balto Baltimore

Furniture Sale Announced for August Twenty First

An auction at 409 S Braddock St lists a walnut bedroom suite wardrobe lounge corner cupboard gas range chairs sewer pipe garden tools and more. The page also features a declamatory piece on success stressing effort and responsibility and a note on annual food requirements for men and women.

S. Braddock

Big Six-Pound Minnow Lures Greenbrier River Bass

A six pound bass, one of the season’s largest catches, was landed on the Greenbrier River using a midget minnor lure. The fish had an old mouth tear from a prior hook, and this brief note questions whether readers have ever landed a big bass.

Greenbrier

State Highway Commission plans route from Double Toll Gates to West Virginia

Notice announces a proposed highway location from Double Toll Gates to Winchester then northeast over the Winchester Berryville Turnpike toward Berryville and toward the West Virginia line. It cites legal steps under state acts and invites objections by September 10 1923.

State High 7 Commission West Virginia Commission Winchester Berryville Gaylord Sinia West Virginiay Miust Smithston Richmond Vir Sute Ders Ric Truxtun State Highway Commission Richtief Vireigia

Primary results reshape state Senate balance

Gen sale boom dominates discussion as bond issue and primary races reshape the Senate. Twenty Democrats set to form caucus and steer committee leadership while Republicans may gain seats in the southwest, altering control and committee stability amid retirements.

Divorce Suit Published by Clerk in Winchester Virginia

In the Corporation Court of Winchester Virginia on August 6 1923 Ada as complainant sues William Taylor Smith for divorce a vinculo matrimonii. The order requires publication weekly for four weeks in The Winchester Evening Star and to serve the defendant at the last known address within ten days after each publication.

Winchester Virginia Ella Lee Lillard Guardian Herbert S. Larrick Admr Detree Fix Corporation Tuis Rt Major P Herbert S Larrick Py Lillard Herbert S. Larrick Pear Major P. Lillard P. Lillard Lin P. Littard Will Water Street Simé Wifl Ward & Larrick, P.q Corporation Court Ada Iain’ Taylor’ Smith William Taylor Smith Cantins Shweta Ge Rae Fales Winchester Evening Star Firainis Said

State MOE Link Work Deferred in Martinsburg

Martinsburg West Virginia August 14 The state road link between the city and the Jefferson County line will not be connected this stall and contracts will be set Instead the commission will spend available funds on repairing and converting the Williamsport Pike into a Class A road toward Hagerstown The road will be built with half macadam and concrete shoulder Surveyors are at work establishing grades

Martinsburg W. Va Tits Icity Jefferson County State Road Commission Williamsport Pike Hagerstown

Three Couples Granted Marriage Licenses In County

The county clerk’s office issued marriage licenses to Emory F. Barrow, a young lawyer of Alberta, Brunswick County, Virginia, and Miss Virginia J. McCartney of Vauchise, along with Walter Slifery, a teacher of Hagers Town, Maryland, and Miss Ethel L. Funkhouser of this county, and R. Chapman, a truck driver of Boyce, Clarke County, Virginia, and Miss Edith Clark of the county.

Emory FP. Barrow Alberta Brunswick County Virginia J. McCartney Edgar McCartney Vauchise Walter Slifery Hagerstown Ethel L. Funkhouser P. M. Funkhouser Elisha Boyce Clarke County Edith Clark Charigs BE. Clark

Tulsa Declares Martial Law After Mob Violence

Martial law took effect at 6 A.M. in Tulsa by Governor Walton's order following rising mob violence. Three infantry companies will enforce the rule after a proclamation urged by Aldrich Blake on behalf of Nathan Hantaman, abducted and whipped by masked men. Longstanding whippings have plagued Tulsa for months.

Associated *Press Tulsa Okla Walton Oklahoma ‘City Aldrich Blake Nathan Hantaman

Local Visitors Share Sunday Visits Across Town

Mount Pleasant notes report Holmes Spillman and family of Keat Winchester and Jonah Spillman and family visited near Bloom on Sunday. Raymond Racey and family from near Clearbrook joined Asa Racey’s household last Sunday. Ollie Snapp spent Tuesday with her brother Will Rosenberger. Homer Lee Sherman of Savage Maryland and two children visited Buck Pitcock’s home from Saturday to Monday. Arthur Smith and son Lester spent Sunday with Salem Newlin. Homer Sherman and children were dinner guests at Mrs. Ohp. ys san’s home.

MT. Plalasant Atr Hllmes Spillman Keat Winchester Jonah Spillman Bud Miller Bloom Raymond Racey Near Clearbrook Asa Racey Ollie Snapp Will Rosenberger Homer Lee Sherman Savage, Md Buck Pitcock Arthur Smith Lester Salem Newlin Homer Sherman San

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