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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1921
Page
7
Public notice calls for bids to construct a brick Baptist Church in Boyce Virginia with plans and specifications available at the Baptist parsonage. Bids may be rejected and a deadline is set for September 1st.
Mrs Henry Stephenson visits Winchester guest at Mrs D B Conrad home on West Water Street. Henry Stephenson family plans to host a yard party in Bartonville Virginia on White Sulphur Lawn Saturday August 20 featuring chicken sandwiches to benefit the church.
The Star lists daily quoted wholesale prices including creamery butter and country butter, old wheat, corn, hay, standard middlings, flour, bran, screenings, and young chickens. Prices show variations by grade and item across local buyers.
Markets closing figures show changes in prices for corn barrels eggs and dairy butter in Baltimore wholesale markets. Data reflects corrections to figures from the previous day with listed price ranges for young chickens and butter among items traded.
Eight portable classrooms ordered by Harrisonburg for the upcoming term will be erected on South Main street after arrival from Huntington. Carpentry work will start promptly to have the emergency buildings ready for the September 12 opening of city schools.
Misses Marguerite and Helen Jacobs of Washington visit grandfather C J Jacobs. Martha Bowman of Refuge visits grandson Charles Pifer. Sunday guests at G F Lind include Fred Hottie and Mr and Mrs George Lind. John Dick ill at daughter Charles Price’s home. Wilton Trenary visits sister James Delfinger. James Sargent of Bunker Hill visits Ben Trenary. Misses Elizabeth and Marguerite Jacobs visit W W Craig home. Dora Funk spends night with mother Lee Brown at Greenway.
Mesdames F A Jacques and J H Bowers hosted a group of young friends at their East Lane avenue home on Tuesday evening in honor of nieces Margaret Hogan of Brunswick Maryland Cleo Pearrell of Baltimore Ruth Starner of Hagerstown Maryland Kathryn Hogan of Brunswick Maryland Gertrude Smith of Brunswick Maryland and Mrs Ashby DeHaven of Cape Charles Virginia The gathering featured music and dancing throughout the night for the entertained nieces and guests.
The Associated Miss reports a special League of Nations meeting will convene in Geneva on August 29 to discuss Upper Silesia, a matter referred by the Supreme Council. The announcement came today.
Mr William 8 Battle general claim agent of the Norfolk and Western Railroad based in Roanoke Va visited friends in Winchester yesterday during a motor trip from Washington to Roanoke He has served the railroad for thirty years Mrs Arthur Lloyd Agnew and her son Arthur C Agnew arrived in Winchester to spend the rest of the summer Mrs Agnew formerly Miss Mary Miller daughter of the late Rev Dr Lewis G M Miller pastor of Grace Lutheran Church in this city
A health note warns meat lovers about kidney strain from uric acid and promotes Jad Salts as a safe remedy. It claims four ounces daily in water will flush clogged kidneys, neutralize urine acids, and prevent urinary and bladder disorders.
Hotel Evans Restaurant operates open all day from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. A special deal offers meal tickets at five dollars for a five dollar value. The note includes a time range and pricing details for patrons.
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