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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Aug 22, 1923

Page

3

Tom Harbaugh Returns Home To Die In Frederick

In Montevue Hospital Frederick, Thomas G Harbaugh aged seventy at home in Frederick county, the once famed dime and five cent novelist Tom Harbaugh has come back to die. He will write no more stories of adventure though his mind remains alert and resourceful.

Frederik WM Montevue Hospital Frederick County Catoctt ‘Tange Sir Thomas G. Harbiwuish Ye of Casstown Ohio Harbaugh

Road work advances on Alexandria to Aldie stretch

H Shirley chairman of the State Highway Commission and R Walton Te representative inspected roads under state supervision in Leesburg. Shirley said the Alexandria to Aldie road is expected to be completed this year and progress along the section from the Alexandria Aldie intersection toward Leesburg is satisfactory.

Leesburg Shirley State Highway Commission Gan “R. Walton Te Alexandria Aldie Theexandria

Washington Brothers Die Before Testator in West Virginia Will

The two brothers of the late John A. Washington died before him. The February 24 1922 will names Sr. Walter Washington as executor and bequeaths all property to Samuel Walter Washington with condition to pay legacies to Richard B. Washington and three sisters Dc C Cooke for 20 years. The brothers are collateral descendants of George Washington.

Dc. C. Cooke George Washington

Money to Lend on Farm Land in Berryville

Smith and Gray of Berryville Virginia announce loans of five thousand dollars or more at 6 percent interest on a long term amortization plan. Loans are only on improved farm land and are made without cost to the borrower. August 21.

Winchester Hikers Visit from Brooklyn Women Trek to Lexington

A group of three young women from Brooklyn Wyoming and Ohio visited Winchester bringing sewing kits first aid gear and guns. They travel toward Lexington Virginia aiming for the Pacific Coast. The trio received a warm welcome from a Main Street merchant and plan to sleep in fields or YWCA clubs when possible. They are joined briefly by a male friend who later continued solo.

Wen Rocklyn Antisco Calif Matte Feintrerm Cleveland Ohio Betty Edna Foames Brod Relyn N. Y Charles Ridgeway Idgeway W. Va New York Main Street Lexington Golden Gate

Bliss Va Social Roundup Shows Visits and Accident

In Bliss Virginia Aug 22 Mrs Hugh Hancher and son Clarence visited Mr Harry Hawkins. Mrs G E Clark of Whitacre visited Winchester friends and stayed with sister Mrs Myr Dunn at Opequon. The infighters attended a Vaucluse picnic Thursday. Mr Joe Richard was badly hurt Thursday evening after falling from a telephone pole. Mrs J Ware and daughters Wilma and Katherine and Mrs Gordon Howe with Mrs Nora Ball visited Mrs M Tonn recently. Ada Lakeman visited friends in Winchester. Mrs J B Bywaters and sons Robert and Oscar visited Mr and Mrs Allensine at Star Tannery.

Fteh J. €. Ware Wilma Katherine Gordon Howe Nora Ball M. Tonn Ada Lakeman Winchester

White Post Personalities Highlight Local Celebrations

White Post Virginia August 22 Dr and Mrs Dearmont celebrated the former's birthday with a small dinner gathering Saturday night. G B Palmer former rector of Meade Memorial Church preached Sunday. Rev Charles Warner from Washington led the service. Beverly Rice of Winchester visited Miss Eleanor Meade Tuesday evening.

White Post Dearmont G. B. Palmer Meade Memorial Church Charles Warner Washington Beverly Rice Winchester Eleanor Meade

Social notes from Winchester Shepherdstown and Richmond

Miss Audrey Fritts and her grandmother visited Winchester with Miss Elizabeth Lee staying with Miss Sallie Page Andrews in Shepherdstown West Virginia. Rev J F Coleman held services at the convict camp and a camping party gathers with Rev W H Burkhart at Blue Ball. Greenway Court hosts visitors from Savannah and Washington. Waffle and chicken supper on the rectory lawn cleared 75 for the furnace fund. Audrey Fritts and William Byrd Nelson attended movies in Winchester.

Audrey Fritts A. W. Dellinger Winchester Elizabeth Lee Sallie Page Andrews Shepherdstown W. Va J. F. Coleman Marie Nesbitt Savannah Mary Carson Roy Washington Greenway Court W. H. Burkhart Grace Church Richmond William Byrd Nelson Marion

Local Market Prices From Baltimore Wholesale and Nearby Trade

Grain and dairy prices show mixed levels with hens under and over four pounds, butter products and meal varying across lines. Local bulk items include middlings, bran, corn meal, cotton seed meal, and shelled corn while retail lists display flour and general feed costs for shoppers and vendors.

Cnet Stade Oye Baltimore

Auto accident ends life of local figure

A spring chicken farmer from Cambs died in an automobile crash according to a brief report. The fragment cites dairy and meat product prices beside the casualty note, with unclear personal details.

Fisher argues U S must join world disarmament effort

Prof Irving Fisher of Yale told a Chautauqua audience that isolation is delusion and America must choose between arming and competing globally or joining world disarmament. He urged support for the League of Nations as essential for world peace and U S interests.

U.S Irving Fisher Chautauqua America Yale University Federal Council of Churches League of Nations

The Porest of aelation Delusion and a Snare

A fragmentary note speaks of a trap in a neighborhood and a refusal to reevegn ba the world. The text hints at fear and a moral judgment within a troubled locale.

Pest control ad promises cheap bug elimination

An old advertisement touts a 38 cent remedy for pests including bedbugs roaches fleas and eggs claiming it kills eggs without harming clothing. It mentions a product sold by Franck Baker & Son and other leading druggists with a free trial or offer.

Saxist PR Franck Baker & Son

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DR. Scholl Sample Shoe Store Bertha von Hillern Winchester Milling CO Relis and Rusk Atlantic and Pacific Tea Huntsberry Frank Gearing E. Piccadilly St Kansas Winchester Seed Co. Inc Fred. L. Glaize Varnisnes Moresco Jessie Hillyarid Frenary Fast Hamburger’s N. Main St HABLE R. R Tom Harbaugh Lewatees Ters Obadiah Strom Lindy Putnam Sawyer Clarence G. Badger Pete Charles Felton Pidgin White Post Personals E. J. Snapp Bell Phone N. Market Street the People’s Drug Co., Inge the Progressive Drug Store R.M. Swi East Piccadilly Street Star Winchester Fair J. M. Orndoff Suleivan Hetty Sullivan Lowell Weisd Sullivan Weide the League Shoe Store
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