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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1921
Page
5
A Charlottesville reunion will feature the unveiling of the equestrian statues of Robert E Lee and Stonewall Jackson gifted by Paul Goodloe McIntire. Notables including Judge J Mullen and W B Freeman have sent letters of acceptance. An estimated 5 000 people expected for the parade with veterans governors and students taking part.
Moderate gains before noon were led by oils and Studebaker. On the exchange call money opened at 5 percent but was offered at 5 percent outside. The market duplicated yesterday's performance in the last hour as rails came under pressure. Copper, tobaccos, leathers and rubbers also yielded. Closing was heavy with about 500000 shares traded.
Dr Russell Stewart Wingfield of Richmond Virginia received military honors in Saloniki Greece as Greek authorities attended the funeral rites. The 30 year old physician died in an alcohol lamp explosion and will be buried in Richmond. He was a graduate of the University of Virginia and the Medical College of Virginia and had left Saloniki earlier in the year from his post.
A Romani camp near Bunker Hill attracts visitors while residents including G W Miller from Washington and Mrs M O Rogers enjoy weekends with relatives. Multiple locals travel for visits and vacations. The J O U A M plans a large picnic August 27 at Locust Grove and Martinsburg hosts a teachers institute as rural carrier H A Rogers fills in during vacation.
The State Corporation Commission granted a charter to the Automatic Clothes-Brushing Machine Corporation to manufacture and operate an automatic clothes-brushing device invented by Rev. W. D. Mitchell of Harrisonburg. Capital stock ranges from 2,500 to 50,000 dollars, with Wise as president and Mitchell as secretary, headquartered in Harrisonburg. other incorporators are Frank Dolan of Harrisonburg and S. G. Willis of Dayton, Virginia.
In New York on August 23 a morning rise in oils reflected a partial recovery from yesterday's slide. Meanwhile leaders across steel, equipment, copper, shipping, motor, food, chemical and allied shares fell to new low records, signaling broad caution.
Hugh B. Striker, longtime city water department employee and noted Confederate veteran, was hit crossing North Market near Market and Piccadilly. He remained very ill after suffering multiple strokes and the crash, with the nervous shock worsening his condition at his home.
The House voted to censure Senator Reed of Missouri for a speech in the Senate that criticized Republican leadership. The action marks a formal rebuke by the chamber over the remarks and Reed’s alignment with the contentious political stance.
The 1931 census shows England Wales and Scotland total population at 42,767,530, up from 40,831,396 in 1911, an increase of 1,936,134 or 4.7 percent. Greater London rises to 7,476,168, up 3.1 percent.
A fire destroyed a library valued at $500000 housed in the Fifth avenue home of Mrs. John S. Kane. The blaze gutted the entire second floor of the four story brick show place opposite St. Patrick's Cathedral. Two painters were present when the fire started and aided in rescue efforts.
Washington Aug 23 Post master general Hays returned to the desk after a trip to New York where he was involved in a car collision. He says the taxi involved was badly smashed but no one was hurt. He also stated the occupants of the car named by newspapers were Mrs W Herron and her two daughters, plus John N Binford from Indiana.
Washington reported that Senator Harrison of Mississippi, backed by opposition from Senator Lodge, withdrew his amendment urging the American delegation to demand open sessions at the disarmament conference. Lodge argued against sending five nations' representatives to Washington to discuss key questions with preemptive Senate action.
An ad describes Gets-It as a painless treatment that lands on a corn or callus to repel pain and then abrades and loosens the hardened skin for removal.
Order in a Virginia chancery suit directs sale of 156 acres in Frederick County owned by Nesmith and others. It names defendants not Virginia residents and requires appearance within ten days after publication and publication in The Evening Star for four weeks. A front-door court-house posting is mandated before the next Rule Day in August 1921.
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