Collins Struck Down In Final At Ban?
A terse sports brief reports Collins being struck down in a late clash on the home stretch. The note highlights a rough finish and a narrow margin affecting the outcome of the event.
23 Aug 1922
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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1922
Page
1
A terse sports brief reports Collins being struck down in a late clash on the home stretch. The note highlights a rough finish and a narrow margin affecting the outcome of the event.
Michael Collins commander of the Irish Free State Army dies after an ambush near Bandon County Cork. Last words forgive them directed to General Dalton. Dublin and London react with profound grief as soldiers and staff casualties are reported.
Rear Admiral Louis McCoy Nulton as guest speaker at the Kiwanis Club described Navy training shaping industry and loyalty and warned against provincialism. I L Spear of the Virginia Tuberculosis Association urged support for Valley efforts. Guests included H S Larrick Carl Marshall Baker and others. cigars supplied for lunch.
Mrs. Sarah McCormac Hite wife of Jacob A. Hite dies at 71 after two weeks of paralysis at her Pike side home near Martinsburg W Va She was mother of H B McCormac president of the Chamber of Commerce and general manager of the Virginia Woolen Company of Winchester Funeral services set for Thursday with Reverend J D Hamaker and Reverend Roy Schmucker officiating Interment in Mount Hebron Cemetery Winchester Active pallbearers listed Honorary pallbearers named
News from Winchester reports Mr. B. F. Moomaw of Cloverdale near Roanoke sold two No. 1 Yorks, 2 1/2 inch pack, for five dollars f. o. b. Cloverdale.
An important meeting of the Game and Fish Protective Association will be held at 8 p m Thursday August 24 in the office of Leslie D Cline No 22 Rouss avenue.
A message to The Star from Virginia Beach states that Headquarters Company third Battalion and Company I of Winchester will break camp early tomorrow morning with other units of the One Hundred Sixteenth Infantry and arrive here tomorrow night about 9 30 o clock on a special Baltimore and Ohio Railroad train. The soldiers expect a large crowd and the Citizens Band at the station, but no arrangements have been made yet for the band to greet them with martial tunes. Mrs Charles Thomas of McKeesport Pa has been visiting and leaves for lower Virginia.
Orchard Supply Co advertises specially made picking crates ready for distribution as the last car of the season arrives. Customers are urged to order soon while available. The notice includes an auto state license number 13848 and city license attachment with a reward related to Dr. C R Anderson’s office.
Local ad seeks a salesman to sell phonographs and pianos with a car furnished. Experience preferred and references required. Apply to Henry F. Seal at Seal's Music Store.
The State Democratic Executive Committee, meeting in Richmond at the request of chairman Harry F. Byrd, plans voter education on Virginia's constitutional convention and the enabling act, while outlining a Democratic campaign in the Ninth district and awaiting a 1924 legislative report.
Clarke county board weighs transferring the Winchester and Berry s Ferry turnpike and the Berryville to Charles Town road to the state highway system. They seek legal guidance on transferring the Berry s Ferry bridge and whether reimbursement is due for $18 000 in bonds. A separate plan aims to move the three turnpikes under state control by September 1st.
The remains of John Murnan, longtime Baltimore and Ohio Railroad employee, were laid to rest in the Catholic Cemetery after a 10 o'clock high mass at the Church of the Sacred Heart. Clergy from several nearby parishes conducted the services and pallbearers included railway workers. Murnan spent 52 years with B and O in the maintenance of way department. all his children and widow attended except John W. Murnan of Atlanta who was ill.
James F. Lewis longtime Winchester resident and cabinet maker died at Memorial Hospital from hardening of the arteries and blood poisoning at about 10 this morning aged 81. He leaves one brother Frederick H. Lewis and four sisters Mrs. Plor ence Snapp Mrs. John Singer Catherine and Laura Lewis all of various Virginia towns and New York. A devout Grace Lutheran Church member he was not married. Funeral arrangements likely to be announced tomorrow.
Rural church problems will be discussed at a conference at Braddock Street Methodist Episcopal Church South tomorrow and Friday. Morning afternoon and night sessions are planned. All pastors of rural churches are invited to attend.
Frank J. Allers, jailed over the Norris murder and payroll robbery, confessed and identified the car group as James Hart, Walker Sacolow, John L. Smith, Bessy Lewis and Aliegs. He said Sacolow fired the fatal shot. Hart and Sacolow are being sought nationwide.
The Empire Theater in Winchester will host moving picture shows for all veterans attending the Grand Camp of Confederate Veterans of Virginia annual reunion. Manager Baker announced no admission tickets are required and veterans may stay as long as they wish.
Community invites attenders to the Labor Day picnic on September 4 with games, food and music. Organizers emphasize friendship and neighborhood unity at a central park site.
Contention centers on the fate of a rail strike as leaders from five brotherhoods converge in York to decide next steps. Union chiefs aim to avert stoppage through talks and possible arbitration.
Western line leaders press for settlement of the shopmen strike while bumper crops and coal mine restarts add pressure. Eastern roads rally behind loyal workers and may resist peace. Willard of Baltimore and Ohio could join the Western group at the Yale Club session in New York.
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