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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1922
Page
6
A list of home and away league games for Winchester baseball in the Shenandoah Valley region. Eleven games remaining on the schedule with dates to be announced and venues noted for the standings chase.
A lively exchange centers on Miss Antique who insists she is twenty eight. Her opponent counters she is thirty eight, prompting a public dispute over truth and appearances.
Public sale of the Seven Fountains Farm in Shenandoah County Va on Sept 20 1922 at 11 AM. The 445 acre site includes timber land 175 acres and bottom land with springs and mineral waters once a summer resort. Terms: one third cash, balance in three annual installments secured by a deed of trust. E D Newman trustee. Auctioneer B Tuptey.
Attorney for the owners offers the Whittington farm near Cedar Creek four miles west of Middleburg Virginia at public auction Saturday at 11 o'clock. The property covers about sixty acres of limestone land with a frame dwelling, outbuildings, orchard, spring and cisterns. Possession given December 1922. Terms: one third cash, balance in two notes with annual interest and a mortgage on the property. insurance policy on the buildings. Contact Herbert S. Larrick, Attorney for the Owners.
A comic exchange features a spendthrift lamenting past foolish spending and a friend noting a meal in Chicago for 40 cents. The brief dialogue humorously contrasts desire for wealth with self admonition.
The speaker notes the high cost of living in New York contrasting it with the idea of trading steer stock on court day for little or nothing. This reminiscence highlights rural notions of urban life and frugal exchange.
An unusual vignette depicts a mosquito murmuring “Ah” as a sleeping man shifts, thinking the insect a good soul. The scene ends with the insect settling peacefully, underscoring a strange, intimate moment in a dimly lit room.
A conversation shows Miss Brown asking why books must be bound abroad and whether bindings can be done in America, while a clerk responds. The exchange highlights the demand for domestic bookbinding options and potential regional trade considerations.
A bill by Representative McGregor of New York would end free tickets for Army and Navy athletic events and require payment of 3.50 plus war tax for admission. He cites letters from Admiral Washington noting that Congress members would be charged for football game tickets. Irene Waltersg hosts visitors Alice Fugitt and Mary Peck in Washington.
Funeral services for Mrs Sarah Hite wife of Jacob Hite were held at Pikeside with ministers J D Hamaker and Roy Schmucker. Active pallbearers included A B Anderson John A Dick Frederick County and F CoForeman John F Staub and W Adams. Interment occurred at Mount Hebron Cemetery with attendees from Winchester Martinsburg Wittchester and surrounding areas.
Honorary pallbearers listed include Shirley Carter T B Patton W A Baker Fred L Glaize H D Fuller T Russell Cather Hugh S Duffey A R Breckenridge and Charles Bowly for a Berkeley County West Virginia funeral observed in the notice.
Frank Reed was fined 10 dollars and 10.25 dollars costs by Mayor Glass in police court on a state warrant for using a borrowed license plate. Police said Reed borrowed Ernest Clark's 1922 license plate to attend church services on August 13 in Martinsburg West Virginia.
Funeral rites were held in Mount Hebron Cemetery for Mrs. Frances Kelly Perry of Cumberland Maryland who died from accidental poisoning. Rev Edward Gallagher led the service at the grave with pallbearers William Keating Maurice Lynch John Kater M B Murnan George Woodward and James P Reardon. Her body was brought from Cumberland by relatives and laid to rest in the family lot. Mrs Perry worked in the Cumberland division office of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad and was honored by a visit from Fort Cumberland Lodge No 403 Brotherhood of Railway Clerks who sent flowers for her grave.
The executor M M Lynch announces a public auction at the Court House in Winchester on September 2 1922 at 12 noon. The property is a seven room residence at 29 Cork Street south side between Main and Braddock. Immediate possession and a two installment plan with one third cash on day of sale.
A painter notes a secret to remove old paint and varnish before redecorating using wood alcohol. Apply with a soft brush, rub off with cloths, and let soak for very thick coats. A putty knife may be needed for stubborn areas while avoiding inhalation or contact with eyes.
Announcement from C. Omps of Kernstown Virginia declaring a new cannery ready to take on all kinds of commercial canning work. The notice states ample room and invites customers to bring new canning orders. Dated 18-61.
Train No 183 departs at 9 07 am for Bristol and intermediate stops with a Pullman car to Bristol. No 1 2 45 pm and 6 00 am run to Roanoke Bristol Bluefield Pocahontas Welch Norton and intermediates with sleeper service to Williamson and Winston Salem. No 27 5 58 pm to Shenandoah with connections. No 28 8 39 pm to Hagerstown Morrisburg Philadelphia New York with Shenandoah Junction link to Washington. Parlor cars to Baltimore and sleeper to Philadelphia. sleeper to New York. For fares schedules and reservations contact Berryville agent or Roanoke general passenger agent.
The Fort Loudoun Seminary announces the eighteenth session beginning September 21 at the College Preparatory and Junior College. Courses include commercial studies piano voice art expression physical culture trained primary kindergarten with Miss Sarah DuBose native French teacher and 4H art branches taught by trained staff. Faculty includes Miss C E Johnston Miss Adele Affleck Dean Miss Louise Savage Principal Miss Mary E Boly President Katharine Glasd.
Sunrise sermon at 8 a.m. with invitation to worship. C K Welsh, pastor, will preach at Pleasant Valley Sunday May 27 at 11 a.m. and Fairview at 3 p.m. Services invite attendees to join in a day of worship.
At Daytona Beach Mr and Mrs Frank J Lindetereen of Winter Park Florida spent several weeks on the east coast and were joined there recently by Mrs J W Diffenderfer the mother of Mrs Lindetereen formerly of this city who had been visiting friends at Deland Florida
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