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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1920
Page
4
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Governor Cox denounces a separate peace with Germany as dishonorable and vows to uphold the Versailles treaty. He argues America must lead a united front with Allied nations to preserve civilization and resist any repudiation by Harding.
A narrated reminiscence by Walt Mason contrasts old-time wealth and the pride of trotting bays and hooded carriages with the arrival of faster autos. It reflects on social allure, luxury, and changing transport from stately coaches to modern machines.
O A Ashton of 512 S Main St reports kidney trouble caused back pains dizziness and nervous spells. He took Kidney Pills and recovered, praising Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY and urging others to try the medicine. Sunday school picnic announced by United Church to convene at Rouss Spring on August 28 with a 12 30 assembly at the church and departure by 1 p.m.
Lehew West Virginia notes report a camp meeting planned at Reid Grove starting September 3 possibly extending over two Sundays with Rev Jacob Kodsler of Philadelphia in charge. Also noted are visiting Miss Martha Reid from Winchester and improving health of James H Johnson after treatment in Baltimore. Daily N and W R R train service benefits locals.
Marlboro Virginia August 26. Mr and Mrs Melvin Manuel visited Mrs Jas Boggs Thu rsday. Mrs Henry Wilson of Wardensville West Virginia is visiting Mr and Mrs B W Knee. Mrs James A Hahn and daughter visit Wardensville. Mr Rolan J Lantz was there on business Wednesday. Mr D Ambrose of Clary Virginia was here on business Wednesday. Mr and Mrs BE Ward of Baltimore Maryland are visiting Mr and Mrs R J Pangle. Mr E J Staples of Dillon South Carolina is visiting Mrs S G Jamison. Mr and Mrs C W Keeler and family spent Sunday with Mrs Jacob Orndoff.
Mountain Falls Virginia August 26 reported a large turnout from the area at the Wardensville camp meeting. Aubrey Sisson of Warrington visited grandmother Mrs J H Clowse. Master John Randolph Cooper ill. Evelyn Lockhart visited Tawar Clowser. Ruby Richard and Rev Coonts called on Mrs E A Richard. Laura Clowser stayed with Miss Leafy Lockhart. Mrs J H Clowser and daughter Laura hosted visitors. Mae Crowser returned home from Washington visit.
An old ad promotes a glycerine based mixture with buckthorn bark claiming to relieve gas and sour stomach by acting on both bowel sections. It touts quick results and a testimonial of long indigestion cured by one dose, from Franck Baker & Son, Druggists.
Washington reports sugar prices fell to 15 cents per pound, the lowest retail level in nearly a year, with DOJ officials predicting possible prewar levels within weeks. Officials note steady declines in other essentials and accuse coal profiteers of violating antiprofiteering laws, igniting a tough campaign against guilty dealers.
Sunday school at 9 45 morning service cancelled at 14 00 for Rid ings Chapel all day service. Evening service at 20 00 with the pastor preaching. Young People meeting at 7 15 led by J M Hott. Official board to meet after the evening service.
Laither Frye also known as Boots Frye was jailed in Woodstock charged with complicity in the 1917 Kitzmiller Md bank robbery. He confessed after pressuring from Mike Neff and Paul and Dave Neff with the loot split and pursuit in Shenandoah County Virginia. The case ties Frye to a gang that fled to Freds town and Mount Jackson Massanutten mountains before divisions and arrests in Ohio and Virginia. Dave Neff serves in Virginia penitentiary. Paul Neff rearrested in Ohio. Boots Frye held for federal authorities with trial expected in Cumberland Md.
The Baltimore Sun features Miss Mary Jacquelin Smith of Wickliffe Clarke county as she sails with five other missionaries to Shanghai China. She graduates from Goucher College this year and travels under the Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society of the Protestant Episcopal Church directed by Bishop Graves.
A compact fragment evokes Virginia’s landscape with rivers moving slowly through forests farms and towns and their tributaries shaping the terrain and region.
A Danville reader credits Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound with curing her daughter's irregularities and back pains enabling daily school attendance. The ad urges mothers to seek advice from Pinkham Medicine Co. Lynn, Mass. Poems celebrating Virginia follow, closing with the name O. C. H. Weidner.
Poetic lines praise the Shenandoah River and Shenandoah Valley with imagery of the Blue Ridge, forests, rivers, and oaks, evoking a grand regional homage to the landscape and its rivers.
Rev William Cabell Brown bishop of Virginia sails from Liverpool England after attending the Pan-Anglican Lambeth conference since June. Mrs Brown remains in Washington and will soon travel to New York City to reunite with her husband in Virginia.
The horn book originated in 1450 and remained common through the eighteenth century as the standard primer in seminaries. It consisted of a wooden slab covered with parchment showing letters and syllables, sealed with a transparent horn sheet to prevent moisture penetration.
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