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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1920
Page
5
A PSA style testimonial from Perrry West Virginia extols Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription for women noting improved health and reduced doctor bills. The letter claims success of Lotion Tabs and Healing Suppositories after months of remedies failing. The ad style text targets female readers with claims of curing weakness and pains specific to the sex.
In the Frederick County Circuit Court on August 25, 1920, William G. Hardy as administrator of Charles Hardy deceased seeks distribution of estate comprising three houses on West Water Street Winchester and about 41 acres in Frederick County. Non resident defendants and unknown heirs must appear within ten days. notice to publish weekly for four weeks in The Evening Star and to post at court house.
Court records show Sydney L. Davis suing Russell Brown and others to partition a 19 acre tract near Nain in Frederick County Virginia. If partition in kind fails, the property will be sold with proceeds distributed to living Brown children. defendants must appear within ten days after publication. The notice appears in the Winchester Star for four weeks and posting at the county courthouse door by September 6, 1920.
Members of the American Legion are urged to assemble at 3 p.m. on Sunday August 29 at the Woodman of the World hall corner Water and Market streets to attend in a body the unveiling of a monument in Mount Hebron Cemetery in memory of the late Lieut Louis Snapp.
Coming fair continues with no entry by vehicle through the first gate. Grounds will be full of exhibits and attractions, two music bands daily, and a prominent ladies department. Gambling devices may be allowed as diversions while outright money games are banned. Racing with handsome stakes and top eastern horses planned. Sheriff Luther Pannett named superintendent of grounds as the event aims to attract regional crowds September 7 to 10.
Members and friends of Centenary Reformed Church Sunday school returned from Rock Enon Springs after a full day outing. A Winchester and Western train carried 212 passengers to and from the grounds for a day of outdoor sports including a married vs unmarried men baseball game and children’s activities. Meals varied with some bringing baskets and others dining at the hotel. no charge was made to Sunday school members. Mr and Mrs Gores and Mrs H B McCormac and son left today for Orkney Springs on visit.
Mrs Turner of Upperville Lou doun county arrives to take possession of 417 South Market street property recently bought from Mr and Mrs C N Gray. She intends to settle here with her father and later join by her daughter to access the city’s education opportunities.
Morning worship at Centenary Church at 11 a.m. Sunday School at 9 45 a.m. The young people’s society holds an outdoor evening service at 6 p.m. at the conq uret camp. Preaching at St Paul’s Stephenson at 2 30 p.m. Public invited to worship with us.
Longshoremen halted loading on the Baltic Celtic Olympic and Canopic and blockaded piers in New York in a protest tied to Archbishop Mannix being taken from a ship in England. Witnesses reported hundreds involved as Irish sympathizers disrupted work and additional lines faced demonstrations at their piers.
The Democratic national committee announced a nationwide drive to mobilize women on the league of nations issue. Mr. Porden Harriman of New York was named national chairman of the Cox and Roosevelt Leagues of Nations Club, and Mrs. Harriman endorsed the cause saying all informed women support it.
Vice-Chancellor Backes enjoined the International Brotherhood of Bridge and Iron and others from a sympathetic strike at the Atlantic Smelting and Refining Works Brooklyn plant site. The decision held such strikes illegal and against public policy, aimed at creating a labor monopoly and infringing rights of nonmember workers and employers.
Americans took the top three spots in the springboard diving finals. L. KE. Kuehn of Portland won first place, Cc. K. Kingston of San Francisco placed second, and I. J. Baltbach of the New York Athletic Club finished third.
Guidance on choosing breeds such as White Leghorns Wyandottes Plymouth Rocks Rhode Island Reds or Orpingtons to maximize egg yield. Covers care food shelter nests confinement of males during breeding season egg collection storage and market strategies for home egg selling with emphasis on cleanliness and consistent cash pricing.
A traveler notes Bolivian scenes of indigenous women weaving wool. They sit before huts spinning the fiber using simple tools, making blankets and other woven goods as they watch their surroundings.
A vintage advertisement touts Dodson's Liver Tone as a pleasant harmless substitute for calomel. It claims the tonic cures biliousness headaches and constipation without sickness or salivation and benefits adults and children alike.
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