28 Aug 1923
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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1923
Page
1
Winchester fair obituary notices report a small turnout with four crowd on hand as gate receipts lag. The brief item notes limited attendance and pending totals while mentioning the event at Winchester.
The Winchester Fair opened under gray skies as a large crowd filled the grounds. Exhibits across all departments were overflowing with many temporary structures added to hold the influx, while racing and the refined decoration improved the overall display.
A classified notice announces selling eggs poultry and cream to H D Albin agent of Fairmont Creamery Co. The short item lists a local business transaction with no further details.
Desirable street offers a six room stuccoed house with modern conveniences. Vacant lot included. Exchange possible for smaller home. Located at 315 South Stewart. Chapman's Auto Sales listed in advertisement.
The Virginia Trapshooters' Association schedules its fourth annual tournament at Norfolk's Norfolk Gun Club September 3 and 4 under ATA rules. The two day program includes 150 sixteen yard targets, 25 doubles, 100 sixteen yard targets, and 100 distance handicap with Lewis class trophies and high gun awards. Teams from Roanoke Lynchburg Clifton Forge Staunton Winchester Front Royal Richmond Newport News Portsmouth and Farmville will vie in five man club matches, with the annual meeting at the Monticello Hotel September 3.
The Winchester Gun Club will be represented at the Norfolk meeting by several members including Claude Stickley Arthur Seabright J. B. Beverley Jr. and perhaps others.
Tomorrow at 3 30 P M the Front Royal team hosts Winchester at the new ball park for a scheduled baseball game. Local fans expect a tight contest and the venue debut adds extra atmosphere to the matchup.
J W CAMMER of Kernstown Virginia advertises a fair week tire sale with prices on high grade tires including 34% oversize and multiple sizes from 31x4 to 36x4. Contact Bell 2020F2 for details.
Classified notice offers a fine mahogany piano for quick sale by Mrs John W Barr at 327 W Cecil St The ad also seeks a 12 year old boy to carry Star with apply at office plus a meeting notice for W C U annual meeting at Handley Library on Thursday August 30 at 10 o clock with reports of the year’s work.
Car load of galvanized roofing sheets and rolls available to cut to length. Limited assortment before stock breaks. Located at John W. Rosenberger & Co with contact for order details.
To the Public: We thank you for your increased patronage and trust in our gas and oil of unquestioned quality. We sell at a loss to provide dependable products and offer free conveniences and services that cost us but benefit customers. A fair season ticket notice also appears for Ebert's Buick Agency.
Friendship Fire Company's outing at Gore on Labor Day aims to attract the largest local crowd yet. The program includes a moving picture show, dancing on a decorated floor with a local orchestra, a Mount Williams versus Capon Bridge baseball game, swimming and fishing, life saving demonstrations by the fire truck, and a later return train to extend the pleasure.
A small basement fire in the United States Capitol started in a pile of cord wood and was extinguished about 20 minutes after discovery. Smoke filled several lower corridors but caused no damage.
Ed Lockhart, a notorious Oklahoma bandit, had his 90‑day parole revoked by Governor Walton but officials say he has not been returned to prison. He served only a small portion of a 20‑year sentence for bank robbery at Gore, Oklahoma.
Ticket offer for Barney Google with prices listed for Orchestra Balcony Gallery and Box Seats. Also an advertisement seeking salesmen for Ford cars and trucks from Chapman's Auto Sales dated 27-10-81.
The Mountain View Nursery Co announces an exhibit at the Winchester Fair showcasing nursery stock. A fine lot of apples is offered from the Inwood branch in West Virginia, with remaining stock at Halfway, Maryland. Visitors on the fair grounds are invited to discuss their needs.
The notice advertises dancing at the fair grounds from 8 to 11 each night Tuesday through Friday and also 8 to 5 in the afternoons starting Wednesday. The event runs weekly with evening and daytime sessions.
The document outlines a multi day racing program from August 28 to 31 with races each day including pony Mule and pony pace events. Purses range from five to four hundred dollars and totals appear for each day. It also notes a separate for sale listing: a 15 acre apple orchard with season's crop one mile from Winchester Virginia advertised by Try Herrell's.
Senator Byrd is not a candidate for Governor and has not authorized anyone to announce or advocate him. The statement by Senator Louis S. Epes cites Byrd as opposing the bond issue and denying any plans to run, noting past opposition and current restraint in Virginia politics.
Reports from Bautsen Germany describe Saxony rural districts raided for a week by organized looters described as communistic bands. Gangs in daylight requisition crops dairy cattle and grain, marching in groups of 100 to 300 under a presumed general staff, with local gendarmerie unable to stop the pillage.
Police probe a high rent life in Central Park West after John H. Sutphen, a private secretary, was found dead with a warm pipe and cyanide in his stomach. Investigators trace two flashily dressed women and a woman called Mrs Sutphen linked to the affair.
The Rev. Mr. Markwood retired minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church South is critically ill in a Staunton Virginia hospital. If his condition permits he may be moved to his home in this city. Friends regret his serious illness and wish him recovery.
Masons from the Shenandoah Valley plan to attend the November 1 cornerstone laying in Alexandria Virginia for the George Washington Masonic National Memorial. The granite structure will rise 200 feet, span 160 by 230 feet, and cost about 4 million dollars with a surrounding two acre park.
Roy W Richards and his wife traveled to Washington for a planned operation at Walter Reed Hospital on wounds from World War I. He previously served as a sergeant with the 357th Infantry and was wounded at Soissons and during the Saint Mihiel drive. surgeons expect the new procedure to offer permanent benefit after several prior operations.
The American Legion delegation led by Colonel Alvin M. Owsley met President and Madame Millerand at Rambouillet France on August 27. They left for Brussels to attend the Inter-Allied Veterans Federation conference. The president and his wife greeted the guests in the castle grounds and offered a cordial, dignified reception.
Entries for Wednesday harness races announced by M. Baker secretary. a full card of races starts at 1 PM with names like Little Peter Pointer and Abbie Dryad listed among participants. Patron interest expected high as crowds fill the grounds.
A large Virginia crowd saw Waynesboro and Winchester shooters excel in an epee event. Top scorers included Seabright 187, Puffenberger 140, Runnells 1485 in a misread line, with other notable totals from Morrison, Cook, and Holt. Handicaps ranged 16 to 22 yards, showing strong finishes by Runnells, Stickley, and Seabright among others.
Mrs E Virginia Hathaway aged about 77 died Wednesday night at 10 at her home in Brunswick Ma from poison. She was born in Carper City and was daughter of the late Johan Carper. Survived by husband two daughters Mrs Lee at home and Mrs J Brightman of Colorado and Henry Carper of West Wir sisters Mrs Adaline Perry Julia A Anderson and several nieces and nephews in Clarke counties. Funeral held at the E Church in Brunswick conducted by Rev BE. Body shipped on a special train toints for burial. Pallbearers named Herline Griffens Kerns Calvert.
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