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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1921
Page
8
The Department of Labor estimates 5.9 million to 5.735 million unemployed will need work. Labor leaders will meet in Washington next month in a conference called by the President to settle the plan. Secretary Hoover works on a proposal and aims to present it within ten days.
In Barnstable Massachusetts on August 29 a crowd surrounded the jail as three Cape Verdean men were transferred to answer charges stemming from an incident involving a white woman. Most spectators were curious and no disorder occurred though two earlier lynching attempts were noted.
Rev. Charles B. Stevens of the Third Presbyterian Church urged creating a university for the education of mothers-in-law in a Chicago sermon. He claimed the mother-in-law problem is serious, saying 75 percent of matrimonial troubles stem from in-laws and calling the mother-in-law “an outlaw.”
The business review of the Fourth Federal Reserve Bank notes signs of improvement in iron and steel and in other industries. The automobile sector, while not fully satisfactory, also shows some uptick in activity over the past few weeks.
A late night fire destroyed a barn, a cow shed, two straw ricks, hay, and farming tools on the Kemp farm near Red Bud and Millburn roads, northeast of Winchester. Owner S. V. Kemp of Washington. tenant Frank Ashby. Loss at least $2,000. building insured for $200. contents insured. Origin unknown. family awakened by smoke.
A historical bus or train fare list shows a Friendship picnic plan with round trip prices by route. Notable stops include Winchester Hill Crest Lee McGuire Pester Creek Indian Hollow Gainesboro Back Creek Midway Cornwell Gore Pools Ford Rock Enon with fares ranging from 25 to 90 cents and a returning trip scheduled for Rock Enon at 7 p.m.
A community event announces a picnic and yard party at Little Mountain on Saturday September 3 with a address speaking at 2 o clock and music by the Green Spring Band. If the weather is unfavorable the event will move to Monday September 25 at LADUE MOUNTAIN.
August 29 announcement names Mrs. Mabel Walker Reinbrandt of Los Angeles as assistant attorney general for the United States. The move follows appointments and reshuffles discussed in Washington and referenced in Atlantic City dispatches.
Joe Jones creamer y and W M Fletcher prop Bell Phone advertise social events and picnics with listed prices and contact details for planning community gatherings.
A fragmentary classifieds item lists sale details near Winchester involving Enoch Newlin of Briggs Virginia. The notice mentions a boat, roads, timber and a parcel to be auctioned on September 3 with times at 11 and 30 minutes after noon.
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