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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Dec 02, 1924

Page

7

Canterburg Local Notes Share Socials and Visits

Canterburg Virginia December notes describe a successful pie social at the Canterburg schoolhouse hosted by Ladies Aid. The column also lists visits and family news including the Clemons and Suddith households, medical issues with a child, moving plans, and local travels among residents such as Mr. Penelton Fleming, Mr. Luther Haun, Mrs. Hale, Mrs. Berecham, and Mrs. Cave.

Canterburg Ladies Aid Thenkssifg Bas H. L L. N. Painter Earl Ter Feston S. William Cham T. A. Clemons Wadesville Billy DeWitt Suddith Barney Penelton Fleming Frank Be Apeaiy- Ee Luther Ke Haun Winifred Mayers May Rainier J. C. Hale William Berecham Gore Hale Es F. Clemons Riley Murphy Brot Barney Pitcock L. J. Cave Howard White Refuge

Local Social Notes Highlight Area Visits

Mr and Mrs Hyldebrandt of New Winton Md guest of Mr and Mrs M B Glaize. R L Hartman visits relatives and friends. Anna Lewis of Apple Ridge reports friends in the section. Mrs Fannie Clark of Martinsboro spends time with relatives here. Susan B Howard ill but improving. Miss Margaret Cross of Winchester visited Miss Helen Miller.

Ett Va Fannie Clark Martinsbore Susan B. Howard Margaret Cross Winchester Helen Miller

Nailville Painter’s Shop and Warehouse Burn Near Winches ter

Fire destroyed A. L. Nail’s shop and warehouse in Nailville along the Winchester and Western Railroad near Rap Run and Hogue Creek. The blaze gutted tools, relics, and equipment with no insurance, aided only by a bucket brigades. nearby homes and a Ford car were endangered but wind helped prevent wider damage. Nail, a noted artist and musician, had left the stove burning earlier that day.

Bae Ee Nailville Winchester and Western Conoe Rap Run Hogue Creek A. L. Nail Nail We’ Sma

After One Year Landlady at Bow

A terse report describes a violent landlady and her husband after their first year of marriage, noting she is aggressive and he is bald.

Bow

Senator Carraway Urges Federal Funding and Control of Campaigns

Senator Carraway of Arkansas proposes Congress fund and oversee all national campaigns. He would cap party expenditures at under 1,000,000 and shift campaign activity to federal control with voter education appropriations. The plan, part of the Senate committee report, awaits further discussion.

Washington Senator Carraway Arkansas Senate Carraway Senaté Borah

Conductor Killed in Train Crash Near Jackson

Henry Johnson freight train conductor was killed and W E Graves fireman seriously injured when a Mobile and Ohio passenger train rear ended a freight train near Jackson Tennessee today.

Associated Press Jackson, Tenn Henry Johnson W. E. Graves Mobile and Ohio Jackson

Bud Peer Recovers From Thanksgiving Arm Shot

Local notes report Bud Peer healing after a gunshot wound in the arm on Thanksgiving Day at Winchester hospital. Visitors include Pearl and John Feakibe of Middletown, Mrs. Ida Brill staying with her father in Strasburg, and many friends from the area. A November 20 birth to Mr. and Mrs. Lineweaver is noted, and a recent housewarming shower for the Peers is described with guests and well wishes.

Ida Brill Joshua Foltz Strasburg W. R. Lineweaver Paul ' Williams Jean Luther. Swartz Robert Peer Snowden Bauserman Paul Williams Alger Conner Boyd Strosnider Russell Williams Alma Frances Bauserman Bernice ‘Peer aKthleen Shell Harvilla Strosnider Curtis Whittington

Fake Oil Promoter Returns With Only $12 After $2 Million Scam

Leo Koretz, once blamed for a $2 million Bayano oil fraud, arrived in Chicago with 12 one dollar bills and his clothes as assets. He confessed to promoting swamp land schemes in Panama and inflating oil discoveries to lure investors, saying he took in about $2,000,000 over 18 years. Crowe, the state’s attorney, noted Koretz’s full cooperation as he faced press and detectives.

Chicago Leo Koretz Robert E. Crowe Halifax Koretz Bayano Crowe Panama

St Jacobs Oil Promises Fast Relief for Rheumatism

Advertisement touts St Jacobs Oil as a harmless remedy for rheumatism, sciatica, neuralgia and other pains. It claims instant relief from soreness and stiffness and urges purchase of a 35 cent bottle at any drug store, noting 65 years of use.

St Jacobs St.Jacobs St. Jacobs

Missionary Society Meeting Set at Miss McViar Home

The Woman's Missionary Society of First Baptist Church will meet at Miss Margaret McVi ar 6h North Main Street on Thursday evening December 4 at 8 oclock. All members urged to attend. Secretary. 7, ue.

Woman’s Missionary Society of the First Baptist Church Margaret McViar North Main Street

Get Me McCoy's Cod Liver Oil Tablets

Thousands of discouraged thin men and women are urged to try McCoy's Cod Liver Oil Tablets to gain flesh. An example cites a woman who gained 15 pounds in five weeks, with a money back guarantee if no 60 pound gain in 30 days, priced at 60 cents, advertised by Franck Baker and Son and Boyd Drug Co.

McMoy Franck Baker and Son Boyd Drug Co

Tonic for Women Aids Nervousness and Low Spirits

A vintage advertisement touts a tonic discovered by an eminent chemist and doctor claiming relief for nervousness headaches cramps and low spirits. It urges women to obtain a bottle from Franck Baker and Son with careful directions.

Franck Baker and Son

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