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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1919
Page
7
Stephens City reports include Mrs Bell Grint wintering in Texas and Miss Ball called home to Weems Virginia due to her brother’s illness. The community notes various visits, travels, and local happenings with several residents moving or returning.
Oliver Woore of South Kent Street is reported in serious condition after a paralytic stroke at home. His son William Woore and daughter in law have arrived from Covington Virginia, with other relatives expected. Woore is an English native who has lived here for many years.
County Red Cross workers are urged to submit complete lists of subscriptions and report totals to division headquarters. At present 1 936 have signed for 1920 with expectations the final figure will exceed 3 000. Enroll by Christmas or renew Red Cross Magazine at one dollar per year.
The Boy Scouts of America hold their fifth spelling contest at the Empire Theater tomorrow at 8 15 pm with notable public figures among the spellers. Captains are F B Clerk and Major W W Glass, plus participants from Handley Schools Shenandoah Valley Academy and Fort Loudoun Seminary. An out of town orchestra precedes the event. admission is ten cents. Awards total 35 in gold with 20 10 and 5 to top spellers.
Advertisement urges women with back pain headaches and nervousness to try Dr Kilmer Swamp Root. Claims kidney or bladder issues cause other illnesses and promotes buying a medium or large bottle or requesting a sample by mailing ten cents to Kilmer Co. in Binghamton New York.
The U S mail truck operator in Loudoun Virginia was fined under state speed laws. The federal government argues state laws do not apply to federal officers. Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals has granted a writ of error and the case may reach the U S Supreme Court for ruling on state versus federal sovereignty.
Misses Georgie Fawcett and Cladys Crabtre of Washington spent Thanksgiving with Georgie’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. F. Fawcett. Nearby residents J. C. Burkhart and son Lester, Jennie Robertson, and others visited relatives in Kernstown and Mount Williams. Hubert Gough from near Winchester stayed with sister Minnie Orndorff. Vergie Snapp visited Katie Burkhart as weekend guest.
An advertisement claims Pape's Diapepsin instantly relieves indigestion and stomach pain by neutralizing acidity. It promises quick relief from gas sourness heartburn and dyspepsia with one or two tablets, at low cost from any drug store.
Charles D Ru thenberg national executive secretary of the Communist Party of America was arrested in Chicago on telegraphic request from New York. He had been indicted for violation of the New York state criminal syndicalist act, known in radical circles as the most arrested man in America.
The Hicks Motor Company plans a formal opening of its new North Main street building between now and Christmas week. The agency covers five counties for Hudson and Essex cars with a contract requiring a minimum of 85 cars delivered in 1920.
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