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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1923
Page
3
Mrs. Hortense Ropp of Roanoke conducted a successful revival meeting at a local Episcopal church. Large nightly crowds attend as she travels the area with a series of services, last Sunday speaking at Woodbury by invitation of the local pastor and drawing a substantial congregation.
Mrs Ropp has devoted years to evangelistic work and recently spoke to vast crowds in Chicago Omaha and other western cities. Her engagements are booked months ahead with strong demand for her services.
H. B. McCormac general manager of the Virginia Woolen Company left yesterday for New York to handle company business with selling agents and to attend the annual convention of the American Woolen and Worsted Association.
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Farmers Union Local of its City will meet in the High 1 building on Friday evening December 7. Anyone desiring to place orders for clover seed for January delivery will place their orders on Friday night. Also on hand is a carload of cotton on the road with a few unsold. Members are urged to attend, as this is the last meeting of the year. C. C. Watson, Secy.
James Oates was found guilty by a Frederick County Circuit Court jury of violating state prohibition laws regarding the sale of ardent spirits. The jury returned the verdict around 3:30 p.m. Judge Whiting denied a jail sentence and indicated the motion for suspension would be considered later in the term. Jurors included W B O Neal, W A Scrivener, Earl Kime, J Floyd Morrison, and J H Fout.
The First Christian Church held a well attended evangelistic service led by Rev. Morgan who warned that drifting beyond the lifeline means no hope. He cited Romans 1 20 32 and warned against denying God and worshiping idols as led to giving them up. Tonight's sermon is The Great Divide at 7 30.
In a brisk session professionals backed the long side pushing a dozen issues to fresh yearly highs. Low priced rails also rose but the bulk of gains came from specialty shares as call money opened at 4 1 2 percent.
Paris reports after an autopsy that Philippe Daudet the 14 year old son of royalist leader Leon Daudet died from self inflicted wounds while in a taxicab. The father has filed a formal charge of assassination against an unknown person.
President Calvin Coolidge hailed the Monroe Doctrine as a major factor in international concerns in a message to Dr. Clarence Owen at the Centenary celebration in Richmond Virginia. The event honored monuments to Monroe and Jefferson with visits to Ash Lawn Monticello and a deed recording for the Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation.
Mrs. Margaret Sanger announced at the American Birth Control League meeting that a clinic on Fifth Avenue has operated successfully for eleven months. It has provided information and care to 900 women under observation, fulfilling a dream for which she once spent thirty days in jail.
Winchester residents who have not paid the 1923 poll tax are reminded by the City Treasurer that payment is due by next Monday, June 10, to be eligible to vote in the upcoming June city election. A late penalty applies, with payments after December 10 incurring a total of $1.58.
William Andrew Johnston aged 79, longtime Wickliffe resident in Clarke County Virginia, died at his home after a brief illness. Survived by two brothers and six daughters, funeral expected Friday with interment at Green Hill Cemetery in Berryville.
A three-story brick structure on West Washington Street collapsed at 10 o'clock during repairs. Five people were in the building. none seriously hurt. Employees and bystanders aided after the debris was cleared, with some transported for minor injuries. Local Presbyterian services and a soprano solo event were mentioned in the same edition.
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