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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1919
Page
2
A bargain offer from a well known towel house presents a chance for housekeepers to replenish supplies. The lot features Turkish towels, fancy ordered Turkish towels, and plain and fancy Huck towels at reduced prices.
Rail timetable notice listing westbound and eastbound routes with stops including Bristol Roanoke Bluefield Pocahontas Welch Merton Shenandoah and intermediate stations. Monastic details show Pullman service and connections to Harrisburg Philadelphia and Washington with specific times.
Apple growers in this section and nationwide are told the foreign market shows poor returns now though it may improve later. Winchester broker Boyd R. Richards reports letters from J. T. Archer and K. S. Brewster warning against shipping to Europe at present as the market is expected to decline upon arrival.
A new price record was set on the New York Cotton Exchange as December cotton contracts sold at forty cents per pound. This marked a price rise of about 1.50 per bale from the prior close and roughly twelve cents higher than the low September levels.
Mrs. Clay Frye of Ferguson Station Me extols Chamberlain's Cough Remedy for children and adults, claiming quick relief from coughs colds and croup symptoms after a few doses. Advertisement notes it is sold by all dealers.
The Virginia Good Roads Association committee met in Lynchburg with president Lupton presiding to outline the Richmond convention set for January 14 to 16. They withhold prospective speaker names but will seek full time employment of a Richmond secretary for statewide road education. D. B. Ryland of Lynchburg was approved as secretary treasurer for the unexpired term. The group also discussed the likely legislative program for the convention.
A Corporation Court order permits a colored couple to adopt a one year old child born to a white mother. The mother consented and the couple, childless, intend to raise and educate the mulatto child, changing its surname to that of the adoptive father.
The county hosts a glad hand for community survey workers visiting every magisterial district. Local residents including postmasters farmers doctors teachers ministers merchants and officials share information. Stronger communities emerge where schools churches and roads improve while some areas show dwindling civic participation.
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