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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1922
Page
3
A fragment notes a newborn weighing two pounds one ounce at birth. Details are unclear but the measurement is recorded, suggesting a particularly small infant in a historic clipping.
A birthday dinner was held last Sunday at Trone Virginia for Mr. J N Johnson who marked his seventy fourth year while confined to bed by rheumatism. Family and friends gathered, sharing baskets and best wishes, with many gifts given to the ailing honoree and his wife.
Greenwood Virginia December 6 There will be preaching at Greenwood Memorial Church on Sunday December 10 at 830 by Rev Dr St Clair Neal of Baltimore. It is his first sermon here fifty years ago. Sunday school follows at 230. Numerous local residents are noted visiting and staying with friends and relatives in Winchester Weaverville and nearby towns. A recent fire at Mr John Pennington’s home was not stove related investigators await cause.
Virginia faces a centennial of its 1861 bond issue for public improvements amounting to 33 million dollars. As of October 1 this year the state owed 21,658,607.45 with 100 years of interest paid totaling 82,063,748.45. Debates swirl over an extra session and Trinkle’s potential call amid bond issue worries.
After two months of tender nursing Zehme Edmonds Chappelear died November 17 1922 at Memorial Hospital Winchester Virginia. Funeral services were held at Belle Grove near Paris and interment followed beside her parents. She was a Fauquier Institute graduate and survived by one sister and three brothers. Pallbearers listed. Deep sympathy offered from class mates and friends.
Mr and Mrs Donard Oates hosted a surprise party for their son Holmes Jr age 15 at the Haines home in Gapon Bridge West Virginia with about 65 attendees including out of town guests from Keyser Shepherdstown Paw Paw and nearby. Attendees brought presents and late evening refreshments were served. The page also notes well wishes for Mrs Albert Schaffenaker’s recovery and visits by Thomas Edwar little son Rebecca Turner Sirbaugh and others.
Fragmentary and damaged text references Cleopatran lips and a mous Egyptian queen. Description notes a deadtene character with a vicious disposition and dark réa as part of a historic or fictional profile.
Readable text discusses holiday shopping and gift items with emphasis on Christmas sales. Names and specific details are unclear but the tone suggests promotional material for seasonal bargains.
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