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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1921
Page
1
In western New York two soil management methods prevail. Some orchardists grow crops for soil improvement but struggle with leguminous cover crops. Others leave trees in sod and apply nitrate of soda yearly, with up to twenty five pounds absorbed per tree, highlighting fertility challenges and color loss in the region.
The Christmas seal sale starts today with volunteers from The Girls Athletic Association canvassing Leicester and Frederick County. Seals are available at the Chamber of Commerce office for those who wish to support the fight against tuberculosis, the so called white plague, which claims many lives annually in Virginia and the United States.
Special notice announces low cost, high pressure sprayers on favorable terms to support early and thorough spraying this coming season. Orders must be placed by January 10, 1922, with prices now 26 percent below last year and below pre war levels. Growers urged to visit 301 N. Market St. or call phone 313.
An advertisement claims half price on tailored clothing with sample inspection and custom style. Eye tests are offered without drugs and special glasses made to order by WM. Kline, optometrist, Waynesboro, Virginia, with a Winchester event at Hotel Evans on Saturday December 10.
Dr. Wilmer Amos Hadley, once a Army surgeon, was executed by electric chair at the Virginia state penitentiary for the 1918 murder of his wife Sue Tinsley Hadley. He had fled to New Mexico, confessed in writing, and gave no statements beyond saying he made peace with God.
C L Hawkins janitor of the county courthouse and other county buildings has been ill for weeks on Market street. He was reported unimproved this morning. His daughter arrived from Pittsburg and Miss Higgins district nurse helps while a physician is called. He is understood to have high blood pressure and friends visit daily.
Advertises a sale of dolls and carriages at Neidemeyers with very low prices. Mentions specific hours 9 to 1 and 2 to 7, urging shoppers to visit.
Dublin Dec 9 The Dail will move ratification of the Ireland Britain treaty next Wednesday under Arthur Griffith as chairman of the plenipotentiaries. De Valera repudiates the agreement saying delegates views differ from cabinet members and the split dominates Irish political developments.
Major Calvin M. Borum, longtime Southern Railway freight agent and longtime chairman of the Confederate veterans Fisher's Hill reunions committee, died at his Strasburg home after a week of pneumonia. He was eighty one and had a frail health history but on several occasions recovered from serious illness. His death caused universal sorrow in Strasburg and along the railroad line.
A petition signed by all Frederick county and Winchester bar members asks State Senator Harry Flood Byrd and Delegate Boyd R. Richards to advocate for the re-election of Hon. Frank B. Whiting as Judge of the Seventeenth Judicial Circuit serving Frederick Clarke Warren Shenandoah and Winchester. Whiting also serves as Winchester Corporation Court judge. Signatories include M. M. Lynch, Robert M. Ward, John M. Steck, T. Russell Cather, Philip Williams, Herbert Larrick, Harry Kern, Joseph Newlin, Robert Barton, James Reardon, Warren Rice and R. Gray Williams.
Claude M. Showalter sells his stake in the Sho walter and Groves drug firm to Bernard F. Groves. Groves becomes sole owner with Harry Holtzman in charge of prescriptions. The store, once owned by Harry I. Livick and later Asco Drug Company, is in North Main street retail district.
The Star announces a radical reduction in subscription costs effective January 1 1922. Annual rate drops to five dollars or one dollar fifty cents for six months if prepaid. The move aims to ease farmers facing hard conditions and is offered despite skepticism.
The Legion Auxiliary in Virginia seeks gifts of warm robes and slippers for 387 disabled veterans in state hospitals. Donations or funds to buy items may be sent to Mrs. W. A. Baker of Winchester, with the group urging more units to help.
Paul Kremer, a prosperous young Washington lawyer and son of Luther F. Kremer, has been ill with double pneumonia for two weeks. A remote update says his condition is very serious with 70 changes for worse, but he is holding his own. His aunt Mrs. Kerr of Chambersburg Pa and his sister Miss Marjorie Kremer arrived yesterday and left for Washington.
A decree in Frederick County Circuit Court orders a master commissioner to ascertain real and personal estate of Sam Haines deceased and to convene his creditors. Ashby Sprint as administrator seeks to settle accounts. Haines, once an apple dealer from England, drowned last summer in the Shenandoah River near Berry’s Ferry.
Jap Curl and Boat Grim, well known Winchester barbers, ordered a thoroughbred fox terrier from a Philadelphia shop but received a black car in a crate. They refused it, the expressman claimed the doglike crate would stay, and the car was shipped back on the next train.
Households urged to prepare for the Christmas season with washable rug cleaning at Winchester Steam Laundry. Soft water is used and Bell phone number 28 is listed for contact.
Funeral services for Henry Delaware Flood longtime 10th Virginia District congressman who died yesterday at his Washington home will be held Monday at 11 in the Church of the Covenant. The Rev Dr Woods will officiate assisted by Rev Robert B Nelson with honorary pallbearers from the Senate and House. Burial to follow in a vault then final burial in Appomattooc Virginia.
Noted bandit Tom Slaughter, under death sentence for killing a guard at Tucker state farm, escaped from the Little Rock penitentiary with six other convicts. He ruled the prison for five hours, armed with a revolver smuggled to him, and later passed Benton exchanging shots with the city marshal about 25 miles south of Little Rock.
A season ticket for five concerts under the Elks organization costs $1.50 with a free 50 cent chance to win a new Buick car for a limited number of fast buyers. Next show is Monday, December 12. See inside display ad.
A valley savings promotion offers 6 classes at 10c to 5 per week under Nat's Bank slogan Where Savings Are Safe. The ad touts polite prompt intelligent service from Shenandoahle Valley location and invites customers to join tomorrow night.
The Christmas Savings Club at Shenandoah Valley National Bank invites new members. Six classes, payments from 10 cents to 5 dollars per week, with details on the 8th page ad. Event time noted as 9 1 pft.
Henry B Walthall star of Birth of a Nation and The Confession headlines at The Empire tonight with A Splendid Ham and a new comedy Rattling By plus Aesop Fables.
Words fail to express our gratitude for the sympathy and attention shown by friends and neighbors during the illness and death of wife and mother Mary E Spence. J H Spence and Family. Read Moling Seal's Xmas Ready to Wear ad on page seven.
Mr John Murnan a well known retired Baltimore and Ohio Railroad employee of the Shenandoah division celebrated his seventy third birthday quietly at his North Kent street home. He enjoyed good health and received many congratulatory wishes from friends as a special dinner was prepared in his honor.
Obscure advertisement urges Christmas jewelry purchases from a local firm while attacking a competitor. Promotes December bargains at F R Crane, Jeweler in Winchester Virginia. Includes tailors offering made to order clothing from Virginia Tailoring Co with sample styles.
Classified notice seeking a used floor showcase with contact for Shapp Foundry at phone 219 W for interest and negotiation.
Dec 15 public sale of valuable Metz lots in Kerns town. Easy reach to good schools churches and Winchester. See ad 6 Ip tf.
In a seven reel First National picture Prachful Valley and a two part comedy Speed play the night program with matinee at 2 30 p m Regular prices shown by Pathe News and usual features of a Saturday night program
Sealed bids requested for re roofing Sarah Zane Engine House using 27 gauge galvanized metal with double seam and cleats no more than one foot apart. Include spouting tin barge boards cave board and painting both sides. Two bids on 20th street area. Submit by December 15 to City Manager or J H Henry Chairman Fire Co.
Washington dispatch reports arms conference moving toward a four power treaty and naval base fortifications in the Pacific. Delegates note progress toward a 5-5-3 ratio and possible open session next week as Japanese attitude awaits a definite statement.
Advertisement style notice outlines a wireless music demonstration from 8:20 to 6:80 at Winchester Orchard Co. 301 N Market St. Also lists bargains on meat products and various local shop promotions including raisins currants nuts China and cut glass at People's Bargain Store and Christmas trees at 444 North Kent St. Also mentions milk 10 cents a quart and a local dairy truck.
The Ladies' Aid of the Church of Christ hosts an annual Xmas bazar at Solenberger's window on Saturday at noon. Proceeds support church activities and community aid.
The 68 acre farm of the late Fred Carver five miles east of Winchester near Berryville Turnpike will be sold in front of Court House tomorrow at noon. Look in Neidemeyer’s window for gifts for every family member or friend at very low prices. TK Ladies stylish suits restocked at half price after Mr. M Hamburger’s late night return from Baltimore.
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