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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1919
Page
2
Fire Officers Resign in Chaotic Friendship Fire Hall
A Tuesday meeting of the Friendship Fire Company ended with several officers resigning after a dispute over the dismissal of auto truck driver Carson Clark. The executive committee had sought his resignation for absence without leave, but the rank and file rejected the action, prompting resignations and an abrupt adjournment amid tumult. The status remains unresolved with elections due next January.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Friendship Fire Company
Carson Clark
Clark
Women Work Pressed by War Emergencies
During the war women filled many vocations and shouldered heavy duties. The text notes ailments common to women and promotes Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a long standing remedy used for generations to ease female health issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia E. Pinkham
America
Charter Granted for Winchester Orchard Supply Co
The Winchester Orchard Supply Company, Inc. received a charter from the State Corporation Commission and filed it at the Corporation Clerk's Office. Capital is set at 50 000 to 75 000 dollars. Officers: William P. Massey president, R. E. Griffith vice president and secretary, Chr F. Massey treasurer. The board comprises these three officers. The firm aims to buy sell and manufacture fruit grower and farming supplies and products, buy and sell farm and orchard lands, and handle general real estate and agricultural, road making, and saw mill machinery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Corporation Commission
Winchester Orchard Supply Company, Inc
William’ P. Massey
R. E. Griffith
Chrl F. Massey
Farm Supply Trade Includes Vehicles and Garden Goods
All kinds of buying and selling of trucks, tractors, automobiles and auto accessories, seeds, nursery stock, fertilizers and other material or supplies connected with fruit growing and farming in general.
Grace Lutheran youth society meets at Miss Forney’s home
The Young People’s Society of Grace Lutheran Church will gather at 7 30 this evening at Miss Grace Forney’s home 14 South Washington street for a church group meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Young People’s Society of Grace Lutheran Church
Grace~Forney
South Washington Street
Aggressive sales firm offers paid live wire position
An aggressive organization advertises a January 1 start for a live wire salesman with exclusive territory. It promotes large earnings from paint roofing cement and similar lines, claiming at least a 100 percent income increase via a new sales method. Write Security-Mutual Paint and Varnish Works Station A Cleveland Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Station A
Cleveland
Ohio
The Star Job Office Serves Farmers Needing Printing
A notice notes farmers needing any kind printing should consult The Star Job Office. The message emphasizes practical, timely help for local agricultural businesses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Star
Dodson's Liver Tone Promises Safe Remedy
Ad claims Dodson's Liver Tone is a harmless vegetable substitute for calomel. It urges readers to visit a druggist for a bottle, promising quick liver action with fewer side effects and stating it is safe for children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dodson
Auction Listing for Six Room House With Utilities
A six room house with lights and water offered, price around 3500 dollars. A six room residence with lights bath and furnace listed at 3750 dollars.
Colored Boys Rob Clothing Store Theft Reported
Two colored boys were seen in rain near the rear of a Virginia Woolen Mills lot. A new blue cloth suit found abandoned led to Gray and Sheetz, clothiers, who identified the garments as stolen. Police hope to identify the youths with clerks recalling a lookout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia Woolen Mills
Police
Gray and Sheetz
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