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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1919
Page
2
Notice is hereby given that the regular annual meeting of the shareholders of this bank will be held on the 4th day of January, 1920 at the banking house for consideration of a possible capital stock donation. Fuller, Vice-President-Cashier, Nat. Bank of Winchester, Va. Dec 12 1915.
The ad touts Dr. King's New Discovery as a fifty year old reliable remedy for colds grippe and throat coughs. It promises quick relief for the whole family and notes a price of 1.20 at druggists.
An old advertisement touts Dr Kings New Life Pills as a mild laxative to regulate bowel movements and cleanse waste. It claims to prevent constipation and maintain proper bile flow, offered at two cents per dose at druggists.
Refuge Virginia reports Mr and Mrs S W Grim returning from a visit. J R Bray recovers from illness and can go out. David Peacemaker ill at the Grim home. Fifteen from Strasburg visit Mrs Queenie Pifer and mother. E R Conner builds a porch. Mrs Hawes recovering. Grim and Miss Lauer dined with Miss Gardner. Mrs Painter returns to Stephens City. Ralph Ritenour recovered from serious illness. Miss Dovel opens school at Refuge.
Stock farm on pike in Loudoun County Virginia offers 80 acres in bottom land with good house barn and outbuildings. Prime stock and grain operation with 1 mile front on the road 3 miles from electric line. Price 12500 with desirable terms. Nearby farms range 75 to 100 per acre. A H Buell Farm Agent Herndon Va. July 21 tf Miss Rosie Virginia Riley and Curtis Martin Fuller wed in Hagerstown Maryland last Saturday officiated by Rev Hillton Orrick.
Five Winchester men Ernst Bolton Floyd Johnson James Bowles Theodore Miller and Frank Quantz were required to post 100 bonds and pay 41.85 costs for one year to keep peace toward Yates Willey and Ethelbert Utz after plans to assault the Front Royal clerks during a night out were alleged. Police testified the plot was overheard. defendants claimed they only watched an auto race.
The Post Office Department announced that Canada has temporarily halted issuing money orders on the United States because of extreme fluctuations in New York exchange quotations. The suspension is for a short period until conditions stabilize.
M Saponen, an art dealer who escaped to Finland, details Petrograd life under Bolshevik control. He cites food shortages, bartering, limited ruble holdings, and selective policing led by women from the Baltic provinces. Foreigners face persecution while burgling persists and alcohol remains pricey.
The postoffice announces preparedness for holiday mail surge with extra staff as needed. Experienced workers will handle peak volume, with overtime allowed. Green recruits may help but remain secondary to seasoned personnel during the rush.
Miss Johnetta Wright and Miss Crodelle Hicks visited Baltimore for the weekend. Mrs Maude Clendening, last week with Mrs William Clendening in Bunker Hill, returned home Friday. Miss Louise Swimley is ill with chickenpox from a Winchester visit. Mr J Sheppe, Miss Annie Grant and brother Mr Scott Grant are on the sick list.
Norfolk and Western timetable lists routes and connections for Sept 7 1919. Details include Bristol and Roanoke services with Pullman sleepers to Bluefield Waeton Salem and Shenandoah and intermediate stations. Northbound trains depart Hagerstown Harrisburg Philadelphia New York with parlor cars to Washington and sleepers to Roanoke. Agent W C Saunders notes petitioner information.
Presbyterians of the south will raise 15 million dollars for work in this jurisdiction starting early next year. The three year campaign adopts a progressive program with payments split into three classes. Winchester Presbytery churches study the plan and prepare to launch a systematic fundraising drive to aid widows and orphans of aged and infirm ministers with a more liberal policy.
Public sale of a house and lot at 592 Highland Avenue Winchester Virginia in the Clinton E Chrismore bankruptcy in the Western District of Virginia to be held December 20 1919 at 10 a m in front of the court house. Terms require one third cash and balance in two equal annual payments at 6 percent interest with bonds secured by a deed of trust and a fire insurance policy. Subject to court confirmation. Warren Rice trustee. 12-2w.
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