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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1919
Page
4
A compact note records a consolidation involving Morning News Item The Weekly News and The Weekly TELEPHONES Bell 28 United, indicating a corporate alignment or merger event. No further details provided in the readable text.
A letter from Governor Davis to circuit court judges demands assessing lands at fair market value, provoking wide agricultural opposition. Critics warn uniform increases without tax relief would crush farming, noting high land prices and limited returns. They urge restraint and locally guided reassessment to avoid burdensome taxes.
A Hartford Times excerpt notes claims from The Industrious Matin Paris that Sir Ernest Rutherford has solved the riddle of transmutation of matter. The piece contrasts alchemical dreams with modern science and hints at broad implications if true, referencing Rutherford’s positions at Manchester.
A verse by Walt Mason laments a city struck by drought and coal shortages. He describes no water, no coal, stalled streetcars, and dim lighting, yet finds resolve in shared hardship and ancestral resilience.
A county man and his wife left their horse hitched in front of United Brethren Church for about two hours. Neighbors complained the horse was standing there from 4 PM to 11 PM and police had it arrested. The owner retrieved the horse after paying the overnight keep charges. no cruelty charges filed.
Philip Stover Hoffman of Edinburg Shenandoah County Va died Wednesday at Memorial Hospital after a long illness. He was brought here in critical condition hoping to prolong his life. The body was sent back to Edinburg by Kurtz undertaking. He was a Shenandoah farmer and son of the late William Hoffman. His son arrived yesterday to arrange the return.
Mrs. Kate Crouse died Monday and was buried yesterday at Mount Hebron after services by Rev. P. J. Lawrence. She was ten years old and had recently been taken with her gravely ill son Newton Crouse to the county almshouse.
A historical recipe describes preparing poisoned wheat using Sulphate of Strychnine, sugar, and hot water. It instructs cooking 1 1/2 to 2 pecks of wheat per batch, then cooling and stirring to evenly coat grains, with detailed timing and stirring guidance and notes on dryness and batch size.
Morning service described a woman once in the poor house later cared for by Isaac Shanholtz, then wife of the late Crouse. Surviving children include Isaac Crouse, Newton Crouse, Mrs William Braithwaite, and Mrs Hollie Nesmith. B F DeHaven of Gainesboro was the undertaker.
An attempt will be made to alter Howard Loy's 30 day jail term toward commitment to a state institution for the feeble minded. Supporters say he is feeble minded and should be in a hospital rather than the convict road force. a request will be filed with Madison Heights Hospital after Dr. Swimley examined him.
A church notes the season with guidance to give happiness by living more like Jesus. Sunday items include 9:30 Sunday School 11:00 Christmas Sermon by the pastor 6:45 Epworth League Christmas Story by Mrs Richardson and 7:30 Sermon on Whatsoever a Man Soweth That Shall He Also Reap.
Yesterday afternoon a man was pronounced feeble-minded and insane. Capt. Jackson, in charge of the convict road force near Winchester, refused to receive him as a prisoner.
John W. Ross of 80 Smith St Portland Maine a 25 year city employee credits Tanlac with a dramatic recovery from a severe flu illness. He says his digestion nerves sleep and energy greatly improved and that he now looks and feels twenty years younger as he enjoys restored appetite and steady nerves.
The stock holders of The Commercial and Savings Bank Winchester Virginia will hold their annual meeting at Odd Fellows Hall corner Market Street and Rouss Avenue Winchester on Tuesday January 1920 at an unspecified time.
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