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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1922
Page
4
The consolidated item lists morning news items and notices from The W News The Weekly Times and United papers with Associated Press credit and pricing details. It mentions republication rights and rate figures such as 4.50 2.25 1.20 and other fractions for service usage.
A German experiment showed three trees cut at 7:35 am were converted to pulp and paper by 9:30 am and printed into newspapers by 11:00 am. Birds sang as the process sped from living tree to sold issue in about three hours.
A Roanoke Times tribute extols John Wanamaker as a model merchant prince. The piece highlights his advertising acumen, thrift, courage, optimism, philanthropy, and public service. It recalls his active political interest and church involvement, urging merchants to take pride in his memory.
The poem recalls Theophilus P. Dickens who allegedly embezzled fourteen chickens from Absalom G. at Punktown in the Heather long ago. The narrator weighs exposing the tale against Dickens’s fame and moral renown, choosing silence to preserve his image.
The Times Herald recounts the downfall of motion picture star Wallie Reid, who ruined his health by indulging in dope. The piece stresses that self-control wanes under duilzence in dope and warns of the gradual loss of body and mind.
Red Bud Church announces Sunday service with Rev. P. Fogle at 2 30 p m featuring Edison phonographs and Bible readings by Rev. C Peters and Rev J A Moreau with quartets. All are invited to attend promptly for full service and music. Text will be Silence In Heaven.
Members of the Sunday school at the Presbyterian Church will hold a Christmas celebration at 7 30 this evening in the Sunday school building adjoining the church. An attractive program of Christmas music and recitations has been arranged and gifts will be distributed to school members at the end of the exercises.
Governor Ritchie refused permission for the Ku Klux Klan to use the fifth regiment national guard armory for a lecture. He cited concerns over masked activities and cited a letter to Dr. J. H. Hawkins, imperial representative of the Klan, stating the decision.
Two badly decomposed bodies believed to be Watt Daniels and Thomas Richards, missing suspects from the Morehouse mob of last August, were found in Lake Lafourche. Limbs tied with wire, surfaced after a dynamite blast from unknown assailants. One body missing a head.
Roy Ledson, 25, is dead and brother William, 32, wounded after a feud between families culminated in a fight near the Ledson farm east of Weirton across the river from Steubenville. James Pearson, 50, is being hunted to face a murder charge by deputies and West Virginia state police.
Carlisle, Pa. Miss Lil lian Jackson of Winchester, Dickinson College class of 1926, pledged to the Chimega sorority on campus. She is active in the Dickinson Dramatic Club, which presents two plays yearly, and maintains high academic standing. Also noted are visits from Mr. Thomas Burley Jr. and Mrs. K. E. Krebs and Miss Hilda Miller on holiday travels.
Miss Sara Hugtés travels to Ashland Virginia to spend the Christmas season.
Deputy fire Chief John J. O Hara and twelve firefighters were hurt when walls collapsed during a blaze at the Auto Babies Carriage Company plant and adjoining buildings in Brooklyn. Damage estimated over 100000 dollars.
Advice on calf nutrition and care stresses weighing feed, avoiding overfeeding to prevent scours, maintaining spotless pens and gear, providing clean water, using a thermometer for milk or gruel temperatures, monitoring bowel condition, reducing feed at first signs of scours, regular routines, separating calves for feeding, and giving maximum exercise.
Specialists from the New Jersey State Agricultural College dairy department advise careful handling during calving. Plan rest six weeks before freshening, provide a well bedded box stall, use a laxative grain mix last week, and offer a bran mash for feed. Watch after freshening for retained afterbirth and avoid drafts. call a veterinarian if needed.
Cows that are in good condition when they freshen are best fitted to perform their year’s work in milk production. They start with a greater milk flow and milk longer than those starting their lactation period in poor condition.
A victim recalls that during the accident he had never driven before and attempted to brake before a bridge appeared. He says he aimed to swerve to avoid the bridge but could not stop in time, describing a fatal impact and panic as the incident unfolded.
A Frederick County resident lost his holiday cheer in a shopping district mishap. A quarter fell from his car as he stepped onto the sidewalk and shattered into many pieces, drawing curious bystanders and leaving the man with little to say.
Fines and costs were imposed in police court on four defendants for disorderly conduct. Dorothy Clifford and James Lee pleaded guilty, Rob Williams and Eliza Strange entered not guilty pleas. Robert Taylor was fined $2.50 and $2 costs for drunkenness. Officers Atmel and Hollis made the arrests.
Classifieds include items for sale such as a horse and buggy, a bicycle, and a boarding house, plus a lost handbag with name Mrs B A Horsey. A timber hay and farming implements sale lists multiple tools. A help-wanted notice seeks a hard working man across communities to sell used automobiles.
The Sunday school held a Christmas program that filled the church and adjacent rooms. Santa Claus distributed gifts to all children and friends, and the pastor and his wife received a purse of gold from church supporters.
A marriage license was issued at the city clerk's office to Harry E. Miller a farmer and son of Richard Miller and Miss Ethel B. Mandigo daughter of Albert Mandigo both of Martinsburg West Virginia.
Agents of the internal revenue bureau report a bootlegger syndicate operating a nationwide rum line from New Orleans with lines to Chicago St Louis Memphis and other cities. The operation used travelling salesmen and shipped millions of dollars in liquor over several months.
Frederick County Virginia court notices appoint a Master Commissioner to settle accounts of Butler Gray partners and related receivers trustees. The order plus December 30 1922 appearance requires creditors and parties to appear and provide evidence and accounts.
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