22 Feb 1919
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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1919
Page
1
Fort Loudoun reports high school pupils attend Gypsy Smith revival services and a body is mentioned in connection to the event. The item notes attendance and a local religious gathering with potential shock value.
The Sunday schedule includes Gospel meetings at Market Street Church and Grace Lutheran Church with Evangelist Mr. Smith preaching at 3 pm for men, 10 am for the Golden Rule Bible Class, and 11 am at Middletown Methodist Episcopal Church South. Students from Winchester High and Port Loudoun Seminary attend.
Auction note advertises a Jersey cow with calf for sale. Contact MCCANN for details and location.
Reverend G. Oliver Wing preaches at St. Paul’s A. M. E. Church tomorrow at 11 a.m. and 8 p.m. Morning message titled The Boat Of Life and evening message The Past Present and Future. Sunday school at 2 30 p.m. officers elected and members urged to pay dollar at morning service.
Local window displays trumpet greatly reduced cigars and tire promotions at Burton's Tire Shop and Brunswick tires. Listings advertise six Model 90 T and Overland autos for sale, a lost Liberty bond reward, and a request for a lady clerk at G. H. care of the Star.
Farmers and Merchants National Bank celebrated seventeenth anniversary with a reception for patrons at its new Main and Roug Avenue banking room. Hoggson Brothers oversaw completion, showcasing a modern vault system, marble interiors, and expanded space as the bank prepares to reopen Monday morning with enhanced facilities and formal transfer of assets.
Clients seek desirable city and urban homes priced from 2000 to 10000 dollars. The market is brisk for property. J. W. Baker offers to sell your property and is in touch with many buyers. Contact 48 Rouss Ave.
Weather Bureau forecast for February 24 to March 1 calls for unsettled start with rain or snow Monday night or Tuesday, then generally fair weather. Temperatures likely to rise with overall mild conditions through the period. Northern Atlantic states expect a return to fair weather after the early disturbance.
A record 68 five Building and Loan associations show six percent returns on averages paid in. Boards of directors preserve funds with careful management earning local trust and solvency. Many community members owe success to these associations and home ownership to thrift encouragement. Hansbrough and Carter announce new stock opportunities as they near a distribution, inviting interested parties to contact their office. Officers named include Louis F. Cooper president and Shirley Carter secretary treasurer with directors Cooper Carter Patio Kurtz and Hop.
A fragment reflecting on the decline of dynastic rule and critiques of absolute power. It cites passages from a book titled Within by Princess Catherine Raderwill and references a past era beginning with Francis I and the French connection.
An advertisement describes a fast disappearing tollgate point on Martineburg pike near Gashchain depot and promotes multiple properties. It offers a farm for sale, a ready home and investment, a brick terrace on Washington Street with gas electric and bath, and a 6 room house near a hospital area with prices ranging from $2,500 to $8,000. W L Pultz, Real Estate, Winchester VA.
The Empire Theater showcases a stellar quartet on March 26 with advance inquiries directed to Henry F. Seal for further information.
Bargain sale starts Monday at SHOE SHINE PARLOR 1591 Main St. 500 pairs of slip-ons and shoes offered with prices reduced from 6 to 8 dollars to 1.98. Includes wippers and shoe care items.
Frail readable lines show Barbara Maurel scheduled at Empire Theater on April 23 at 1 p m. OCR text includes stray terms and seems to reference a warden or notices, but the clear readable fact is the performance date and venue.
Boston crowds rush to Mechanics Building to greet President Wilson as he arrives. By wire from The Star the Feb 22 report notes preparations for a large public welcome with about 460000 people seeking entry to witness the event.
Charles Harrison the world renowned tenor joins the premier Columbia Quartetta for a concert at the Empire Theater on March 2. Oscar Seagle and Barbara Mwur next slated to perform with a program announced for April 23. Ticket prices for a single concert top pleas 200 dollars.
The board ordered all on hand clothing and laundry washed in scalding water and rewrapped to prevent risk. Managers A. F. Jackson and Nat Hawkins, believed to have contracted the disease, are detained at the hospital and well cared for.
Senator Reed of Missouri told the Senate that the league of nations in its covenant before the peace conference will be dominated by the British empire. He warned that if Great Britain loses control, Germany would assume dominance. A small notice offers a reward for a lost gray fur collar.
Mrs Hugh McCuliotch has left for New York where she met her husband Captain McCuliotch who arrived Saturday from the battle front. They expect to leave today for St Louis where Captain McCuliotch will resume his medical college duties. Livestock and farming news follow.
10 000 workers flooded Munich after a start to violence at noon. Shops looted and officials assaulted as the Bavarian government faces a grave crisis amid the unrest.
In a broad Senate speech Senator Wesley Jones condemned conditions in low places and urged action as the president backs efforts to aid Boloweria. The remarks drew attention to governance and reform proposals under discussion in the chamber.
A fragment from The Stan notes February actions in Washington with President involvement and unidentified officials. Missing names and details limit clarity on exact event or outcome.
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