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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1925
Page
1
Capt Fred W Forney was unanimously reelected captain of the Friendship Fire Company for another year at the meeting. Officers were reappointed, with two lieutenants replaced, and the group planned a banquet and acknowledgments for participants in the recent theatrical entertainment The Flap Greymother. A committee will finalize details for the event and future aims.
Chicago January 2 transmitted pictures by telegraph using telepix. Notre Dame Stanford football images were sent to Chicago and New York for printing at the operation's formal inauguration. The device sends and receives pictures by telegraphic dots and dashes and requires about an hour to transmit a photograph.
A special called meeting of the U C T S is set for Saturday night January 3. American Legion officials and Geo F Heatwole serve as secretary with 12 to 21 attendees mentioned in the notice.
Company members are ordered to attend drill this Thursday evening promptly at 7 30 o clock in uniform Lieutenant Lawrence C Hollis 116th Infantry commanding references Ip It.
A partial OCR fragment mentions a white woman and two children with phrases about a good home and wages. The legible items are unclear. no identifiable names, dates, or places are confirmed.
The Clyde liner Mohawk caught fire in a winter storm off the New Jersey coast and was beached at Lewes Delaware after 200 passengers were evacuated by the coast guard Kikapoo and two ocean tugs. The blaze began in the after-hold and spread quickly but was reported under control.
Gray Williams addressed the Winchester Rotary Club at the George Washington Hotel for the first meeting of the year. The luncheon drew Rotarians and guests including Tom Burley Elmer Hodges and Garnet Edmonds. Williams spoke on A Local Inventory and introductions. The next meeting will feature Bill Clabaugh and a joint session of local commercial clubs with Will Irwin speaking at Handley Auditorium.
The Colonial Theatre opened a week run of Babbit a photoplay based on Sinclair Lewis novel. Warner Brothers try to match the book’s realism with a cast led by Willard Louis and supported by Mary Alden Carmen Myers Gertrude Almstead Raymond McKee and others. The New Orleans Blue Blowers provide score with performances at 4 pm and 9 pm today and Saturday. No price increase.
The Sarah Zane Fire Co holds its annual meeting this evening at 8 o'clock to elect officers for the year. Members are urged to attend.
City roommate notices offer a well heated apartment for rent with a garage inquiry. The ad requests contact via Star State and asks whether a garage is attached and the dice of same.
A massive fire in the Santa Catalina mountains lit up the desert sky last night, creating a brilliant fan visible about forty miles away. Details are scarce as investigators begin to assess the blaze near Tucson.
New York police records show four died during New Year celebrations in the city. Poison liquor caused two deaths, one stemmed from a street brawl, and another from an automobile accident. More than a hundred were treated in local hospitals, and arrests for intoxication were fewer than in prior years under prohibition.
A vigorous demand for oil shares moved the New York market higher, with many oil stocks advancing 2 to 3 points and elevating overall activity. Industrials led gains while the Katy preferred rose about a point, pools boosted several specialties, and equipments and utilities showed strength as call money opened at 5 percent before easing.
Adjutant-General W. W. Sale and officers launch a state wide drive to recruit for the Virginia National Guard. Units are urged to gain two enrollments per month with prizes totaling 2000 dollars for the best records in the campaign.
Lost onyx and gold ear-ring reported at Geo Washington Hotel. Reward offered. Return to Star Office LP 3t.
Braddock Street Methodist Church hosts an overflow meeting at 0.30 A M with St L Snively assisting minister W L Brough. Evangelist speaks on Light at 9 30, followed by 10 30 overflow for youth, a dedicatory sermon on A Faith That Saves School State Home Church, and a noon luncheon. 2 30 service includes tributes to Christian men and women and an address by Gray Williams Old Days Old Ways. The day closes with Snively addressing vital questions of life after death. Choirs feature Mrs H Cookus Mrs R Griffith Mrs F Buckley and Floyd Haines. Public invited to attend and tour the new house of worship.
Haldeman Creamery lists a surplus of milk for feeding priced at 25 cents per 10 cups. The fragment notes a date line and product listing, indicating a sale or inventory note from the creamery.
New York reports a crisis as free radio concerts by John McCormack and Lucrezia Bori draw millions of listeners. The WEAF broadcast and eight eastern stations drew an estimated six to eight million listeners, prompting producer William A. Babcock to call radio the greatest menace to theatre attendance. McCormack expressed enjoyment and wished listeners a happy new year.
Charles Golliday living southeast of town surrendered and was released on bail after Sheriff Pannett and Officers Boyd and Guthridge raided his farm late Wednesday and found a still and several gallons of liquor. Amos White, not at home during the raid, reportedly left the community with his family on the old Harmer farm after a cave still was discovered there.
Installation of officers and directors at the Golden Rule Bible class of Braddock Street Methodist Episcopal Church South will take place on Sunday January 4. A cordial invitation is extended to visitors and members are urged to be present for a program and talk.
The Reverend Father Br. F. T. McWaden will conduct preparatory services at the Presbyterian Church at 7:80 o'clock this evening. A communion service is planned for Sunday morning.
Fred H Hable well known Chester and washing o mess man underwent an operation on Monday at Memorial Hospital. He has shown satisfactory improvement according to friends who have visited him today.
Broadway and film writer Anne Nichols brings Abie's Irish Rose to the Colonial Theatre for two nights and a week starting January 7. The play, famed for long runs in major cities from Los Angeles to New York, features a strong cast and a winning love story.
All members are ordered to drill Friday January 2 at 7 30 in uniform No excuses accepted By order GEO H GRIMM Capt 116th Inf Va N Ge 12 31 1p st
Mr and Mrs James L Mitchell and their nine month old child escaped serious injury when their automobile crashed head on into a concrete post on the south side of the state road east of Boyce Cen county The driver said they mistook the post for a snow pile and that the steering wheel collapsed and the windshield was smashed The accident occurred around 6 o clock and bystanders assisted the Mitchells who were returning to Roanoke from Washington and visiting relatives in Pennsylvania and West Virginia
The Chamber of Commerce issues state automobile license tags with a new design, black figures on cream. Tags are shorter than usual and many owners have not received application cards from the motor vehicles commissioner, delaying applications. Richmond officials are said to be tardy with mailings, creating a grace period this year as in the past.
D J Heybeh, a resident of a West Virginia county, was fined in police court on a charge of being drunk after being picked up last night by a local officer.
Washington crowds faced slow travel as snow disrupted key routes from the monument along Pennsylvania Avenue to the capital. Traffic halted for hundreds of government workers as measures began to ease with a morning advisory.
The British embassy stated that two visitors, who arrived on a private cap, were denied entry to Washington. They would not visit the United States, and their stay in this country was not permitted.
The unreadable OCR fragment mentions Mrs es W and CA band, a Star offer, home, printers, and several individuals including W. E. Hunteberry, Prankino La Forney, and Douglaw Ba. The text is garbled but suggests a moment of realization amid a spur of the moment situation.
Rouss Fire Company holds its regular monthly meeting Friday evening at 8 o'clock to elect officers for the coming year. W. E. Huntsberry is named president with C. Douglas Brown as secretary.
The annual meeting of officers of the Ah 2 Company is scheduled for 4 o'clock. All members are urged to attend.
Bargain listing for a five room cottage with garag e and front tent space. Address or contact shown as Hansbrough & Car Insurance Real Estate sp-1-2 and 6. Apply to the undersigned for details and terms.
A brief notice indicates two nearby buildings for sale near schools. The listing mentions pricing and frontage details, with a local broker or advertiser identified as Star.
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