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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jan 03, 1930

Page

7

February festival of debt repayment and rest

A historical note describes a February celebration lasting about a month during which people settle debts and refrain from work. Servants are paid, attend a tea party, and receive a present, providing a period of rest and social generosity.

Woman’s Collection of Old Chinese Embroidery Revealed

Mrs Wilkinson displayed items including several pieces of very old Chinese embroidery and a magnificent wedding skirt among her belongings as they departed.

Mystery Hermit Sparks Mountain Project Feud

Morse and Bretton clash over a Sierras dam plan as workers toil on a vast reservoir. Anne grows curious about a mountain hermit and a handsome laborer, while Morse hints at a future masterpiece purchase for his collection.

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Mrs Wilkerson Tells of Mission Labors in China

Berryville Virginia Jan 3 Mrs Louis Lee Wilkinson formerly Miss Cozie Wyndham of this town and University of Virginia Hospital arrived from Soochow China near Shanghai on visit to her parents Mr and Mrs A B Wyndham She will be here six months then return with her husband She is niece of Mise Ida L Wyndham and Daingerfield L Wyndham at Winchester Wilkinson has lived in Soochow for three and a half years at a hospital and nursing school for Chinese girls The hospital is self supporting with a staff of Chinese officers and staff The nurses graduate after a five year course and may open hospitals themselves The hospital compound includes a gate house nurse home and 150 beds During the war they treated thousands of wounded soldiers and faced little trouble during China’s political upheavals Christmas while the Chinese do not observe it they celebrate their New Year.

Berryville Louis Lee Wilkinson Cozie Wyndham University of Virginia Hospital Soochow China Shanghai A. B. Wyndham Mise Ida L. Wyndham Daingerfield L. Wyndham Winchester Ware Ng Sri & Aluate University Inia Hospital James Wilkinson South Carolina Presbyterian Church Hughie Randolph T. Shields Presbyterian Mission Palmetto Presbyterian Mission Steyet Sherghal

Robison Favored to Succeed Sackett If Ambassador

Associated Press reports Rep. John M. Robison of Kentucky is viewed as the most likely candidate to take Senator Frederick M. Sackett's seat should Sackett become ambassador to Germany.

Associated Press John M. Robison Kentucky Frederick M. Sackett Germany

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