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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1923
Page
7
A Great Northern line engine, detached at high speed, crashed into a passenger train from Howth near Dublin today, derailing the latter and injuring many aboard. The incident disrupted service as responders attended the scene, while accompanying notes and literary quotes appeared in the report.
A patient described three months of illness and nervous distress before taking Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She reports improvement and feeling fine afterward. The account lists an address in Port Hae and references to Pinkham's remedy.
Listing of men’s work clothing and military surplus items including cotton and wool trousers cords corduroy moleskin khaki O D wool whip and duck jackets shirts unionalls overalls blouses sweaters underwear hosiery wool coats blanket lined coats five pound army blankets work shoes overshoes antique notations indicate surplus stock and general notations for sale.
A Buffalo Courier tale recounts Ole Oleson rising from engine wiper to fireman at Wright and Keffer’s line on 109 W. Water St. He learns economy from a stern foreman trained in the Jim Hill school. The final test asks what to do when a fast passenger train comes on a single track. Ole answers by grabbing the oil can and the waste and jumping.
D A Shanholtz obtained a partial divorce in Winchester Corporation Court on grounds of desertion from Ethel Ll Shanholtz whom he married July 17 1917. Desertion dated June 5 1920 with no defense offered. If unchallenged, after three years from desertion an absolute decree may be sought. Attorney Warren Rice represented the plaintiff.
A Chicago Tribune anecdote recalls a mother in a new yellow party gown as her sons weigh in with endearing phrases. The ten year old notes she "took just the gold to me" and the four year old compares her to a bowl of custard, his favorite dessert.
Reports from Lausanne on January 6 describe Turkish protests against allied demands for foreign judges to sit with Turkish judges in cases involving foreigners. The Turkish delegation left the near east conference hall amid the dispute, signaling possible diplomatic strains. The incident followed broader debates on Armenian national home proposals and ongoing reparations issues.
Prohibition agents raided a Yorkville barroom and bowling alleys after discovering a beer pipe line linking the two venues. Forty bowlers threatened the agents with pins and balls, jostling them as the owner and bartender were arrested for violating the Volstead act.
West Water Street jewelers Hodgson and Brown hosted a theatre party for store clerks and assistants and their wives. Guests attended Marie Cahill in Alias Mrs Pepp at the Empire Theatre and then joined a luncheon at Elmer Hodges home on West Piccadilly Street. Also present were Mr and Mrs Joseph Hodgson Mr and Mrs Richard Brown Mr and Mrs S M Davis Mr and Mrs Cecil Grim.
Hickory Camp of Woodmen of the World installed officers last night. Newly elected include E. Bruce Capper resigning as clerk, and officers listed: Ew Chancellor, James C. Allemony Chancellor Commander, W. Lee Pisher Advisor Lieutenant.
Schedule effective April 30 1922 lists Berryville lines No 13 9 07am to Bristol with Pullman parlor car No 1 2 45am to Williamson and Winston-Salem and Shenandoah Roanoke connections. No 27 5 58pm to Shenandoah. Northbound No 25 8 39am to Hagerstown with Harrisburg Philadelphia New York connection. No 14 7 36pm parlor to Hagerstown. No 2 11 38pm Pullman sleeper to Philadelphia and New York. Fares and reservations via H H Ks Berryville or W Gaullers Roanoke.
Readable fragments name W. H. Brown banker A. D. Mason escort Robert Dale watchman Alonzo Custer Scptry Harvey Har McDonald E. Bruce Capper clerk Leslie Fries.
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