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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1930
Page
3
Social reporter Mrs. Isabelle P. Miller invites readers to mail or call with items. Submissions are welcome any time, with preferred contact between 3 and 4 p m for the following day. Phone number appears to be provided for the diary section.
Four events of national interest are planned by the Robert E. Lee Memorial Foundation at Stratford Hall to honor General Robert E. Lee. Activities include fund campaigns for the old Lee estate, a garden party with the Garden Club of Virginia, a July 4 pageant for Lee and Carter, and an annual memorial service on October 12.
The Girls' Athletic Association basketball team will meet Berkeley Springs tomorrow night at Handley High School gym at 8 o'clock. Both teams are well matched and the game is expected to be close. A large Winchester crowd is hoped for.
John Marren of Baltimore and J W Robeson visited Winchester district as Robeson transfers to the eastern shore Maryland. Marren, with Sunpapers 14 years, returns from Europe. Robeson moves to Cham bersburg to Roanoke district. Also notes Ada Funkhouser’s Fairfax visit and local residents’ health and travel updates.
Miss Lydia Whitmore underwent an appendicitis operation at Memorial Hospital yesterday and is slowly improving. Deputy Sheriff Char Feltner of Clarke County was here today on business. Mr. and Mrs. W S Crazan welcomed a daughter at Memorial Hospital Tuesday. Charles L Bowly, home on Valley pike, will travel on firm business after a short stay at Willow Lawn. Mrs. James Dorsey returned to Washington after a visit with Dr. Humston. Elmer Wingfield, recently operated on at Memorial, is steadily improving.
Harry Busick, president of the Lord Baltimore Hotel Company, drowned while hunting at Elliott Island Gun Club near Vienna Maryland. His hunting companions found his body in the water after going to the blind to return to Baltimore. They found no signs explaining how the accident occurred.
A misfit OCR fragment cites a vaccination idea and a provocative quote from Ed Howe. It parodies self care and gender roles with stray phrases about completing tasks and a stray reference to a woman. The text blends quotes and garbled words without clear narrative.
Three patients at Emergency Hospital in Annapolis are seriously ill with a rare disease doctors say resembles par rot fever or pittacosis linked to a parrot bought in Baltimore before Christmas. Mrs Simon S Martin Edith M Kelmey and Lee W Kelmey share the diagnosis as doctors seek expert guidance. Federal aid was requested after Mayor Quenstedt conferred with Governor Ritchie.
The United States Public Health Service promised an officer would be sent to the hospital and Governor Ritchie notified the Department of Agriculture about the appearance of the disease.
Trading on the New York Stock Exchange fell to the smallest volume since the summer of 1928. Prices hovered in a narrow band with no clear trend while gains outpaced losses and floor traders provided most activity. Call money rose to 4 1 2 percent.
Snow and sleet pelted the mid west and Rocky mountains halting air traffic and delaying ground transportation as winter broadens its grip. unsettled weather extended to the gulf coast with rain and fog in southern states. at Selfridge Field Michigan air operations were halted as the snow birds plan a high altitude practice flight.
Boston December 11 1929 The Board of Directors declares a regular quarterly dividend of 1 2 percent on the 7 percent Preferred Stock and 1 4 percent on the 6 percent Preferred Stock payable January 15 1939 to record holders at close of business December 26 1929 Checks mailed transfer books not closed R G Ladd Assistant Treasurer scheduled
John W. Kern, a respected Winchester blacksmith, testifies Natex ended his stomach distress and relieved neuritis dizziness and nervousness after use. He notes friends see improvements and urges the Natex Health Expert at Peoples Service Drug Store to explain the product with free samples and a health booklet.
A January letter to P A Staples from H H Pike Jr a Wall Street sugar broker claims Coca Cola publicity chief W C D Arcy will present full but concise sugar data to President Hoover. Senator Robinson questions the letter implying a back channel to the President.
Despite Hoover Borah discussions on enforcement, many individuals carried out thefts during New Year celebrations as Dayton News reports.
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