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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1921
Page
4
Local notice shows subscription rates in advance with figures such as 4.60 and 4.50 per month. It references Associated Press dispatches and requests communications to The Star Publishing Company.
In Call City Utah ten public schools will award puid scholarships based on school averages. Every ad girl in the city with an average around .85 earns a free ticket for Friday baseball games. Johnny Jones and Willie, Salt Lake City residents, are noted in the plan for supporters of the program. Fans hope the boys attend and interview their father afterward.
A fragment describes Thad John H. Milton and a group of nine workmen repairing a car. They struggle with a loose crankshaft and failed starts while auctioneers and laborers trade lines about lemons and skilled effort in a lively yard scene.
A dated notice to retailers of L. G. Drummond and the Virginia Woolen urging wage reductions and price restraint. It calls for fair profits, reasonable pricing, and balanced market conditions to restore normal values and help purchasers endure current hardships.
Bas a announces the engagement of Elizabeth Garrett to Dr from Hopewell Virginia. The couple plans marriage in the middle of the year with attendees expected from local circles and family.
Boston apple exporters form their own shipping effort to move 20000 barrels to the United Kingdom aboard the Canadian Observer. They reject the Atlantic steamship conference rate of 2 dollars per barrel, claiming it is excessive and discriminatory, and seek lower charges through private departures and alternative carriers.
The Du fur Orchard Company, owner of 4000 acres with 3500 in eight year old trees and valued at over 1 million, was placed in involuntary receivership by Circuit Judge Fred W. Wilson. A. C. Churchill named temporary receiver. hearing set for January 24. Creditors claim market conditions and debt, including an 80000 mortgage to Northwest Fruit Exchange, led to the action.
The mooted issue concerns an uncultivated Hood River orchard that has not been worked since last summer. Without cultivation and pruning the 1921 fruit crop may fail.
The Star notes Mrs. Harry K Russell will play piano for Patterson at the Empire Theatre next Tuesday night. The Tohowins chorus lines praise her skill while ghostly composer spirits from Chopin to Mozart are evoked through her music. Walter Cox signs the piece.
A year in review notes the Glass of Grace Lutheran Men’s Bible Class at Winchester’s Grace Lutheran Church with 156 members under Rev A A Kelly since May 4 1919. The Golden Rule Bible Class in Winchester shows 1560 active 83 associate and 250 total with Mr BE Newman president and praised local leadership.
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