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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1923
Page
7
Fragmentary excerpt shows a woman recounting long illness in Falla New York state. She claims she was never sick for two years and notes a book about women’s experiences. Individual names and full context are unreadable.
Market list shows wholesale and retail prices for Wheat Corn Butter eggs and poultry with figures from local buyers and Baltimore markets. Prices cover flour milk products and animal goods including young chickens ducks and guineas with notes on cake and feed items.
A surprise birthday gathering honored Misses Marie and Lena Orndorff at Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Orndorff home. Guests included Ethel Snapp Cordelia White Ruth Ashwood Hilda Sager Mabel Clowser and many others. Refreshments followed the games and music as guests wished the sisters many more surprises.
Ed gar Smoke and Mrs John Fisher with son visit Winchester relatives from Saturday. Ella Bucher spent Tuesday with Miss Mabel Clowser. Mr and Mrs Noel Williams hosted Miss Elsie Ashwood and Oswald Giese’s dinner guests. No debate held Friday night. a deeper Friday is planned January 19 if the weather allows.
Several Shenandoah Valley and local banks announce closures for Friday January 19th 1923 a legal holiday. Paper maturing on that date will be payable January 20 1923 with cashiers William Hardy D Fuller and John L Sloat noting the next day payments.
Jan 17 to Mar 16 rental entries show buyers and sellers, with names such as Iles H Light Amos Cochran W H Trimble Morfrie Snapp N L Clark H C Lewis J L Prit C M Lloyd Ollie Lonas J W Headley W T Bragg L B Armel Sam Dellinger C P Wright C W Strobridge J B Rogers E H White G Fred Yeakley Chas Swartz Dr L M Allen Leslie Polhamus Thomas Armel C E Shirley Thomas Marlowe W O Crampton C G Boyles W T Chamblin R E Boyd Dr L M Allen George Huff Mason Osburn. items include stock implements horses cattle hogs and household goods.
Railroad schedule lists April 3 1922 timings for Berryville to Bristol Roanoke Bluefield Pocahontas Welch and intermediate stops. It notes Pullman parlor car service to Bristol and sleeper cars to Williamson Winston-Salem Philadelphia and New York with connections at Roanoke and Shenandoah Junction. Contact agent H H Burks Berryville VA or W C Saunders Roanoke VA for fares and details.
A rural line quotes Theodore Roosevelt noting that crops alone hold little value for farmers unless they lead to a better life on the farm. The remark frames farming as more than yields, emphasizing quality of rural life and opportunity.
At the annual meeting County Agent J R Dus hane announced G S Ralston horticultural extensionist of V P I will be in Frederick county January 12 15 and 16. Due to bad weather pruning demonstrations have been moved to January 18 19 and 20 with a full program to be announced in The Star.
A fragment notes that at age twelve Ludwig van Beethoven served as an organist at a church in Bonn Germany, highlighting his early musical prodigy and church role.
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