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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1926
Page
7
A Boston tribute extols General Robert E Lee as a beacon of magnanimity. The speaker recalls his generosity in quelling a quarrel between two fiery generals and lauds his greatness as a soldier and leader whose legacy endures.
Advocates of a carillon plan to press their proposal despite opposition. The group includes noted veterans and members of groups such as the Daughters of the Confederacy and local civic clubs.
The Goucher College dormitory policy bans bare knees and cigarettes. Miss Elizabeth Mason, Midgard Hall mistress, announced the ban noting Charleston era changes caused plaster and pictures to fall, with radios ordered silenced by William Wesley Guth.
In Stephens City the evening meeting in the community room of the Vee Bank building invites the public to decide action for their representative I. J. McCartney before the State Corporation Commission in Richmond January 21. The meeting aims to prep strategy for the protest.
Rockbridge county board of supervisors formally approved Governor-elect Byrd’s tax plan. They allocated road funds setting aside the one-cent gasoline tax for Kerr's Creek district and ordered state money for Kerr's Creek district to be spent on joint road No. 13 toward Kerr's Creek Bridge and road No. 10 toward Bath, dividing the amount equally between the two projects.
By virtue of executions I will offer at public sale at the Butler Electric Co on Braddock Street Winchester Virginia a fine lot of electric fixtures description on January 23 starting at 10 am Cash terms. Luther Pannett Sheriff of Frederick County Va. Dunn and Duvall Auctioneers.
Renton Virginia January 18 locals report a newsboy who recovered a valuable rope of pearls lost weeks earlier by Mrs. Mitchell Harrison of Nokesville and Philadelphia. The string valued at 26000 included 17 diamonds. Freeman found them after spotting the girl he was helping and later verified the stash at Fauquier National Bank.
Free goitre clinic by Dr iA W Graves a Gottre specialist to be held Friday the 22nd from 9 am to 5 pm in offices 315 316 Tire national Bank Building Harristonburg Va read 99 percent cured by medicines at last clinic and invites the poor to attend
In Welltown Virginia on January 18 Mrs Minna Stewart of Tennessee and Mr and Mrs Hiram Strimmell with their son dined at John Benner's home. Various locals visit relatives and friends including Floyd Benner, Eloise Barrett, Eva Godlove, Opal Miller, Roy Benner, William Teets, and W Stottlemyer. William Taylor is improving after illness.
Herman Godlove, child of Mr Raymond Godlove and Mrs Godlove, sustained severe burns after tipping a boiling coffee percolator onto himself.
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