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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1925
Page
6
A magazine style piece urges making kitchens cheerful and healthy through abundant sunlight. It extols plate glass windows and surfaces for easy cleaning, notes women’s central role, and links daylight to better mood, energy, and sanitation in home cooking spaces.
Edgar Moore of Md pleaded guilty in Or Pison court to breaking into Mrs. Edna Smith's home and stealing jewelry. He received 18 months on the state roads. The case of Harry Webber, a mentally limited youth, for felony firewood theft raised questions about suitable detention as no local institution would accept him. The judge deferred action to Prosecuting Attorney Reardon, while Webber remains jailed. the community notes policy expresses concern over funding for the roads. Bob Anderson Wilmington Ohio Jan 17 1925.
The Pierce-Ryan Coal Company of Baltimore won a verdict against Winchester Gas Company for 179 dollars plus interest and costs after a jury found the coal sold two cars to the gas company did not meet payment due to high sulfur content. The gas company argued sulfur caused equipment damage including retorts and leather gaskets. Jurors were E. E. Rush, George F. Simpson, Emory J. Snapp, Ernest C. Tharp and H. R. Potts. Attorneys R. T. Barton and Allen (Baltimore) for the coal company. T. R. Cather for the gas company.
Lexington January 19 Dr George Wesley Mill of Lincoln Memorial University paid eloquent tribute to Robert E Lee at Washington and Lee University day exercises. He lauded Lee as a great warrior and a peacemaker and placed him among America’s foremost statesmen and heroes.
C C Sager a well known Shenandoah county merchant of St Luke and a leading local family died at his home near St Luke after a prolonged illness. He was about age. News details scarce due to damaged text and OCR lines.
Shenandoah native Mr. Sager will have funeral rites at St. Luke Lutheran Church at two o'clock Wednesday afternoon. He was son of the late J Harvey Sager and spent his life in Shenandoah. Survived by widow Margaret Sager three children Pauline Chas Woodrow one sister Mnor Smoot and four brothers Robert of Fairview W D Sager of Woodstock B F Sager of Straseburg and Jesse Sager of Canton Ohio.
Chicago authorities report today a cash grain market record with massive wheat trading. The bulk of purchases came from wheat grown in countries competing with the United States, signaling worldwide demand for breadstuffs. Reports of large Southern Hemisphere wheat purchases for European accounts supported the surge.
Mrs. J D Hamaker died yesterday at her Strasburg home after a period of declining health. She and her husband were well known Valley church workers. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 2 pm from the home and 2:30 pm at Strasburg Christian Church with Rev D H Rhodes and local ministers officiating. She was 78, born in Pulaski county, and survived by her husband A H Hamaker, a Southern Railway official in Harrisonburg, Va, and two daughters Mrs Mary Carter of Washington and Mrs Lloyd Shickle of Vineland New Jersey.
An old tobacco secret dating from about 1870 now exclusive to us. Wellman's Method gives Granger Rough Cut its delightful taste and mildness with appetizing fragrance. The coarser Rough Cut burns slower and cooler, delivering pipe tobacco that is truly pipe tobacco.
The writer from Frederick County reflects on staying connected with The Star and follows arguments on the 800d roads and related questions. He suggests adding a few more Mr. Byrds for Virginia and two for Ohio to support the policy.
Mrs. George Bush, in Charles Town West Virginia, is recovering from a serious illness. She has been ill with a digestive ailment but now moves about with a cane. She oversees the educational department and the girls’ home for the mission, while her husband directs the evangelistic department. A church group sent letters of support as her husband rode a bicycle marathon nearly a hundred miles to visit Braddock Methodist Church in support.
The British Museum of Natural History stands as the largest institution of its kind in London, renowned for vast collections and enduring public appeal. It draws scholars and visitors seeking insights into natural history and the world’s biodiversity.
Richmond officials announced a state delegation to attend the funeral of John H. Crockett a Wythe county state senator who died in Roanoke last night The panel comprises B F Buchanan Marion county J Thompson Tazewell county and Holman Willis Roanoke Governor Trinkle lauded Crockett as a staunch advocate for agricultural development and a driver of modern Virginia’s growth
A late 19th century note on Lord Avebury once estimated that Ringe ANTS nests contained many individuals. Recent studies challenge earlier figures and suggest revised counts and colony structures.
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