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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1924
Page
2
House and farm on about 100 acres in Derick Maryland. Ripening apple orchard occupies part of the land. Real estate listing directs inquiries to 5 West Street Frederick Maryland and John M Jolliffe Stephensons contact for 1971 inquiries. Telephone listed.
The weather bureau issued midweek forecasts for the week starting Wednesday or Thursday.
An early January fire spread from a blank to the First Bank block and damaged multiple businesses in the area. Initial estimates place the aggregate loss as substantial, with several establishments severely affected by the blaze.
New York stocks resumed an upward move in today's session, led by heavy buying of a Pennsylvania Railroad, which advanced 2 points. Trading was irregular with about 700000 shares sold across the list.
The Market Street M E Church invites worshippers with a full service schedule. Sabbath school at 9 45 a m Junior Church at 11 a m preaching at 11 a m about Christ the Gift Un speakable and 7 30 p m sermon How to be Happy Prayer meeting Wednesdays at 7 45 p m Bishop Hamilton speaks February 3 at 11 a m and 7 30 p m Pastor F I Mumford signs the notice.
Frank J. Russell, a retired farmer, died suddenly of heart disease at his home 1003 South Market Street. Funeral services will be at 10 A.M. Monday at the Church of the Sacred Heart, Father Thomas A. Rankin officiating, with interment in the Catholic cemetery. Pallbearers include William Perry and others. Born February 28, 1857, in Berryville Virginia he was a son of Michael and Nancy Murphy Russell. he is survived by a brother John S. Russell of Berryville.
A fragmentary editorial praises General Robert E. Lee as a supreme moral and military figure. It lauds his virtue, selfless leadership, and battlefield tactics, arguing his Gettysburg decision was a blunder yet proving his greatness. The piece contrasts Lee with Napoleon and cites a critic in Washington.
A Woodstock Virginia item notes the Bank of the Valley began operations in Winchester on a Friday. Three-fifths of its capital was paid in by stockholders in specie. The piece also references fashion notes about Cossack trousers and women's petticoats.
Stanley E. Harmer, Baltimore and Ohio Railroad conductor, who had been at home on West Cork Street for over four weeks with laryngitis, reported back for duty last night.
The short note argues that a hairnet claiming to prove genuine hair life wears out quickly and fails to stay gray, suggesting skepticism about the product’s authenticity and durability.
London experts warn of an early subway walkout as motormen threaten to join a wider railway strike. James Secretary of the Locomotive Engineers and Firemen says sympathetic action by London workers could intensify the dispute with electric railwaymen urged to stay at work.
George W. Fletcher faced cruelty charges after admitting he kept a horse outside for a month in zero weather. He claimed the stable was full and described a heavy bed mattress, blankets, rubber sheets and a blanket head gear as wind protection. The court took the plea under advisement and urged a suitable stable be found.
Miss Nellie Baker daughter of Mr and Mrs W A Baker who has been studying in Washington since last fall underwent an appendicitis operation this morning in a Washington hospital She was resting after the procedure Word reached here that her illness prompted her parents to rush to Washington and surgeons decided on immediate surgery Known among friends as Bey Nell the young woman was in hospital once before this operation was deemed necessary.
N Victor Arthur a local agent left for Washington to recover an Essex car owned by Morris Hamburger of this city. The vehicle was driven away last Monday night and found abandoned near Rockville Maryland. Arthur insured the car for theft and will bring it back to Winchester.
The Lonaconing Electric Light and Power Company sold by Duncan R Alexander and Percy Sloan to Benjamin H Evans for 25000. Arch M Evans also in the deal. capital stock 56000. The firm, served by Potomac Edison and supplying Pekin and Moscow, alongside Lonaconing district towns.
Mayor Glas will present a $20 gold piece at the Empire Theatre this evening at 9 to the winner of a best slogan contest closing last night. Judges included W. E. Cooper and Col. B. M. Roszel among others after about 100 slogans. Manager Baker and audience members will draw for two free seats for The Covered Wagon, with the drawing next week aided by the Eastern Theatre Managers' Association.
A moral maxim emphasizes controlling inflamed passions and practicing delay before action. The guidance, attributed to Saitius, urges patience and temperance in conduct.
Broadcast grid lists programs from 6.00 PM to 10.65 PM including musical concerts talks and recitals. Notable items include Pontorial Providence Chamber dinner WOR concert KDKA address and Westinghouse Veteran Employees banquet. Station coverage shows listings for WOR KYW WJAR KDKA WBZ and others with meter frequencies for each city.
House Ways and Means committee approves a $103 million annual tax cut affecting more than 20 industries in its first major revenue decision. They repeal theater and compad taxes under 50 cents, halve jewelry and produce exchange levies, and confirm cuts on telegram and candy taxes. President Coolidge urges nonpartisan support for the Mellen bill as Republicans seek compromise.
State highway engineers E. J. Kerfoot and C. M. Mayer showed prospective bidders the Gore to West Virginia line route. Bids will be opened in Richmond on January 29 with one bidder known as Mr. Brady, builder of the Massanutten water causeway to Strasburg.
Frederick county project F-321 reports four miles of grading and drainage on the Gore West Virginia line requiring about 29 371 cubic yards of excavation 1490 cubic yards of borrow 878 feet of pipe 310 cubic yards A concrete 219 cubic yards B concrete 21 765 pounds steel and 4 500 feet of guard rail. Miss Madeline Shepherd living with her grandmother Mrs Annie V Cochran of South Main street left last evening for Millville Virginia to visit relatives.
In New York on January 26 the defense and prosecution rested after three days of intense questioning in the Supreme Court third degree forgery trial of William H. Anderson state superintendent of the Anti Saloon League. Assistant District Attorney Pecora pivoted to cross examination seeking to link Henry Mann to a publicity campaign that spent 24 700 for the league and noted Anderson receiving about 25 600 from John M. King who was described as a friend of the prohibition cause.
A nickel in the slot radio receiver debuts in Washington with a device by D. J. Richardson. It provides patrons advance notice of available entertainments and warns 20 seconds before the next nickel is needed for uninterrupted performances.
The Difference contrasts a quack doctor with a successful highwayman noting the first uses a suave tongue while the latter has a strong back. It argues many capable people exist for top roles but there is not always room at the top.
A mine disaster near Johnston Illinois leaves 30 confirmed dead with two still missing eight in hospital and two not expected to recover. Rescue teams battled dense fumes to reach miners trapped a mile from the shaft on the 286 foot level as owners, coroner, and mine authorities coordinate on cause likely coal damp and dust spontaneous combustion.
At the Aurora dumping ground police uncovered the heads of Mrs. Lina Lincoln and her brother Bryan Shoup, missing about a year. Warren Lincoln, the woman's husband and a noted lawyer, was jailed on murder charges after confessing to shooting them on January 10, 1928 and burying the bodies.
A wayside philosopher notes that society harms great men while living and praises them after their demise, yet compensates by elevating the 30n great as time passes.
A Louis pastor preached on a topic titled A Good Breese with a bouquet frozen nearby. The Boston Transcript remarks on how far the church has strayed from the hell fire and brimstone rhetoric of the past.
Sunday school at 9 45 a m Morning Prayer and Sermon at 11 a m Subject Christ s Progressive Teaching Evening Prayer and Sermon at 730 p m Subject The Lamb of God No services at Stephens City Scunareowri
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