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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1923
Page
4
Winchester Virginia paper consolidates The Evening Star with Morning News The Weekly News and The Weekly Mirror news clippings. Subscription rates listed in advance include annual and six month options.
Poem by Walt Mason on the tourist season lampoons stingy towns and hosts who scent profit from strangers. Local notices list residents visiting Front Royal and nearby counties, with names including Mrs. Hatcher and Miss Blednord Meade, and dances and gatherings in Somerville and Wythe counties.
Plymouth reports Lady Astor caused a stir in Parliament over the liquor bill. She described herself calm despite a reported incident involving Sir Frederick Banbury, waited through a luncheon, and clashed with Banbury who retorted you are not strong enough. She later vowed to get him next.
Motor Inspector Shull swore warrants against Orndorff for misusing a truck license touring car and against Frank Ward for using a dealer's tag while not a dealer. Both cases heard in county court. Orndorff fined 16 dollars.
Guards Cortinived and Colonel Lafayette Baker were two men who knew what happened to Booth’s body. General Baker died 20 years ago after being ordered to pick a man and seek orders from Secretary of War Stanton, choosing Sampson. Sampson recalls orders to remove Booth’s body from the warship between 10 p.m. and 3 a.m. on April 21, 1865. He swore never to divulge the secret.
Henry M. Taylor of the U S Department of Agriculture and Virginia officials report the Valley counties Augusta Rockingham Shenandoah Frederick Clarke and Page will produce about 4 000 000 bushels of wheat this year up from 3 155 000 last year. The rise comes from higher yields despite slightly smaller acreage as a moth and wheat weevil caused damage last year with many farmers selling only half after cleaning.
Essen reports a sharp cut in Ruhr and Rhineland interurban tramway traffic as General Degoutte orders a half service to punish the Duisburg bombing. The move follows seizure of the steam railway and halts movement of merchandise mail and coal until pre occupation conditions are restored.
A Vatican note states the Holy See condemns German acts in occupied French territory as contrary to justice and charity. The pope’s sorrow grows after his audience with the French ambassador, during which he explained the letter to Cardinal Gasparri and warned of the danger of Bolshevism spreading into Germany.
Trustee C. Brannon to sell at public auction in front of the Frederick County Virginia courthouse July 31 1923 at 11 o clock A M two tracts totaling about 52 acres and 3 4 acres improved by a dwelling and outbuildings located near Cedar Grove seven miles northwest of Winchester Va under a deed of trust dated March 30 1918 default on debt. Terms: one third cash at sale balance in one and two years secured by two notes bearing six percent interest with homestead exemption waiver and insurance policy on buildings.
Voters in Frederick and Clarke counties hear multiple candidate notices for county offices. Candidates announce runs for Commissioner of Revenue Sheriff and General Assembly, all subject to Democratic primary on August 7 1923 with deputies named or promised.
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