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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1922
Page
3
Excavation reveals age worn signs of human occupation in a cavern with ash and coal, collapsed stones, and a dropped acetylene lamp. Evidence shows wild beasts including cave bears lions and hyenas inhabited the cave alongside early humans.
The Winchester Gun Club will be represented by top marksmen at the Virginia State Trapshooters Association tournament in Richmond this week. George B. Chapman Claude B. Stickley and J. B. Beverley Jr left yesterday to travel by auto, with W. I. Pingley Arthur S. Seabright leaving today. B J Hillidge and B S West of Front Royal also departed to compete.
Strasburg Virginia residents watched a Ku Klux Klan procession move through Main Street Friday night led by white robed figures with fiery crosses. Vehicles bore Winchester plates, suggesting many marchers came from that city as the silent column toured town and returned to depot street.
A fragment notes a young curate differing about a collection to be taken next Sunday in a new pair of bags crafted by Miss Sweetie Doxe. The passage references dead friends and a personal remark by the curate.
The Farmers' Educational and Cooperative Union of Frederick County locals met at the Court House and organized. Officers were elected: President E M Funk Middletown. vice presidents G M Carson White Hall. secretary treasurer Roy P Duvall Stephenson. doorkeeper IR S Smith Kernstown. conductor J A Boyer Greenwood. Directors include Carson Keyser Stephenson W O Zinn Middletown Edward McDonald Greenwood O C Miller White Hall John Reese Stephens City L J McCartney. A county purchasing agent will be chosen at the July 15 meeting. Farmers show active interest and expect tangible benefits.
Electrical storms yesterday disrupted long distance lines causing a temporary interruption in telegram service. The local Western Union Telegraph office remained largely on schedule with business conducted as usual. Mrs Bowman of Ripon is acting manager while Manager Hahn is on vacation.
The Camden freight, westbound No. 97, bound from Baltimore, has not arrived in Winchester by mid afternoon due to a strike by shop craft workers on the Shenandoah division. The service, mainly carrying perishables to local markets, was disrupted as about 25 Brunswick employees joined the walkout and other freights were delayed.
An open switch caused the Camden Atlantic City Express to derail near Winslow Junction. Seven people were killed and about 75 injured, with roughly half seriously. Victims were from South Jersey and the Philadelphia area.
Baltimore officials report a blaze at the Locust Point terminal on the Baltimore and Ohio line destroyed two elevators two warehouses piers and other facilities with estimated losses around five million dollars. Veterans displaced from Fit McHenry Hospital due to ward danger were moved back. The fire is attributed to a lightning bolt with no other details provided.
The text urges recording even small, quirky details to keep their vivid impression. It argues initial novelty fades and urges writers to preserve distinctive traits that readers remember.
A humorous monologue personifies the telephone as a misused device in daily life. It notes the speaker is often in service, used for dates and calling spouses, while the user regrets its cold reliability. The poem ties its identity to Northwestern Bell and its town fame.
Chicago reports Omaha leaders say over 97 percent of Union Pacific shopmen joined the strike while company officials cite about 75 percent walkout. Similar patterns reported at Nebraska points and New City Iowa as strike spreads. Cleveland notes slight improvement but widespread picketing continues. Boston and Maine says 800 replacements hired to fill vacated shop positions.
A writer notes the earliest cooked dish as the red pottage of lentils linked to Esxan and a claim about birthright. The passage asserts the dish remains common in both Germany and France, with the forti f foot referenced as still prevailing.
The Illinois state highway department with the U S Department of Agriculture and Bureau of Public Roads conducts a two mile long series of experimental road sections. On opening day March 90 twelve loaded trucks test stress on edge sections causing immediate failure as sections are designed to reveal futility of such construction. Tests continue daily to assess soil conditions and effects while engineers monitor the destructive pounding over multiple sections.
The federal aid road program expanded testing facilities from a few labs in 1916 to at least one lab in each state except two. State highway departments, universities, and commercial laboratories now total 21, forming about six percent of the nationwide testing network. Quick testing near construction sites is stressed to avoid delays and ensure suitable materials are used.
The new method designates highways by numbers replacing the color band system. It promises a simple, workable, expandable nationwide plan once fully implemented with numbers already assigned to main trunk routes.
Road mileage per square mile is 0.739 for the United States and 2.57 for England. The figure for Erinee is 75.
Winnipeg, Canada, asserts its streets are the widest of any city in North America, highlighting the claim as a point of civic pride.
A saying notes the first rock in the road is an accident, while a repeated strike is blamed on personal fault. The remark frames risk as chance initially then responsibility upon repetition.
Readers debate which sea holds the title of the bluest water with assertions centered on the Mediterranean as the premier example. Advocates cite clarity and depth while critics point to varying metrics or regional descriptions.
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