Early 1900s Star carrier and editor recalls boys days
Charles Grim, who started as a paper carrier at 13 in 1907, recalls The Winchester Evening Star’s rough startup years its late street playgrounds and the hard work of printers and carriers. He names editors and staff like John Hoover William Holliday and W Carroll Willis describing long hours no overtime and early moves of the paper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Grim
Deliverite Tree
Grim
Town Run
Boscawen St
Water St
Faulkner's Department Store
Loudoun Street
Main Street
Zirkle
Faulkner's
Thomaser
Boscawen Street
J. T. Orndorff
Boyd's
Loudoun
Star’s
Scene
Grimm
Carrier Boys
John Hoover
the Star
William Holliday
Holliday
Hagerstown
Harry Ebergele
Chicago
W. Carroll Willis
EB. Piccadilly St
The
Star
E. Boscawen
Mr. Willis
Leonard
Pig
Copenhaver
Claude Grim
Harold C. March
S. Loudoun St
Harry Kurtz
Abe Kurtz
Tters
George Violet
Charlie Brown
Willie Copenhaver
Paan
Ralph Fansler
Carrier
Rosenmeyer
Farmers and Merchants National Bank
Charles Arthur Grim
John Kerr School
Winchester
Winchester Evening Star
No Advantage In Selling Milk In Capital
Rep Andresen of Minnesota told a House committee that Maryland and Virginia farmers should have no advantage selling milk in Washington beyond proximity to the market. He spoke as bills considered allowing milk imports meeting public health standards. He noted Minnesota farmers cannot sell all milk and cream locally and must convert some to butter for government sale under price support.
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Washington
Andresen
House
Maryland
Virginia
District of Columbia
Minnesota
Eastside Girls Softball Seeks Games with Winchester Teams
Cumberland Maryland. The Eastside Girls Softball team seeks matchups with teams from the Winchester area. Written by Darys H Zehrback at 50 Greene St Cumberland.
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Eastside
Cumberland
Winchester
Darys H. Zehrback
Greene St
Power outage planned in Winchester area Sunday morning
Northern Virginia Power Co announces electrical service will be cut 6 to 8 a.m. in northeast Winchester and Frederick County and 7 to 8 a.m. in central city areas to boost local capacity. Affected streets include Cork Street Parkway Shenandoah Avenue Shawnee Avenue Senseny Road Sulphur Spring Road and Berryville Pike plus Piccadilly Cameron Loudoun Washington Stewart Amherst Morgan Street and Route 50 west to the Farmers Livestock Exchange.
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Northern Virginia Power Co
Winchester
Frederick County
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Cork St
Parkway
Shenandoah Ave
Shawnee Ave
Senseny Road
Sulphur Spring Rd
Berryville Pike
Piccadilly St
Kent West
Morgan
Cameron St
Piccadilly
Boscawen
Loudoun St
Cork
Washington St
Wolf
Stewart St
Amherst
Morgan St
Farmers Livestock Exchange
Pavement Damaged By Broken Water Main In Berryville
A new Berryville Avenue water main fractured early morning, tearing 30 feet of pavement and sending hundreds of gallons toward Chestnut Street and the Frederick Avenue storm sewer. City official Sam Reeves blamed a faulty pipe likely damaged by a passing truck. flow of about 100 gallons per minute was stopped within 30 minutes. Repairs began immediately. the Perry Wright Esso Station was the only affected site. Contractor M.S. Huggins of Roanoke will cover the full repair cost under a one year guarantee. The line had been completed last December.
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Berryville Ave
Chestnut St
Frederick Ave
Sam Reeves
City Water and Sewer Department
Reeves
Perry Wright Esso
M.S. Huggins
Roanoke
Real Estate and Personal Auctions Listed in Winchester Area
July and August sale dates announced by trustees and banks in Winchester and surrounding towns. Auctions include real estate on Whitlock and Boscawen Streets, Grove and Gore area homes, estates of Blosser Haines and Mamie Clowser, plus a Berryville farm and commercial property. times range from morning to early afternoon with locations in court houses and on Main Streets.
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Herbert S. Larrick
Gainesboro
Mamie Clowser
S. Cameron St
R. Walker
Court House
Winchester
Whitlock Ave
Jos. B. Newlin
E. James St
Molly Madrigal Ritter
Frederick County Court House
Middle Road
Hillcrest Subdivision
E.s.t
H. J. Hardesty
Berryville
M. Elston Wharton
Berryville Ave
Winchester 1897 Main Street Photograph Description
A July 1897 view on Winchester Main Street looking north shows the dry goods store on the right now ABC and Thrift Auto, with a horse buggy near the Main and Boscawen intersections. The city then housed just under 7,000 people, and G. Frank Gearing provided the photograph for The Star.
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Main Street
ABC and
Thrift
Main
Boscawen
Winchester
Star
G. Frank Gearing
Market Rally Lifts New York Stocks Amid Mixed Gains
A mid session rally in New York stocks shows momentum after a weak start though not a full reversal. Many leaders post gains above $1 a share with names like American Telephone U S Steel Bethlehem Steel and Republic Steel among top movers while Chrysler fluctuates narrowly.
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New York
Korea
U. S. Steel
Bethlehem Steel
Republic Steel
U. S. Rubber
Douglas Aircraft
Lockheed
Philco
Radio Corp
Zenith Radio
American Cyanamid
Allied Chemical
du Pont
Dow Chemical
Phelps Dodge Copper
American Woolen
Santa Fe
Union Pacific
U. S. Gypsum
Chrysler
Chicago Grain Market Opens With Mixed Movements
Chicago open shows oats soybeans and lard advancing while wheat and corn stall. Opening quotes list diverse futures: Wheat Jly 2.23 Sep 2.25 bid Dec 2.28 Mar 2.29 May 2.28. Corn Jly 1.55 Sep 1.51 Dec 1.42% Mar 2.29 May 2.28. Oats Jly 79 34 80 Sep 75 34 Dec 77 54 Mar 77 34 May 17 38. Rye Sep 1.43. Soybeans Jly 3.19 20 Nov 2.47 4634 Jan 2.49 49% Mar 2.52. Lard Jly 13.00 Sep 13.30 Oct 13.42 Nov 13.47 60 Dec 13.80 85.
Livestock Market Report Chicago and Baltimore Prices
Salable hogs 9 000 with top 25 40 for one load and many grades from 180 to 300 pounds. Cattle 3 000 and calves 500 with steers and heifers mostly 26 50 to 31 50 and 29 50 to 31 25. Sheep 500 with native springers 26 00 to 27 00. ewes 8 50 to 10 50. Baltimore prices show apples lightly steady and various US 1s discounts. Cattle and bulls quoted with steers 30 00 to 31 00 and cows 16 50 to 25 00 amid otherwise mixed receipts.
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Chicago
USDA
Baltimore
Bubkts
N. J. Starrs
Cobblers
Usis
Eastern Shore
Usis & Usis
Livestock Market Summary with Prices for Hogs Cattle Sheep
Market report shows cattle with feeds, calves, and dairy types mainly steady to firm. Hogs rise slightly with top bids near 26.25 for 180-220 lb barrows. sheep and lambs steady, Virginia and West Virginia consignments noted. overall tone cautious with some pressure on grass fat calves.
Walker named new ground forces commander in Korea
General MacArthur announced Lt. Gen. Walton H. Walker as commander of ground forces in Korea joining the Eighth Army and new post in Korea. Allied air power hit supply routes north of the Kum River as North Korean divisions pushed toward Hamchang and the Taejon line amid front-line skirmishes.
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Walton H. Walker
Kum
South Korea
MacArthur
Walker
Eighth Army
Japan
Korea
U. S. Army Forces In
Usafir
George Patton
Third Army
Europe
Britain
U. S. War Department
Department of the Army
J. Lawton Collins
Army
Hoyt Vandenberg
Air Force
Hamchang
Taejon
Pusan-Taejon
Associated Press
Tom Lambert
Han River
Tanyang
Chungju
Weer
Lambert
Chochiwon
Tanyag
How's Your LQ Answers On Page 4
A quirky quiz page lists answers to questions including Nove' ist Women Square and phrases such as He had many books in his library A small bird Chow dogs French Pro-American Oculist Underground.
Guardsmen Rugged Training At Camp Pickett Review Planned
Mayor M. B. Clowe Jr says local guardsmen are in rugged drills from 4 a.m. to 9 p.m. as Winchester units of the 116th Infantry join other 29th Division troops at Camp Pickett for a two week summer training. The division studies modern infantry tactics and combat maneuvers, paid by the regular Army. A highlight is a Saturday review for the governors of Virginia Maryland and Pennsylvania.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. B. Clowe, Jr
National Guard
Winchester
116Th Infantry
Camp Pickett
Virginia
A. P. Hill Reservation
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Franconia Rams Reef Near Quebec Leaving 780 Abducted
The 20 000 ton Cunard Franklin liner Franconia struck a shallow reef one mile from Quebec during night operations. Tugs and launches evacuated 780 passengers after the 8 45 p m collision as officials promise a forthcoming statement on the cause.
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Quebec
St. Lawrence
Franconia
Cunard-Donaldson
Pointe A Tauren
Quebec Port
Liverpool
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Order of the Golden Rule
Stephens City
R Sanitary Treating. Co
Ceylon
B.C
Ola
Bormbork
John W. Rosenberger
Peters Studio
Virginia Apple Storage, Inc
Vailey Pike
C. H. Himelright
Manheim Produce Co
Uniontown
Narrow Passage Orchard Corp
Woodstock
Winchester Cold Storage Co
Robinson Ice and Cold Storage Co
Board of Trade
J. R. Alexander Jr
N. Loudoun &J
Gore, Va
J. S. Dunlap
Gore
D. Orndorfy
Ue Ia
West Virginia
Kum River
Barr’s Orchard & Farm Supply
N. Cameron St
C. I. Brumback & Sons
Tommy D. Lockhart
PERIL
Bynemics
Omp
de Soto
Chapman Motor CO
N. Cameron &J
Heatwolk Motor CO
N. Braddock
And
Maytag Sales & Service
Roy A. Lee
Kent St
Harry W. Aiken
General
Clearbrook, VA
County Court House
Cameron Street
Said Street
Joseph A. Massie, Jr
James P. Reardon
Coleman Dunn
P. J. Marshall
City of Winchester
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