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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1920
Page
5
Four airplanes depart Mitchel Field on a 9000 mile round trip to Nome Alaska led by Capt. St Clair Street. The western hemisphere’s long pioneering air journey will take about 45 days despite imperfect weather.
Paris dispatch reports the Bolshevik government accepted all conditions in Lloyd George’s armistice note to Moscow concerning Poland. The Matin cited the development as confirmed.
Marion Ohio July 15 Senator Harding spent another quiet day resuming work on his speech of acceptance with no visitors expected. He planned to devote most of his time to it to have it ready for distribution to the news services Saturday for newspapers nationwide.
Mrs. Lloyd Agnew and her young son arrive in Winchester for the summer with apartments arranged at Miss Buchanan’s home and Miss Dent staying with Miss Augusta Conrad on North Market street. Mr. Agnew sails back to Charleston as plans call for a seasonal stay, a Winchester summer tradition.
Lieut.-Col. George E. E. Fairley commander of the 511th engineer battalion in the American expeditionary forces mails a letter to Miss Julia Sully Richmond section chair Virginia War History Commission praising the unit. The group was 95 percent Virginians and its record will be included in the state history volume.
Reliable reports indicate the Georgia peach crop is badly damaged by brown rot and buyers are reluctant due to rapid deterioration in transit. Present weather favors brown rot in Virginia. growers are urged to use precautions, including self boiled lime sulfur applications if two weeks since last spray. Harvest may be hotter than usual increasing need for timely sprays. Apple scab is developing in some orchards. apply Bordeaux Mixture 4-5-0 plus arsenate to infected trees. F. A. Motz notes and Mrs Laura Belle Windle’s accident in Virginia on July 15 with injuries from a fall.
A Firestone Cushion tire claims to bridge the gap between solid tires and Pneumatic tires for heavy trucks. It offers greater road contact, traction, and tire life with less road wear, requiring no wheel changes and compatible with standard SAE bases.
A yard party fundraiser for the church is planned for Saturday the 17th at Paxton Chat with a rain date of July 1. The event is organized by the church committee and aims to raise funds for church needs.
Bargain price 1800 dollars for a 150 acre farm near Winches with good improvements. Includes double dwelling on South Main. A real estate listing notice for prospective buyers.
The notice outlines train timings for May 30 1920 from Norfolk and Western. It lists passenger routes to Bristol Bluefield Pocahontas Norton Williamson Winston-Salem Philadelphia New York and Hagerstown with Pullman sleepers cafe cars and parlor services. W B Rovill is named as the passenger traffic official.
The Corpora tion Court of Winchester Virginia on March 8 1920 initiated divorce proceedings for Lewis F Gruber against Bessie Swartz Gruber citing cruelty and desertion. An affidavit confirms the defendant is not a Virginia resident. she must appear within ten days of publication and respond. The order requires weekly notice in the Winchester Star for four weeks and posting at the county courthouse by June 23.
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