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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1924
Page
3
Dr. F. W. Boland announced the city milk supply passed testing with several samples analyzed for fat content. Prof. L. B. Hi e assisted, and the one day analysis showed the samples submitted met purity standards with little sediment or foreign matter detected in any sample.
Whitacre Virginia July 16 a yard sale will be held at Redland Church night July 26 Joshua Darlington and children with relatives are visiting. Mr and Mrs Ellis Haines spent Sunday evening at Mr R E L Whitacre. Messrs Max and Fred Braithwaite with Landon Whitacre and Misses Wena Braithwaite and Dorothy Fletcher motored to Shepherdstown.
Sunday services led by Rev H W Lindamood will be held on July 20 at the church. The schedule includes morning and additional co services.
Mount Williams notes list visitations near Mount Sterling and Martinsburg with multiple families mentioned. Frank Orndorff and wife of Hayfield visit Mrs. Orndorff's sister Mrs. W A Clo and family. Henry Clowser of Winchester visits Ashwood and Clowser families. Various local residents and guests attend Kerns town and Wins ton area gatherings.
Rotary and Kiwanis members heard a field representative of the Potomac Public Service Corporation at weekly luncheons on electricity. The Kiwanis and Rotary meetings this month are held at George Washington.
A notice dated Friday July 18 sets an 8 o'clock time at a church in Vaucluse. The brief entry mentions a bishop or bishop related service or meeting. No further details are provided in the readable text.
Miss Place in Whitacre, Virginia celebrated her sixteenth birthday with a party hosted by Mr and Mrs Place. Guests enjoyed games and a birthday cake before moving to the dining room for refreshments. The guest list included Nellie Golda Chef Les and many others, as well as friends and relatives from the community.
The piece decodes flapper jargon from F to FLAPPER, explaining F means fewer clothes, lL signals legs exposed, A for geomet, P for pepper-pot and painted-pot, KB for easy-met, R for reg will fling, and FLAPPER covers any phrase. The playful glossary captures the era’s coded language and style.
Fragmentary note quotes Mickie on upgrades and worry. The handwritten line suggests a cheerful tone despite concerns about business outcomes and loyalty. The text appears informal and incomplete with garbled phrases and misspellings.
In Winston Salem North Carolina on July 16 a dealer markets low priced cars by the pound. Ads list car weight and total price per pound 33 1 3 cents and compare to ordinary goods costs. The unusual method reportedly draws strong customer interest.
Attorney General Stone named Joseph C. Shaffer of Wytheville Virginia as United States attorney for the western district of Virginia. He succeeds Lewis P. Summers who resigned to pursue a Congressional nomination. Shaffer has been Summers’ assistant for two years and formerly served as Commonwealth’s attorney for Wythe County and as legal advisor to Virginia’s prohibition director.
A Liverpool letter reports the season prospects for the commercial apple crop in England are not promising. Cold wet ground since blossoming, poor conditions for fruit, and evident insect damage suggest the total harvest may not exceed last year, though early conclusions remain uncertain.
Thirteen Winchester boys left early for Camp Shenandoah on Island Road near Harrisonburg to spend a week as Rotary guests. The group, in charge of Marshall Baker, included Edwin Lillis Hugh Hawking Paul Mars and Hubert Goss among others. Committee members H S Duffey and Daniel Lupton organized details for the trip under Rotary supervision.
The story records farmers threshing wheat with light yields and haying underway. It notes visits from Aly Jr and Mrs Da jet and relatives from Elizabethtown, plus talk of harvest wrapping up and local residents traveling for visits and labor. It mentions Windswater illness recovery and various local social calls and holidays.
The Grabill case resumes as defense argues Duck is sub normal and intoxicated during the shooting. Attorneys Byrd and Brumback lead for the defense while Williams represents the Commonwealth as witnesses testify and the courtroom fills again.
Fragmentary line reflects a social joke about pride in lineage and adherence to tradition, with a humorous nod to a grandfather who held a position of authority. The quip suggests reverence for established norms and claims of inherited status.
The Associated Press reports on the evolution of the advertising merchandising service in U S newspapers. It notes that cooperation between advertisers and papers has turned ad spending into an investment by reducing distribution costs and improving market coverage.
The city council adopted a resolution empowering the water and sewer committees with the city solicitor and manager to make a reasonable offer to George H Eagle for rights of way through his lands. Council also announced sewer pipe time and extension to the Fair Grounds to provide sewage services to the fair and nearby property owners.
A London court hears a case where a farmer asserts the cow that produced milk is at fault for a poor milk yield. The farmer argues the animal is entitled to the milk profits as it caused the milking outcome.
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