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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1919
Page
4
Verse drawn from Walt Mason lampoons the earnest salesman and the glib flatterer. A brisk critique contrasts the languid pitch with the sparkling spiel of a lively hawker. The poem mocks empty promises and praises brisk rhetoric as the key to sales success.
Mount Williams notes report visits and family connections among residents. Names include Mrs Clarence Burkhart Helen and Kenneth from Chambersburg Pa. Walter Moore and family. I N Wallace returning from military discharge. Noel Williams visiting W H Crowser. Peachie Ashwood and Beulah Snapp with Mrs Bucher. Katie Burkhart and Ola Rosenroger. J M Orndorff and O L Peer. W H Williams ill at home.
An Associated Press report from July 18 describes American forces repelling Mexican raids along U.S. Route 60 near Mexico and finding Mexican casualties, with sources from Sena can in New Mexico. Mary Hershberger has returned to Akrop Ohio after visiting.
The Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen at its Kansas City convention rejected joining unions related to signal activities. They favor maintaining identity and will proceed with a strike vote if no satisfactory agreement with railroad management is reached. D W Hett, grand chief, stated the group would keep its independence amid ongoing negotiations.
The document shows a cashier H. D. Fuller of a Virginia bank swearing the financial statement is true to the best of his knowledge and belief. It references liabilities amounts and a total asset figure, indicating a sworn financial affidavit.
Differences between the strikers demands and ship owners offers were small enough for a settlement today, though not all union leaders shared the optimism of Mr. Brown.
The morning stock decline paused as oils and motors rally led by Stutz with a near nine point jump. By noon renewed selling pulled down steel, oils, rails, and equipment shares. labor rumors fueled the drop amid heavy short selling. In Boston the carmen strike kept streetcars idle. arbitration talks stalled over a third board member. Transportation gains from steam service and many new bus lines accompanied the stalled wider dispute.
Commissioner of the Revenue J. L. Maphis informs Chief of Police Doran that every hackney and truck used to transport people must hold a license. Offenders operating multiple vehicles on one license will be arrested and fined, and required to pay a double license.
Paris dispatch reports the allied supreme council focusing on possible intervention in Hungary to stabilize the region, deemed necessary to avert danger to Roumania and Poland amid rising tensions. The discussion centers on military action as a solution to the ongoing crisis.
Berlin reports that Hamburg officially announced 300 vessels with home port in Hamburg and total displacement of 1,162,000 cubic metres have been delivered to the Entente powers. Among them 31 ships were owned by the Hamburg American line.
The New York sea strike entered its second week with seamen firemen and oilers holding hundreds of vessels at piers. Freight piled at steamship and railroad terminals threatens broader shipping impacts and thousands of workers remain unemployed until a settlement is reached. G H Brown of the seamen union voiced cautious optimism about a quick settlement.
A compact aphorism from Seneca on bold requests and courage in supplication.
Dear Mother describes a mother’s struggle with overwork and nervousness then credits Whitehouse Alborum Antiseptic Powder for relief. The letter extols the product as refreshing and necessary for hygiene and comfort and urges mothers to use and buy it.
Train schedule lists No 13 at 9.07 p m for Bristol and intermediates with a Pullman parkee car to Bristol. No 1212 at 1. a m to Roanoke Bristol Bluefield Pocahontas Welch Norton and intermediates with Pullman Sleepers to Bluefield and Winston Salem NC Cafe car Camdoah and Roanoke connects Roanoke with Memphis special for No 27 at 5 53 p m for Elkton and intermediates.
Public auction in Winchester Virginia at 12 oclock on Saturday August 9 1919 of the land owned by the late F J Triplett containing 145 acres more or less with buildings and improvements along a public road near Gore adjoining E S Johnson E L Hook Edgar LaFollet and others One third cash balance in two equal annual installments secured by two purchaser bonds and a deed of trust on the property plus a policy of insurance Immediate possession.
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