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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1922
Page
8
Envoy and Mrs J C Hall of Lynchburg Va spend the week with Capt and Mrs L F Duncan leading local Salvation Army work. Hall attends city meetings and leads tonight's service at the Court House building. Envoy L J Young of Salisbury Md has joined to assist with the Winchester effort.
Daily market prices shown for wheat, flour, hens, ducks, butter, hay, middlings, flour types, cotten seed meal, and livestock. Includes both wholesale and retail figures with weights and unit pricing.
In Frederick county circuit court the will of Mrs Bettie Cochran distributes 2000 dollars among four living daughters Garvie A Cochran Mary H Childs Hattie Huyett and Grace FE Clevenger and to the two children of another deceased daughter Gladys V Cochran Elizabeth Cochran. John Shreck receives 50 dollars for faithful service. Grace E Clevenger serves as executrix with a 4000 dollar bond.
A lightning strike caused a blaze at the Mountain Dale Orchard Company plant near Paw Paw Morgan county, destroying the barn and another outbuilding with contents. Harvest loss amounted to about $15,000, while several nearby homes in Greensburg and surrounding areas suffered minor damage from the same storm, totaling about $5,000.
Winchester residents read a testimonial style ad claiming Dean's Kidney Pills address kidney weakness. It asserts one focused benefit and cites a customer who says dizzy spells and blurred vision improved after use. The publisher is Foster-Milburn Co. of Buffalo New York. Price listed as 60 cents.
Advertising notice for Imperial Asbestos Fibre Liquid Cement promising fire and water proofing for roofs with a ten year guarantee. Distributor listed as B F Arthur Jr in Winchester Virginia with telephone contact 2006F11.
A severe storm spawned fires causing heavy losses in Martinsburg region. Frank Myers’s barn at Berkley Station and its contents, valued over 5000 dollars, burned. Myers was overcome by smoke and rescued. Nearby losses hit E L Luttrell’s orchard barn tenanted by Clarence DeHaven and Clyde B Smith.
A historical note states light travels eight times around the Earth between tick marks of a watch, illustrating the immense speed of light detected in early measurements.
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