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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1920
Page
1
Police and county officials announce an aggressive campaign against idlers and vagrants under state law. The rule defines a vagrant as someone without income or employment who refuses to work, with fines imprisonment or both possible. Clerical notes mention awaiting a July 28 start date to allow residents to seek employment.
In Harrisonburg a local notice notes the upcoming issue of the special will be the last before the primary. It pledges a sworn statement of all receipts and disbursements, including contribution sources, and asks to publish the Jefferson Club contributors list and allow withdrawals time before election.
Real estate ad offers 30 acres of Limestone Farm with seven room house, chalk lawn, arid shade trees, a splendid welt-house, orchard, grand American wire fence enclosing the property, 2 1/2 miles from Winchester on the Valley Pike. Asking price is $13,000. W L Fultz Real Estate, Court Square.
The Board of Health informs all users of town spring water of increasing contamination levels found in bacteriological tests. Walter Cox M D, Secretary, urges immediate prevention to avoid possible disease from this source.
Peach carriers, bushel baskets, oak stave picking baskets, picking crates and bags appear for orchard and domestic use. Winchester Orch seems referenced as the source or producer in this late 19th or early 20th century listing.
Advertisement notes a six room dwelling with good cellar and over one acre of ground offered as a bargain at 1700 dollars. Baker and Shryock listed as contacts.
The county clinics operate at local schoolhouses with sessions listed for Brucetown Gore Stephens City and Winchester. Times cover morning and evening slots from July 27 to July 30 with the Winchester district nurse office hosting a session.
Tires 20 percent off on all sizes larger than 80x38. Customers may exchange for smaller sizes 80 to save from five to ten dollars. Hurry. Chapman’s Auto Sales.
An aeroplane from the Charlottesville Aero and Motor Co will offer public flights in Winchester on Saturday and Sunday July 24 and 25. Pilot J. Carr and mechanic WM Blunkh will be present to operate and assist.
Old stock and broken-tots shoes for men women and children offered at one third to one third of value. Sizes vary and sale now underway. Grove Bros Dept Store promotes new line of oil stoves just received by R M Swimley.
See Winchester and surrounding country from the clouds. Two day trips offered by Capt. W. M. Strickler hailed as one of the safest and most trusted servicemen from France in World War I. Trips depart from Stine's Field Martinsburg Pip per trip.
The following speakers will represent Judge Harrison on upcoming dates. July 26 Mount William with R Gray Williams and R T Barton. July 26 Brucetown with M M Lynch and T R Cather. July 27 Dolans with R Gray Williams and R T Barton. July 27 Star Tannery with H R Kern and Philip Williams. July 28 Gainesboro with Philip Williams and R T Barton. August 2 Stephens City with Judge Harrison in Winchester.
Miss Bula Ray Shull of New York Roanoke soprano star guest of Col and Mrs John T Trout was feted with a brilliant reception. The program featured operatic arias conducted with Eley at the piano and closed with Carry Me Back to Old Virginny as the audience thanked the celebrated artist.
The Frederick Co. Fruit Growers Association warns that the barrel supply is acutely short. It can take 60 to 90 days to obtain barrels from the west, and current orders cover at most half the expected demand. Orders should be placed now. full information available on request. John C. Cather is president.
WANTED GIRL for store work with some knowledge of bookkeeping and collecting. Apply by letter to ScareStar Ab-Eprat. GEORGIA WATERMELONS Car joint melons just received and cut red sweet and juicy. SAM HAINES WA. R. Phone 476. Woman manager wanted a refined cultured woman to manage a ee for teachers of the Handley pols salary and home offered to properly qualified person. Apply by letter to F. E. Clerk Supt. Schools. 21-1p-31.
John Stuart was convicted before County Magistrate A J Tavenner and sentenced to 30 days on the state road with six months suspension for intoxicated driving and speeding. The case arose around a collision on the Valley pike near Hillman tollgate with Loring Pingley planning a civil suit for damages to a car loaned by William Dunn.
The Star reprints the Henry upstairs theatre amendment to the Virginia Code. It argues the amendment is unnecessary for public safety and examines political maneuvering by Senator Leedy to advance it. The bill would require fire escapes for buildings three stories and taller, including theatres, with local enforcement details and a sixty day notice provision.
Resolute defending the America's Cup led Shamrock IV by about half a minute at the start of the fourth race in Sandy Hook New Jersey. Official times placed Resolute at 1.01.33 and Shamrock IV at 1.01.56, on a 10 mile leg of a triangular course. Shamrock IV trails by one win in the series as the regatta continues.
Winchester and Frederick County honor the National Guard unit formed recently by designating it as Company I in memory of the late Capt. Robert Y. Conrad who led the original Company I to France. The unit will be known locally as Captain Bob's Company and urges members to recruit to reach full peace-time strength while maintaining the historic record set on the French battlefields.
Capt W M Strickler formerly of the US Army aviation corps arrived in Winchester from Washington and will remain until tomorrow evening to give local residents a chance to fly and view the town from above. His record is among the corps' best and he is known as a steady pilot. He is a warm friend of Lieut Com Richard Evelyn Byrd Jr of Winchester.
Governor Cox told a delegation from the national Woman’s Party that two or three men were already working among Tennessee legislators to secure the 36 votes needed to ratify the federal woman suffrage amendment. The suffrage group asked for a personal representative, and Cox stated he had already addressed the matter, closing meetings before a trip to Dayton.
AP wires describe armistice proposals from the Soviet government and a Polish border crisis. Reports note Polish government resignations and evacuation plans amid Bolshevik pressure and Volhynian fortress capture. Washington asks for moral support for Poland against the Bolsheviks.
Mr Jacob Custer a well farmer living two miles east of the Way off tleway W Va died at 245 p m on July 22 from complications. He was born December 1843 and aged 76 years 7 months 7 days. Survived by son Frances A Custer two daughters Mrs Thomas J Johnston and Mrs B F Johnston. Funeral will be preached at the house Sunday at 2 o clock.
Ford coupes and a Ford sedan offered for immediate purchase. Several good used cars across nine models. Bus leaves Winc every weekday at 10 a.m. for Hillsburg and Williamsport with trolley connection to Hager. July clearance begins tomorrow with ladies coats at reduced prices and heavy discounts on coats. Green & Broy Ip.
Brigadier Liam Escott and Staff James Yates of Baltimore prepare for a farewell service in the House Auditorium at 7:30 PM. After 34 years in the Saly Army, Escott’s long career ends and many locals plan to attend the open air event.
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