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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1924
Page
2
Crop conditions for the week ending yesterday show overall improvement in Virginia with favorable progress in corn, cotton, tobacco, hay and oats. Cotton and peanuts remain only fair. Apple prospects continue good to excellent and garden truck is plentiful.
Victoria B C July 23 Twenty three voted wet and seventeen dry in the beer plebiscite held throughout British Columbia on June 20 final official figures announced today show The total number of votes cast for each option was not immediately available in the released figures
The report notes beer by the glass sales reached 72 839 units while 74 159 voters opposed the measure. The tally shows stronger opposition than sales uptake in the local beer sales question.
MONTEVIDEO July 23 The steamer Apérol from Santos reports the Sao Paulo revolution gaining strength and possibly triumphing despite Brazilian government denials. The Andreis captain said unloading halted due to bombardment by rebel aviators of the Minas Doreas near Santos forcing him to depart.
Roanoke launches effort to create a large municipal park as citizens rally for the project. The drive began with public interest on July 22, drawing local officials and residents to discuss proposed parkland, funding, and potential sites.
The Woman's Club of Roanoke, after deciding last Saturday to push a city park, appointed a park committee today to advance the plan. It seeks cooperation from other civic groups to establish a park large enough for a nine hole municipal golf course.
General chairmen representing firemen and engineers on most railroads west of Chicago met with national officers to decide procedures against the Railroad Labor Board's jurisdiction over their wage dispute with managers. Spokesmen said they may test jurisdiction in court and deny that an interruption of commerce has been threatened.
In Los Angeles on July 23 W. E. Lovell 18 was sentenced to read every city newspaper for six months and rewrite traffic accident stories in his own handwriting as punishment for speeding.
A brief memorial note honors Charles M Samsell as a beloved brother, noting his passing and the family mourning his loss with prayer and remembrance.
Members of the Stephens City Methodist Episcopal Church South and the Golden Rule Bible Class express affection and appreciation for Charles M. Samsell for loyal Christian life. They extend sympathy to his loved ones and request copies of the resolutions be sent to his family, recorded in class minutes and to the Baltimore Southern Methodist Church.
A discussion with County Treasurer R S Smith over a dog taxed across Frederick Virginia and Hampshire West Virginia highlights residency rules for dog licenses. The owner’s home sits partly in both states, but taxes are due where the owner resides, with no reciprocity between Virginia and West Virginia licenses.
The Rev A O Woodstock of Woodstock Va preached at the Presbyterian Church in Keyster Sunday and will officiate again July 27. The church is without a pastor and it is believed a call will be extended to Mr Price.
Winchester Rotary Club meets tomorrow at 1 pm for lunch at the George Washington Hotel with the Washington Empire Orchestra. A Potomac Public Service Corporation demonstration precedes the business session. Guests include President J Linfield Damon of American Hotels Corp and 15 directors of the Shenandoah Hotel project in Martinsburg.
Mr and Mrs James C Lillis and the sister of the wife spent weeks at Capon Springs West Virginia and have returned to Cumberland Maryland. Mr Lillis health has been good for some time and he says the Capon Springs mineral waters greatly refreshed and invigorated him as he resumes his Cumberland business.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Settle of Rappahannock County Virginia arrived by auto from Goshen for a day or two. Settle, long associated with the National Playgrounds Association, journals interest in local efforts to provide recreation and play spaces for children during vacation months. They are joined by Miss Roberta Moar of Birmingham and commend the work of Mrs. Robert Y. Conrad Miss Lillian Lee Jackson and John I. Brown Jr. in developing playgrounds and centers here.
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