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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1924
Page
4
Suburban reader notice lists subscription prices and postal details for the Evening Star Publishing Co Winchester Virginia. Rates shown include one year 3.50, six months 1.75, three months .90, one month .30 with carrier options. Also notes daily publication except Sunday and phone contact lines.
A brief notice states that the Associated Press holds exclusive rights to republish AP dispatched news and any local news published by the paper unless otherwise credited to another source. The statement emphasizes AP ownership and republication terms.
The West Virginia Horticultural Society meets in Martinsburg July 31 and August 1 to tour the eastern panhandle with the American Pomological Society's 5,000 mile orchard tour. Maryland and Virginia participants will join, with lectures by Stark Cruickshank Anthony Durst Auchter and others.
Mrs Kate Waller Barrett of Alexandria Virginia delivered a powerful speech at the New Democratic convention to second Senator Glass. Her forceful oration drew five minutes of applause and she was celebrated as a standout Virginian and active leader in the American Legion Auxiliary.
Local notes report upcoming lawn fete at Mrs. T. B. Levi’s on July 25 and 26 from 7 to 11 PM. Several visitors and residents are listed, including Laurat from Reidsville, Misses Ritenour of Hagerstown, and Mrs. Floyd Hudson with infant. Health updates, travel and social visits across Boyce and nearby towns are noted.
The Associated Press reports on July 24 that Arthur 8S Hard faces charges alleging a cashier shortage of 70000 dollars. Details incomplete in the fragment.
Senator La Follette's executive committee includes Rudolph Spreckels the California banker, North Dakota Senator Frazier now listed as a Republican, Morris Hillquit of New York tied to the Socialist party, Mrs Edward Costigan of Colorado, William J Johnston head of the machinists union, Basil M Manley of the peoples' legislative service, Elizabeth Glendower Evans of Boston, D B Robertson head of the locomotive firemen union, and Robert M La Follette Jr. The group will meet soon to map campaign plans.
Rep. Burton of Ohio, temporary GOP chairman, told President Coolidge that Senator La Follette will win a substantial Ohio vote largely at Democrats' expense. He noted the 1924 era pattern of third party influence in industrial states. The president's farewell dinner speech to Boy Scouts in New York will be transmitted by telephone to the banquet hall rather than broadcast.
Richmond July 24 The Knights of the Ku Klux Klan have no objection to the domestication under Virginia laws of the Women of the Ku Klux Klan. R K Spiller Roanoke state representative of the Klan informed the State Corporation Commission and a certificate will be issued to the women as power of attorney certificates.
The Star recalls a silent Winchester waking at midnight as a loud boom from unknown artillery echoes through Amherst and Main streets. Games halt, nerves tighten, and townsfolk ponder imagined invasions while a Hebrew gentleman’s bluff ends in a dice toss and a Ku Klux Klan remark. Bryon Conrad.
Chicago reports new high price records for the year in the wheat market as heavy profit taking leads to a nervous, unsettled close. September futures fall to $1.28 and December to $1.315, down from yesterday's finish.
Three armed bandits robbed Jacob Mazer of the Joseph Mazer Jewelry Company of New York at noon in Detroit. They escaped with jewelry valued at 125000 that was being shown to a prospective customer in the Capitol Jewelry Shop. Miss Mary McFadden and Mar érite Daugherty are reported at the Hotel Atlantic City.
In New York on July 23 Carpentier the French light heavyweight and Gene Tunney American heavyweight champion finished training for their 15 round clash at the Polo Grounds to be held tomorrow night Both fighters tipped the scales under 175 pounds Carpentier aged 30 meets Tunney 25 with Tunney taller and longer reach while Tunney fights as a left handed puncher and Carpentier relies on his right hand IT PAYS TO ADVERTISE.
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