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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1924
Page
4
The Evening Star imprint shows daily publication except Sunday by The Evening Star Publishing Co. in Winchester Virginia. It notes consolidation with Morning News Weekly News and Weekly Mirror editions.
An OCR fragment lists subscription options for advance payments and carrier delivery terms including figures such as 1.76 three months 0.90 per month and 8.50 for one year with several in advance prices. It mentions telephone line 148-W and location identifiers like Bell 38 United.
The Associated Press holds exclusive rights to republication of its nes dispatches and all AP credited local news as published in this paper.
The Baltimore Sun reviews Davis and Jackson as mythic figures linked to Stonewall Jackson, comparing their destinies and moral temperaments. It notes military brilliance, religious lines, and a cautious stance on Sunday battles while highlighting their Presbyterian backgrounds and controversial leadership traits.
A narrator recounts seeking a loan from Leal and Charles H. Gander, who lament their lean finances. The tale shifts to misfortune as Gander faces a brutal demand, revealing hardship and a stark moral about generosity and responsibility.
Virgi Silbaugh, son of Mr and Mrs J Maugh, stepped in front of a mowing machine Monday. His ankle was cut above the heel. Tr J S Offutt gave first aid and he was taken to Winchester hospital Tuesday for treatment.
Spent time with sisters and relatives in Yellow Springs and Keyser. Guests included Mrs. W. W. Hicks, W. V. Carpenter, Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Johnson, Yellow Springs residents, and others such as Miss Ellen Oates and Miss Minnie Miller visiting family. Several others noted visits by the Oates and Miller families to their kin nearby.
In Woodstock Virginia Judge Frank B. Whiting overruled Henry C Grabill s motion for a new trial over an improperly empanelled jury. Grabill remains sentenced to 13 years for firing at Frank Robinson s automobile injuring Robinson and his son. Appeals noted for further review by the Virginia Court of Appeals.
Northwestern turnpike work from the Hampshire county line to near the Burlington steel bridge is nearly finished. Crews have started from that point toward Vandiver's garage in Burlington. About a half mile of macadam topping remains, expected to be completed in ten days to two weeks. Afterward the road will be paved from Elk Garden mountain to the Hampshire line in Mineral county, except a small stretch on the east side of Knobley Mountain.
The Young Peoples Conference of the Synod of Virginia opened at Massanutten Springs near Harrisonburg with over 500 delegates and a week of courses on missions storytelling and youth programs. Faculty includes Dr. B R Lacy Dr Henry Sweets Dr Joseph Donglison among others. Leaders include Mr Adams and visiting delegates plan valley tours after the event.
Gray Silver of Martinsburg West Virginia Washington Representative of the Farm Bureau Federation was chosen president of the Grain Marketing Company a $26000 merger of five large grain firms planned to be farmer-owned. Officers include Harry L Keefe G M Dyer J W Coverdale with an executive committee of Silver Coverdale M llard Myers Keefe and Freds A Mudge. terms run to February 1925 for the first annual meeting.
An old advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Medicine as effective for catarrh with an ointment for local relief and a tonic claimed to cleanse the blood. sold by druggists, F. J. Cheney & Co in Toledo Ohio.
The forty seventh annual Purcellville Bush Meeting in Loudoun County Virginia begins Sunday August 3 and runs to August 10. Frederick and Clarke counties residents are expected to attend, with motion pictures concerts and lectures on weekdays and all day religious services Sundays. Organizers aim to make the week highly engaging with a top program.
Sar Wiley of Clarke county reports killing a rattlesnake over five feet long near Ebenezer Church. The serpent measured five feet four inches with 17 rattles and a button. Wiley spared the skin, removing it for preservation.
Commandant Mars of the Salvation Army announces open air services Saturday at 7 0 p m and Sunday following with jail services at 11 a m Sunday school 2 p m Y P L 6 4 p m open air meeting 7 30 p m and preaching in Court House Auditorium at 8 p m All are welcome
After two weeks of consideration Rev J F Morgan pastor of the First Christian Church chooses to remain with his current church. He declines the offer from Holy Neck Christian Church near Holland Virginia citing not financial factors but the best good and service.
A Berryville notice announces that Miss Hilda Harris Hart and Marshall Levi wed last January 3 in Federick Maryland. The ceremony was led by Rev. Williams of the Methodist Church. The couple kept the marriage secret until after Berryville High School began, surprising friends.
Visitors at the home of Mr. and Mrs. C. G. M. Rosenberger include Mrs. Bitza Rosenberger Mrs. W. J. Smith and Rev. Frisby Smith of Nova Scotia Pearl Brill visited Mrs. Charles Hook at Gore recently Hollis Snapp of Hagerstown Md visited his father J. E. Snapp Lenore spent Monday with her father Rev. Ewin Smith of Bristol visited the Rosenbergers Mr. and Mrs. William Brewer visited relatives at Front Royal recently
A fragment reads like a local notice with unsure names and vague event details. The readable bits suggest a heading about a person waiting for a title and a government or official action, but critical specifics are missing.
Schedule in effect Dec 8 1988 lists trains serving Berryville and connecting points. It includes No 13 9 20 a m to Roanoke Bristol with parlor car, No 1 2 45 a m to Roanoke Bristol Bluefield Pocahontas Welch Norton, No 28 8 39 a m to Hagerstown, No 10 159 p m to Hagerstown Washington Baltimore Philadelphia, and No 14 7 29 p m parlor car to Georgetown with sleepers via Philadelphia. Contacts H H Burks Berryville and W C Saunders Roanoke for fares and reservations.
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