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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1921
Page
5
Chicago reports a brutal 1921 mosquito season with unusually ferocious swarms from river swamps. Superintendent Asah blames fashion and free lunch, saying kerosene oil fails and skeeters swarm toward bright lights.
The Rev Robert B Nelson of the Episcopal Theological Seminary in Alexandria Va has accepted the rector post at Christ Church Winchester. He will lead services this Sunday July 31 and begin full charge next week with family moving in September. Bishop Brown occupies the rectory through August as preparations continue.
Chambersville Virginia notes record visits by local residents. Arthur Morris and family spent a weekend at Bud Larrick’s home while Clark Legg and family visited Haw- and parents.
Ed Bowers and family from near Gainesboro visited the Kipps family on Sunday. James Filing called on J D Good and Miss Josephine Dodson spent the weekend with Miss Elsie Taylor. Farmers finish threshing and are busy making hay. Rev Hupman and daughter visited R A Cooper family. Church services were well attended.
President Harding and Mrs. Harding will vacation several days in the White Mountains of New Hampshire after attending the Pilgrims Tercentenary at Plymouth. They will stay at Secretary of War Weeks' summer home in Lancaster, high above sea level with views of the peaks and the Connecticut River.
A party plans a vacation and intends to find a handsomely furnished lodge to ensure their comfort during the stay.
Washington July 26 Mrs Annette Abbott Adams the first woman to serve as First Assistant Attorney General will leave the government and return to private practice in San Francisco on August 1st. She resigned months ago and authored key liquor rulings including a no ships with liquor entering the laden area opinion. Attorney General Daugherty will appoint a successor but none chosen yet.
MEWS NOTES FROM ORANDA July. 25 Farmers threshing and making hay. Blackberries are about all the fruit stored. M Allen Stickley and family guests of Mrs by My Orndorff's family. Rev. Stickley visiting Shenandoah City. Lowell Palmer of New York and Jack King of York Pa guests of M M Orndorff. Miss Katharine E Orndorff shaken by a fall. H le Keller to quit farming and offer his farm for sale.
Mr. M. M. Orndorff and Stickiey have sold their lot to a New York company. Mr. H. P. Miller of Washington D C is on hand to oversee the transition and manage affairs.
Norfolk and Western Railway runs a Thursday excursion to Pen Mar Maryland on August 4. Special departure from Berryville at 7:00 am with round trip fares from Meccasille at 1.71 dollars. See advertising matter for times and fares from intermediate stations.
Diet and health hints discuss fat quality and digestibility noting that fats differ in saponifying capacity and how quickly they break into globules. Olive oil, peanut, and cottonseed oils rank higher than suet beef fat and lard, with freee fresh cream improved by brief mouth agitation to mix with air for better digestion.
A terse classified item describes a star effecting a tent role in a Tosaph production. The notice hints at a casting call for a tentative star position seeking creative commitment and stage readiness.
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