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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1921
Page
3
Dresses advertised as silk with prices stated as 5.63 and 898, implying up to 20.00 value. The copy notes all colors and styles, made to fit well, from a closing out manufacturer. Limited quantities urge early purchase.
Readily available ladies silk undergarments from a manufacturer sale include corsets waists amisloles bloomers teddys gowns and skirts with prices greatly reduced for quick sale. Limited to single pieces of a kind many items offer substantial savings from fifty eight cents to four dollars and twenty five cents with original values up to seven fifty.
In Knox Indiana Judge Pentecost discharged Cecil Burkett eleven after jurors failed to reach a verdict in the murder trial of Bennie Slavin seven. The case drew attention as one of Indiana’s most unique legal actions involving a child defendant in a homicide charge.
Dr Simon Baruch noted physician and hydrotherapy pioneer dies in New York at 81. Father of Bernard M Baruch, he introduced free municipal bath houses in Chicago and New York and served as a Confederate field surgeon. Born in Germany, he moved to America and graduated from the Medical College of Virginia in 1862.
Baltimore social notes announce the engagement of Miss Nan Nie Moore Smith to Dr Stanhope Baynes Jones. Invitations will be issued next week for the ceremony on Saturday at 2 PM at St Pauls Episcopal Church. The wedding party includes Miss Mary Smith as maid of honor and Miss Anne Kapff Poultney as flower girl. Dr Frank Evans is named best man. Mrs Ettie Hall Smith will give the bride away. Dr Baynes Jones, associate professor at Johns Hopkins, is a New Orleans native and nephew of Mr and Mrs George Defesre.
The House foreign affairs committee reported the Porter resolution to terminate the state of war with Germany and Austria-Hungary. Democratic dissenters objected while Republicans voted to adopt the measure for Senate passage.
James P. Maher, a clerk at the United States Supreme Court since 1914, died in Georgetown Hospital after recent stomach surgery. He had served with the court since 1866, when he first joined at a young age.
Known dead from Tuesday night and Wednesday’s race violence reach thirty, with several hundred wounded. Real estate committee surveys $1,500,000 in property damage as martial law eases and troops assist relief while negroes relocate to shelters and Red Cross distributes aid.
The Reean Glee Club of Columbus has been invited to sing at a White House garden party on Wednesday afternoon June 8 for wounded overseas veterans of Walter Reed Hospital. Guests include Mr. William T. Jones and his son W. T. Jones Jr. of Pittsburgh, who visited Mrs. Charles Price in White Post, Virginia.
Four constables were killed and five wounded by ambushing civilians in Kylebetcross, near Borrienatane, County Tipperary, as police in motor cars and on bicycles were attacked from woods. A separate Cork report notes a police patrol ambush at Carrowkennedy, with arms and three patrol cars burned.
The International Olympic Committee awarded the 1924 Olympic games to Paris and the 1928 games to Amsterdam. The announcement highlighted Paris as the host city for 1924 with Amsterdam chosen for 1928.
Bangor and Aroostook Railroad announced immediate, large reductions in force to address a slump in passenger and freight traffic. The AP report from Bangor notes the cuts affect a substantial number of workers and operations nationwide.
A Washington area pest control action reports success against bed bugs with targeted treatments. Officials confirm a notable reduction in infestations after the operation conducted by local health authorities and extermination teams.
Patrons and friends of the man School at Stephenson host a chicken supper on Friday June 3 from 6 o clock at the House. Proceeds go to the Near East Relief Fund to aid orphan children. All are invited to attend and support the cause.
An incomplete notice warns that individuals who took pump and tool items from a carin’ ton may face prosecution under the law. The fragment references a person or entity named B. Cline and a designation G-3 30- ott, with no clear dates or locations.
Mrs Loring A Cover hosts the Tuesday Bridge Club at her Spring Valley home. The next meeting is scheduled for a Tuesday afternoon at the Baltimore Country Club, with James H Preston mentioned in the note.
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