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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1922
Page
2
At Annapolis 462 graduates received diplomas from Theodore Roosevelt acting Secretary of the Navy. Roosevelt urged a career at sea with public service, calling Navy men public servants and stressing duty over gain in a large colonial era style address.
Real estate listing offers 67 farms from 4 to 850 acres with a range of improvements. Properties include limestone land with a 5 room house and barn, time stone buildings and silo, and near town farms with multiple rooms. Also listed are store properties, timber tracts, city properties, and multiple houses priced from $650 to $2,500 with immediate possession. Bailey Bros. Store noted as viewing location.
A St. Louis News-Press item notes a man reacting with a wary look as an empathetic woman suggests she may understand him, hinting at a hidden fear or vulnerability.
President Hsu Shih Chang resigned under pressure and will retire to Tientsin. Li-Huan-Hung, a former president, is expected to assume office in Pe king until a parliamentary election. Liberal papers hail the move as a new era with partial peace and questions on Canton government.
The Birmingham Age-Herald announces a reduction in its mailing rates. Daily rate drops from 2 to 3 cents and Sunday rate declines from 7 to 5 cents, effective in Birmingham Alabama.
Henry Hours of the Smoke Hole region in Grant and Pendleton counties was arrested by state police in Petersburg on June 2 after information led troopers to a still he allegedly ran for decades. Hours, a longtime resident, commented that he had been making whiskey for nearly forty years and believed no law prohibited it.
One million feet of timber including white oak red oak chestnut and poplar on the 1250 tract near Mountain Falls Frederick county Virginia owned by The Handley Board of Trustees. Sealed bids due June 27 1922 with half cash and notes due later and land rights retained. Bid address to John I Sloat Winchester Virginia. Also notice of a chancery reference in Giles J Smith estate with Master Commissioner appointment and June 10 1922 hearing in Winchester.
A short enigmatic line from the Boston Transcript notes that you cannot expect to keep friends when you give them away, suggesting a warning about loyalty and trust in social relations.
A Timely Topics column by Howard Wight humorously discusses Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and his spirit world theories. It then pivots to a German legend where Noah after the deluge drinks wine from grape vines, linking wine to kissing and tracing kissing's history from Rome to Russia.
A noted saying suggests luck is a matter of temperament. Some men feel lucky when starting alimony payments, while others consider themselves unlucky for avoiding such obligations.
Regular meeting set for Monday evening June 5 at 7 45. Addresses will be made and refreshments served. All members and applicants urged to attend. Harold C. March president, Claude M. Grim secretary.
Commissioner's Office announces a sale on Monday June 12 1922 between 9 am and 5 pm at the office of M M Lynch on Rouss Avenue Winchester Va to execute a decree dated May 4 1922. Parties in interest must appear with evidence vouchers papers and necessary matters. Dated May 13 1922 A J Tavenner M M Lynch Atty 13.4w
Clerk in Winchester Court orders Grace McCarty Ritter to appear within 15 days to protect her interest in divorce action. Case filed for divorce a vinculo matrimonii on desertion grounds. publication required weekly for four weeks in Winchester Star and posting by June 5, 1922.
The passage recalls bells in Glitmerton chapel and the beck in the valley soothing the ear after thaw or steady rain. Emily Bronte notes Wuthering Heights often carries this sound on quiet days after rain, contrasting with summer foliage.
New York on June 2 reports London's exchange rate hitting a three year high as demand bills sell at 4.47 and 4.45 yesterday. Bankers attribute the rise to the German moratorium seen as a prelude to an international loan largely under Parliament auspices.
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