12 Jun 1919
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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1919
Page
1
Paris dispatch says Bela Kun and the Hungarian Soviet government leaders shape discussions as Bolshevik success against Czecho-Slovaks boosts influence. Austrian army viewed at about forty percent Bolshevik and likely alignment with Hungarians. In Germany, Noske defends government as radical critics threaten Scheidemann and party leadership.
Beginning Saturday June 14 the Wholesale Houses of Baker & Co and T J Cooper & Sons will close at 10 p m on Saturdays only.
Public sale offers a bicycle gas light baggage carrier bell tolls and gloves for 19 dollars cash. Item locations include 126 North Market Street. Also notices announce toll house and lot near town on Martinsburg turnpike and a house on North Braddock Street priced at 6200 dollars.
Potomac Manufacturing Co plans to locate in Winchester and seeks female reps. Girls should visit the Chamber of Commerce on June 12 13 and 14 to learn about steady employment wages and duties.
Hickory Camp No. 34 and visiting Woodmen are urged to meet in the hall at 2 15 Sunday June 15 to participate in the memorial and flower strewing exercises. Ex Senator D W Thayer will deliver the address at the cemetery.
Notice for a chamber of commerce event about Sudan grass cow peas and soy bean varieties. Mentions a BF row and a space on Saturday the 14th with 10 1 p 4t timing.
A violent clash between blacks from Africa and whites in Cardiff and Barry dock area leaves one white dead and many wounded. Homes were looted and set ablaze while police faced gunfire at Liverpool as rioting spread. authorities request government aid to restore order.
Local notice states a meeting is scheduled for June 16 at night due to high school commencement. Attendance and agenda details are sparse in the OCR fragment.
A special meeting of the Comition Council is planned for Friday to decide on the Winchester Gas and Electric Light Company request to raise gas rates amid higher costs. The council had earlier asked the State Corporation Commission to investigate. the commission reportedly studied the issue two years ago with no net revenue increase for the company. The story mentions the company’s books showing losses offset by vegetate and dividends. Also listed are church services for Sunday June 15 at Frederick, Macedonia, and Carpers Valley, plus a quarterly conference at the parsonage on June 21.
A wartime request seeks every officer, soldier and gaiter at Winchester to send their full name address rank and company to the Do. Ver non Eddy of the Virginia War History Commission at Handley Library to compile records.
The Chamber invites to its third annual banquet and urges securing tickets now. Event scheduled for June 12 with details including time and location to follow.
Wanted fresh cows and springers advertised by M. E. Conner. Contact McIlwee's Livery. both phones listed.
The British dirigible R-34 will land at Cape May New Jersey for six to eight hours after its arrival from England, due to insufficient housing space on the Atlantic coast. The landing was accepted after an invitation from the Navy Department, aligning with the U S Navy's قب habit of hosting American naval dirigibles.
An advertisement notes cut flowers and potted blooms available at all times from The Flower Shop located opposite Hotel Jack. A customer asks about building a garage for a car directed to WM Noon an inquiry that appears in the ad.
The funeral of Mrs Mary Claybrook Pole wife of Dr Edgar A Pole of Hot Springs Va occurred yesterday and she was laid to rest in the cemetery at Winchester Her illness surfaced after she overtaxed herself preparing for her daughter Judith Pole s marriage to Newton Wiley a New York financier The wedding followed quietly last evening Members of a prominent Westmoreland county Virginia family Mrs Pole with three children and several siblings and in laws are noted in the report
From Boyce Virginia a report says few freight trains operate on the Norfolk and Western Railway since the shopmen strike began to bite. Some through fast freights pass Boyce but many locals are idle due to engine shortages. Mrs Dick Wall of Winchester and sister Miss Margaritte Hughes of Richmond visited their aunt Mrs Kate Lamb on North Main Street and have now gone to Washington to visit relatives.
Strasburg News editor B E B Keister donated about a quart of his own blood for his wife during her appendicitis surgery at Memorial Hospital. Her condition was improved and he was regaining strength days after the transfusion.
Mr George Ritchie a noted Federal veteran and retired Baltimore and Ohio Railroad conductor is critically ill after traveling to Cumberland to visit his children and suffering heart trouble soon after arrival. His wife Mrs Annie Copenhaver is with him and updates say his condition remains precarious.
In New York City a large volunteer drive gathers pools to fund the Boy Scout effort. Notables like J P Morgan and Rodman Wiker contribute five thousand dollars each to support the Bethlehem company and broader campaign. Jés M Schwab pledges five thousand for mentoring American boyhood.
A French-based curio collection by a returning officer from BF army service was seized from the ship homeward. The officer had gathered many artifacts as a planned collection. About thirty other soldiers reported similar thefts of their own collections en route.
County records list Grover S Rudolph and Stella Himel of Star Tannery and Emmett Shiley of Morgan County West Virginia with Bethel Nesmith of this county as newly licensed couples. Corporal William J Cornwell Jr veteran of the Western Front has returned home to Mr and Mrs W J Cornwell Sr following wartime service.
Mrs Albert Davis returned from Washington where she attended the graduation exercises of Georgetown University Hospital nurses. Her sister Mrs A Filbert Marshall was among the diploma recipients. Mrs Davis also visited her sister Mrs Thomas Young in Baltimore.
A large Winchester Lodge 867 Elks delegation led by Exalted Ruler W. L. Fultz motored to Harrisonburg to attend the celebration marking the formal dedication of the lodge’s new home. They expect to return late tonight.
The Shenandoah Council United Commercial Travelers held a Tuesday night initiation at the Elks building in Harrisonburg. Frank Gould of Harrisonburg led the ceremony before a large turnout of order members.
A new garage was built by Grace Lutheran Church on the parsonage lot at North Market street. Pastor Rev. A. A. Kelly will keep his automobile there, with the Kellys described as motoring enthusiasts.
Judge Whiting of the Circuit Court overruled the motion for a new trial by Pierce and Morris. The jury ruled in favor of M. Lohr Capper in a lawsuit over a real estate sales commission. Pierce and Morris plan to appeal to the Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals.
A fire today engulfed the palace of the sultan in Constantinople causing extensive damage. No injuries are reported as firefighters battled the blaze. Local officials urged caution while investigators search for the fire's cause.
Chicago reports that Western Union and Postal Telegraph lines run normally despite the nation wide strike. Union claims 18 000 to 26 000 operators quit. New York brokers operators 3 600 among strikers. Railroad telegraphers order indicates 80 000 workers to halt after June 14.
Public sale announced for McCauley property in Kernatown three miles from Winchester. Nearly five acres of first class land with a six room house and bearing orchard, near Valley Pike. Sale to highest bidder Saturday June 14 from 11 to 1. J F Gray attorney in fact.
Dr F H Baetjer formerly of Winchester now a leading Baltimore specialist spoke at the American medical convention in Atlantic City on abdominal and intestinal diseases. Dr Hunter H McGuire of Winchester attended and planned to stay for related conventions.
Graf Waldersee once a Hamburg American Line luxury liner was rammed by Redondo last night off Fire Island. It was beached at Long Beach Long Island this forenoon with Patricia assisting in towing the vessel to shore. Nine army officers returning to France were among those taken off by wrecking tugs and Patricia.
J A Towney former representative from Minnesota's First District and former chairman of the House Appropriations Committee died at Excelsior Springs Missouri from an arterial condition. He was 64 years old.
The extreme northern part of this county and the southern section of Morgan county West Virginia still feel the storm’s impact from early this week. The hardest hit were roads and playing fields. Several streams were impassable until yesterday when waters subsided.
Messrs C B and G T Garber announce near completion of plans to manufacture ice cream in Winchester. They aim to wholesale and retail across the nearby region. The elder partner is a current local handler for Coca Cola and the younger is connected with a business in Holinbire Virginia.
Judge Frank B Whiting directs entry of an order appointing Capt Robert T Barton as police court justice, succeeding Justice F H Krebs who resigned but remains a civil magistrate. Barton, back from France with an artillery unit, resumes law practice in Winchester and may be elected to try court cases by the Common Council at a special Friday meeting.
Delegates before the House Judiciary Committee were informed that wets seeking relief should appeal directly to President Wilson. The exchange centered on the enforcement of prohibition measures and timely remedies.
Secretary Field of the Chamber of Commerce says the annual banquet will be served tonight on the roof of Hotel Jack with a rain plan to move to the main dining room if storms occur. Prof. Samuel Orth of Cornell University arrives as principal speaker and will address civic matters alongside Mr. H. B. Mc Cartha who recently retired as Chamber president.
The marriage was held in this city on June 4 with Rev. F M Richardson officiating. The bride daughter of Mrs F N Wathey and the late Charles E B McFarland, and the groom son of Mr and Mrs Charles Caine of this city.
Diplomas were awarded to 105 graduates at the University of Virginia. Among them was Thomas Love Chrisman of White Post Clarke County who completed the full course in electrical engineering. Former Congressman Swager Sherley of Kentucky delivered the principal address.
Edgar Arnold, a retired Winchester High School faculty member, who was stricken with paralysis symptoms at his home on South Market Street, has shown considerable improvement over the past several days, his relatives and friends report with encouragement.
The Winchester Public Schools hold commencement at Empire Theater tomorrow at eight. Dr P P Claxton United States commissioner of education will deliver the address. he is praised for national school reforms. List of graduates and certificates announced includes Harmer Shiner Lynch Williams Galore Crisman Leetine Love, Hawkins Rosenberger Recher Ebersole Miller Faulkner Griffith.
IZING. Reduced prices on 17 fabric and cord casings at Burton's Tire Shop located at 21 W. Piccadilly Street.
Children’s Day will be observed at the United Brethren Church at 11 o clock with a 4 part program. The pastor will speak on There Place In God’s Plans at the morning service and the first children’s day poem in America will be read. Sunday school meets at 9 46. There is no Young People’s meeting in the evening.
A number of Winchesters who are members of the United Coal Travelers have gone to Cumberland, Md., to attend the convention of the order in Virginia, West Virginia, Kentucky and the District of Columbia. A banquet will be served on the convention, which will be attended by large delegations.
The funeral for Miss Mary Beatley last member of the Beatley family was held Tuesday at her South Mal Street home due to paralysis. Reverend H. G. Spencer officiated. Burial followed at Mount Hebron Cemetery with pallbearers B P Sartelle E B Sartelle H M Sartelle Douglas Barnett and Nena Pee sell.
Auction style notice lists two eight ton wagons for sale. Viewable at Green's orchard with contact H. F. Byrd at 16-tt for bidding details.
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