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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1919
Page
5
The document lists names of committee members and participants for a civic drive or event. It notes that information can be obtained at the Chamber of Commerce or Handley Library and invites readers to invest a dollar in American Boyhood.
In the Clerk's Office of the Corporation Court of Winchester the suit F. Bowman vs Grace Hipsley Bowman seeks a divorce a vinculo for adultery. Grace Hipsley Bowman is a non resident of Virginia and must respond within fifteen days after publication. The order is to be published weekly for four consecutive weeks in Evening Star.
A historical notice presents multiple candidates for the Northern District Commissioner of Revenue. Names include Robert Shade Isaiah C. Roe and Lee N Whitacre, with pledges to faithfully perform duties and seek election. Local context references Shepherd College and county governance.
Several candidates announce their bids for county and district supervisor and sheriff posts in Gainesboro and Back Creek. Names include Dick Good Marshall Lewis Elon D Shenk WM F Smith Luther Pannett and John M Massie among others subject to the Democratic Primary on August 5 1919. J Russell Cather also seeks Frederick County Commonwealths Attorney.
A fragment announces candidates Phil H. Gold and C. Brannon for the Democratic Primary for County Clerk. It notes Gold’s candidacy and Brannon’s assertion of seeking the office with August 5 as the related date.
The column laments Winchester lacking a Virginia state flag, urging the city to fly the blue banner with Virginia’s seal to symbolize liberty and defy tyrants. It praises local school customs that honor John Kerr with flowers, linking gratitude to virtue and civic memory.
For election to the office of Treasurer of Frederick County subject to the action of the Democratic Primary to be held August 5 1919 Robt B Smite announces his bid.
Public notice for re election to the House of Delegates in Frederick County and Winchester City subject to the August 5 primary. Name R L Omps appears as candidate.
Independent candidate commits to represent Wir City and Frederick County in the Virginia House if voters approve at the November election. The bid emphasizes voter will and local representation.
Mr and Mrs Ernest McKee of Martinsburg announce the arrival of a fine son Mrs McKee was formerly Missery Parker of this city. Mr and Mrs William R Henry of Staunton Virginia are guests of Mr and Mrs William South. Taylor on East is noted in the text.
A notice advertises a two-part sale at the seller’s late residence four miles west of Berryville on June 20 1919. It lists machinery household goods and a Ford car for cash or credit and also offers the sale of a two acre lot with a seven room dwelling along the Berryville Winchester turnpike. Auctioneers Albert N Sawyer Duvall and Dunn. J M Fishpaw clerk.
The Long Island Sound area in New York was known before the Revolution and perhaps afterward as the Devil's Belt. Sauthier's map of New York during the Revolution era marks Hell Gate at one end and a similarly rough Race at the other.
A quotation from Queen Elizabeth extols choosing useful phrases like herbs, consuming knowledge by reading, digesting it through thought, and storing insights in memory as a refined practice. It presents reading as nourishment and memory as a treasury.
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