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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jun 19, 1922

Page

7

Mozart Memorized Music Secrets at St. Peter’s

Only once, so far as 18 known, have the secrets of the music used in St. Peter's at Rome been violated. Mozart is reputed to have memorized one of the Masses while hearing it sung. Copies of the music are carefully guarded and Vatican choir members seldom handle them.

Mozart St. Peter's Rome Vatican Choir

Berbera Desert City Emerges Each Winter

On the Gulf of Aden a barren sand spot hosts Berbera, where a market turns into a city of huts and tents every winter with a population over twenty thousand, then it's deserted in the summer.

Gulf of Aden Berbera

Trustee Sale of Frederick County Property

Four deeds of trust from Emma Baker and husband back to 1912 lead to a public auction of about 25 acres in Frederick County near Mt Williams. Sale in Winchester courthouse yard at noon on July 1 1922 with one third cash and balance in two yearly installments secured by bonds and a deed of trust plus insured buildings.

Emma Baker Frederick County Virginia Court House Winchester Mt. Williams M. M. Lynch

Feed Sack Refilling Prohibited by Law Warns Federal Officials

Federal officers instructed to detect interstate shipments of adulterated or misbranded feeds as the USDA Bureau of Chemistry enforces the Food and Drugs Act. Refilling sacks with another manufacturer’s name or brand is illegal if statements are false or misleading. A Iowa dealer faced a hearing for shipping molasses feed in refilled sacks bearing another brand. Inspectors will act on all violations to prevent deception in stock feeds.

United States Department of Agriculture Bureau of Chemistry Bureau

Bees Boost Crop Yields Through Pollination

Be prepared for cross pollination as bees play a crucial role in rust production. They work between showers and help fruit crops succeed when other pollinators may falter.

Purdue Waly Strathy

Five Big Questions for County Roads Credibility

A rhetorical piece asks if local roads reflect county pride or shame. It questions road width for safety, clear signage for out of state tourists, year round usability, and overall condition that would entice visitors to return.

Kentucky to Build Roads Boosts 50 Million Bond Issue

Kentucky moves to add good roads to its list with a 50 million dollar state road bond plan approved by the house 63 to 34. The measure would submit the proposition to voters next November and raise funds over five years via gasoline license and road taxes. A bureau device measures roadbed thickness for heavy and light traffic to guide construction.

Kentucky Kentucky House of Representatives Bureau of Public Roads

Timber for Sale by Handley Board of Trustees

Sealed bids invited on about one million feet of white oak red oak chestnut and poplar timber on the 1250 tract near Mountain Falls Frederick county Virginia owned by The Handley Board of Trustees. Right to reject all bids reserved. Successful bidder to remove timber with land rights reserved. Terms one half cash with notes due as agreed. Bids to John I Sloat Chairman Commercial and Savings Bank Winchester Virginia.

Mountain Falls Frederick County Virginia Handley’ Board of ‘Trustees Atty Handley Board John I. Sloat Commercial and Savings Bank Winchester

Source of Much Trouble in Road Work

A common cause of trouble in improving roads is poor drainage or complete lack of drainage.

The Word Pippin Meaning and Origin

The term Pippin derives from the medieval French pepin meaning seed. An apple lover who faced and named a new variety used the word so that it came to denote excellence in modern usage.

Pippin

Chamber of Commerce to discuss city government form

The Winchester Chamber of Commerce will hold an open forum meeting at 8 o clock tomorrow evening in the Handley Library lecture hall. Members are urged to attend and offer opinions on adopting a commission form of government and on highway bond questions.

Chamber of Commerce Handley Library Winchester H. B. McCormac Chamber

Her Smile Was to Come Off

A Chicago Journal excerpt recalls a Sunday evening outing with a boyfriend, an encounter with his father, a confrontation at home, and the boy’s calm retort in school the next day as he warned about his own coming consequence.

Beau Chicagol Journal

Strange Question About a Daughter's Singing Talent

A Dal Las News note ponders why a neighbor would claim the daughter can sing when ears are clear. The column reflects local curiosity about talent and perception.

Dallas News

Hostile to Constitution Foes Rally Amid Irish Tensions

Dublin dispatches cite extreme Republican hostility to the Irish constitution draft and predict trouble. De Valera reportedly crafting a pronouncement as treaty supporters claim candidates, including an independent, lean toward Monaghan election. A 3 hour clash on the border at Dromintree wounds and casualties are reported. Four men and one woman are shot dead near Bestbrook in Armagh with houses burned in reprisals.

Associated Press London Dublin Famonn de Valera Ulster Constabulary Irish Republican Army Dromintree Lough Dundalk Central News Belfast Bestbrook Armagh

Canton Government Falls

The Peking dispatch reports Sun Yat Sen has fled his capital as major obstacles to Chinese reunification dissolve. The South China government under Sun Yat Sen loses its body guard and Canton regime, signaling brighter prospects for a unified republic amid changes in mid June.

Peking China Sun Yat Sen Chang Tso-Lin South China Canton

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