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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1924
Page
7
Mrs Oscar Anderson and her daughter Miss Lucille Hamilton have left Philadelphia after several weeks visiting relatives and friends. Mrs Edward Neville, the mother of Mrs Anderson, will stay there with her daughter for a time.
Representatives of leading Presbyterian educational institutions from both the northern and southern churches meet in Washington to discuss training leaders for Christian service under Presbyterian guidance. Rev. Dr. F. T. McFaden of Winchester, newly chosen by Union Theological Seminary of Virginia to attend, left for the capital and will return tonight.
Mr and Mrs A T Moore of Staunton Virginia and Mr and Mrs John W Mims of Luray Virginia stayed at the George Washington Hotel. Moore is general manager of Staunton’s Stonewall Jackson Hotel and Mims owns Luray’s Hotel Laurénce. They inspected the Washington property and praised its arrangement and beauty as a credit to Winchester.
A Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis south bound passenger train collided with a work train near Adairsville Georgia today. Three trainmen were killed and four others injured, officials said.
Mr and Mrs James Hay Jr of Asheville NC arrived in Madison county Virginia to stay with Judge James Hay of the United States Court of Claims at his home in Madison. They plan to visit Mrs Hay's parents Mr and Mrs John W Larrick Sr on South Washington Street later in the summer.
June 19 report: Director of Public Safety Butiet launches drive to shutter 100 saloons a day until the city’s 1,500 still operating are forced out of business. He warns continued arrests will raise local fees for saloon-keepers and push many out of business.
The George Washington Hotel at Piccadilly and Market Streets opened yesterday to a full house with over 100 names on the register. U S guests were noted from San Diego Potts town Hagerstown Itmore Williamsport Newark Martinsburg Salem Washington Brooklyn Staunton Richmond Philadelphia Millersburg Luray Blacksburg Weston Roanoke Farmville Clarendon Asheville Miami West Palm Beach among others.
Washington dispatch notes a two tenths of one percent decline in average food costs for American families from April 15 to May 15, based on Department of Labor retail price data across 51 cities. It also records a 2 percent year over year decrease from May 16 last year.
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