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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1926
Page
7
Fragmentary entry lists prices for flour and oil with cryptic codes and symbols. Mentions barrel quantities and a price range around 8.50 to 9.00 for oil. Lacks clear dates, places, or named entities.
Fragmentary OCR shows a Baltimore wholesale market list with prices for items such as wheat corn hay young chickens old hens and related commodities. The text is largely garbled but indicates day end prices and market names.
Five year old Billy Wallace son of Mr and Mrs I N Wallace died after a three week illness of acidosis at the home of C J Keckley in Winchester. Funeral services at St John s Lutheran Church were led by Rev D R Cleckner with interment in the adjacent cemetery. Survived by parents a brother Claudia and sister Zelda.
Mount Williams Virginia notes list local visits and family gatherings from June 22. Guests include William Mowery and G W Dyke followed by P W Wolverton family returning from Lebanon to Washington after Charles Wallace’s funeral. Other visitors include Mrs Balzek and Kibler family.
Mr Isaac Stokes and family of Martinsburg visited in the village Sunday afternoon. They formerly lived here and have been in Martinsburg for 17 years. Mrs Walton Wallace returned to Sparrow s Point Md after the funeral of her nephew Charles Wallace. Mrs Katherine Wallace accompanies her and will stay with relatives in Maryland and Washington. Zirkle Williams and Bessie Dyke were guests of Mr A L Brewer. Mr and Mrs Carsin Allamong and son James visited Mr William Himelright. William Himelright recently visited Luther Clowser who remains unimproved at his Rosenberger home.
The jury called for June 25 in Frederick County Circuit Court to hear Philip Gerber versus Northern Virginia Power Company was notified the case is settled out of court. Terms were not disclosed. Gerber claimed $5,000 for injuries after his car struck a telephone pole on the Valley Pike, alleging the company truck forced him off the road. The power company denied any connection between the truck and the accident.
Mrs. R. E. Lee of Wardensville Virginia raises turkeys and reports one gobbler adopted setting seven eggs, six hatched while a hen hatched eight. The gobbler is caring for the young flock drawing visitors and poultry journal attention with photos of the unusual behavior.
Harrisonburg and Woodstock lead a regional drive for 6000 members as Elkton and Broadway show progress toward quotas. The Shenandoah Valley Inc urges rapid local action to meet the target by June 26, with leaders Pence and Brown spearheading efforts and officials reporting hopeful but mixed results.
Washington June 21 The McNary farm bill faced a tight vote with less than a dozen separating victory from defeat. Senators discussed amendments to placate opponents as supporters clash over costs and scope. The House agriculture committee postponed further action pending Senate outcomes.
Lost white poodle named Mtt an extra large white poodle with a reward offered. Contact 226 N Market St. Also missing a child’s tan slipper found near Hayfield with a reward at 702 Berryville Ave. Notices dated June 21 and June 22.
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