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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1924
Page
7
Old time recipe for darkening gray hair using Sage Tea and Sulphur is seeing renewed use. Wyeths Sage and Compound is now sold in stores as a ready to apply product. Apply to damp hair strand by strand and wash out to achieve darker color and a soft lustre.
Bewilderment and uncertainty hang over Democratic delegates as McAdoo and Smith battle for the nomination. Leaders draft a tentative platform while factions clash on the Ku Klux Klan and foreign policy. A potential move to abolish the two thirds rule stirs debate as delegates arrive in Madison Square Garden.
London June 22 British Prime Minister Ramsey Macdonald and French Premier Herriot agreed that an allied conference will be held in London by mid July to set the procedure for executing the Dawes report. They plan to visit Geneva together at the League of Nations assembly in September. The foreign office released a brief notice after a Chequers meeting that no definite conclusions were reached pending talks with Italy and the United States.
A fragment notes dark horse movements profess gaining confidence from their days work, signaling a shift in outlook. The terse line hints at self assurance built through routine tasks. No further details are provided.
New York June 22 The Democratic platform committee nears consensus on major planks but clashes remain over naming the Ku Klux Klan and foreign relations. Virginia favored language condemning the Klan and endorsing religious freedom while others push for explicit Klan naming and League of Nations references. Debate also centers on enforcement of Prohibition and how to address farm relief.
Canterbury Virginia June 23 local notes. Mrs Frank R Heise and niece Rae Alton Cave visit J C Hale family. Mrs H L Suddith and granddaughter Elizabeth Suddith visit Mrs Martha Bowman the area’s oldest resident. Mrs Charles Hall visits near Refuge. Mrs Hale improves after tonsillitis. Dinner guests at L J Gave home include Howard White family from Refuge and others. Several families move or visit relatives in nearby towns, and local residents attend a normal school in Harrisonburg.
A party of girls sail for Europe this week on the Berengaria. Named passengers include Charlotte S Riggs Grace Cover Henriette Towers Marion Roberts Elizabeth Steck of Winchester Virginia and Elizabeth Hanna of Montclair. Chaperones are Miss Louise Pennington and Miss Anne H Pennington daughters of Dr and Mrs Samuel Pennington of Catonsville.
Funeral services were held for George W. Taylor a member of Colonel Mosby’s command who died Friday. The 2 pm ceremony at his son in law and daughter Mr. and Mrs. C Lee Barr 511 South Main drew friends and delegations from Sarah Zane Fire Company Turner Ashby Camp Confederate Veterans Shawnee Tribe of Red Men. Rev B V Switzer led the service with hymns. Interment at Mount Hebron Cemetery included Red Men ritual. Pallbearers were Robert F Brill Harry Smithey John Kater J H Canter C E Huntsberry and Wm R Hillyard.
Miss Jessie Markwood of South Braddock Street entertained her music class mothers and friends with an excellent program. Kathleen Space sang a beautiful solo Mystery of Love. Refreshments followed as attendees expressed delight at the evening and praised the teaching and entertaining skills.
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