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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1922
Page
4
The column shows publisher Harry Flood Byrd and post office details in Winchester Virginia. Rates for newspaper subscriptions are listed by duration: one year $3.50 six months 1.75 three months 1.20 one month 0.30. Also includes old telephone numbers and office lines.
A June 28 1922 AP report mocks Congressman Gallivan a Roehr from Massachusetts for a feigned cruelty test in the U S House. The tale imagines a wine list torture session in Washington with pre war prices provoking groans and a rush to cloakrooms to find a bootlegger amid a likely adjournment.
An OCR fragment presents a verse by Wait Mason about a car and its restless journeys. It depicts oil and gas requests, chasing speed cops along pikes, and months of frantic travel through mud and gravel. The poem ends with the car needing a fix and the speaker cursing the machinery’s fate.
Joe Williams of Richmond was held on a dope charge. The report ties him to a Fishers Hill tragedy and a subsequent death of his wife. He had been acquitted earlier in Baltimore on a drunkenness charge while connected to bootlegging allegations.
A local man received a $10 fine on a disorderly conduct charge and was arraigned on a federal drug count. Federal agents found about $2000 worth of cocaine in his possession marked as imported from Germany. He said he bought it in Baltimore and planned to sell it in Richmond. He attempted to destroy two bottles but failed.
In Richmond a campaign to keep Randolph M. College in Ashland is under way as Norfolk businessmen push for relocation. A fund for new buildings is planned to offset Norfolk incentives, with a large modern gymnasium cited as the urgent need. College officials have not debated removal but are not favoring it.
ST. LOUIS June 27 A grandmother at 532 and now 33 resides Mrs Joseph F Dehner who maintains her youth with flapper style laughter and sport clothes She lives with her husband and a 15 year old daughter and a grandson born to her daughter Mrs R W Covert Early marriage runs in her family with a daughter born a year after marriage and another child later, she says marriage should be for a serious girl seeking to settle down.
Richmond June 27 Leonard E Sycle and his sister Mrs Isaac Cohen who went abroad in January and returned say they lived cheaper in Germany than in New York Prices paid show two in hotel rooms 200 marks 8 dollars Rhine wine and food 400 marks 2 Shave 5 marks 19 marks manicure 15 marks 0 Other items at local prices A mechanic earns 26 marks per hour eight cents Germany factories humming and running to capacity
Fierce fighting continues at the Four Courts in Dublin as government Regulars under Michael Collins clash with Rory O Connor's irregulars. Armored cars artillery and machine guns appear in the dawn attack amid heavy casualties and frantic ambulances. Dublin telephone exchanges are seized isolating the city from Belfast with Dundalk as the nearest line. About 700 government troops engage the defenders in a chaotic scene marked by explosions and smoke.
Six lorry loads of Free State military left Mullingar early today to reinforce Dublin troops. Five soldiers refused to go citing they would not shoot fellow Irishmen, and were arrested. The report comes as explosions and artillery booms echo around Belfast.
Schedule of games for Winchester in the Shenandoah Valley League listing dates and opponents at home and away. Matches include New Market Boyce Woodstock Front Royal Strasburg Harrisonburg and Mr. Jackson with varied July to September dates.
Berlin report says three people were killed and 25 injured when police opened fire on a crowd during a demonstration related to the assassination of Dr. Walter Rathenau. The incident occurred in Armstadt yesterday as tensions rose over the German foreign minister's death.
Democratic candidate James M. Cox departs for a European tour to study economic conditions overseas, criticizing the Harding administration for its stance on the League of Nations and tariffs. He plans to travel through every continental country except Russia, aiming to assess international economic issues firsthand.
Copy urging readers to write for Booklet or visit in person to learn more. Includes a call to action without details, emphasizing in person or written inquiry.
State troopers with rifles halted a confrontation at Ralph mines near Republic. Twelve striking miners were brought to the county jail for inciting to riot and await hearings. A mob of strikers and sympathizers suffered injuries as evictions of miner families continued in Fayette region.
In St Clairsville Ohio on June 27 John H Major a steam shovel operator was killed in a shooting described as an alleged attack by striking miners on a car carrying Major and two companions. Officials say Major worked near Uniontown for Catherine Coal Union Coal Shipping Company and was en route to a strip mine when killed.
At Major's death Clyde Major his nephew and Clark Storey were wounded. No arrests made as sheriff cannot determine shooter. About 200 men intercepted the automobile from which shots were fired. George Packett and daughter Helen of Hagerstown Md. expected to visit Mr. and Mrs. Chas M Ebert on North Braddock Street.
A gas supplier warns of rising coal prices and potential gas rate increases. They urge consumers to conserve gas, report leaks, and use printed SAVE GAS SAVE MONEY ecards to cut waste.
Coke sells at 12 cents per bushel now the cheapest fuel. Beginning July 1 the price rises to 15 cents per bushel. Orders placed before July 1 for delivery after will be accepted at 12 cents. Buy coke now before the increase. Got CO operating W G and E L Co B W A Ryan VP.
Orkney Springs Virginia in the Allegheny mountains offers an American plan hotel with mineral baths and a fine orchestra. Capacity 500, electric lights and table d hote meals. Special June rate of 17 dollars 50 cents per week or 3 dollars per day.
The American Forestry Magazine notes the Giant chickweed as an early spring flower. Its white blossoms attract notice and seeds may lodge in tree crotches, producing fine specimens flourishing high above the ground and often thriving better than ground plants.
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