Local Price Note Shows Small-Scale Rate Discrepancy
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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1924
Page
4
GN CONSIDERATION OF HUSBANDS
Chicago Daily News discusses how marriage offered a home and children to women while men faced economic considerations. It notes divorce records show men often stay married despite income loss, with 1887 and 1916 statistics on wives versus husbands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Inez Haynes Irwinck
Col
Ks Isood
Yemath
Rave
Vatican Radio to Bring Courts of Vatican Closer to Faithful
RAO IN THE VATICAN reports that Vatican radio will reduce the sense of distance for church members. The system will allow listeners to hear voices from locations around the world, and even hear Mediterranean voices as they please. It promises direct communication with the pope, though he remains unseen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willi
Rippling Rhymes by Walt Mason and Fret of Clay
A poem by Walt Mason critiques political corruption through a townsman J Bilkins whose public image collapses amid scandal. The speaker laments fallen idols and questions whether honesty is real or illusion as two nephews and a niece are named in seeks to mirror virtue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tong
J. Bilkins -Bilk
Esmeh
Anon
J. Bilkins
Three Indicted in Chicago.
Three individuals connected with G. F. Chicago offices were indicted in a Friday proceeding. Details unclear due to fragmented source text. The case involves charges likely tied to corporate activity and requires further confirmation from full report.
The Cure That Builds Blood and Clears Skin
S S S is advertised as a powerful blood cleanser that builds new blood cells and removes impurities. It claims to cure eruptions boils pimples and eczema while aiding rheumatism and weight gain. Sold at drug stores with a larger size offering better value.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S.S.S. Aigrét
Redmond and Company Indicted on Larceny Embezzlement
Redmond and Company brokers with fifteen Boston area branches were ordered closed by a federal court and indicted on charges of larceny embezzlement and operating a confidence game in a related case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Redmond and Company
Brokers
Boston
Needle swallowed by infant removed in Virginia town
Lycurgus Shenk age twenty months of Luray Virginia became ill with nausea and vomiting. Doctors found a 2 1 2 inch needle had lodged between his ribs and was removed by a surgeon. The cause of swallowing remains unknown.
Funeral Rites Conducted for Mrs. Eugenia Burton
Funeral services for the late Mrs. Eugenia Maury Burton widow of Col. James H. Burton gun inventor and Confederate officer were held at her South Stewart street home. The Rev. Dr. F T McFaden and Rev. Robert B. Nelson led the simple rites with hymns Abide With Me Lead Kindly Light and Tarry With Me O My Savior. Interment followed in Mount Hebron Cemetery. Pallbearers included E E. B Sheetz Fred S. Boyd Bruce Slonaker Samuel M. Chiles Frank B. Crawford and Henry Moling Jr. All of Mrs Burton's children except a step son Clinton Burton were present along with relatives from Maryland and Baltimore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugenia Maury Burton
James H. Burton
South Stewart Street
F. T. McFaden
Presbyterian Church
Robert B. Nelson
Christ Episcopal Church
Mount Hebron
Eugene Philippin
Washington
Gene Tearney
Baltimore
Public Sale Ordered in Loy v Holt Auction Notice
By virtue of an execution in my hands in the matter of Roy S Loy versus Victo Holt I will offer for public sale at the warehouse garage North Braddock Street on Tuesday March 18 1924 at ten oclock A M One Maxwell automobile Terms Cash 10 71 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy S. Loy
Victo Holt
North Braddock Street
Maxwell
State Corporation Commission
Richmond
Virginia
Crystal Casket Promoter Convicted in DC Trial
James W. Decamp promoter of the Crystal Glass Casket Company was convicted of conspiracy in the District of Columbia Supreme Court over stock sales. Edwin C. Reed was acquitted while Ralph A. Howe was unavailable for a verdict. The case centered on defrauding stock purchasers via mail pitches as the government argued, with the defense claiming no intent to defraud and belief in profitable glass casket production. Scores of Virginians and residents from Winchester and Frederick counties were among the investors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
James W. Decamp
Crystal Glass Casket Company
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Edwin C. Reed
Ralph A. Howe
Decamp
Roanoke Militia Companies Open to Federal Inspectors
Captain R L Christian of the U S Army conducted a federal inspection of Company D and the Service Company of the 116th Infantry Virginia National Guard in Roanoke. The units, previously rated highly by War Department officers, were found in good condition. He also inspected sites for a machine gun, pistol and rifle range in Roanoke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. L. Christian
United States Army
Winchester
One Hundred and Sixteenth Infantry
Virginia National Guard
Roanoke
War Department
Christian
Wooley Company Bid Rejected for Army Base Newark
Secretary Weeks rejects bids for the Newark Army supply base. Commerce Corporation of America and Harry Mayer of New York City offered $3.25 million and $500,000 respectively. Robert W. Woolley, ex-Virginia, serves as president of the Commerce Corporation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Newark
N. J
Commerce Corporation of America
Harry Mayer
New York City
Weeks
Mr. Mayer
Robert W.W. Woolley
Virginia
Commerce Corporation
American Jews Most Liberal in Palestine Fund Contributions
Report on the Palestine foundation fund shows nearly two thirds of 5 210 000 dollars raised worldwide came from American Jews. Donations were received from fifty one countries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Palestine Foundation Fund
Liquor Trials Scheduled for March 17 in Corporation Court
The March term of the Corporation Court will convene next Monday March 17. Local men charged with liquor law violations are expected to face trial. Federal prohibition agents including James L. Asher have been summoned as witnesses, with a jury to be called later in the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corporation Court
James L. Asher
Red gasoline for safety highlighted by federal study
The United States Bureau of Mines recommends coloring all motor gasoline red to prevent confusion with water, kerosene, or clear liquids. A dye ounce can color about 1000 gallons of gasoline, a finding reported by Popularience Monthly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Bureau of Mines
Popularience Monthly
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American Union Telephone . Co., OF Virginia, Inc
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John Cooper
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