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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1921
Page
3
Public sale to be held on March 12 1921 at 10 o clock a m featuring mahogany dining room set two beds chests bureaus chairs rugs glassware and kitchen items. terms: credit on sums over 10 dollars with negotiable note payable at any bank in Charles Town W Va auctioneers present including T J West and Wm Daniels with clerks Chas Conrad.
The Cooperative Education Association of Virginia reports strong endorsements from the governor and state department heads. Over seventeen years more than a million dollars has been raised by leagues to improve school buildings and fund dental and medical clinics, encouraging communities to help themselves.
Harry Cohen of Newport News petitions in U S district court seeking to bar Governor Davis and state officials from prosecuting him for seizing his property under the Mapp Act. He argues the eighteenth amendment supersedes state laws and that only federal enforcement remains.
Local school league notes show a match between Jor fen Ore Middle and 6 teams on Saturday. Details are unclear due to OCR errors but the pairings suggest a junior meet with multiple participants.
Gen John J Pershing has accepted an invitation to attend the dedication of Washingtons headquarters in Riverside Park Cumberland Md The building rebuilt by James W Thomas at his own expense will be formally presented to the city. The site recalls Col George Washington’s use during Braddock era and the French and Indian War.
Winchester Circuit will hold preaching services on the United Brethren circuit this Sunday March 13 with Sunrise at 11 and Pleasant Valley at 7 30.
Roanoke Virginia March 11. Coincident with the Norfolk and Western Railway headquarters announcement financing for the motive power department has been cut 30 percent since October. Business has fallen about 40 percent in the same period, 156 foundry employees at the local shops notified of indefinite suspension. Between 800 and 1 000 cars already suspended.
In Chattanooga on March 11 Mayor Claude Timberlake of Stevenson Alabama says Jackson County remains under siege by armed riders. He cites fears of patrols and posses shooting to kill and reports landlords and tenants facing intimidation and flogging unless they join the union. He urges governor to send troops to quell the disturbance.
Richmond Virginia March 11 Virginia is one of twelve states that did not meet its quota to raise funds for starving children in eastern and rural Europe. Herbert Hoover chairman of the welfare campaign reports eight large national organizations cooperate under his leadership. Hoover notes all contributions stay in the United States for food and medical supplies shipped to Europe and that ten dollars feeds one child until harvest.
The Robertson-Cole feature Life's Twist starring Bessie Barriscale opens at the STRAND Theater today. Reviewers hail Miss Barriscale as at her best in this unusually beautiful production. Dr. G H Stottlemeyer of Lansing Michigan visits his brother John Stottlemeyer near Clearbrook Virginia.
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