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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1920
Page
5
Nearly 50 900 employees of the packing companies in Chicago would lose their jobs if the union stock yards and transit workers strike, which began Saturday at midnight, continues.
Funeral for Mrs. Fannie Giffin of Trone Virginia held March 14 at Bethel Church with Rev. Courtney Anderson and Rev. A R Spaid officiating. She died age 58 leaving husband J Robert Giffin four sons Baxter Ira Giffin Capon Bridge Letcher Giffin Illinois Arthur Giffin Ohio and two brothers L B Barrett Illinois and L B Barrett Trone. Pallbearers named William and Edward Eaton William Muse Robert Johnson Edgar LaFollette and Omer Pugh.
Seymour Costello, a Linden Virginia resident about 70, died early today at Winchester Memorial Hospital where he had been treated for a fractured hip. The body was sent to Kurtz undertaking and prepared for burial, with the remains to be taken to Linden for burial. Mr and Mrs Ernest Bailey returned to Hyattsville Maryland after a weekend visit with relatives.
Supt. F. E. Clerk of Winchester Public Schools addressed the Golden Rule Bible Class urging church home and school cooperation to train children for Christian citizenship. He stressed three key influences on a child’s life and character.
It warns that serious diseases follow colds and lists influenza pneumonia tuberculosis diphtheria scarlet fever whooping cough and measles as risks. It urges quick relief and promotes Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as a widely known cure for colds sold everywhere.
Mrs. Annie H Cooley of Middlefield Connecticut suffered a grip and risked pneumonia. She used Chamberlain's Cough Remedy and soon relief came with chest pains vanishing a loose cough and easy expectoration. She praises the remedy highly and says she is well again. For sale everywhere today.
Census Bureau statistics released in Washington show Filkins West Virginia growing to 6 777 residents in 1920 an increase of 1 517 people or 198 8 percent over 1914.
Mr. J. W. Vance returns from a visit to his son in law and daughter Mr. and Mrs. Rosser Hillyard at Kingwood West Virginia. The text suggests reflections on minds and manners during travel or social calls.
A forest fire Friday near White Hall burned over 1500 acres of fine timber including property owned by Mr. Chas. P. Bailey. Origin unknown. fire fought through Saturday and yesterday, with crews halting its spread.
An advertisement asserts catarrhal deafness stems from inflammation of the Eustachian tube and cannot be cured by local means. It promotes Hall's Catarrh Medicine as a blood-borne remedy, offers a $100 reward for uncured cases, and notes circulars are free with drugstores selling it for 75 cents.
Governor Sleeper issued a proclamation urging all Michigan communities to switch to eastern standard time for the summer months starting April 6. He cites major confusion and inconvenience from using both central and eastern times statewide.
An advertisement touts Cham berlain's Tablets as a superior remedy for constipation. It recommends taking the tablets immediately after supper for best effect, noting they are easy to take and mild in action and available for sale everywhere.
Glass scarce and photo plate factories pay for old plates so I offer duplicates for disposal before they go. I have plates up to year 1919 and will sell duplicates or photos upon request to clear space for the factory. Contact Fred Barr, Photographer.
Fragmentary note suggests men seek riches through borrowing and persistence. The lines imply that wealth comes from effort and credit rather than luck, though the text is incomplete and lacks clear context or named individuals.
The quote by Herbert Spencer contrasts right action with lines of truth and deceit, asserting that there are not two kinds of right action or two kinds of straight lies. It reflects nineteenth century thought on morality and integrity.
Senator Borah reiterates charges of excessive expenditures tied to Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood’s presidential bid and warns that falsehoods from the Wood campaign could disgrace his name party and country. Other brief items note travel and social notices, with a brief literary aside from early American writers.
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