Local Boy Scouts Take Capon River Hike
A Winchester detachment of local Boy Scouts led by Commissioner L. M. Baker hiked from 2.30 Sunday to Capon Bridge then to Monroe s Ford and back to Winchester. The 20 mile return trip was completed in under five hours with one five minute rest, accommodating Mrs Jennie Frye and Mr B A Giffin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boy Scouts of America
Capon River
Capon Bridge
Jennie Frye
Monroe’s Ford
Simmer
Winchester
L. M. Baker
Marshall. Mes Cauley
Harry Greene
Maurice Pifer
J. H. Baker
J. H. Kern
Pinckney Arthur
Alvin Kremer
Otis Sargent
Hugh McKee
Adrain Mason
Services in memory of Florence Nightingale planned statewide
Virginia ministers will preach on Florence Nightingale next Sunday to honor the founder of modern nursing. Miss Rosa Van Wort leads the State League of Nursing Education which encourages programs in schools and communities to highlight Nightingale’s impact on nursing standards and public health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
Florence Nightingale
State League of Nursing Education
Rosa van Wort
Richmond
League
Miss Nightingale
Crimea
Winchester Gun Club Practice Shoot Thursday Evening
The Winchester Gun Club holds a practice shoot each Thursday at 5 30 PM this month. Members and learners welcome with guns and shells provided for those wishing to shoot. Prizes will go to top target breakers and other scores, with team races prize offerings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester Gun Club
S Club
Realty Firm Sells Mrs Walker Home for 9500
The Hansbrough and Carter agency sold the home of Mrs Sophia Walker widow of General John G Walker to Charles B Keeler and Charles K Keeler for 9500 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sophia Walker
John G. Walker
Charles B. Keeler
Charles K. Keeler
Hansbrough and Carter
Farm near Winchester for six thousand dollars
Land within one mile of Winchester city with good buildings offered by WwW. L. FULTZ Real Estate at 11-13 Court Square Winchester. The property described as a beautiful little farm is priced at $6,000.00.
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Winchester
L. Fultz
Court Square
Fruit Growers Ad Offer Immediate Delivery Supplies
The notice promotes immediate delivery of agricultural inputs including PYROX LEAD ARSENATE BLUESTONE and DUST ING MATERIALS. It lists spray hoses rods guns nozzles fittings power and hand sprayers and claims to provide everything for better fruit.
Winchester Orch Phone 8138
Property listing note shows Winchester Orch contact number 8138 with address 301 North Market Street and reference to a postal or internal code 4-28-1p-1-1.
For Sale No. 1 Pen Black norca Chickens
For sale by Harry Bryant a No 1 pen black norca chickens listing appears in a fragmentary notice. The text includes a name and a location hint Gip-St Mi but details are incomplete.
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Harry Bryant
Gip-St
Col Leedy To Make Address In Winchester
Col Robert F. Leedy of Luray Virginia, recent Democratic candidate for Congress in Virginia Seventh district, will speak at 3 pm Saturday in the county courthouse in Winchester. He campaigns on a light wine and beer platform and opposes the Volstead enforcement act as unconstitutional.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert F. Leedy
Luray
Congress
Virginia
Winchester
County Court House
Leedy
Miss Lucy Plaster Weds Judge Robert Gash in Berryville
In Berryville on May 4 a small ceremony at 4 pm united Miss Lucy Ashton Plaster of Bluemont and Judge Robert Lenoir Gash of Brevard NC. Rev. Malcolm S. Taylor officiated as dogwood and apple blossom decor brightened the home of Dr. and Mrs. George Plaster. The couple will reside in Brevard after a Washington visit.
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Berryville
George Plaster
Bluemont
Lucy Ashton Plaster
Robert Lenoir Gash
Brevard
N. C
Malcolm S. Taylor
Gash
Miss Gash
New York
Archibald Osborne
Francis Osborne
S. S. Thomas
Peter Daniel
Vivian Daniel
Fredericksbure
Harry Daling
Loudoun County
Washington
Loudoun
Clarke Counties
Farm For Sale 108 Acres With Limestone Land
108 acre farm for sale featuring excellent limestone soil and 15 acres of heavy timber. Well located with easy terms. Ward & Larrick, Attorneys for Owner. Also ad notes coal shipments and trucking notices with local contact details. Bell phone numbers appear for inquiries.
Skeyhill To Lecture Here On War Poets
The Australian soldier poet Thomas Skeyhill will lecture at the Handley Library tonight at 8 30 on The Poets and Poetry of the War. He will discuss personal aspects of war poets and recital of his own verses. He has previously spoken in Winchester and at the Empire post armistice, prompting strong audience responses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Skeyhill
Handley Library
Skeyhill
Winchester
Handley
Empire
Virginia Bar Association
Richmond
Major Roszel to Present Winchester Essay Prizes
Prizes won by Winchester school pupils in a national Army essay contest will be presented at the Empire Theater at 8:55 Wednesday evening. Major B. M. Roszel, principal of the Shenandoah Valley Academy, will hand them to winners. Judges were Mrs Barton, Dr McGuire, and Mr Vernon Eddy appointed by Mayor Ward.
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Winchester School
United States Army
The
Star
Empire Theater
Watts
B. M. Roszel
Shenandoah Valley Academy
Home Ties theater by Stephens City High School
The faculty presents Home Ties in the school auditorium Thursday evening. Between acts a Chinese game and dance and mandolin music will entertain. Admission 25 and 35 cents with proceeds to benefit the Civic League. Mrs. Ida Shayock, president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stephens City High School
Civic League
Ida Shayock
Col Leedy to Speak Here at County Court House
Col Robert F. Leedy, candidate for Congress, will address the public at the Winchester County Court House on Saturday at 3 o clock. The event invites all residents to hear the issues of the day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert F. Leedy
County Court House
Winchester
Certificates of stock ready for delivery at bank
The Commercial & Savings Bank states certificates of stock issued are ready for delivery and purchasers are asked to call at the banking house. The message is signed by John L. Sloat, cashier. Also advertises seed corn and seed oats from Winchester Seed Co, with secondhand lumber for sale at 447 N Main St.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial & Savings Bank
John L.sloat
N. Main St
Maryland and Indiana Hold Presidential Preference Primaries
Maryland results show Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood defeating Sen. Hiram W. Johnson by about 7 841 votes in Maryland with Wood taking 15 900 to 8 059 and carrying Baltimore districts. Indiana primaries forecast heavy turnout amid campaigns for Wood Lowden Johnson and Harding with attention on California and California Hoover Johnson contest.
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Associated Press
Baltimore
Leonard Wood
Hiram W. Johnson
California
Maryland
Wood
Johnson
Allegany
Washington
Wash
General Wood
San Francisco
United States
John Walter —Faith
Ovington E. Weller
Indianapolis
Ind
Indiana
Weed
Lowden
Harding
Can Francisco
Cal
Herbert C. Hoover
The Rent Profiteer in Winchester
An editorial condemns rent gouging in Winchester noting a monthly demand hike amid housing scarcity. It urges higher property taxation on excessively increasing rents to curb profiteering and press City Council for swift action.
Police clash with strikers in Waterbury protest
Waterbury officers in riot gear patrolled streets as thousands of brass and metal workers threatened a parade without a permit. Strikers wandered sidewalks and several were arrested for intimidating workers. Yesterday two strikers were convicted of intimidation and jailed for 30 days. Home guards remained at the state armory ready for a possible call.
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Associated Press
Waterbury
Conn
State Armory
Farm loan aid delayed by litigation hold up
Washington May 4. Farm loans totaling over 56 million dollars have been stalled by litigation challenging the farm loan act. Officials at a conference said the hold affects loan viability and funding flow as the legal questions proceed.
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The
Associated Press
Washington
Death follows long illness of Ezra Hauptman
Ezra Hauptman a prominent county youth and John Kerr High School graduate died after a long TB illness at his parents north of Clearbrook. He endured influenza and pneumonia years earlier and spent time in a sanatorium seeking recovery. Born February 5 1885 he leaves parents a sister and grandmother and was a successful local businessman. Funeral Thursday at one o clock with Rev Frank Bear officiating. pallbearers named.
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Ezra Fearon
John Kerr High School
Clearbrook
Hauptman
J. C. VanFossen
N. D. Cool
John Hauptman
G. Wisom. Whitmore
Oliver Woore
Frank West Mharles
A. Schlack
Pra
Frank Bear
The
Reformed Mennonite Church
Waynesboro, Pa
William S. Huyett
Ralph Whitmore
W. Silver
Steel Leads Stock Market Gains Amid Quiet Trade
New York May 4. The stock market opened with gains but trading remained quiet as investors showed little interest. Independent steel issues and recent merger linked names led the advance with equipment motors shippings and sugars rising materially. Rails and the investment shares firmed while oils stayed mostly unchanged as call money opened at 8 percent and liberty issues hit new lows.
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Associated Press
New York
Olls
Wild Ford Smashed in Winchester Run Ends With Drunks
Four men reportedly intoxicated drove a Ford from Strasburg Virginia to South Main street Winchester where the car plunged off a high rocky embankment on East Cecil Street. They escaped unharmed but insisted they were in Edinburg Shenandoah County.
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Ford Automeobile
Strasburg
South Main Street
East Cécil Street
Edinburg
Shenandoah County
Winchester
Painter
Fight for Kiev at Its Height
Bolsheviks entrench in hills on the west bank of the Dnieper forming a great semicircle with their backs to Kiev. The struggle for possession of Kiev is at its height with constant fighting day and night along the lines through valleys and rivers.
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Associated Press
Warsaw
Dnieper
Kiev
Virginia libraries severely limited highlights a deficit
A U S Bureau of Education estimate shows only 6 percent of Virginians have access to free public libraries. About 1.86 million people lack library service with just eighteen Virginia libraries meeting the 5,000 volume standard, leaving ninety four counties without sufficient facilities. The American Library Association seeks a Books For Everybody fund of two million dollars to expand access.
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Washington
Virginia
United States Bureau of Education
American Library Association
P. P. Claxton
Education
Henry R. McIlwaine
Richmond
Bureau of Education
Refugees Die in Black Sea Storm as Ships Sink
A Moscow wireless report says many refugees fleeing southern Russia to Asia Minor perished in a Black Sea storm. Fourteen ships carrying refugees were lost, according to the message.
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Associated Press
London
Russia
Asia Minor
Black Sea
Moscow
Minimum wage plea before Railroad Labor Board
E F Grable president of the United Brotherhood argues for a 7 cent per hour raise from 53 cents as many workers earn starvation wages. He cites bread shortages and cake consumption as factors fueling unrest in the country. The Rog ers Producing Co rep seeks to produce OH under Sarah Zane Fire Co Truck Fund in Winchester May 27 at the Empire Theater inviting volunteers and participants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
E. F. Grable
United Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way
Railroad Labor Board
Cindy
John B. Rogers Producing Co
Winchester
Sarah Zane Fire Co
Empire Theater
Sarah Zane Boys
W. Lee Fisher
Care Ryan & Orndoff
Mount Jackson Man Admits Auto Crash Involving Winchester Injuries
H. B. Wissler of Mount Jackson Virginia admitted near Winchester that his car may have struck two injured men, Harry Seabright and Clifton Keller, on the Valley Pike Saturday night. He says he drove a Hudson with two front lights and blamed a passing Chevrolet for forcing him. Both victims are recovering in hospital. Wissler sought out Chief Doran and offered to face consequences.
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H. BE. Wissler
Mount Jackson
Doran
Wisaler
Malley Pike
Winchester
Mr. Stevens
John L. Wissler
Fairfax Club
B. C. Stuart
Valley Pike
Wissler
Young Seabright
Young Wissier
Young Sea~bright
Harry. Keller
Resolutions oppose Ireland recognition at Methodist conference
In Des Moines on May 4 the General Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church adopted resolutions urging defeat of any Congressional action to recognize Ireland as a separate republic. A separate set referred to committees urged Congress to block race gambling and the interstate transport of gambling devices. The Ireland resolution was introduced by Dr. J. Nicholson of Baltimore.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
Iowa
Congress
Ireland
Methodist Episcopal General Conference
United States
J. &. Nicholson
Baltimore
Ford Second Hand Cars From 1917 and 1916 Models
A local dealer advertises used cars including one Touring 1917 model and one Roadster 1916 model. Several larger second hand cars are offered at cheap prices. Contact H. W. Bbert for details.
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H.W. Bbert
Bailey Bros. advertise barbed wire and poultry fence arrival
A carload of barbed wire poultry and field fence arrived and is available through Bailey Bros. An additional note mentions Presto-Lite and Hicks Motor Co listing further items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bailey Bros
Hicks Motor.co
For Sale and Local Notice at Amherst Street
Items offered include a kerosene oil hot water heater a mahogany dining room table an extension baby carriage. Contact Mrs Abney at 24 Amherst St PA phone 55. Also announcement of entertainment at Red Bud Friday May 7 at 7 30 p.m inviting all.
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Abney
Amherst St
Will
Be. Oy Entertainment
Red Bud
Seeming Yellow on Barnett Fat Lee Walker
On call test phone 89 Ww. McC. Bondon is referenced in a fragmented on page notice with unclear context and no cohesive events or dates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barnett Fat Lee Walker
McC. Bondon
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BOY Scouts
HIF
W.va
GUN Club
Fruit Growers
ARD Supply CO
Market ST
Herrell
Col. Leedy
Miss Plaster
Ward & Larrick
G. O. Snapp
Bell Phone
Library
France
Roszel
Winchester Seed Co
Ene
Lac
Omy
Ezra E. Hauptman
Gonering
STEEL
Edinburgh
R. R. Shopmen
Hedin
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