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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1921
Page
7
Beula Battle is not responsible for any debts contracted by Daniel Battle, who states he left his wife without cause and announces he will not repay or be liable for her debts. Dated March 31.
For sale 50 acres limestone farm improved by bank barn eight room dwelling and outbuildings on Mad Dam Road. Attractive property priced for quick buyer. Six rooms block of four and cellars alleys sewerage water in each dwelling. As a whole 6000. Inquire of 600D & Company about race building site investment values likely to rise.
The Roanoke City Republican meeting in Norfolk on May 14 selected delegates and alternates, both men and women, for the state convention. They approved the city executive committee plan for unit voting across several precincts and adopted a resolution authorizing the delegation to cast a unit vote for Roanoke City.
Louisville May 4 Bishops of the Methodist Episcopal Church South attending the College of Bishops sessions traveled to Nashville for the Board of Missions meeting. No major shifts occurred with three pairs retaining districts while others were surveyed for broader changes in assignments.
A May hailstorm with a heavy electrical storm badly damaged remaining buds and forming fruit in Adams County orchards near Gettysburg. Wheat ground also suffered in some areas though growing wheat is not believed to be seriously harmed. the crop was not yet advanced enough for clear impact.
The Rev. D. B. Chambers rector of Christ Church Millwood Clarke County preached an able sermon in Trinity Church on Sunday morning after returning from a motor trip to the Warm Springs. He continued his trip to Millwood Monday with the Rev. John J. Gravatt Jr. present.
At Calvary Church in New York City a consecration service for Dr. Manning as Bishop of New York is planned for next week, expected to be a notable event in church circles.
Richwood residents celebrate after Mayor Graig issues a proclamation allowing Sunday openings for drug stores news stands shoe shinning parlors photo studios ice cream parlors and confectionery stores. Stores may open all day except during church hours with 10:45 pm closing, soda five cent limit ice cream ten cents plus tax, no phonograph music allowed.
The jury in the case of 16 year old William Daltin who stole 772000 dollars in Liberty bonds from Northern Trust Company recently disagreed after nearly 24 hours deliberation. About half of the jurors were understood to favor acquitting the self confessed thief. Mrs. E. J. Sherman III is seriously ill at her Winchester home, attended by Dr. Walter Cox, with no significant improvement since last Friday.
Women voters in Sistersville win a school board seat with Mrs. Thomas Bell elected by a two to one margin after urging that a woman be placed on the school board ticket. The May 4 election saw extensive female turnout and support for Bell over male opponents.
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