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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1922
Page
7
Two six-room brick houses on South Main Street offered at low prices with easy terms. Also a five-room house with three desirable building lots near Handley Schools advertised by Shenandoah Valley National Bank.
Mr and Mrs H J Flowers of Bartonville entertained many friends over the weekend. Guests included Mr and Mrs Walter Boyd, Mrs Fritts and son Robert, Miss Viola Williams, Miss Bertie Law and Miss Hilda Flowers with her two student guests from Stephens City High School.
In Indiana on May 4 Albert Beveridge extended gains in the senate race as 3,215 of 3,382 precincts reported. Beveridge led New 186,483 to 167,503 and New conceded defeat. Republicans kept incumbents and Democrats nominated former Governor Samuel M. Ralston for the Senate.
Baltimore nurse Miss Sarah E B Knox faced trial at Montross Va for murder in the death of Roger Ake’s wife a Navy petty officer. She previously served as a nurse at Memorial Hospital Winchester and cared for Dr Robert Randolph during typhoid fever. The jury was expected to hear testimony today with most witnesses described as character witnesses.
A new barn will be erected at once on the site of the burned structure on the Robert Barr estate farm south of town. E G Fauver says R Frank Barr will supervise the work, using the old foundation for the new building. No insurance covered the fire losses including the barn and five outbuildings. Barr and Fauver thank Winchester firemen who aided in saving the house. Louis Barr of Washington also has financial interest.
Soviet representatives said the Allied note to Russia had been telegraphed to Moscow and Lenine might accept only with full recognition. They called the financial aid in the memorandum disappointing and inadequate and discussed oil concessions as a basis for future international policy.
A Civic League meeting will be held at 4 p m on Friday May 5 in the Handley Library lecture hall. All members are urgently requested to attend at that time.
The piece notes honey and wax were believed to have medicinal and magical powers and used in sacrifices. It also mentions honey given to babies at baptism and church tapers made from pure bees wax.
In 1888 the first regular steamer route across the Atlantic began service, taking 17 days. By contrast in 1000 the so called record yacht passage cut the voyage to 13 days and 20 hours, reflecting early limits of sea travel.
Mrs Ellen Royston wife of T A Royston of near Millwood Clarke County died at her daughter’s home Mrs A H Dove in Boyce area early Tuesday. Survived by husband four sons Luther James and James Royston Clarke County four daughters, many relatives. Born 1864, funeral Friday at Emmanuel Chapel Boyce with burial Green Hill Cemetery Berryville officiated by Revs John Williams and B Duval Chambers.
The text traces spoon origins from the palm and seashells to candle fittings. It notes early spoon use in ancient Egypt Greece and Rome and the slow spread west in Europe. By the Fifteenth century shells with handles were common, then Louis XV era brought the modern decorated spoon.
Opal carries a mixed reputation with roots in a fourteenth century rabbinic claim that it can sow discord and doom love. Another view cautions against engagement gifts, yet October is seen as a month when opals symbolize hope and possible good fortune for wearers.
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