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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1923
Page
4
Notice states Barry Fiood Byrd publisher at the Winchester Virginia Evening Star Publishing Co. publishes daily except Sunday and is consolidated with several weekly papers. Includes postal, pricing, and Associated Press membership details and rights for republication of news dispatches.
In a Roanoke Times piece from 1923 a portrait emerges of Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands and the former German Kaiser. It contrasts Wilhelmina’s justice and steady diplomacy with the Kaiser’s military rule and exile at Doorn, noting the Potsdam Guards and Dutch defiance as guards of freedom.
A narrator buys a clock from Mike McPete with a guarantee that promises a refund if it fails. The clock runs slow, misaligning with appointments, and the buyer complains while Mike refunds the money in installments amid satire of dealer integrity.
The author paints the Shenandoah Valley in lush, nostalgic terms. He praises the north and south nights, blooming arbutus, countless daisies, and the Blue Ridge. The piece recalls waking mornings and twilight, calling the valley the prettiest ever.
Cross Roads Virginia May reports Rev D W Files preached at Fairview 11 and 7. Mrs Hunter Carver of Mel with not spent time with sister Mrs W W Hicks. Several local families visited kin. measles illness in Kern children. Lupton moved to Giffin farm near Trone. Birthday party at A J Marple’s home honored Mr Marple with many guests.
Ten Krupp officials at Essen faced a French court martial in Rhenish Prussia on charges of inciting workers to riot against occupation forces. The March 31 clash by Krupp works left fourteen dead and thirty wounded as French troops requisitioned automobiles. Dr. Gustav Krupp von Bahlen and Halbach were questioned about the disorder and the factory siren’s role in calling workers to resist.
Mrs. John Thompson sold 140 acres of fine forest trees at Shirwood for 10500 to Maryland Stave Mill Company which resold to Pennsylvania Railroad Company. Lumber ships weekly from Ashby station. about thirty men work under Mr Swimley.
Regional timetable notes list southbound and northbound trains with intermediate stops. It details Pullman sleepers and dining car connections, parlor service to Hagerstown, and connections at Shenandoah Junction for Washington. Agents H H Burks Berryville and W C Saunders Roanoke handle fares and reservations.
K hire home on South Braddock Street offers six rooms with porch and good cellar for 3500 dollars. Ten room dwelling with garage and large lot priced at 34500. Well located 50 by 150 foot lots in a beautiful city section. Easy payments implied. Also a complete line of fire life and indemnity insurance with strong companies.
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