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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1925
Page
5
Paris on May 5 saw street car and bus service suspended in sections with strong radical presence. Overall services were crippled as about one third of transportation workers ceased work in a strike tied to the May Day suspension of a fellow employee.
Henry Cave, an escaped convict from Clarke county, reportedly spent Saturday night in Winchester. Witnesses unaware of his escape saw him on the streets. Sunday he drew a revolver on two Milburn boys near Martinsburg Pike, threatening harm if they notified authorities. He fled before help arrived as officers closed in on Cave and companion Hawkins. Authorities expect a swift recapture within hours.
Real estate ads offer a 6 month grate roof house with large lot convertible for two more homes at 3260 dollars, terms 750 cash and 5090 yearly. Two Market Street lots priced 2000 and 1800 dollars, plus a 14 room brick house with modern improvements and large grounds in Winchester's north. Also a 98 acre limestone soil farm with stream 5 miles from Winchester at 11000 dollars and several limestone farms for sale, 14 Rou ss Ave.
The Berryville timetable lists trains to Roanoke Bristol and intermediate stations with Pullman service to Bristol and to Philadelphia via Hagerstown. It notes dining car connections at Roanoke with the Memphis Special and sleeper service Hagerstown to Philadelphia and New York. Fares schedules and reservations available from Berryville and Roanoke agents.
Miss Carrie Shiley and Mrs Joseph Perry with her little son Ferman traveled to Martineburg West Virginia and spent several days with friends recently in a brief social note.
Paul L. Dunham announced the Staunton Melodians of Staunton Military Academy will perform at a dance on Thursday night May 14 at the George Washington Hotel. The jazz orchestra, prize winners at the Apple Blossom Festival, recently played on the Colonial Theatre stage during the festival.
A man declares he will not be responsible for his wife Goldie Whitlock Blonaker's actions or any debts since she has left his home. Names appear as Goldie Whitlock Blonaker and signer Sonarer. Edgar is listed with a date code and page reference.
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