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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1920
Page
3
A physician urges bed rest for the first twenty four hours of a cold to prevent lingering distress. He also recommends using Chamberlain’s Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy to keep bowels moving as a prompt recovery aid.
Wheat brings a high figure of 2.90 dollars per bushel in the local market as Winchester Milling Corp offers that price for red winter wheat. Officials say prices may rise toward 3.00, with Bal No 2 red winter wheat sold yesterday to supply the millers for local flour demand.
Doe C. Brannon clerk of the Circuit Court of Frederick county is confined to his home with a severe rheumatism attack. He has been ill for over a week yet managed duties until yesterday afternoon when his condition worsened and he needed assistance to his residence.
The Associated Press reports a Senate committee meeting to discuss immediate changes to immigration law following Secretary of Labor Wilson’s ruling that communist party membership is insufficient cause for deportation. The article notes Mrs Edward A Pyles and Miss Virginia Rowe visiting from Baltimore with Mr Blakemore at the district parsonage.
Burglars target Brill and Ritter on North Main Street stealing from a rear coal room entry and cash registers. Local youths in the alley are suspected as a gang involved in previous thefts. firm to monitor premises to prevent repeats.
Local notes report preaching at Galilee Church on Sunday morning and night. A basil L Aleshire couple hosted a miscellaneous shower at Rich Hill farm with many gifts. Updates mention influenza recovery, visits by Ritter and Taylor families, and apple orchards blooming amid favorable weather.
The Winchester Lodge of Elks launches a drive to raise 5000 dollars with a Sunday Empire Theatre program at 3 30 pm. A Salvation Army officer will speak from headquarters and a musical program features well known local voices. Funds stay in Winchester and Frederick County.
A murky dictum suggests when a man or machine cannot complete a task it must be handed to a woman aided by a hairpin. The line appears as a cryptic rule from Lon fion Answers.
Mark Potter of New York president of the Carolina Clinchfield and Ohio Railroad is nominated to the Jeek Commission. Also Samuel W McCall former Massachusetts governor is nominated to the Tariff Commission.
Remains of Charles Emmett Graber who died in Washington arrive in the city around 6 PM. He is accompanied by his mother Kate Graber Webster and his brother Norman Graber and sister Camille Grabers. Funeral services will be held Saturday at Mrs Webster’s home at 121 South Market Street, time to be announced.
The next Sunday services in Frederick Circuit at Lamy Memorial Paxton Chapel and Round Hill will be led by Mr. ddy B. Reed. Reed, lay leader of Winchester district and Charlestown business leader, brings notable enthusiasm to his church work.
Dover Del May 6 The House action on the suffrage ratification resolution passed the Senate yesterday but was postponed for a week or ten days. Suffrage leaders now seek at least three more votes to push the measure through the House during a ten day recess. They plan to pressure Sussex county Republicans to line up.
The Woonsocket Rubber Company, part of United States Rubber, announced a paid week vacation for 2,200 employees. Previously the plant shut down for the summer without pay. Mrs. W W Ritter travels to Dennison Ohio to visit her old home.
The notice explains people with recurring bilious attacks may skip meals and take three Chamberlains Tablets to avoid an attack. It adds that those prone to certain illnesses should avoid tea or coffee at all times. It also reports Mrs. D L Blakemore traveling to Norfolk Virginia for her sister Mrs Walter Shannon’s serious operation at Sarah Leigh hospital.
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