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Newspaper

Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

May 07, 1915

Page

3

Southern Baptist Convention Heads to Houston for 60th Meeting

Baptists of the South gather in Houston Texas with delegates from Virginia to attend the sixtieth annual Southern Baptist Convention. The opening sermon on Wednesday will be delivered by Rev. J. W. Porter of Lexington Kentucky editor of the Western Recorder. The commission on efficiency report is among key agenda items. Uncle Eben quips about yearly wheelbarrow models and horns to move people aside.

South Virginia Houston Texas J. W. Porter Lexington Westage Recorder Louisville Commission On White Post Road Millwood Roseville Boyce Eidson Fairbanks Greensboro Realty & Auction Co Greensboro N. C

Burglar Foiled On North Main Street Roof

A reported attempt to break into the building on North Main Street housing RC Green grocer on the ground floor and J J Chrismore family on the second floor may have occurred last night. Green and M L C Janney were in the storeroom at 9:30 PM when they noticed a crouching figure near the skylight. The intruder escaped as officers searched the roof and yard.

North Main Street RC Green Tea-Aision J. J. Chrismore Mr. Green M.L.C. Janney

State Revenues and Delayed Debt Payment Debate

The state treasurer discussed using $100,000 borrowed from the Workmen's Compensation Fund to extend the time for meeting salaries and pressing demands. A motion to defer the payment until February failed, leaving the revenue problem for the state government unresolved.

Long State Treasuer Board of Elue Works

Vegetables Grown Extensively in Yukon Territory Canada

Potatoes are the principal crop in Yukon Territory with cabbage cauliflower celery lettuce carrots and turnips also produced. Potatoes retail for one cent per pound.

Yukon Territory Canada

Post Office Clerk Confusion Over Stamp Request

A fragmentary dialogue shows a clerk questioning a customer about a missing stamp and the need to add another stamp. The exchange suggests confusion over proper postage and handling of a letter.

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