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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1922
Page
4
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Monday May 8 1922 Rippling Rhymes by Walt Mason explores tax pressures and public spending. The piece muses on rising taxes, past inflation, and how funds support schools jails colleges and courts while noting civic duties. The verse balances concern with national progress themes.
Allie Powell of Baltimore recently visited Winchester staying with Mr and Mrs L O Fries on Airmont Avenue. He attended graves at Mount Hebron Cemetery and recalled service in World War I with a Johns Hopkins Hospital unit in France. Powell expects to sail again for Europe next week to continue famine relief work with a Jewish Hospital unit.
Henry Ott Hockman and Miss Kee Bordon, both from solid county families in Virginia, wed Sunday night in a Market Street ceremony conducted by Pastor W. L. Dudley. The couple, who met at a church in Maurertown, plan to start their life together with an automobile trip.
Mrs. Lillie Gibert Stine, previously gravely ill with paralysis, is reported improved today and is cared for at her home after a period of hospitalization.
Ruth Smith Copeland suffered facial and head cuts when two automobiles collided near Market Street and Rouss Avenue. She was hospitalized at Memorial Hospital for treatment and later discharged after medical care.
In Washington on May 5 the Senate resumed debate on the tariff bill with Senators offering suggestions and new topics. Senator Simmons of North Carolina announced the minority policy, stating the aim is to highlight outstanding items in each schedule to illustrate the bill’s basic principles rather than debate every amendment at length.
Suckers were caught in streams in the western part of Frederick County last week. Charles H. Boxwell, a retired merchant, reports the trips with his brother-in-law Augustus R. Anderson of Unbanna Ohio and magistrate T Carson Adams of Gainesboro joining on several fishing excursions.
The engagement is announced of Miss Elien Magill Baker daughter of H W Baker president of the First National Bank of Berryville and Alfred Kerfoot of Clarke County. Both Miss Baker and Mr Kerfoot are well known in Winchester. Miss Baker is a niece of Mr B West Baker of this county.
Police dispersed a crowd of seven in front of Harry Rawson's restaurant on East Piccadilly Street for sidewalk blocking. Several were booked on drunk and disorderly charges. James Armstead and Samuel Bannister fined 5 dollars plus costs. Pete James and Abe Jasper fined 2.50 plus costs. Others received warnings or were fined elsewhere.
Mrs Rudolph and Mrs Frank M Beck and Mrs Oscar H Lewis and Lee Barr returned last night from Baltimore after attending the funeral of Mrs Mary Jones. Barr is the wife of John W Barr formerly of this city and Mrs Barr was a niece of Mrs Rudolph.
The Woman's Auxiliary of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the Diocese of Virginia held its annual session in Winchester last week. It passed unanimous resolutions of thanks to the rector and congregation and to local citizens for hospitality.
A mob of 200 masked men seized Fidel Elduayen and his son Mateo from a ranch near Ingtewood California. Mrs Elduayen and her daughter Mary were forced to dress. Town Marshal Woerner fired on the crowd, killing one man and wounding two others. The dead man was later identified as an officer of the Ku Klux Klan.
Monroe 8, Peyton, a Black man described as a voodoo doctor, was found guilty of criminally assaulting Hazel Johnson a ten year old girl and was executed at the state penitentiary in Moundsville. Efforts to commute the sentence to life imprisonment by local supporters failed.
John Duval Dodge a Detroit millionaire and Rex Earl of Kalamazoo were placed on probation for one year after conviction for illegal possession and transportation of liquor. Judge Weimar ordered strict terms including monthly reports, Dodge paying 500 dollars probationary fine and county costs, Earl paying 100 dollars, and both abstaining from alcohol.
Big eaters face kidney trouble warning and a prescription advertised as No 777 by Dr Carey. The notice promotes relief or money back and cites Boyd Drug Co and other druggists. Also mentions Sam Hodgson visiting Detroit and Lucy Russell visiting Mary Carlin in Duke street Alexandria Gazette.
Bluefield West Virginia May 4 The Bluefield Daily Telegraph starts printing the New Testament in serial form under editor Colonel H S Shott. Publication will continue daily until Revelation finishes with the headline Read the Bible With Us.
A Bacon quote on questioning aims to gain knowledge while pleasing others. Misses Harriet and Rebecca Hodgson traveled to Richmond Virginia to visit their parents Mr and Mrs J B Hodgson.
Mrs. Bryan Cox of Strasburg Virginia widow of Rev. Dr. S K Cox formerly of this city spent Saturday in town with friends.
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