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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1923
Page
3
Peter Gnome shares plans for Lucy's birthday this Saturday at the seashore. Old Mother Ocean writes a poem and roars a celebratory song while Breaker Boys, Wave children, Ripple grandchildren, and Seaside Fairies prepare joyful honors for Lucy.
The weather forecast warns of colder conditions tonight with clouds frost and local snow in mountains and a rising temperature by Thursday. Historic notes recall a May 10 1913 freeze with 25 degrees and earlier April 22 freeze with frost causing some crop damage but apples like York Imperial fetched high prices.
Special Commissioner Herbert S Larrick will auction a 170 acre tract near Wardensville grade two miles west of a Winchester railroad point. Timber includes virgin white oak. grain crops reserved. Terms: one third cash, balance in two annual notes secured by deed of trust and fire insurance. Sale in front of Winchester County Court House on May 15 1923 at 11 AM.
In New York on May 9 the stock market showed renewed upward movement as short covering by bear traders increased. Speculative leaders attracted buying support, signaling liquidity returning and sentiment turning toward long positions. Call money opened at 4%4 percent.
John Garland, 45, and other workers injured when the bronzing machine at J. W. Ferguson and Sons printing plant exploded. Garland was enveloped in flames and rescued by fellow employees. Windows broke across the plant and nearby buildings, with property damage about 10 000 dollars.
Edward Reynolds aged 42, unmarried, died last night at his home near Reynolds Store in the county from heart disease and dropsy. He worked for years in the grain threshing business and was well known. His father H. C. Reynolds once served as commissioner of the revenue for the northern district of Frederick county. He is survived by his parents and two brothers Otis Reynolds of Springfield, Ohio, and Ernest Reynolds at the home place.
London May 9 The cabinet has reached the conclusion that a considerable increase in British air forces is necessary, the Duke of Devonshire secretary for the colonies informed the House of Lords today.
Howard Jackson, Democratic candidate, and the full Democratic slate won a landslide victory in Baltimore's municipal election. Jackson led with 74,124 votes to 49,893 for Broening and 38,952 for Preston, in a sharp campaign that highlighted tax relief and city building.
May 9 report says the English trawler Lord Astor was seized off the Murmansk coast by a Russian gunboat on a charge of fishing in Russian territorial limits. The dispatch from Cen tral News notes the claim and location of the seizure.
Joseph Enoch 23, a railroad employee, was held for the grand jury in Richmond Virginia after a preliminary police court hearing on charges of felonious stabbing and murdering 16 year old Celia Shevick.
Fragmentary passage mentions Gibbon and modern history with unclear attributions. The text references historians and trib es, but key names and context are unreadable.
A historical note reports that winter forests are combed by birds such as chickadees titmice creepers and woodpeckers to eat insect eggs and larvae. It states they typically destroy about ninety percent of tiny caterpillars on tree surfaces and mentions the lyrebird as a remarkable mimic of sounds in the wild.
In seventeenth century England officials could seize a building for unpaid taxes. The king removed doors and windows, turning the structure to the street until redemption in court or transfer to an heir.
A fragmented transcript references a woman’s admission and a burass band in Terling with lines about growing bitter. The garbled text hints at a personal statement or diary style noting awareness of growth and a comment that a band wasn’t needed to tell the world.
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