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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1928
Page
5
Daily market report shows wholesale prices for flour corn meal bran mixed feed and middling as well as live poultry butter and cattle ranges. Local retail figures list flour per barrel and per 12 pounds with mixed prices for country butter and other dairy items. Baltimore wholesale section notes markets corrected from the previous day with wheat details.
The readable lines mention chickens and a count of young chickens with unclear context. Other phrases reference a person and figures but lack coherent details or event. The fragment preserves no determinate action, date, or location.
The Ladies Aid Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church South met at Mrs. E. Ogden’s home to discuss church repairs funded by members. Improvements include a new fence, fresh parsonage paint, a new rug, and roof repairs planned for the near future.
The Berkeley and Shenandoah hotels in Martinsburg report heavy tourist trade since the Winchester apple blossom festival. Manager Theodore Barrow says Saturday and Sunday were especially busy, with the Shenandoah dining room full from late morning to night and most rooms occupied. Out of town motorists were seen moving south through the valley, likely from festival absences.
KIWANIANS OF US SOON TO OBSERVE INTER CLUB WEEK. Kiwanians from 1708 clubs across the United States and Canada will host or visit Kiwanis clubs May 21 to 26. Wendell Thomas of San Jose chairs the inter club relations committee and cites fellowship and Kiwanis education as key aims. The May meetings precede the twelfth international convention in Seattle June 17 to 21. Clubs will report their 1928 objectives including work with underprivileged children vocational guidance citizenship and boys and girls club activities for exchange of ideas and enlarged work.
The estate of Enoch F. Lanham offers a city home at 347 on the south side of NJ Avenue Winchester Va fronting 80 feet and extending 115 feet to an alley. Sale in front of the County Court House June 2 1928 at 120 PM with terms: one third cash and balance in two equal annual installments secured by a deed of trust and insurance policy. Auctioneers Duvall and Dunn.
Margaretta C Whiting graduate of Peabody Baltimore with music faculty at St Iilda s Hall Charles Town West Virginia announces June piano and harmony classes for the community.
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