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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1922
Page
7
Reward offered for return of an open face Waltham gold watch engraved with HO L initials. Back of case marked LOBT. Return to Star office.
The Market Street M E Church holds a church school at 9 45 with classes for all and a Wesleyan Bible Class. A 10 30 Mother s Day program is led by Mrs Eskey followed by 11 o clock worship titled The Holy Family. Evening service at 8 features Dr Osborne of India Pundit Sheikh Shand. Regular offering.
Pundit Sheikh Shand of India, known as the Camel Driver, will lecture at the Methodist Episcopal Church tomorrow night at 8. He recounts Christian life on distant fronts, arrest by Mohammedan foes, and a miraculous escape. He discusses religious India, political mass movements, and rising revolution, in native dress with orient songs.
ANOTHER SCALP FOR BOYCE. The Boyce High School baseball team, with an enviable early-season reputation, defeated the Paris team on its home field.
United States Department of Agriculture study shows hot water cleaning greatly reduces bacteria in milking machines. Tests on 13 farms with ordinary care yielded over 2,000,000 bacteria per cubic centimeter. after hot water sterilization the average fell to under 20,000 with one sample at 1,000.
Captain B H Ellis announces Salvation Army weekend meetings starting at 7 pm with an open air service in front of the Court House. A jail visit at 10 pm precedes a big salvation meeting at 8 pm in the hall with the topic Every man shall die for his own sins. Captain Bulis, Mrs Bulis, and cadets Alma Napier and Gracie Atkins assist.
Edward McIntosh formerly of this city now of Washington arrived last evening to spend several days with his mother, Nancy McIntosh, who has been ill at her home but was improved this morning and able to be up and around the house. Commissioners
Mrs Margaret St Ceran of New York arrived for a brief visit to sister Mrs Martin Wisecarver. Mr 8 D Robinson of Newport Newsva came to visit his son in law and daughter Mr and Mrs Ray Robinson and to attend Friends meeting in Hopewell. Mrs Floyd Bowman and Mrs J B Snyder and child returned to Strasburg Va after visiting Mr and Mrs Frank Snyder. Mr and Mrs James B Russell who have been in New York for a visit to their sons Dr James I Russell and Marshall H Russell are due home in Winchester this evening accompanied by their daughter Mrs Gardner W Brown formerly Mamie Russell. Mrs Lillie Sibert Stine ill with paralysis symptoms near National avenue improving today. Mr and Mrs Camillus Striker of Front Royal are visiting their son in law and daughter at Arthur N Ritter home, Mr W Milburne Jones of College Park Md arrived last night for a few days with Mr and Mrs Walter Bennett on South Market Street. Mrs J A Walk left this morning for Washington.
The general assembly of the Southern Presbyterian Church meets in Weston West Virginia May 18 for a week or more. Winchester Presbytery is represented by Rev. H. O. Hall Moorefield WV Rev. Mr Chandler Ringgold WV Elder A C Slonaker Winchester and Elder Frank Zea Strasburg Va.
Writings from Dr. W M Hardy relayed by Rev W L Dudley describe the murder of Dr Shelton A noted medical missionary of the Church of Christ in eastern Tibet A bullet wound caused fatal blood loss Officials in the area fail to govern the region and opium trade fuels violence near Batang with soldiers and officials claiming jams.
Do not waste wood ashes from the grate. Strew them over the garden for potash fertilizer as they leach into the ground and benefit plants. They are especially valuable for daffodil and tulip beds.
Thomas F. Burley Jr secretary of the Morgan Town Chamber of Commerce arrived to attend a Shenandoah Valley Agricultural Society board meeting and discuss next fall’s Winchester fair. He had previously closed a contract to manage the 1922 fair.
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