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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1920
Page
6
Fragmentary dialogue shows Ann and Barbara debating muffins and support as night approaches. The garbled text hints at concern over baking, timing, and care, with sidelights on personal relationships and possible stress.
A fragmented notice combines railroad timetable snippets for Norfolk & Western routes with a legal probate proceeding in Frederick County Virginia. It references passenger services to Roanoke Shenandoah and intermediate stations, Pullman sleepers, connections to Philadelphia New York and Harrisburg. and a court order in the matter of Mary J. Mellinger, with publication and appearance requirements for non residents Susan de Bowers and Frederick Wright.
A satirical piece laments the decline of Salvation Army tambourine fund raising in New York as front yards vanish, consumer culture grows, and the annual May 20 1920 appeal looms. It notes tambourine use shifts to services, with the 1920 appeal approaching and soldiers continuing psalms.
A 22 year old incident in a town near Salva tion Army stations led to a night in jail for Mrs. Adam Gifford after she defied a police order banning drum beating. The case went to the state supreme court which sustained the Army's stance and halted future police crackdowns on the group.
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