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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1921
Page
4
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A satirical verse urges citizens to support national effort with practical work and hopeful talk. It contrasts past grievances with present duty, calling for honest effort, reduced vanity, and concrete action to aid normalcy and recovery.
Wis Rider a farmer from Crigier remained at University Hospital with a back wound after a shooting near F. L. McAllister's home. J. B. Utz of Madison faced a $500 bond at preliminary hearing. A special grand jury will probe the case.
Last Sunday Bailey family members gathered at Mr C Iley near Greenspring to share a basket lunch. Attendees included Mr and Mrs Bailey and daughters Hazel and Helen, Mrs C H Bailey and daughter, Clarence Bailey and family, Har and son, Virginia, Apple Pie, Nellie Johnston, and others. The meal was enjoyed under a large shade tree.
A fragmented local item notes a May gathering in Dry Virginia mentioning the Burnt Factory area and a Workers' Bible Class at Glen. The readable portion hints at a business and social meeting with community involvement.
The piece argues youth facial disfigurements from age fourteen to twenty arise from impure blood and body toxins. It urges internal blood remedies to cleanse impurities and enrich vital fluid, promoting S. S. S. 8 and other old herb medicines from Swift Laboratory in Atlanta, Georgia.
Social and church notices. Mr and Mrs J M Fishpaw host an event May 20 at 7 30 pm inviting members and visitors. Walter Allemoney of Winchester plans to open a general store at the an quarry store property. Delegates from the Sunday School to Hopewell convention May 25 include Messrs G Newcome and Austin White. Spring crops delayed by rain though wheat and grass thrive. W T Hoffman visits Spring Mills home of J D Wright after neuritis confinement. Preaching at the church May 22 at 7 30 pm by Rev M Gaither. Everyone invited.
Telegram reports Mrs Annie R Smith died May 17 in Sheridan Wyoming after a hip injury and long illness. She lived on a ranch near Dayton for years and had made Sheridan her home the last decade. Survived by husband Atley Smith a daughter Mrs Ludes sa McNeil three brothers J A Robinson W N Robinson EB J Robinson and two sisters Mrs Margaret C Saeger and Miss Etta S Robinson. Known for hospitality to travelers in Big Horn Valley and hosting many visitors.
Mrs. R. F. McKee Mrs. W. V. Carpenter and Mr. Walter McKee attended the funeral of William Doran at Inwood last Saturday. D. W. Files will preach at View Church Sunday at 11 am and 3 pm. Interested in the cemetery at View will meet Saturday morning to clean the graveyard and whitewash the fence. bring tools and brushes.
The piece argues that the modern woman should pursue efficiency through physical fitness daily baths and air exercise. It endorses Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound at the first sign of female weakness as part of maintaining health and executive capability.
A May 19 supper at Mrs. David Yosts home offers chicken and waffles from 6 to 8 pm. Tickets are sold by Camp Fire Girls under Mrs. Virginia Lines Miss Mary Strickler and support the Near East Fund. Frederick County aims to raise 4200 dollars for starving Armenians with Mr Spott White as chairman.
The Galilee Church Sunday school in Grimes Virginia elected Charles E. McVay as superintendent and organist Nelson C. Mae as assistant, Miss Marie Clevenger as secretary, Mrs. Mattie Miller as treasurer, and Luther Miller as librarian. Master Joseph Crim begins violin lessons. John A. Dick named guardian for Roy S. Randall. George Yeakley of Winchester Ice and Cold Storage plans an ice delivery truck in the area.
May 18 Local column reports Mrs Charles Barr and Ruth Barr visiting at the Whitlock home. John Giffin and family were guests of the Slonakers. Homer Keller called on George McKee and Walter Anderson visited H D Whitacre with Grace Yost and Mrs Carpente.
Notice of a 1921 Frederick County Virginia circuit court decree directing a commissioner to appraise the John F Galliday estate and report heirs creditors and accounts. The officer will advertise the proceeding in The Evening Star Winchester and require all interested parties to appear June 20 1921 with evidence at 14 Rouss Avenue Winchester Virginia.
The Norfolk and Western timetable lists trains starting January 23 1921 serving Berryville Bristol Roanoke Shenandoah Junction Hagerstown and Philadelphia with Pullman sleepers parlor cars and cafe cars. Connections include Shenandoah Philadelphia and New York with a Memphis South route. Officials W W Saunders and R F Revile sign as General Passenger Agent and Passenger Traffic Manager.
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