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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1924
Page
7
The Richmond News Leader reports eight Virginia papers showing five year circulation gains, with The Star highlighted. It notes most mail circulation is prepaid by sworn affidavit, and city circulation copies are mailed daily.
Special to The Star from Bakerton West Virginia May 19 The Bond family living near the Potomac stood their ground as flood waters rose to two feet from their door They refused to move saying they would trust in the Lord They sat on the front porch singing gospel hymns with accordion accompaniment while neighbors fled Two hours after the water began to recede they still had not reached the first floor of their humble cottage
Goldwyn Cosmo release shown at Empire with two thirty matinees. Slaves of Desire promises strong moral drama about wandering spouses and features a notable Cosmopolitan cast across seven reels plus comedy and news reels. Jackie Coogan appears Wednesday and Thursday in Daddy. Watch daily announcements for best pictures.
A May 9 birthday party honored Marie Funkhouser at home of Mr. and Mrs. E. D. Funkhouser Lebanon Church Virginia. Attendees included Mollie Hamack Susie Didawick Helen Powers Thelma Brumback Lucile Brumback Alda Rinker Helen Shull Claire Smyth Bernardine Knee Anne Knee and Marie Funkhouser. Guests Roy Crabill Claude Richard Howard Shull William Shull Marvin Loveing Elsworth Keller Lucian Brumback Walter Knee Albert Guyer Lloyd Coffman. Refreshments featured pink and white decor with ice cream cakes and fruit. The party ended with good wishes for more birthdays.
An old remedy Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Compound promises to darken gray hair naturally. The preparation is applied with a sponge or brush to small strands, darkening the hair by morning and giving it a lustrous, even shade.
Col James P Woods of Roanoke is named temporary chairman of the state Democratic convention in Norfolk. His presence is seen as shaping the campaign to elect a U S senator, ten congressmen, and a presidential vote. Possible gubernatorial ambitions loom if Senator Harry Byrd stays out of the race.
A R Sperry former Baltimore and Ohio passenger agent, aged about 74, died at his daughter's home in Union South Carolina. He is survived by his widow and five children. Born in Middletown Virginia he served the railroad forty years, including posts at Mountain Lake Park Harpers Ferry and Martinsburg before retiring around May 1921. The Sperry family lived on West King Street in Martinsburg.
Rev Washington Johnson officiated a marriage at the Primitive Baptist Church parsonage on North Kent street. The couple, described as colored, wed on Saturday afternoon.
The Berryville schedule lists several trains to Roanoke Bristol Shenandoah and intermediate stations with Pullman parlor cars and sleepers to Williamson Roanoke Philadelphia and New York. It notes connections at Shenandoah Junctions Hagerstown and Roanoke with the Memphis special and requires inquiries to H A H Burks Berryville and W C Saunders Roanoke for fares and reservations.
The Star lists daily corrected wholesale and retail prices for farm goods and staples. Notable figures include butter, creamery products, eggs, corn, flour middlings, hay, and poultry with varied per unit and per barrel or sack pricing across local and Baltimore markets.
Mr George Meade a Clarke County resident near White Post was taken to Memorial Hospital last week with rheumatism and a slight stroke his condition today shows slight improvement
Miss Helen Miller returns home from Washington trip. brief local note appears among readership items mentioning Valley Belle Bread and dealer prompts.
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