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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1925
Page
3
Miss Meda Dicks and Miss Harriett host the senior class party at Handley School near White Hall with about nine guests. Refreshments will be served around midnight on a lawn lit with Japanese lanterns.
Harry H Wingfield was welter in Martinsburg yesterday. Mr S D Parish steward at the George Washington Hotel spends weeks at his Elk Mr Paul Gaylord returned from Boston on business. The Girls Athletic Association plans a dinner at the George Washington Hotel on May 29.
M. H. Rosenberger of Hayfield was called to the home of John F. Ridings at Stephens City and attended him until his death this morning.
Mr and Mrs B F Russell announce the arrival of a daughter named Doris Agnes Russell. The happy couple welcomes the new baby into their home with affectionate congratulations from relatives and friends.
Mrs W Bowers of Stephenson was seen shopping in town today as local shoppers report brisk activity. The sighting highlights a busy day for downtown retailers.
Mrs. J A Kiger departed the county today bound for Wilmington Delaware to tend to Mrs H C Colbert who is ill there.
Mr and Mrs H Vosspeck departed today for their Denver home after visiting the Strout farm agency where L L Sibert serves as manager.
Mr Roscoe Er of the government printing office Washington passed through town on a hiking trip through the Shenandoah Valley en route to Harpers Ferry.
An advertisement claims a dessert spoonful of Dave's Mentha-Pepsin relieves gas, heart pressure, and breathing difficulty within ten minutes. It urges readers to prevent indigestion, linking dizziness and headaches to a disordered stomach, touts Baker's Drug Store and pharmacists offering a large bottle guarantee.
Today several guests called on residents in Hagerstown Erie Wisconsin and Martinsburg. Edna Burner Irene Jenkins visited Martinsburg yesterday. Hancock and Hancock area visitors stayed with Mrs Butler on South Main. Notables at the George Washington Hotel include several businessmen from Philadelphia Richmond New York and Stratford.
Mr and Mrs James Clark of Campelens are spending a few days at the George Washington Hotel. Mr and Mrs John Petts of Broadway Virginia arrived yesterday. Mr Petts had an eye operation at Memorial Hospital. Mrs Petts returned to Broadway after visiting.
Misses Violet Foreman and Peggy Unger attended the Martinsburg celebration yesterday. Mrs. Fred Thomas will be the weekend guest of Mrs. Gaynell Dunn in Martinsburg. Mr. D Ly Larrick is spending several days in West Virginia on business. Mr. Max Cunningham of the Lanham Engraving Company, Washington, is mentioned in the notes.
In town yesterday Mrs. J. M. Mell of Newville Bal passed through en route to Edinburg to attend the funeral of Charles Whitman, a cousin. The visit occurred during preparations for next year’s Blossom Festival with guest Mr. W. A. B. assisting in local business.
Mrs Edward Dillon of new Rosk Virginia will be a guest tonight at a local gathering. The note mentions her attendance and a cordial invitation to neighbors and friends to join.
Thirty motor cars seized from bootleggers in raids against Canadian rum runners are to be used for the first time under new legislation. Orders were sent to John McCulloch, customs collector at Ogdensburg, N Y, to hand the machines over to the border patrol, and they will enter service at the start of the seasonal movement of Americans to Canada for summer vacations.
In New York on May 21 the stock market showed broader trading yet the main price trend stayed upward led by public utilities and merger rail stocks like Jersey Central. Wheeling and Lake Erie and Rock Island saw strong buying while first hour sales topped 600,000 shares and total volume reached about 2,050,000 shares with call loans renewed at 3 percent.
The Carnegie Coal Company tipples at Bulger near Burgettstown were burned late last night causing an estimated $100,000 loss. Officials suspect incendiary origin. The mine had been closed since March 1924 and repairs and new equipment installation were underway.
A testimonial from Mrs Rush Fullerton of Clearfield Pennsylvania praising Vegetable Compound for nervous troubles and irritability. She says it builds up the system, improves appetite, and keeps her well stocked, inviting letters for proof and noting availability from druggists everywhere.
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