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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1923
Page
6
The Star presents corrected market bids and prices including oils, metals, and foods with figures such as 7.40, 4.25, and 68.00. Buyers and sellers are shown under varied listings, with several entries partially garbled but indicating trading values and sale notes.
Miss Louise Hawkins of Winchester visits sister in Richmond and brother in town. Mr Hawkins confined several days, Fries and daughter of AD visit. Mr and Mrs M S Glaize host Saturday evening. LarL and Moris and family spend time with friends in the section.
Police rush to arrest Frank Sage, alias Miller Brgan, after a $19,000 payroll robbery link in West New York. Sergeant John J. Black and Patrolman Clarence Wear killed, Lieut Harry Otis and Patrolman James Walton wounded. Sage surrenders after a volley and tear gas.
Franklin Harrison Gassaway a renowned poet and newspaper man died of a heart attack at his Oakl area home. He had 33 years with the San Francisco Examiner and leaves a widow and a brother. He was born in Maryland and was widely known across the press.
The remains of John J Carroll died near the John W Rice Middle Road in this county while visiting his son. Funeral services will be held at 10 o clock tomorrow at his son William L Carrolls home, then at the church in Kabletown Jefferson County West Virginia with interment in the nearby cemetery.
Auction of George Fayetta Washington personal effects at Waverley near Clearbrook drew a large crowd of heirs and buyers from Winchester. Attorney Harry R. Kern directed the sale. items included a Mrs. Washington portrait bought by her granddaughter for 150 dollars, a silver salt cellar, grandfather clock, Davenport and piano, with numerous books and other pieces selling to attendees from Maryland and Virginia.
A rugged compendium notes diverse topics from cable services between Liverpool and New York to arms and armor at the Tower of London. It then shifts to bee pollen pockets, a thief Hoffmann swallowing keys, and quotes on revolutions and bossiness. Also covered are electric bulb safety, a comic Willie's Wish vignette, veterinary history, peacocks roosting topside, and stray wisdom about secrets and listening.
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