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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1920
Page
6
A mysterious woman in black frightened several people near Harrisonburg Virginia as she followed a resident for over a block to her home before midnight. The door was locked with the visitor outside and locals compare her to a figure once seen in Winchester causing town unease.
A notice describes rental of four rooms by a couple at Seakeay a Wises apartment. The fragment notes rental details and location but lacks full contact or price information.
Fort Loudoun students repeatedly earned top honors in national and state contests amid Army Recruiting and Chamber of Commerce programs. Miss Dorothy Stuart won first prize. Miss Grace Larrick received honorable mention. six hundred manuscripts entered. Colonial Dames prizes won in Virginia. a 1919 contest theme from the Fort Loudoun school also placed. The report cites strong private-school instruction and broad faculty effort as drivers of success.
One day farm accounting courses are now offered in 15 states through the cooperation of the U S department of agriculture and state agricultural colleges. The aim is to interest farmers in farm bookkeeping as essential to efficient management. These classes include farmer led calculations under instructor supervision and discussions on crop value yields livestock and labor efficiency to improve farm profitability.
The Shenandoah Baptist Convention gathers in the Stanley Baptist Church in Page County Virginia for a two day meeting. A large number of churches from the region are participating in the event today and tomorrow.
Mrs. Alice Martindale and Miss Beulah Grim departed this morning for Washington. Neither the purpose nor duration of the trip is stated in the brief item.
The will of late Thomas Cartmell, longtime Frederick County Court clerk, written in his hand and dated March 4, 1909, is admitted to probate. He leaves his estate to his daughter Annie Lyle Randolph as executrix, with a codicil directing the estate to pass to her husband D. Coupland Randolph if Annie dies first. Bonds of $4,500 secured.
Dr Max Greenblath and Louis Wender of Cumberland Md were seriously injured when their car overturned on a sharp curve along the Valley turnpike north of Burketown Two other occupants escaped with minor bruises G Raymond Aldhizer and Miss Ruff of the scene reached the wreck and the two injured were taken to King s Daughters Hospital Staunton in Aldhizer s car
Paris newspapers highlight President Deschannel's late night encounter with a skeptic track walker who aided him but doubted the claim that the president traveled the right of way in his pajamas. The Journal praises his survival while Humanite runs a cartoon mocking the scene.
Local Sunday school workers prepare a convention at Braddock Street Methodist Church on Thursday evening May 27 in Winchester. The event features visiting speakers as part of modern methods and timely topics, aiming to be one of the best conventions yet. Mrs. S Logan Owens and her children arrived from Washington to reside on Fairmont Avenue adjacent to her parents.
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