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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1923
Page
2
Police search of pawn shops links a night break in May 17 to a masked burglar who held up Mrs. George W. Perkins wife of a J. P. Morgan partner. He ransacked the bedroom and escaped with cash and jewelry.
Tomorrow Bethel Lutheran Church in Albin hosts a bright program for children. Organizers promise an attractive program with songs, recitations, and colorful presentations to celebrate the day.
Mrs. Sarah Blaise praises Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound for alleviating female weakness. She reports renewed strength, better health, and lists improved energy after six bottles, with liver pills also helping. The letter invites others to try the remedy.
The Winchester Golf Club formally opened at 1 o'clock this afternoon with many workers shaping the course under the guidance of Dr. Thomas J. W. Brown the Washington golf wizard. Locals praise the valley spot as among the prettiest and a fine leisure option. Cy and Mike McDonald Spalding store managers join J. M. Orndoff's outlet to help patrons choose golf equipment.
Cross Roads residents will meet at Pakview Church on Friday June 1 to clean the graveyard and white wash the fence. Attendees are asked to bring brushes and tools and meet as early as convenient in the morning. Additional local notices mention visiting relatives and motor trips among residents and friends.
Montreal detectives arrest a man on the street believed to be a band member in the Denver mint robbery. The suspect is being held for identification by Colorado authorities.
In the direction of Supt. M. S. Glaize the Sunday school will meet promptly at 10 o'clock in the morning with exercises to begin.
London May 25 The official cabinet list shows Lord Robert Cecil named lord of the privy seal. Baldwin holds both premier and chancellorship of the exchequer. The remaining ministers mirror the Bonar Law ministry.
The article discusses Texas Senator Joseph W. Bailey and William Jennings Bryan as leading figures in the prohibition debate. It notes their past friendship, now strained, and predicts a sharp exchange of oratory. It also critiques President Harding for involving the national administration in the issue, while Newburgh senator Dunnigan accuses federal reform of weak enforcement and hints at economic stakes.
The text notes that business interests, including the bootlegging sector, are being carefully protected at Washington as this growth continues, reflecting a broader pattern of federal handling of major industry.
The choir of Mt Carmel F B Church presents a sacred concert Sunday night at 8 o clock assisted by notable talent from North and South Carolina and Durham NC. Everyone is invited.
Geneva May 25 The American government proposed full control of the opium and narcotic trade focusing on production limits and tighter export and import supervision presented to the opium advisory body.
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