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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1920
Page
2
Winchester Lodge No. Elks initiated eleven candidates in a ceremony attended by over 200 members. A smoker followed at the Elks Club with buffet supper and speeches from Charles H. Shipman of Leesburg and Attorney Stipe of Harrisonburg. The lodge now has 275 members.
A Sunday school convention in Winchester at Braddock Street Methodist Church South will start at 8 PM with a strong program. State Superintendent T. C. Diggs of Richmond will attend and speak, with musical features led by Nan Maynard and Prof H S Duffey.
In Wilkes Barre Pennsylvania on May 27 hard coal workers rejected the maximum wage offer from anthracite operators. The tri district convention unanimously voted against the proposal endorsed by international UMW officers. The vote followed the general scale committee recommendation to reject the plan.
William M. Wood of the American Woolen Company faced arraignment on 14 counts of profiteering in woolen cloth. The indictment, returned by a federal grand jury, alleges Wood and both companies profited through high salaries and commissions totaling 515,482 dollars in 1919 as part of expenses.
D. D. Braithwaite of Winchester Virginia seeks bark of chestnut oak and black oak and offers the highest cash price. Brumback and Bro. are noted in the advertisement.
A Reverend shares a testimonial praising Nerv Worth for aiding digestion, appetite, and overall vitality. The letter asserts broad endorsement from professionals and everyday people and urges readers to try the product, available at local drug stores.
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