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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Nov 23, 1920
Page
1
Dublin faced heavy military cordons and raids as patrols sealed exits from the city. Reports from Nov 23 describe shootings, arrests, and ongoing searches across Dublin, Athlone, and Cork with several casualties and a curfew in effect.
Regular Thanksgiving Day service of the Protestant Episcopal Church will be held at Christ Church at 11 o clock. Rev. Robert Goodwin will preach and lead the service. The offering will be devoted to Winchester Memorial Hospital and the rector will oversee the annual appeal, with Mrs. D. Vuller directing the organist.
Mrs. Julia Drewery 35 was shot dead in Carlisle Pennsylvania at her home. Two soldiers from the field service school are held on suspicion with Floyd A. Waller charged with the killing while Jacob Pack remains a witness. Witnesses report conflicting statements and the victim’s daughter provides a differing account.
Beginning today the pulp and extract departments of Champion Fibre Company in Canton North Carolina will reduce operations to four days a week. In Memphis Tennessee the Buckeye Cotton Oil Company closes its plant due to lack of demand, leaving about 500 workers unemployed.
Virginia breeders plan to travel from Roanoke and other areas to Chicago for the twenty first annual International Live Stock Exposition at Union Stock Yards November 27 to December 4. Attendees include Walter T. Gore of Winchester and C Warren of Middletown Agricultural High School who will lead a school judging team. Eight thousand entries from the U S and abroad are anticipated featuring draft horses cattle swine and sheep as the industry recovers from wartime slack.
Four men reported being held up and robbed of $13,000 by armed bandits during a card game at Dr. Joseph Grater's office near the federal building in Pittsburgh. Police arrested the four men today, charging them with gambling.
A Red Cross gathering at Mount Carmel Free Baptist Church occurs tonight at 8:30 with several addresses and Christmas seals urged. The event aims for a full turnout and participation by all. Also note a W T U meeting Friday at 3 p.m. at Mrs. D W Ritenour's home on Piccadilly Street.
This item compiles several short notices from a local paper including hunting coat sale promotion, auto for hire service by C D Catlette, Salvation Army meeting at Courthouse Auditorium tonight, Brucetown social and rummage sale at Town Hall, a position wanted for sales work, and a brief classifieds blurb about shoehorned services.
Classified notice asks readers to place Thankserving orders with SNAPP at 427 N Market St. for a family of four, offering good wages to the right person and directing applicants to Washington Street for details.
Mr. J. G. Diffendal of Frederick Maryland has joined the Farmers and Merchants National Bank of Winchester as a clerical staffer in the savings accounts division. He previously served with Central Trust Company of Frederick and is the son of J. M. Diffendal, a traveling representative for Halpen Green and Company of Philadelphia.
Winchester meets Martinsburg in a Thanksgiving game at Equity Grounds scheduled for 2:30 PM. The matchup pits local rivals in a traditional holiday clash with attendance expected.
Notice of a new auto bus line from Winchester to Millwood and Boyce with morning and evening departures to connect with N. and W. trains at Boyce. Service includes passenger and freight, leaving Hotel Evans at 3 30 p m and 5 p m for Millwood Boyce and back, under H Bosell. Also mentions coats sale and an automobile auction in Winchester.
Auction of E. J. Albin estate items at his Stephens City residence on December 1 1920. Readied goods include household effects 36 bushels of corn 90 shocks of fodder hay livestock and poultry. Sale bill reference 23 Ep 2t. W W Wall & Son notice.
The Potomac Division shipped fourteen thousand six hundred forty eight overseas for relief from June to October powered by fifty chapters across Virginia West Virginia Maryland and DC with local ladies aiding garments. The appeal stresses the ongoing need for Red Cross funds and membership despite the war ending and calls for the fourth roll call to sustain vital home and international relief efforts.
On Thanksgiving afternoon at 2 30 the Equity grounds host a football game between Winchester High School and Martinsburg High School. The Martinsburg squad won their prior meeting 21 to 13 at Martinsburg. Local players are fit for a hard fight to avenge the earlier loss as the Citizens Band will play before and during the game attracting a large crowd.
Warrants were sworn out by Mrs. Charles Hoover against her husband Elmer Robinson and Jacob Haines for a serious offense alleged Sunday at the Hoover home two miles west of the city. The men fled by car yesterday and later damaged nearby near Inwood West Virginia where Robinson suffered a fractured skull and Hoover a broken collar bone. Haines was uninjured. Hoover and Haines were arrested. Robinson remains in Memorial Hospital in serious condition. Hearing for the two arrested will occur in a few days.
Sale notice lists items including 65 feet 12 sheep and 35 hoes with location described as 1 mile south of Winchester on Baer farm. Auction code BL G. PA 23 Lp 5t c appears in fragmentary form.
Union service scheduled for Thanksgiving Day at Street Methodist Episcopal Church begins at 11 o clock. Clergy from city churches urge gifts via church envelopes or any contribution placed in baskets during the service. Hospital funds have run behind in recent years and rely on public generosity. The service includes prayers, readings, a sermon, and a hospital offering led by local pastors and the Ministerial Association secretary.
Sheriff Pannett learned Raymond Marek Mauck an indicted felon in this county was in Del Rio Texas as a member of Company D Twelfth Cavalry United States Army. He is suspected of stealing 2600 barrel hoops valued at 200 dollars from Round Hill Orchard Company near Winchester. A requisition to fetch him for trial is planned as the War Department confirms his location.
Li Al members of Edgewood Camp are notified to attend a meeting at Kauffman's School Howse on Wednesday November 24 at 8 p.m. Roy F P Duvall, Clerk, notes the notice and signs as Fishpaw Consul.
In New York more than 1,200 retailers across clothing dry goods shoes and routinery met to form the Council of National Retail Associations to address a crisis from falling prices. H B Barker of the National Association of Credit Men cited $250 million in canceled orders and a lack of moral fibre amid questionable practices including delaying orders for higher prices and neglecting purchase agreements. He urged tighter credit terms and prompt collections to restore business confidence.
A mattress fire on the second floor of a residential room at No. 120 street near 8 am prompted a rapid alarm. The Friendship Company used chemical apparatus to extinguish the blaze with little damage beyond bedding and smoke. The occupant was Mrs. David H. Eagle.
Cumberland Valley Railroad asks apple growers to contact Sam Haines in Winchester Virginia at 476 or 419 for hand-picked or loose apples offered at good prices and available delivery of clean drops to a warehouse.
Hon T W Harrison congressman from the Seventh Virginia District visited Front Royal on Thursday to reinterested in legal matters and greet friends. He announced readiness for duties in Congress when it meets in December. Accompanying him was secretary Miss Lyons noted for courteous service.
Dinevor Welsh concert under the auspices of R Y Conrad Post American Legion at City Hall Auditorium on November 24 at 8 30 p m. Tickets on sale November 22 with seating details in the schedule.
Thanksgiving flowers and festive sale items announced for a Friday November 26 musical program at 7 30 p m in the Catholic Sunday School Room. Home made cakes candy bread and fancy articles for sale with a country store dinner option and silver offering at the door. Also a note about found Adler glove owner seeking return via Star office.
Ohio railroad crossing safety is on the agenda as officials plan a council meeting. The crossing on Cork street is deemed dangerous due to obstructed views and lack of a watchman. The council may press the railroad for safety measures while also reviewing 1921 tax rates and the budget for the new fiscal year starting January 1812.
A marriage license was issued today in the county clerk's office to Howard M. Ebersole widower and Miss Sally Ritter. The groom is a farmer and the son of Matthew Ebersole, while the bride is the daughter of Cam Ritter, both of the county.
Joseph M. Carson of Riverton sustained a broken leg during a football game at the United States Naval Academy. He is receiving treatment at Annapolis Naval Hospital and is improving. He is the son of Joseph L. Carson and has a sister, Miss Ann Carson, who works at Winchester Hospital.
Hunters face stringent rules across state and federal lines as Virginia West Virginia and other states enforce licenses permits and registrations. Non residents must show landowner relations and may hunt only with friends land while on government land public forests require forest supervisor registration. The measures aim to curb over hunting and protect game birds and other species. Export your apples.
A historical notice from Winchester Virginia lists THOMAS W. MATT v8 at West Piccadilly Street near Jopps Office. The document references a government permit or authorization related to sailing dates and steam spaces.
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