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Newspaper

Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Oct 03, 1923

Page

2

Bonders Organized for Active Fight in Virginia

Roanoke reports an energized Good Roads Association campaign to push a highway bond issue. Prominent organizers plan October speaker trips across counties, with district and precinct chairs, volunteers, and public meetings to persuade voters.

Roanoke Virginia Good Roads Association Elliott Eac Wrence S. Davis Roanoke City Joseph A. Turner Roanoke County Lynchburg John W. Craddock Craddock Turner Salem Poage’s Mill Hollins Davis

Apple exhibit at Virginia State Fair showcased wider variety

Weighty barrels of apples, 120 boxes, and 450 plates display the horticultural section. Most fruit comes from Albemarle, Augusta, Roanoke, Bedford, Montgomery, Shenandoah, Fauquier, Loudoun, Campbell, Franklin, Cumberland, Nelson, and Warren counties. Exhibit's size and quality exceed last year, with judges likely to struggle assigning awards in standard classes.

Richmond Albemarle Augusta Roanoke Bedford Montgomery Shenandoah Fauquier Loudoun Campbell Franklin Cumberland Nelson Warren Counties

Store sales rise in Augusta across many sectors

Five percent higher sales in twenty seven Augusta department stores in August rises from last year. Wholesale trade reports from grocery firms dry goods houses shoe retailers hardware jobbers furniture manufacturers and drug firms show greater dollar value of business than July last year. Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond noted the national monthly review.

Augusta Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond

Ritenour Tops 1923 Mutual Life Rankings in D C

William Ritenour of this city is ranked fourth in 1923 by the Mutual Life Insurance Co of New York in the Washington division for volume of delivered business. A letter from the division manager also says he is No 1 among agents for number of lives insured. Henry S. Baker has moved from Philadelphia to Washington as assistant manager in the same division.

D. William Ritenour Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York Washington Ritenour Henrys. Baker Wincheater Philadelphia The Mutual Life Insurance Company

Unclaimed Letters At Winchester Post Office 1923 List

The following unclaimed letters remain at the Winchester Virginia post office for the week ending September 29 1923. Each letter requires one cent to be paid for retrieval. Adams Mrs Harry T Craiz E L Clark J A Carrithers C A Fletcher George Greene C D Gerbers Bakery Harris Mrs H J Hurries Mrs M A Jones Mrs Katherine Long Miss Nettie Lee Mrs Mary Newlin H W Paulton Mrs N B Shimp Mrs Ida M Stewart Mrs R W Smith Miss R Willas Mrs W J Whitlock Mrs Elmer Whetzel Virginia H. On Kern Acting Postmaster.

Winchester Adams Harry T. Craiz E. L. Clark J. A. Carrithers C. A. Fletcher George Greene C. D. Gerbers Harris H. J.H Hurries M. A. Jones Katherine Long Nettie ‘Lee Mary Newlin H W. Paulton N. B. Shimp Ida M. Stewart R. W Smith R Willas W. J. Whitlock Elmer Whetzel Virginia H.on. Kern

Evangelist J L Glascock to Lead City Revival at Boyce Church

Rev J L Glascock an evangelist from Cincinnati Ohio will start a series of services at Boyce Methodist Church on Monday evening October 15 at 7 30 p m All are urged to attend these meetings.

J. L. Glascock Cincinnati Ohio Boyce Methodist Church

Lydia E. Pinkham Vegetable Compound Promoted

Public notices praise Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound as a cure for women’s ailments with grateful letters from users. Advertorial language highlights testimonials and ongoing endorsements of the medicine.

Lydia

Miss Withers Elopes to Frederick Marriage in Maryland

Miss Helen Withers daughter of Mr and Mrs Adison Withers Clarke county eloped with Liam Payne of Darkesville and married in Frederick Maryland. The couple now reside in Richmond Virginia and Payne a Martinsburg High School graduate is a son of Mr and Mrs W C Payne of Kesville. Payne was employed near Bluefield before returning home for the summer.

Helen Withera Adison Withers Clarke County Liam Payne Darkesville Frederick Richmond Young Payne Martinsburg High School W. C. €. Payne Kesville Bluefield

Mate Distributing Company Inc Dissolves Charter

State records show dissolution of Mate Distributing Company Inc chartered February 23 1922 with Winchester principal office. The firm manufactured a South American beverage named Mate.

State Cargonneer Celér’s Mate Distributing Company, Inc Winchester

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