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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1921
Page
3
A Chicago conference of the Big Four Railroad Brotherhoods will draft plans for concerted action after last month’s nationwide strike ballots. Leaders report a heavy majority in favor of walking out, but no official decision or timetable is released yet and announcements are expected after several days.
In Muncie Kansas three bandits held up the Muncie State Bank and fled with 700 dollars. They were fired upon by townspeople. One bandit was killed and the other two captured, one of whom was wounded.
In Wilmington on October 10, Rev. W R Westren, a former Elkton minister, reportedly united 200 couples since August 1. Dr Robert Watt, district superintendent, says ecclesiastical law does not deem them legally married though civil law considers them married.
Mrs Rose M Brown of Manchester reports a 20 pound gain in four weeks after using Tanlac. She says long stomach trouble headaches and bloating vanished and appetite returned, noting four bottles restored her health. Tanlac sold at Sox Drug Co Winchester and leading druggists.
The Star reports prize-winning essays from a contest linked to a city screening of The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse at Empire theatre. Adrian Mason of Handley Schools and Celia Irene Smith of Fort Loudoun Seminary won first and second prizes, with Mason praising the film’s vivid life and Blasco Ibanez inspired drama and Smith tracing the apocalypse through conquest war and Peace.
Readers are urged to attend a large men’s rally hosted by the Golden Rule Bible Class at Braddock Street Methodist Church South next Monday evening in Winchester. The group plans a campaign to reach men in Wine Heporter and nearby areas, anticipating one of the city’s largest gatherings in years.
An order from Siena Inbeet Corporation Court confirms the election of William A. Bailey as trustee of the United Brethren parsonage on North Avenue. Bailey was chosen by the quarterly conference of the local society amid procedural steps.
An order by Judge Whiting amends the calendar of the Corporation Court for last October. The October term will continue on Mondays October 17 and subsequent dates, with sessions proceeding as scheduled.
Mr and Mrs F Douglas Shepta announce a wedding tet with relatives arriving this afternoon. The couple plan to reside in Cleveland. Mr and Mrs Fo and their young son returned from a visit in Medexypon county. Katie L Bryarly, formerly of this city, spent a week with Mrs Franck Bakers on West Piccadilly and then left for Washington.
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