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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1920
Page
5
An old roving sales pitch urges readers to stock Sloan's Liniment to ward off sudden pains from rheumatic twinges to sciatica and neuralgia. It promises fast warmth and relief without rubbing, touting cleanliness and economy with prices 70c and $1.40.
The St. Paul baseball club champions of the American Association and the Baltimore club, International League winners, arrived in St. Paul, Minn., to continue the junior world series. The first game to be played tomorrow here will mark the fifth meeting in the series with St. Paul holding one win in four prior games.
Gainesboro District School Board to hire two high school teachers for Cross Junction High School. Band hall enlarged and rented for school use with expected completion by the 18th. Seventh to ninth grade enrollment notices to Harold Edwards. Board aims to build a junior high nearby with patron support and low board rates for non local pupils.
Bryan Breckenridge dislocated the elbow of his right arm while playing football on the Shenandoah Valley Academy field. Dr Hugh Clark and Messrs G Frank Baker and William Merryman of Cumberland MD treated him. The party spent yesterday in town then returned home. Miss Cogie Wyndham, visiting Long Island this summer, returned to Boyce VA.
Local milling engineer J. H. Berry advertises corn mill machinery feed mill machinery belts leather rubber oil engines and services to sell wheat or buy flour or feed. Visit 48 Rouss Ave Winchester VA for savings.
Secretary Winfrey from the Virginia Medical Society visited Winchester Memorial Hospital naming it one of the finest in the region. He commended the hospital's management by local physicians and nurses and singled out superintendent Miss A P Didier and the dedicated nursing staff.
The Associated Press reports Democratic leaders say Senator Harding's westward trip proves he cannot face the voters and should resume front porch campaigning. They claim GOP misrepresentation has spent its force and predict Democratic gains in West Virginia Indiana Ohio and other states. Harding plans a fourth outside Ohio tour through Kentucky and Tennessee with possible Buffalo date cancellation and renewed Marion porch duty.
Ad copy claims two tablets stop stomach distress from acidity instantly. The product is described as a reliable remedy for upset stomachs and acid indigestion. Large 60c case sold at drugstores.
Representatives of farmers organizations from across the United States opened a two day meeting in Washington to push for expansion of rural credits to ease the downward price trend and keep production up. They planned to present to the White House a request for a conference with President Wilson and his cabinet and with the Federal Reserve Board. Also noted is the death of Boehm a retired Baltimore and Ohio Railroad employee in Shenandoah county Virginia he lived in the city and was a Mason with funeral plans to Woodstock.
Patrol report notes a star attraction sought for cleaning duties at a premises cleanup effort. Organizers urge volunteers to maintain tidiness and safety standards during the campaign.
Overcast skies gave way to clear sun as thousands gathered at Kenilworth Jockey Club for the Windsor match race between Man O War the three year olds champion and Sir Barton the prominent four year old. Wickford the last minute entry was scratched after weighing in at 126 pounds to meet Canadian Racing Association rules for three starters. The purse was to be contested later with the main event expected around 3 pm.
Ohio Governor Cox returned to Illinois and planned to speak in Indiana as part of a campaign swing. He touted the league of nations stance and criticized Senator Harding and former President Taft, aiming to bolster his Democratic ticket in the Hoosier state.
Self confessed kidnapper Aug ust Pasquale told state police he threw the body of 13 month old Blakely Coughlin into a Schuylkill river area below Norristown and that a diver found evidence of tying lines to the child. He also confessed to killing a 60 year old woman at 808 North Eighth Street Philadelphia last spring and to stealing 300 dollars. The confession, if true, could solve the death of Rose Asherman a 75 year old lodging house operator found dead June 1 with a fractured skull after her granddaughter slept in the room.
A blaze at the St. Louis Car Company plant at the northern city end, likely started by electric lighting wires in the milling department, caused an estimated loss of about 600000 dollars according to police and fire officials, reported in St. Louis on October 12.
By the Associated Press Erriban Armenia. Arm enians plunge into new warfare against Turkish and Tartars bands. About 34,000 able-bodied men aged 17 to 45 are involved. Conflict arises from irreconcilable interests between Armenians and Moslems in the region.
An Associated Press misprint piece humorously muses on the endless task of finding long lost items and the inefficiency of systems to recover spencils and other small pocket items, noting the futile chase across daily life.
Ruben Marquard of the Brooklyn National League was fined one dollar and costs in a local Municipal Court in Cleveland for violating the exhibition ticket ordinance. National League President Heydler, who attended, said the violation was merely technical and no further action would be taken.
President Wilson notified anthracite miners representatives he would seek a joint meeting of operators and miners in Stranton Pennsylvania on October 18 to adjust any inequalities in the recent wage award.
The Ohio experiment station urges rejuvenating old orchards rather than discarding them. Experiments show apples regain quality after priming heading and disease insect spraying, plus fertilizing with five pounds of nitrate of soda and acid phosphate per tree.
In the Clerk's Office of the Court of Erick County on the 27th day of October 1920 a petition by D J Desmarle Glenn H Bancroft partners and others against Frank G Diver Alice E Diver and others seeks to set aside as fraudulent a deed dated October 19 19 to hinder creditors. The deed conveyed land and personal property to Huffman and Stephens City Evapor Co with machinery and equipment to satisfy a claim of 160.75 plus interest from November 7 1919. Defendants non residents are ordered to appear within 15 days and publication runs weekly for four weeks in the Winchester Star with a court-house posting.
Rural extension expert New State College warns that over 60 per cent of nursery stock fails to grow due to late shipment. Plants kept in storage lose food reserves and may die before roots begin. advise planting leaves and roots together while stock is still dormant for spring growth.
Pear blight is highly contagious and destroys wood. Cut away infected parts and burn all removed wood and leaves. Dip pruning shears in an antiseptic solution after each cut or paint tools to prevent spread. Treat any time of year blight appears.
An irregular advertisement touts pills named Relief for women’s health with claims of safety and dependability. It lists a Milwaukee address and urges readers not to buy from other sellers, warning against disappointment.
Apples are described as pomes or pomaceous fruits. From the botanical word pome we get pomology, enlarged to mean fruit growing in general but first understood as pomaceous fruits. Other pomes include pears quinces hawthorns and mountain ash June per ries. Systematic pomology classifies pomes or fruits of this character.
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