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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1921
Page
3
A Frederick County farmer visiting town to obtain a marriage license was halted when the county clerk learned he remained a defendant in circuit court divorce actions with a partial divorce granted to his wife. He believed the case had concluded, but Virginia requires three years for an absolute divorce except in grave offences. The couple left with dashed hopes.
Paris reports the cabinet completed the French delegation to the Washington armaments and Far East conference. Former Premier Viviani will be second to Premier Briand, with Senator Albert Sarraut and Jusserand, ambassador to the United States, completing the group.
London dispatch reports Arthur Griffith and Sinn Fein leaders meeting the British cabinet adjourned after 90 minutes. Michael Collins declared the IRA commander would not return, while Griffith said the delegation would come back at 11 o'clock the next day. Irish sympathizers greeted them at Downing Street.
Thousands of England's unemployed gathered on the Embankment and marched to 10 Downing Street to demand work at uniform wages. The deputation was admitted to the Prime Minister's residence, in what was described as the largest such gathering in London.
Mrs. Lloyd Agnew and her young son left Winchester for Charleston South Carolina this morning. Mrs. Agnew was formerly Miss Mary Miller, daughter of the late Rev. Dr. and Mrs. Lewis G. Miller of Winchester.
Fire swept through Biinsville in Youngs county wiping out the old town. Only four or five buildings remain in the business section, according to a telephone message from Tom South Bend.
London October 13 Prime Minister Lloyd George plans to travel to Washington to attend the conference on armament limitation and Eastern questions arriving for the opening session unless unforeseen events alter plans.
Mrs. Ballard B. Smith of Greenville Augusta county Virginia attended the wedding of her son Ballard B. Smith a prosperous Augusta county farmer and Miss Elizabeth Rust from Warren county at Front Royal Virginia. Mr. Smith’s father was vice-principal of the MacDonough School for Boys near Baltimore and Frank B. Crawford also belonged to the faculty. Mrs. Smith returned home this afternoon.
The Virginia War History Commission plans a statewide record of Winchester and Frederick County World War activity. A local committee led by C Vernon Eddy, Mrs Alfred Wright, and Augusta Conrad will gather material with Frank H Krebs writing the narrative. Funding is approved and veterans are urged to share service data for full local credit.
Richmond reports show counties and cities investing more in war history efforts than expected as records from Winchester and Frederick county are compiled. Mr Krebs’s work covers prewar conditions, local society, Red Cross, War Chest Society, diaries, letters, postwar conditions, and a full military roster. Virginia may place the finished volumes in Richmond archives with copies sent to county clerks and libraries statewide. Mrs A Buchanan and daughter Virginia Buchanan visited to review old county records before returning home to Cincinnati.
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