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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1920
Page
5
Diamond Dyes offers simple directions that let any woman dye old clothes draperies or coverings in wool silk linen cotton or mixes. Buy Diamond Dyes for guaranteed perfect results even with no prior dyeing experience. A druggist can show the Diamond Dyes color card.
Stephens City Virginia social notices list residents traveling on vacation visiting relatives or friends in Washington and Pennsylvania. Marriages of Gervis Lemley and Bessie Orndorff and Maurice Lemley and Sylvia Headley are noted with honeymoons through the south and north.
Wheat prices surged after news that President Wilson asked Governor Allen of Kansas for information that might show the recent drop in wheat value was not due to artificial causes. December delivery rose 13 to 13 4 cents to $2.21, closing unsettled at $2.17 1/2 to $2.18.
President Wilson asked Governor Allen of Kansas to provide the Federal Trade Commission any information showing that the wheat price decline stemmed from unfair practices or artificial causes. Secretary Tumulty sent the letter today in response to requests for government action toward an embargo on Canadian wheat.
Senator Harding traversed southern Indiana on a whirlwind campaign tour from Louisville to Indianapolis and St. Louis. He urged a return to the constitution via a Republican administration and Congress, railing against the Versailles League of Nations and relying on rear platform remarks from his private car.
A shopper seeks a golf club gift for her husband but the clerk notes he already belongs to three clubs. The exchange, reported in Dtrott Fre, Presa, highlights humorous domestic banter over golf accessories.
Winter winds redden and irritate skin and hands. Dr Blair's Dream of Cucumber soothes the stinging, removes shine, clear and smooths. Cream promises no hair growth, prevents blackheads, and reduces wrinkles. sells 50c and 1 at stores.
Frank Zagar, convicted of killing two men during a hold-up, was hanged in Chicago on the same gallows used by two other murderers who died yesterday. Ten additional condemned men received stays or reprieves instead of execution.
Master Commissioner in Chancery T Russell Cather orders a decree of reference for Willie B Ford estate. Creditors must present claims at offices on Rouss Avenue Winchester on November 8 1920 at 10 am or as continued. Publication in The Winchester Evening Star serves as notice to all interested parties.
Houston prepares for the 30th Annual Confederate Reunion from October 5 to 8 with three organizations gathering: United Confederate Veterans 13th meeting, Sons of Confederate Veterans 25th reunion, and Confederate Southern Memorial Association 21st convention. Thousands of veterans and tens of thousands of visitors will stay in private homes, hotels, schools, and downtown quarters, as tents are ruled out due to equipment shortages. Tickets: one cent per mile for certain members, with round trips to Dallas State Fair possible. lodging and meals provided or subsidized. parade, receptions, a grand ball, and a ship channel visit planned, as a major southern social event.
Attorney advertises sale of several properties including a good residence with 5 acres one mile east of city limits priced at 4500. Adjacent 750 acres with Berryville Turnpike frontage 100 by 400 priced at 650. A farm of 47 acres 314 miles from Winchester along Berryville Turnpike priced at 1500. Ten-acre orchard adjoining a farm at 1500. Contact M. Mulyncitry.
A fragmented note advises sparse meat use between meals with water and taking tablets immediately after meals to aid digestion. The text is garbled but implies instructions for bowel or digestive aid. It mentions timing after meals and references tablets and water as aids.
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