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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1921
Page
2
The ad touts a thoroughly modern seven room home with hot water furnace hardwood floors and a premier location. It notes two homes on Fairmont Ave priced at 7000 and 5000 dollars and includes listings of utilities and a water powered flour mill with 17 acres of limestone land barn silo and more as the owner retires and sells.
One hundred or more units will reunite at the Third Annual National Convention of the American Legion in Kansas City on October 31 to November 2. Virginia Headquarters announces the meeting places designated for each unit and lists women elected as delegates and alternates at the Women’s Auxiliary executive committee meeting held October 15 1921 at the Jefferson Hotel.
A list of delegates and alternates selected across Virginia districts includes Dr K W Barrett and local officials from Alexandria Winchester Roanoke Petersburg Richmond Mathews and West Point with the balance named from Warren ton City Point Lawrenceville Staunton and other towns.
Grimes Virginia notes report Lloyd Bakery of Martinsburg operates a bread truck with driver Albert Fwik. Local residents and visitors include Aleshire family and Dan Leight with relatives in West Virginia. The Grimes Community League met at Mrs. Taylor’s home and a Washington wedding for E B Whatey and Vivian D Haun occurred October 15.
Little Misses Mar and Louise Taylor of Hedgesville W Va are visiting grandmother Mrs Ida Taylor at Orchard Glenn. Morton Harioe of Winchester and Mr. AS Clevenger of Lenore were in town on business. Newton Hardy of Greenspring and Mrs Newton Hardy called on relatives Thursday.
Dr. and Mrs. McGuire depart for Philadelphia to attend the twenty sixth annual meeting of the American Academy of Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology. More than a thousand eye ear nose and throat specialists from the United States and Canada will attend with foreign guests. Prof J Van der Hoeve of Leftien Holland is invited as official guest and will address the academy. Papers on general and scientific topics will be read covering industrial eye ear nose and throat diseases and social service aspects. Reports will cover operations and treatments for blindness and cross eyes.
Having acquired the stock and goodwill of Mrs. G L Alyshire the new store announces its intent to continue the funeral merchandise business in this place and seeks continued patronage from the public, promising service and appreciation.
In a city office John Ranhope, a rising attorney, confronts heartbreak as Ruth Windon accepts another's proposal. Burdened by sleepless nights and imagined social eclipses, he resolves to focus on work while a stenographer and a return of his smile hint at fragile hope.
A sharp comment about a woman’s character circulates in town after the claim she goes fishing with her husband and bait her own hook. Neighbors discuss propriety and gender roles amid the exchange.
May 29 1921 schedule lists trains for Berryville with routes to Bristol Roanoke Shenandoah Hagerstown and New York. Parlor cars Pullman sleepers and cafe car service noted. Connections at Roanoke Shenandoah Junction and Philadelphia. Agents listed for fares and reservations.
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