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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1920
Page
7
Judge Fishburne ordered a December 7 election to decide if Charlottesville should switch from the current city form to a radical modified commission system under the 1919 Code. The measure, urged by over 400 electors, would abolish the existing aldermen and mayor in favor of five councilmen serving four year terms.
In Martinsburg West Virginia on October 19 the Circuit Court paid tribute to the late Judge E Boyd Faulkner with formal exercises Eulogies were delivered by Judge J M Woods District Attorney Stuart W Walker Prosecuting Attorney Allen B Noll and attorneys Clarence E Martin A C McIntyre and J C Henson Resolutions from the Berkeley County Bar Association were spread on the court minutes Faulkner presided in the district for 21 years He died September 20 and was buried the opening day of the September term.
The Corporation Clerks office issued marriage licenses yesterday to Joseph William Teets aged 48 a farmer of Loudoun County Virginia and Miss Maggie May Pickering daughter of John Pickering of Winchester. also to George Farmer Strohlin 27 a brick layer of Marietta Pennsylvania and Miss Mary F Heisey aged 30 daughter of Harry Heisey of Elizabethtown Pennsylvania.
Rev. Dr. W. F. Gruver and wife and Miss Myrtle Ruby of Martinsburg West Virginia spent a few hours Friday.
The Star publishes today’s wholesale price quotes for local markets. Butter and dairy items show creamery butter at varied levels, eggs and crackled corn noted, with oats, barley, rye, hay, flour, corn meal, and feed items priced. Beef and lamb prices are listed alongside livestock: fat steers 10 to 11 dollars, lambs 8 to 13 dollars, heifers and calves priced accordingly.
Richmond dispatch reports preparations are underway for tuberculosis Christmas seals sales across Virginia counties. State headquarters hold materials, with funds supporting local tuberculosis work, nurse payments, health surveys, sanatorium care, school posters, cups and towels, clinic doctor services, and clinic equipment. A calendar guides steps from November 1 to December 26, with November 15 supply deadlines and Thanksgiving Sunday urged for sermons on fighting the white plague.
An old advertisement touts Gowan's penetrating salve for colds and croupy babies. It claims rapid relief by penetrating the air passages, with a rubefying but non irritating fat base, safe for external use on children and for cuts burns and insect bites. Price 30¢ 60¢ and $1.20 at druggists.
An advertisement from Hagerstown Maryland offers to study “special cases” and reveal the trouble, asking readers to send name and address for a diagnostic service. The note questions weaknesses and recommends actions to take for difficult illnesses.
An old advertisement warns that calomel is dangerous and ineffective. It promotes Dodson's Liver Tone as a safe, vegetable-based substitute that cleanses the liver without causing salivation or side effects and can be used for children.
Raymond Grim, eighteen, was jailed after a forgery charge filed by Peoples Bank of Stephens City. He faces a county magistrate Wednesday afternoon for alleged October 13 check for 138 dollars made out to Geo B Chapman, the Winchester auto dealer. Bank officers noted forged endorsements and described the suspect, leading to his arrest in Winchester. Grim denies involvement, claiming employment near Stephens City on that day.
The Middletown Agricultural High School team led by Lucien Brumback Paul Hammack and Olint Pope won the state judging contest at the Richmond State Fair by seventeen points with a total of 1076 as the next team scored 1959. They earned a handsome trophy for the school and a free trip to Chicago for the students and instructor Mr. Charles F Warren.
Billed as a household dye brand Diamond Dyes urges customers to avoid streaks and ruined fabrics by using their product with simple, clear directions printed on each package.
A vintage advertisement touts lemon juice mixed with Orchard White to create a gentile home bleach. It claims the solution lightens skin and reduces freckles sunburn and tan with daily facial application, noting famous stage beauties use lemon juice for a rosy white look.
Leslie D. Kline notes the international stock judging contest at the International Live Stock Show offers a chance to meet the country’s brightest youths and see some of the world’s finest animals.
George Farmer Strohm of Marietta Pa and Miss Mary Farmer Helsey of Elizabethtown Pa wed at noon yesterday at the Reformed Church parsonage by Rev. Clee Woods. The couple, touring the Shenandoah Valley, decided to marry before returning home. The groom is the son of contractor G. H. Strohm of Marietta.
Philadelphia authorities and relatives of Elmer Drewes a Dartmouth College senior said they believed the death, a bullet in the forehead, may have been accidental and caused by a friend or acquaintance. Robbery was ruled out as nearly $1,000 in cash and Liberty bonds remained in his pocket. The aunt suggested a second hand car purchase could explain the mystery.
Fishburne Military School defeated Shenandoah Valley Academy yesterday as reported in the Staunton News Leader.
The Waynesboro eleven shifts players Luke and Jacobs to the backfield while O’Keefe and Hirons return at back positions. Captain Wodd misses the game with a crippled leg. next Saturday Fishburne is set to meet Fork Union, with the game still pending.
An amateur tried to collect 625 dollars from two local banks on two irregular checks drawn on garage dealers. One was claimed as payment for a car. Police captured the offender after the scheme failed. both checks raised suspicion at banks.
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