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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1926
Page
2
In a dull market, carloads of apples show limited movement amid cautious demand. Bureau of Agricultural Economics notes low activity and steady prices as shipments trail.
Train timetable listing for Norfolk and Western effective May 2, 1926. Details include Roanoke Bristol Welch Norton Waynesboro Pullman sleeper to Gary connections in Roanoke with Memphis Special to Chattanooga, dining car connections, local and express trains to Roanoke Hagerstown Washington Baltimore Philadelphia. sleepers to Philadelphia and New York. reservations via H H Burks Berryville VA or John L Bladen Roanoke VA.
U S No 1 Jona thans Staymans Grimes and Yorks sizes listed with per car and bulk bale prices. R L Greenings Baldwins Hubbardstons and Staymans show moderate price increases amid a dull demand and several cars consigned or contracted for future delivery.
Lucien Hodge was acquitted in Corporation Court before Judge Whiting of unlawfully obtaining gasoline from Winchester Garage. An earlier police court conviction and 60 day sentence were nullified, leaving him entirely free. Co-defendant Frank Shuey remains imprisoned on a sixty day sentence for related actions.
The report notes a prosecution claim that Hodge Shuey and another man instructed an attendant to fill a car with gas and then told the attendant to “curse it” before driving away. The allegation centers on an attempted offense connected to the fueling incident.
The physician’s bag found in a city coal yard last week contained drugs anesthetics instruments and equipment. Owner Dr V L Glover of Martinsburg W Va identified the bag by gold initials V I G2 and recovered it from Chief Doran in Winchester. Glover says the bag was stolen about three months ago by a dope fiend and morphia and other contents are missing or rusted from exposure.
A guardian or parent states that Harry McKee aged 18 has left home and the writer will not be responsible for any actions. Dated October 19 2021. EB T McKee is the signer.
The Geo. A. Cook Farm 2 miles from Winchester in the Apple Section offers an 80 acre bearing orchard 20 acres in blue grass and alfalfa. Features a large bank barn an eight room dwelling with bath and steam heat. Price 27000. G Clarence Miller.
An old advertisement touts Lifetone Tablets as a quick-acting cure for nervous fatigue. It claims two tablets after meals and two at night for two weeks improve confidence, ambition, and mental vigor with a money-back guarantee at Baker's Drug Store.
Prince, second son of the Japanese emperor, climbed the Matterhorn along with the Gross Schreckhorn and the Finsteraarhorn in the Bernese Oberland. He reached the summits on his father’s birthday and marked the Mikado festival atop one of the Alps highest peaks.
In police court yesterday Luther Nicholson and W H Spitler were fined 12 dollars each for drunkenness. Perry Smith R H Mahoney L W Cooke Hayden Whirley faced unlawful possession of liquor with 68 dollar fines and 30 days suspended jail. Wilbur Henry charged with unlawful possession of over two gallons of liquor received 118 dollar fine and costs and three months in jail with 500 dollar bond set to begin January 5.
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