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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1922
Page
7
Freehold Lumber Company in Flinn Alleghaney County Virginia invites men skilled with sawmill lumber yard logging railroad and woods plus carpenters and millwrights for construction. They offer good wages and good quarters and board. If you want a job see them. October 9 1912 ad.
Charles Buckley an intoxicated electrician in San Francisco offered to give his five year old daughter Isabel to the parents of Marion Newton the four year old killed in Buckleys auto. The mother refused though Buckley claimed she approved the gesture as compensation. Buckley remains jailed awaiting manslaughter and drunken driving charges.
Templars held C Vernon Eddy past eminent commander of Winchester Commandery and current senior warden of the Grand Commandery of Virginia. At the annual Richmond election, where officers are usually promoted, he likely will be elected grand captain general.
Captain D A Winslow president of the Old Dominion Steamship Company of Norfolk Virginia arrived in town today with Mrs Winslow and will be guests for several days at the home of Mr and Mrs Boyd R Richards on South Washington Street. Mr and Mrs Albert L Baker have returned from a visit to New York City where they spent the past week with friends.
Emjil Gehutte was executed at the state prison in Eld, Connecticut, after being convicted of three murders. He entered the death chamber with two red roses and kept a firm grip on them until death.
A new type of holdup man in City, Missouri, has stripped victims and fled, leaving them in alleys and unable to seek help. Over the past week police have not captured this suspect. in three days five holdups occurred and only one robber escaped with clothing.
Chicago Daily News reporter confirms the so called lion sighting was a dog. Meanwhile reporters and big game hunters continue to chase the misidentified animal as the trail remains active in the dunes.
Gloucester Mass October 24 The Henry Ford schooner withdrew from the North Atlantic international fishing schooner championship after Captain Morrisey asserted the boat and crew had already secured the two races needed for the title. The Ford had won yesterday with a midship crew aided by Secretary of the Navy Denby. a prior race was voided for ignoring postponement signals. A dinner and a letter from President Harding praising the races as fostering goodwill between the United States and Canada followed.
Martinsburg West Virginia October 24 a group of quarry workers found a newborn infant along a route to a limestone plant. Authorities say the child may have been thrown from a moving car and parts of the body were snagged on a barbed wire fence. The baby’s fate is unclear and injuries suggest multiple fractures.
President Harding approves of Brigadier General Charles E. Sawyer and will not demand his resignation despite calls from the American Legion at its New Orleans convention. Officials say the hospitalization plan Sawyer chairs was the President's voluntary creation and he bears final responsibility.
The text notes many remains of Romar buildings across Europe with small brick sizes akin to tiles. It suggests English workers called tilers were likely brickmakers and highlights Hampton Court and Leicester Palace as two fine medieval brick examples in London.
A concise reflection contrasts man’s readiness to repair a car after a knock with his reluctance to fix his own throat or voice. The piece notes the inconsistency in self care between machines and the body, illustrating human behavior.
A Sheboygan reader, Mrs. B. Lanser, reports nervous distress and sleepless nights eased after seven bottles of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The ad portrays the product as a natural restorative aiding women through midlife changes with symptoms like melancholia irritability headaches and dizziness.
New York October 4 The Christian exodus from eastern Thrace will end in about ten days with an estimated 380000 Christians leaving the territory The Near East Relief organization reports in a telegram Greek Christians flee to Macedonia the Greek mainland and Bulgaria Greek officials approve the relief effort.
Neighbors and friends hosted a miscellaneous shower for Catherine Stickley in Vaucluse Virginia. Guests opened linen and silver gifts, enjoyed games, and a buffet luncheon. Edward Rodgers of Washington, D C, is the prospective bridegroom, with the wedding planned for early November. Mr Omar Stickley hosted a dinner for Miss Stickley and members of her bridal party and relatives.
The Chamber of Commerce asks B and O to restore passenger trains Nos. 56 and 407, annulled during last summer's strike. Secretary Andrew Bell reports letters sent to Baltimore and Ohio officials and partial acknowledgments. Full restoration depends on main line services resuming, as 56 and 407 connect at Harpers Ferry. No. 56 formerly reached Winchester at 1.26 PM. No. 407 at 9.15 PM.
The article notes radium, valued at about two million dollars per ounce, is extracted from carnelite ore located in Colorado and Utah. It also mentions carnelite contains potash uranium and vanadium.
Georges Carpentier has issued a formal challenge to Battling Siki for a return bout in Paris. The interim period under French boxing rules passed since Siki won the European heavyweight title in the sixth round of their first meeting.
The special city grand jury, drawn last Thursday October 19, has held secret meetings and may consider matters beyond indictments. Foreman Stewart Bell and members Howard Cather W A Bailey George B Chapman Dr E A Humston and F A Robinson serve, with another meeting planned at City Hall. No presentment has been returned to Judge Whiting and details remain undisclosed.
Joseph Heflin, sentenced for failure to support his wife and child and for alleged cruelty, was arrested in Berryville after escaping from the convict road force southeast of town. He claims to have worked in a mine near Uniontown and hid under leaves when officers passed. He faces arraignment and possible extension of his sentence.
J. R. and K. W. Adams chiropractors were fined 250 dollars each and sentenced to 60 days in jail on the charge of practicing medicine without a certificate or license. Appeals noted, bonds set at 750 dollars. Commander Richard Evelyn Byrd Jr. of the U S Naval Air Forces arrived in town to visit his mother Mrs. R. E. Byrd on Amherst Street.
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