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Winchester Evening Star in Winchester, Virginia
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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1919
Page
4
Prices Rise and Scarcity Stuns Market Hopes
The fragmentary text depicts merchants and shoppers frustrated by high prices and shortages. It hints at dwindling hides and footwear materials, bread scarcity for children, barber shortages, and a forecast of an eventual market slump and government action, with references to a sheriff and rising costs.
New Engineering Firm Forms To Improve Winchester Attractiveness
Edmonds and A Webster Richards form a partnership to boost Winchester utility and attractiveness. Richards, MIT trained architect formerly with Kineton and Navy yards, joins to enhance local siding, building plans, and war-period projects, promising a strong combined effort for the Shenandoah Valley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Eda
Shenandoah Valley
Harri
Martinsburg
Edmonds
A. Webster Richards
Hester
Washington
Mass Institute of Technology
Sre
W. McCornack
Kineton
Navy
Cigar Makers Return to Work After Wage Deal
About 25 000 cigar makers and packers plan to return to work on Monday after accepting a 10 percent wage increase. The Associated Press report notes the end of the strike and the returning workforce, with coverage from New York dated October 25.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
New York
Listen Lester at Empire Tuesday
John Gort's Listen Lester musical comedy, crowd favorite at New York's Knickerbocker, comes to the Empire for a special engagement on Tuesday October 28. The lively show follows a flirtatious heroine at a Palm Beach hotel as blackmailing letters drive schemes with a burlesque porter Lester, delivering musical numbers and clever dancing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lester
John Gort
Knickerbocker Theatre
New York
Empire
Pala Beach
Brucetown Briefer Reports Local Visits and Prohibition Talk
Brucetown Virginia residents report visits to Luray Caverns Cherry Run and Martinsburg with family and friends. An address by Dr Chaffin on Prohibition at the village church drew attention while regular Sunday school and services are announced for October 26 and 10 am.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brucetown
Robert Smith
Lohn Purcell
Albert Whitacre
Luray Caverns
Charles Starlipper
Corrie Swimley
Jack Boden
Raymond Boden
Cherry Run
Howard
Carroll Snapp
John Snapp
Hagerstown
W. B. Timberlake
Jasee
Chaffin
George Wright
Byrd. Purcell
Washington
C. D. Lambert
Winchester Man Charged With Felony In Circuit Court
Raymond L. Watson once in the Winchester auto trade faces two Jefferson County grand jury felony indictments in Charlestown West Virginia. One alleges he defrauded Mrs Mary L Roberts of 200 dollars by selling an automobile took cash then failed to deliver. Police issued a warrant. Watson left Winchester weeks ago and is believed to be in Detroit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson County
Charlestown
W. Va
Raymond L. Watson
Winchester
Watson
Mary L. Roberts
Detroit
Bolsheviks Claim Recaptures Near Petrograd and Siberian Front
London dispatch reports Bolshevik wireless claim to recapture Tarnovsk and Ts Selo south of Petrograd with many prisoners taken. It also says Bolsheviks retook Tovolsk on the Siberian front from Admiral Kolchak's forces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
London
Tarnovsk
Ts Selo
Petrograd
Tovolsk
Siberian
Kolchak
Bolshevik Premier Lenine Reported Captured
Honolulu dispatch reports Bolshevik premier Lenine captured by anti Bolshevik forces. The wire message picked up by the Japanese steamship Tenyo Maru in Honolulu Harbor offered no further details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Honolulu
H. T
Nicholli ‘Lenine
Russia
Taxes due 1919 with 3 percent penalty note
The 1919 taxes are due now with a 3 percent penalty added on all taxes unpaid by October 31, 1919. City Treasurer William T. Barr directs payment to avoid the extra charge.
Needlework Guild Seeks New Articles by October 31
Members of the Needlework Guild are asked to donate two new articles and deliver them to the director by October 31. Mrs. J. A. Richard serves as Vice-President and Miss May H. Heist as Secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. Richard
May H. Heist
Associated Press
Constipation Remedy Suggested for Health
The notice urges regular bowels for health and praises Chamberlain's Tablets as mild and effective. It claims they aid digestion through proper diet and exercise, noting they are inexpensive at a quarter and available from all dealers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberlain
Health remedy claim for indigestion and constipation
Advertisement claims a remedy restores health and happiness for indigestion biliousness and constipation. It urges trials with promise of pleasing results. Available at all dealers.
Fruit Farm For Sale Near Winchester On Sen Seney Road
Hunter Boyd Gold offers a one hundred acre farm two miles from Winchester on the Sen Seney Road. The property features shale soil ideal for cultivation with blue grass, ten acres of Grimes Golden and Stayman Winesap apples, clay sub soil, and an appealing high-elevation home site. Immediate purchase incentive available.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Senseney
Hunter Boyd Gold
Stock Farm for Sale in Loudoun County Virginia
FOR SALE 232-2 STOCK FARM in Loudoun County Va on Pike one mile fron t Washington and Leesburg three miles from electric line well fenced with wire watered good land lays well not hilly or rocky 30 acres in bottom land good farmhouse barn wage desirable property operated as stock land grain farm Price 12600 Terms desired Nearby farms sell from 75 to 100 per acre A Hi Burll Farnstown Hergdyn Va
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Lousdoun County
Pike
Washington
Leesburg
Virginia
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