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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1920
Page
5
The advertisement claims skin eruptions are caused by blood disorders and promotes S S S as a thorough blood purifier that cleanses impurities and counteracts germs. It offers free medical advice by writing a complete history of the case to a Georgia address.
Star reporter notes the General Education Board’s educational survey of Winchester showing high national regard for local Handley School study. Williams cites Board support, Johns Hopkins link, and broader democratic aims, urging costly but essential teacher pay and universal public education to safeguard democracy. Mrs Blakemore travels to Norfolk to aid ill sister-in-law Walter Shannon.
An old bachelor remarks that women believe in their hearts that woman is superior to men, but few are willing to admit it openly. The fragment hints at gender views without clear context or attribution.
Winchester notes a nation wide effort started by the National Committee for Chamber of Commerce cooperation with public schools. The campaign urges higher teacher salaries to attract trained staff, improve buildings, and reveal city by city comparisons nationwide. The program will release detailed data on housing school facilities and overall education costs.
The article outlines a project to commemorate early community figures with bronze tablets. Prominent pre-revolutionary personas will be highlighted in briefer sketches, each marker bearing the 1758 County Court Seal. A church official will fund a tablet marking a fact or place tied to its origins.
Colonel James Wood of Winchester founded the town before 1743 and received a February 1752 charter. He served as the first Surveyor of Orange County, helped carve Frederick County in 1738, and became the first Clerk of Frederick County in 1743 until his death in November 1759. He supervised the construction of the county’s first courthouse west of the Blue Ridge at Glen Burnie, a mansion still owned by his descendants.
A tablet commemorates Frederick County still in occasional use, representing its ongoing function and status.
The text recounts Lord Fairfax’s ownership and public uses of a Winchester square bounded by Court House Avenue Main Water and Market Streets. It notes the first Court House site the Market House and Jail locations the Established Church burial ground the 1752 charter expansion and Fairfax residence Greenway Court near White Post. Fairfax died after Cornwallis surrender and was buried in the churchyard near the tablet. About 1827 Episcopal Church relocations altered remains.
During 1749 to 1753 the building served as George Washington’s surveyor’s office while in Fairfax service. Washington later occupied it while supervising Fort Loudoun’s erection in 1756 to 1757. The adjacent lot hosted three militia companies from the Virginia line in Winchester. From 1758 to 1761 Washington represented Winchester and Frederick in the House of Burgesses in Williamsburg.
In Chambersville Va on October 27 growers report deep debt as barrels and labor cost rise while fruit prices fall. The fall weather has been good for work but rain is urgently needed. chestnut hunters from Winchester and other areas were seen in the mountains and along roads.
A retrograde and pro education ballot explainer outlines amendments to Virginia Constitution sections 100 130 168 180 825 117 183 186 138 and 184. It details voting choices For or Against each measure including school taxes bonds local government powers and road construction funding with notes on required voter marks and eligibility.
Mr Charles Hilbert and two daughters from Pennsylvania stayed with Mr and Mrs Joseph Coeper during a short trip from Hamahova to Winchester in five and a half hours by Yard car. Roy Good and family visited Mrs Good's parents James and Mrs Fitching near Berryville on Sunday. Mrs J E Sherman has reportedly regained mobility, and Miss Lillian Cooper is visiting her brother in Kernatown while Mr and Mrs Arthur Cooper are noted residents.
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