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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1919
Page
4
Poetic warning from Walt Mason decries profiteering during hard times. Citizens fear price gouging on tea, hats, and goods as inflation bites. The speaker imagines Uncle Sam’s wrath, calls for restraint, and hopes for justice or punishment for hoarding and racketeering.
Fragments lament the end of summer and the arrival of September. The poem contrasts summer’s value for crops with the desire for cooler air and relief from heat, ending with unclear garbled lines.
A Winchester retiree Jacob Randall testifies that kidney problems and back pain were relieved after using Doan's Kidney Pills. Randall notes family members also benefited and praises the remedy. Available at all dealers, Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo, N Y.
Hogue Creek Va Aug 30 Fortnightly notes report visitors from Baltimore Brucetown Winchester and Hagerstown. Mt Olive Sunday school plans grove picnic Sept 6 inviting all. Several residents convalescing from illness and hosting visits.
The article details bronze victory medals with United States Forces 1917-1918, awarded by Winchester and Frederick County to soldiers and families of those who died in World War I. Nurses receive similar medals, with nearly 8900 medals planned for service members and relatives. The presentation occurs at Market Street City Hall after a banquet, with soldiers presenting ID cards for eligibility.
Mrs Colver D Garwood and her son from Burnettsville South Carolina have returned home after visiting Mr and Mrs J F Streit on North Braddock Street.
Winchester officials require extra police to block cars on parade streets for Monday’s celebration. Red Cross Home Service opens two rest rooms for women and children, one at the Court House and one at 11 North Main Street, with hostesses and a matron on site to assist travelers and weary attendees.
Av kolaters sailors and marines members of Company I will assemble under Lieut W A Baker on Market Street between Water and IcCadilly Streets at ten o'clock sharp on Monday in uniform.
Local organizers call for children willing to ride ponies in the Red Crow section parade. Adams phone to 17-J to respond for participation and detailed marching explanations.
The local team of returned colored soldiers will meet the crack Bridgewater squad in a Monday game.
Handley Library will be closed all day on Monday September 1. Books due that day may be returned the following day without fines. Coffee shop services?
Through the courtesy of the local lodge of Odd Fellows colored, the rooms will be open all day Monday for the use of visiting colored people, and a committee will be on hand to look after the comfort of the guests and to give information. All girls in the Viet chorus meet at the Auditorium Monday at 9 45 a.m.
Mrs. W. McC. Bond urges all Red Cross women to meet at Equity grounds at 9 30 a m Monday and wear caps. No invitations will be mailed. members are asked to accept the Tri Star invitation.
The celebration committee asks all families of soldiers to display their service flags on Monday and to decorate homes with a flag if possible.
All members are asked to meet at the engine house at 9 30 on Monday September 1 in uniform to take part in the Victory celebration parade. By order 29 1p 21c H HARDY Captain.
Banks will be closed on Labor Day Monday. Notes due on September 1 may be paid the following day without protest.
Company I calls all members to assemble in front of the Empire Theater at 10 a.m. September 1 for overseas duties. Recruits to report in full dress and caps as instructed.
By order of the district court of the United States for the Western District of Virginia dated July 19 1919 the undersigned trustee offers six building lots at the southwest corner of South Market and James streets Winchester Va. Sale begins Sept 18 1919 at 11 am with one third cash and balance in two equal installments at 6 percent interest. deed of trust and insurance required. Subject to court confirmation. Warren Rica Trustee C B E Chrismore Bankrupt Aug 30 2w.
In the Clerk's office of the Corporation Court of Winchester Virginia on August 4 1918 Laura Morgan vs. subject appears in a docket entry. The notice identifies legal action and associates parties filed in Winchester. Further details are unreadable in the fragment.
Real estate notice lists multiple farms from 100 to 310 acres with prices around mid hundreds to thousands. Properties include timber tracts, orchards, creek and bottom land, and several houses with outbuildings. Bailey Bros. Store advertises farm listings and rural parcels for sale.
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