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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1922
Page
1
Winchester Fair Ends With Largest Mardi Gras Crowd
The Winchester Fair closes after what officials call the most successful fifty three years. Friday's automobie races attract a large crowd. prize livestock parade delights thousands. Mardi Gras draws the week’s largest attendance and a long fireworks display lights the sky. The fair reports a healthy bank balance after paying expenses and ensuring safety with a first aid tent, hospital, nurses, and ambulances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Afrnoon
Owith National
Memorit Hospital
Winchester. Fire. Department
Sarah Zane
Red Cross
Captain Milton Rouss Dies at 82 in Jefferson County
Captain Milton Rouss, 82, prominent Jefferson County resident and veteran of the Civil War, died at Shannon Park near Charles Town. He had served in Chew's Battery and as lieutenant in Company B, later became a fruit grower, and was prisoner at Johnson's Island for years. Survived by widow and four sons Milton George Frank and H H Rouss, burial planned in Winchester with arrangements for Rouss Lot at Mount Hebron Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Town
W. Va
Milton Rouss
Jefferson County
Shannon Park
Prederick
Peter Rouss
Chew
New York
Rouss
Johnson’s Island
E. Boyd Faulkner
Martinsburg
William L. Wilson
Milton
George
Frank
H.H. Rouss
Winchester
Captain Rouss
Charles Broadway Rouss
Mount Hebron
Notice to Fruit Growers
National Fruit Product Co announces that ready to receive cider apples at Winchester and Waynesboro and Alexandria Va and Martinsburg WV plus loading stations at Covesville Tablers Inwood and Ridgeway WV. Canning plant in Winchester Va to begin operation within ten days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Waynesboro
Alexandria
Martinsburg
Covesville
Two Great Actors Headline City Fair Week
Tonight Richard Barthelmess stars at the Empire Theatre while tomorrow Lionel Barrymore appears in a Paramount life of crime film Boom erang Bill. Matinee at 2 30. Prices remain the same for each show.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Richard Barthelmess
Empire Theatre
Lionel Barrymore
Paramount
Laborers Wanted for Trenches and Gas Mains
25 men wanted immediately to open trenches and lay gas mains. Pay $2.00 per day. Apply Gas Office, 21 West Piccadilly. Street. Experienced girl wanted for general housework. Mrs. Carl Massey, Ridgewood Orchards. Lost keys in laundry container. Reward at Star office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Piccadilly
Carl Massey
Ridgewood Orchards
Star Office
Aged Winchester Resident William M Wagner Dies at 92
The funeral of William M Wagner a longtime Winchester resident who died after a period of ill health was held after his body was brought home from Watsontown Pennsylvania. The service at the grave was led by Rev Dr William Hervey Woods. Wagner was 92 years old and leaves a son William B Wagner and a sister-in-law Mrs J H Wagner among other relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William M. ‘Wagner
Winchester
J. H. Wagner
Watsontown
Wagner
Pennsylvania Railroad
Bedington
IW. Va
William B. Wagner
William Hervey Woods
Presbyterian Church
James N. Grant
J. M. Spurr
A. Affieck
A.C. Slonaker
G.W. Strickler
North Braddock Street
Pennsylvania
Frank Wagner
Orchard Crates Ready For Distribution From Orchard Supply Co
Orchard Supply Co announces third car of specially made picking crates ready for distribution. Last car of the season for growers to place orders now. Limited supply available while production lasts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orchard Supply CO
Scout troop orders for drill and meeting at church
G O Snapp delivers orders for immediate delivery and reports for drill next Tuesday and Thursday nights. Peyton J Marshall commands Troop 3 Boy Scouts urging every Scout to attend the 7 30 pm meeting at the Reformed Church for important business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Headquarters CO
Peyton J. Marshall
BOY Scouts
Rouss Firemen Postpone Regular Meeting
The Charley Rouss Fire Co. announces its regular meeting tonight is postponed until next Friday night by order of President W. E. Huntsberry.
Star Will Not Publish Monday Labor Day
Notice to subscribers and advertisers that The Evening Star will not be issued on Monday September 4 for Labor Day. Wanted clean cotton rags at Star Office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evening Star
Star Office
Martinsburg Auto Crash Fatal for Clarence Snapp
Clarence M. Snapp, 35, unmarried, died at City Hospital Martinsburg after a Ford tourer struck a telegraph pole near Inwood while returning from Winchester fair. Four men were aboard. Snapp was crushed on the right side of his head. The injured were L. L. Bentz Harold C. Keedly and James Clendenning. Snapp was a World War veteran and Martinsburg bookkeeper. His body will be taken to Winchester for burial at Mount Hebron Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Star
Mairtinsburg
W. Va
Clarence M. Snapp
Winchester_fair
Pennsylvania
Inwood
Snapp
L. L. Bentz
Jeweler
Harold C. Keedly
James Clendenning
Abies City
Bentz
Clégdenning
Luther
West John Street
Clearbrook
Frederick County
J. W. Lloyd
Martinsburg
Morris and
Holmes
Ridgeway
Joseph
Martinsboro
Loring
Charles Town
May Herrell
John Cochran
Snapps
Winchester
MountAebron Cemetery
Clendenning
Keedy
Gilpin Favors Road Transfer in Clarke County
Hon. Kenneth N. Gilpin of Boyce endorses transferring Clarke county roads to the state and cites the $200,000 bond issue that was invalid. He argues the state takeover saves county cost, shortens travel to Washington, and aids motor commerce while urging thorough, lasting construction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gilpin Favors
Clarke. CO
Kenneth N. Gilpin
Boyce
Clarke County
Gilpin
Opequon
Millwood
Berryville
Berrys Ferry
Washington
Frederick
Eaaetvet
Warren
Rappahannock
Trinkle Told Confederate Honor Surpasses Governorship
Gov E Lee Trinkle told Rotarians the honor of being a Confederate veteran surpasses the Virginia governorship. He spoke at a Winchester Rotary luncheon amid 40 Rotarians and many veterans. Judge Godrick and Dr Thomas J Jackson attended. Virginia’s progress and welfare of veterans were highlighted. The program included songs by Mrs Virginia DuShane and a Dixie singalong with a rebel yell from veterans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
Old Dominion
Judge Godrick
Fredericksburg
Thomas J. Jackson
Chi
Samuel D O'Neal
Alexander Lyon
Youngstown
H. D. Fuller
Virginia DuShane
Sewanee River
Fuller
W. W. Glass
Vets Oppose Lee Highway Change at Chattanooga
The Grand Camp of Confederate Veterans of Virginia adopts a resolution opposing rerouting Lee Highway from Chattanooga to Memphis. It argues the original path through Virginia Tennessee Alabama Mississippi and Texas better serves the South and links to the Bankhead and Texas routes, urging support for the New Orleans corridor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chattanooga
Tenn
Memphis
New Orleans
Robert B. Lew
New
Pied
Arlington
Winchester
Virginia
Lexington
Roanoke
Bristol
Birmingham
Meriden
South
Tennessee
Alabama
Mississippi
Louisiana
Texas
Georgia
Florida
Confederate States
General Lee
San Antonio
Mexico
United States
Winchester Public Schools Open 1922 23 Sept 11 and Registration
The Winchester Public Schools begin the 1922 23 session on September 11. New Winchester residents in grades 1-6 register Sept 4–6 at the John Kerr Building and grades 7-12 at Equity Grounds. County pupils register Sept 16. No reserve seats for unregistered pupils after Sept 8.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester Public Schools
Winchester
John Kerr
Equity
Shepherd Property Sale Planned for Saturday at Court House
The 7 room residence with cellar bath electric lights and gas owned by late Mrs Shepherd at 2% W Cork street will be sold in front of Court House at noon on Saturday this week with immediate possession.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Esirabel
Government seeks permanent injunction against rail strikers
The Attorney General urged a federal court to grant a permanent injunction to curb railroad labor unrest. He argued unions cannot dictate to the nation and warned government action would prevail to preserve the open shop. He cited extensive law enforcement preparations with thousands of investigators and marshals assigned to the effort.
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Mr. Daugherty
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