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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1921
Page
7
Public sale Saturday September 3 at 1 30 p m at the residence of W C Hawkins 320 N Kent St for household and kitchen furniture including a mahogany parlor suite a new Singer sewing machine mirrors and a large Brussels rug cash terms 29-5t we Ane as
The United Brethren Church building committee awarded the erection contract to Fred L. Glaize as the lowest bidder. Work will start as materials arrive with plans to roof the church before cold weather. Rodman, experienced in costly structures, will likely oversee the project. Bishop and Mrs. William Cabell Brown and daughters return to Richmond after August at Christ Church rectory.
Lord Northcliffe wrote to the New York World executive editor praising Joseph Jefferson O Neill as the best reporter in New York. He ordered O Neill's two column story printed in London papers with noting it shows American reporting at its best. O Neill came from Philadelphia and is noted for his personality and bulldog determination.
Banks announce holiday closings for Labor Day on Monday September 5 1921 with notes that maturing paper can be paid on the next business day September 6 1921. Signatories include H D Fuller cashier Farmers and Merchants National Bank Charles Summers cashier Union Bank of Winchester John I Sloat cashier Commercial and Savings Bank and Wm Q Hardy cashier Shenandoah Valley National Bank.
The Rev Mr Depp will preach at the Methodist Episcopal Church in Greenwood at 3 30 p m Sunday. The Sunday school gathers at 2 30 p m.
In Stephens City Virginia Local No 1151 of the Farmers Educational and Cooperative Union of America held a picnic in Dr Power's woods on August 27. The event featured a cadence of farm life praise, a talk by Prof Koontz on lime and fertilizers, and a plan for the next meeting September 3 at Stephens City High School.
Wholesale prices are listed for butter and dairy products, meats, grains, and feeds with ranges for items such as country butter, creamery butter, young chickens, bacon, corn meal, and hay. Prices include standard middlings, flour, cotton seed meal, and shelled corn with notes of corrections as of the previous day.
Opequon Va on Sept 1 report shows Mr and Mrs Newton Burkhart visiting in Mount Williams with relatives. Several locals attended a Gore picnic. Other reads note visits by Miss Katie Burkhart and Miss Beathie Snapp, plus confirmations of Winchester and Charleston travel for Mrs Abney Payne and Blanche Morley family.
The class will depart Sunday morning at 9 30 from the classroom to attend services with the Organized Men's Class of Boyce. Those with cars are urged to offer rides for this occasion as Mayor Glass will address the two classes and other speakers will be present.
Winchester Virginia August 17 1921 annual meeting of stockholders will be held at the office of R Gray Williams Winchester VA on Friday September 2 1921 at 1215 p m for election of a president and boards of directors and for other business as may come before it Wy Woolford Secretary.
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