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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1919
Page
4
Telegraph lines show Bell 83 United consolidating with Morning News The Weekly News The Weekly and The Weekly Mirror in a regional press merger. The move combines multiple titles into a single publication to expand reach and reduce costs.
Testimony recounts a shooting near a creek in Chesterfield where Shackelford fired his gun at close range. Key witnesses include Mrs. Shackelford, the widow, who defended Shackelford’s actions as a liquor transport in dry territory, and agents like Herman Goode claiming no alcohol was tasted. The trial features tense moments as Judge Tavenner questions Sweet about three discharged shots tied to Shackelford’s death.
Announcement of the marriage of Miss Mary March of this city to Mr Wylie J Jones of Lugoff S C. The ceremony occurred Friday August 29 at 2 PM in Washington performed by Rev Jones. The couple will reside in DeLand Florida where Jones has purchased land and a grove bearing fruit.
President Wilson spoke to a capacity audience in Missouri praising the peace treaty as a charter for a new world order. He outlined arbitration over force, noted treaties already signed, and said the league principles were already adopted by the United States in a vast Convention Hall gathering.
Serious clashes between German and British soldiers at Euskirchen 20 miles southwest of Cologne left one man badly injured. The German commander Kuptur was court martialed and sentenced to death. The town was fined 100000 marks.
Light trading marked today’s short session as labor issues weighed on sentiment. U S Steel fell about 1.58 points while related issues in equipment and rails also declined. shipping and several motor stocks rose 1 to 5 points. Volume approached 400 000 shares and the close was irregular.
Weather Bureau forecast for the week beginning Monday calls for occasional showers after Tuesday in the North and Middle Atlantic States. Interior temperatures to run above normal early then near normal later in the week.
A fragment suggests a person asks for assistance amid court involvement with limited readable details. Key names or places are not clear in the fragment.
The National War Work Council reports total expenditures of 97.8 million dollars from April 26, 1917, to March 31, 1919, with 80 percent for canteen supplies and entertainment. It urges immediate payment of outstanding pledges to continue work through December 31, 1919, detailing overseas and home efforts including camps, schools, and athletic programs.
Miss Lula May Brill daughter of Mrs Anna B Brill and the late Solomon Brill died yesterday at 119 East James Street after a four weeks illness from typhoid fever The funeral will be held at 3 pm tomorrow from her home with Rev H G Spencer of Market Street Methodist Episcopal Church officiating Interment in Mount Hebron Cemetery Survived by her mother two brothers Lohr Brill of Los Angeles and William Brill in the AEF now at Camp Merritt and a sister Nellie J Brill She was in her 28th year and a niece of Mrs W A Pingley H F Frye and John Brill
The first of several hundred Boy Scout leaders from New England to Washington arrive in New York for an educational campaign conference. Under L. W. Barclay the National Council instructor staff will lead a week long course in scoutcraft at the Boy Scout reservation.
A thoughtful reflection on how to interact with different minds. It contrasts how to leave a favorable impression with great minds versus smaller minds. The passage emphasizes tact, respect, and self-presentation in social exchange.
Vienna reports Dr. Karl Renner, head of the Austrian peace delegation, will return to St Germain on Sunday to sign the peace treaty handed to Austria this week. The piece notes the peace effort and reflects on small, daily choices to keep life sunny.
A letter from Upperville Virginia reports the marriage of Miss Marie Agnes Buckner to Mr Joseph Gilbert Gibson in Washington D C on August 28 with minimal witnesses. The Rev Titus B Davis officiated at the Presbyterian church. The bride, from Fauquier and Loudoun counties, is a granddaughter of Col Jesse A Buckner and kin to Simon B Buckner. The groom is a nephew of the late Gilbert Gibson. The couple receive hearty congratulations for a long and happy life.
In New York on September 6 the month long actors strike ending after forcing shutdowns of most legitimate theaters is settled. An open shop is agreed, and Francis Wilson of Actors' Equity says all differences are settled to mutual satisfaction.
The State Department reports the Mexican robbers who held up American sailors from the monitor Cheyenne in the Tampico district have been caught and are being held at Tampico. Belongings of the sailors were recovered. A marriage license was issued to Hale C. Moore of Kernstown and Miss Stella O. Haines of Hayfield.
Hon. A. Moore Jr of Clarke county ends long legal career and turns practice over to Moore and Rixey firm. The new firm will include J F Moore, his son, and Jao Rixey, son of the late C Rixey of Culpeper.
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