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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1922
Page
7
An array of classified items includes a furnished house for rent near Handley School, CHAPMAN AUTO SALES listing an eight room house on six acres two miles from town, and various wanted ads for an energetic representative, a waitress, and a general housemaid. Also offers for starting a Rawleighs business and sales of wagons and nursery acreage.
For sale Fox truck at a low price, quick buyer preferred. Write M. care Star to inquire.
Mosbys men of the Forty t Virginia Battalion gathered in Culpeper Va for a reunion drawing a large crowd. Mayor Aiden Bell welcomed the command at Fairfax Theater and a dinner followed at Masonic Hall hosted by local women and the A P Hill Camp. Capt Frank Angelo was re elected commander and Lieut Channing Smith adjutant. The gathering included 47 Mosbys men 45 Confederate Veterans and 64 daughters and sons of the Confederacy. A 1923 reunion planning and war time narratives were requested for historical records.
The First Baptist Church lists a full day of activities including 9 45 a m Sunday school with all ages classes led by the pastor, 11 a m public worship sermon The Man Catcher, 630 p m young people training with Bible study, 730 p m evening song service and sermon Out of Self Into Christ. Pastor Charles Adey invites worshipers to join and hear the evangelistic message of Christ crucified.
Captain Milton Rouss who died at his Jefferson county home last Thursday leaves his widow 20000 dollars outright and a South Samuel street building lot plus a 500 dollar life annuity charged on the estate. Furniture also bequeathed to Mrs. Rouss and the residue to four sons Milton O George W and Dr. Alexander Reuss as executors.
Peter Ham of Winchester Virginia offered six cents and a chew of tobacco as a reward for an apprentice named Robert Beaty, age nineteen. The notice ran in the Newark Advocate on August five, eighteen twenty four in the Looking Backward column.
Miss Gladys Feagons of Wheatland will enter the nurses training class at Memorial Hospital in Winchester this Thursday. The program lasts three years to complete.
Mrs E A Hoenshall of Basic City Virginia is the guest of Mr M P Holland and family near Gainesboro. She is visiting for an unspecified period and staying with the Hollands at their home.
Jones sighs at a neighbor who claims her husband is perfect. He notes the tension as she says she has no faults to discuss, wondering what she can converse about with him. The fragment hints at strain beneath the surface of a supposedly flawless union.
Farmer Farleigh jokes that his son Bill will attend law school but may become one of the unwritten lawyers he has read about. A neighbor asks about Bill’s studies, and the farmer confirms his plan despite hints of inattention to books.
A brief exchange on why the Beehive theater earned its nickname, with Parkin noting no films seen yet and Perkins explaining that each viewing leaves patrons feeling stung, a line captured by Londop Answers.
A dialogue fragment notes that Mr. Wadleigh is highly affluent and has attracted interest from multiple candidates to join their political machines as master mechanic. The exchange hints at influence and wealth shaping political ties.
A conversation notes that the coat of arms on a limousine door will be expensive. The cost stems not from design complexity but from needing to acquire the limousine first.
A clipped social note presents a playful banter between a young man and a girl. The man invites her to dance with the line Come on kid, let's jazz reflecting a light period-voice tone.
A public note recalls an orator who drew applause yet left many listeners unmoved while others who spoke little may win support. The scene hints at voter indifference and hidden influence in a tense political moment.
A caller claims to present the best etiquette book ever published to a shocked boss who left the door wide open. The exchange highlights vexed manners and a tongue in cheek challenge to propriety.
Spille the Beane quips about communication in marriage. A speaker laments telling his wife things and jokes that his words enter one ear and exit the other. A companion adds wives sometimes hear but spread information orally.
Morning greetings segue into a request for aid from a friend touring Europe. A literary class riffs on exotic spellings as pupils propose mock words. Flubb pays $25 for a beach kissing photo, defending it as a worthwhile snap of himself with a bathing beauty.
Dialogue hints at a trend where people who struggle financially are buying cars, with skepticism about affordability and the ongoing appeal of new vehicles despite financial strain. The exchange suggests a broader social issue rather than a specific event.
A playful exchange imagines a scientist weighing a person’s conscience not by ounce but by the scruple. The quip ponders moral measure with humorous precision.
A brief exchange where a woman voices frustration that “this is a man's world” and a man retorts that he is not to blame or guilty, highlighting gender tension in a concise vignette.
Mrs Leslie Shepherd left yesterday to join Mr. Shepherd in Chicago for a long Northwest and West tour. They will visit Lake Louise and travel down the Pacific coast through Washington Oregon and California before moving to Dallas Texas where Mr Shepherd oversees a railroad system.
Mr and Mrs Herbert Sunderland and daughter Virginia and Mr Bentley Kern Maloy of Altoona Pa returned home after visiting Mr Ellis Maloy east of town.
As attorney for N and E Alquist I offer for sale in front of the County Court House Winchester Virginia on September 23 at 12 noon a tract in Frederick County Va along the Winchester and Pike. It includes thirteen acres improved by a good dwelling and outbuildings. Details provided by Robt T Bartos Duvall Dunn Aucts.
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