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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1924
Page
3
An advertisement touts Buster Brown Shoes made from diet material with cut off vamp designs and standard soles. The Buster Byrne Shoe Department promotes Pert shoe fitters to provide a plan for fitting a boy or girl.
The Highland Avenue Presbyterian Church reports strong growth with six new members received by communion. Rev W H Sampsell will lead tomorrow evening services at the usual hour following a series of meetings led by seminarian T Cary Adams earlier in the summer, with the church described as increasingly hopeful.
A fragment notes a Gry ee star seeking a two pound prize. Details are unclear from the damaged text. The item appears as a brief notice or teaser in the page segment.
The Star recounts a Winchester Lions Club lunch with Maxime Ducharme as host and presider, noting the formal tone easing into a lively session. The piece highlights Lions cooperative spirit with Kiwanis and Rotary, a 100 percent Defense Day volunteer pledge, and a quirky telegram mixup at the hotel.
Frank B. Campbell reports the Colonial Theatre pipe organ, a $15,000 Robert Morton type by Photo Player Organ Co, Berkeley, CA, will be finished and in use by Saturday night with Miss Madeline Hall of Philadelphia to be its organist. The 27 stops include piano faster playing, with the keyboard center stage and units arranged across the pit, promising a rich theatre sound.
Detroit reports show James Couzens leading in the Republican primary for U S senator as 291 Wayne county precincts place him ahead of Arthur J. Tuttle. Early tallies from 1,863 of 2,765 statewide precincts favor Couzens with Tuttle strong in Detroit and Wayne County.
Registration for the Day Nursery will be held at the Friends Meeting House from 9 to 10 in the morning and from 6 to 8 in the evening. The aim is to list all children left for part or full weeks. no fee, about 25 cents per child per day, with morning registration urged to ease planning. A snow report reached Winchester noting flurries in western Frederick County near the West Virginia line with low dark clouds.
A brief Winchester weather note reports cold rain with no snow observed. The communication mentions a committee and provides no further details on impacts or timing.
The remains of Mrs. Margaret Virginia Anderson died September 5 near Welltown were brought to the Christian Church at Rock Enon and laid to rest in the cemetery. Rev C H Anderson officiated. She was the daughter of Jacob Good and wife of Perry Anderson with no children. She leaves three sisters Mrs Morgan Larrick Mrs Howard Blott and Mrs Lida Morgan and two brothers William J Good and Flavius L Good. A large gathering attended with many flowers.
All persons owing the estate of Mary I Henson deceased must pay promptly. Those with claims against the estate should present them to W A Henson, administrator, at 1 81 10 17 24 ver ton Virginia.
A bold testimonial letter from Mrs Edward Werbeck of Brooklyn New York praising Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for curing menstrual cramps backaches and headaches and enabling a healthy six month old baby boy. The piece notes high satisfaction rates from over 100000 replies and describes the medicine as a women’s remedy sold by druggists nationwide.
The question of unification by North and South Methodist will be considered at the Forty second Methodist Conference in Norfolk. Bishop Warren A Cad sia will preside as senior bishop. About 300 ministers and 000 church members will attend. new appointments for the ministry will be announced at the session.
The Cedar Grove community reports a weekend of family visits and neighbors gathering. Mr and Mrs Dory Miller hosted a cheerful reunion with relatives while Mrs Belle Ett days and Mrs Rachel Barrett joined from Washington DC area. John Clark family and A G Clark faced health concerns from blood poisoning in the knee, with ongoing illness noted. Apple grove preparations loom with forecasts of better prices next week.
Several workers suffered serious accidents today at the Virginia Barrel Company plant on Dock Street and Martinsburg area. A woman canning arteries after a cut to her arm received medical care. a man had a finger severed and later required amputation. another worker had two fingers nearly cut off in a turning machine.
Mr and Mrs Walter and their guests spent the weekend at a bungalow near Shenandoah. The Beck family from Becks Bakery hosted the party including Elise Snider and others. Guests enjoyed scenic surroundings and praised the hospitality during a short vacation.
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