This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 6 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1924
Page
6
Winchester mayor Julian F Ward proclaims Friday September 12 from 2 to 6 pm as a time to suspend business and allow workers to join the National Defense Test Parade. He calls every residence and business in the city to display the American flag during the hours.
Mrs. Ralph Gilkey of Memphis and Mrs. H R Dinges of Front Royal visited last evening with Mr and Mrs Charles W Trenary in Middletown Va. Virginia Henkel visits New York City for several weeks. Local residents attended the Southern Methodist Church district conference in Martinsburg W Va. W T Bigbie of Lynchburg lumber trades is in town on business. C W Godwin of Richmond staying at Commercial Hotel. John L Wissler of Mount Jackson visiting Winchester and staying at Commercial Hotel. James Dunn of Petersburg, a retired financier, at Hotel Jack and viewing antiques during his valley trip. W B Dellinger of National Fruit Products Co Washington visits Winchester plant. Leigh Fritts of West Shore Railroad Weehawken N J visits with John W Rosenberger’s family.
The First Christian Church schedules Sunday school at 9:46 a.m. and 11 a.m. with the pastor speaking to the children on "Watch." All children are invited to stay. Evening service at 8 p.m. features "The Crooked Woman, and the Straightening Christ" with the pastor as speaker. the Christian Endeavor Society attends.
Service announcement notes a meeting at 7 15 p m led by Nelson F Richards on the topic How Can We Serve Our Sunday School Everyone is welcome to all services at the listed church gathering.
Rev Dr J H Tight preaches Saturday at 2 30 p m and conducts quarterly conference at Old Bethel. Sunday at 11 00 a m he presides communion services. Eva B Steele conference assistant superintendent of Sunday schools speaks Saturday 8 00 p m at Gainesboro Church. Sunday school workers from Redland Wesley Chapel and Old Bethel urged to attend.
Dr. W. P. McGuire, longtime Baltimore physician, has been at Johns Hopkins Hospital and underwent surgery performed by Dr. Hugh Young. A Brady Institute update reports he is much improved and progressing satisfactorily, easing widespread concern among his friends.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.