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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1923
Page
7
The Winchester Credit Corporation of Winchester Virginia with assets over 210000 offers to the investing public its Collateral Trust Notes for six and twelve months at an annual rate of eight percent.
The mayor describes heightened resentment and fear as at least a dozen flaming crosses are burned around the city. He says extra police, state police on standby, and a rapid crackdown on Black residents and newcomers, including ex convicts, were necessary to restore order.
Nelson C. Hensell of Grimes County has been commissioned by Governor Trinkle as a member from Virginia of the American Prison Association and a member of the Prisoners Relief Society. He is invited to the association’s forty third annual congress in Boston from September 13 to 19. The commission allows him to attend court trials and visit hospitals and prisons.
Mr. Marshall Baker improves at home on Washington street after a severe hemorrhage. Colleen Glass hosts a dinner for fourteen with Miss Elizabeth Steck and Miss Waples of New York as guests. About seventy five couples attend the Jordan Springs subscription dance closing the season with The Washington and Lee Swing. Various locals travel to Baltimore, Yellowstone, or Virginia Tech, while others return from trips to Philadelphia, Gettysburg, and Roanoke for reunions and visits.
Dempsey staged a dramatic comeback and defeated Firpo by knockout after a torrid exchange. Firpo pressed the champion with savage power and momentarily threatened victory before Dempsey's late flurry sealed the sensational round. Promoters hinted at a rematch next summer and a Wills bout.
In Johnstown Pennsylvania Mayor Joseph Cauffiel reports more than 2 000 Black residents have left after his order restricting Black newcomers to those with seven years of residence. He argues the measure aims to prevent further violence tied to a recent police shooting.
Residents and visiting pairs tour Shenandoah Caverns and Washington. The Middletown Virginia town council approves an ordinance granting a street use franchise for electric light and power, requiring bid submissions by September 17, 1923, with liability indemnity and publication rules.
Middletown Virginia approves a thirty year permit for a company to erect operate and maintain poles wires fixtures and conductors on town streets and highways for electricity transmission and distribution. The ordinance notes lines must be neat and does not grant exclusive rights.
In Middletown Virginia a company may lay poles under town supervision and must replace or repair disturbed sidewalks within twenty days after written notice from the Mayor. If the company fails, the town will repair and collect costs. The case in Frederick County Virginia seeks partition and administrator accounts for the late Fred Lineberg with publication notice and a four week posting requirement.
A trustee sale of a 148 acre Frederick County Virginia farm near Armel near Winchester. The sale is set for October 6 1923 at noon in front of the Frederick County Court House, with immediate possession and a payment plan of one third cash and two equal annual installments secured by bonds deed of trust and insurance. Auctioneers Duvall Dunn. Trustee M M Lynch.
A sea desert in the South Pacific west of Patagonia contains so few life forms that whales and sharks reportedly starve before escaping. The barren waters challenge navigation and marine biology studies.
A reflection contrasts tenderness of conscience with scrupulousness. Tender conscience is praised as proper, while scrupulousness stems from infirmity and leads to ridiculous, superstitious, and painful feelings.
The article advises whitening scratches by melting beeswax into turpentine to create a syrupy mix. It instructs applying with a wool cloth, rubbing into the scratched area, then polishing with dry flannel until the marks fade.
History notes starching rose in England during Queen Elizabeth's reign and credits a Spanish woman in the mid fifteenth century with its invention to conceal a neck blemish. A Liver remedy suggestion follows, humorously urging digging a garden cure with spade, hoe and rake twice daily as playful advice.
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