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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1923
Page
7
The Winchester Credit Corporation of Winchester Virginia offers to the investing public Collateral Trust Notes for six and twelve months at 8 percent per year. The company reports assets over $210,000 and resources more than three times the note amount. H. B. McCormac serves as president with Shirley Carter as secretary treasurer.
The Berkeley blaze of yesterday destroyed 600 homes and left more than 2,500 people homeless. At least 40 injured with 26 missing and unconfirmed reports of deaths. Fire gutted 45 blocks from the University area, tying California’s worst disaster since 1906.
Morgantown West Virginia September 18 confirmation by Mr and Mrs McKenzie that the deceased infant from the hospital last Saturday night died of malnutrition is not Lillian McKenzie the missing New York infant after viewing the body
Washington reports President Coolidge signed a proclamation setting October 9 as national fire prevention day. The date marks the Chicago fire anniversary and urges focus on fire prevention to limit losses. The Chamber of Commerce backs a nationwide campaign for October 7 to 18 with local studies and coordinated efforts.
The Associated Press reports some oil shares fell to year lows while others in steel, merchandising, tobacco, cans and motors rose one to two points. Call money opened at 4 3 per cent with heavy closing. About 650000 shares traded. In Berryville Va Salvation Army officers led a large meeting at the opera house, aided by local family and others. Miss Marshall Stryker leaves for Hood College to study domestic science and vocal.
Cincinnati dispatch reports Jacksonville Florida was chosen today to host the Sovereign Grand Lodge I O U F and affiliated bodies next year, with the selection announced in Cincinnati Ohio. The decision sets the meeting in Jacksonville and aligns with order schedules for the coming year.
The Knights of Pythias of New Jersey, about 1500 members, asked state police protection for their twenty sixth annual convention in Trenton after warnings that the Ku Klux Klan would disrupt their Princeton parade.
Roman soldiers relied on hard-tack as a staple during the Second and Third centuries A D. The hard-tack sustained troops much as it did later in modern armies, reflecting a long continuity in military provisioning.
The Chase sour cherry, likely from near Riga New York, impressed fruit station experts in Geneva by producing larger healthier trees with better fruit distribution. They recommend replacing English Morello with Chase for North America due to earlier ripening deeper cavity and milder flavor while keeping dark color and shape.
M. J. Thompson of the northeast Minnesota experiment station reports seven years of potato trials show clover or grass sod as the cheapest and most important factor for production on heavy clay soil. Pasturing the previous year and timing of planting significantly affect yields and quality, with earlier planting yielding more than later dates.
In 1922 over 88 500 farmers attended field meetings led by extension agents to demonstrate approved farm practices and crop and livestock methods. More than 470 000 attended extension schools or short courses, while total extension meeting attendance is estimated above 14 million.
Straining cloths for milk must be changed when soiled. They should be washed and sterilized after each use. Efficient sterilization is achieved by boiling or steaming for at least five minutes.
Trustees will sell at public auction on September 22 1923 at the Winchester court house front steps the home No 811 West South Kent Street Winchester Virginia fronting 30 feet by 97 feet with six rooms cellar and porches in a good neighborhood near Handley Schools. Terms require one third cash and balance in two annual installments secured by bonds and a deed of trust with insurance.
George Cottman’s article in the Indianapolis News highlights how the telephone transformed Indianapolis since 1877. He compares it to the automobile, noting the device as a social and business lifeline that speeds commerce and personal communication nationwide.
A American Commercial Attache report criticizes French telephone service as unsatisfactory and notes proposals to privatize the system. It mentions a new gain box pay station venture, but says private operation would not fix intercity telephony, due to outdated long distance equipment, lack of submarine cables, and weather plus nearby industrial power interference raising upkeep costs.
Tris Speaker, a Cleveland AL great, once worked as a Hillsboro Texas telephone lineman earning 2.60 a day. He was laid off in February 1907 as work slackened after starting September 1 1906. A former Hillsboro colleague recalls his kindness to his mother.
HATTIESBURG Miss Sept 18 John Gray twenty a negro was shot to death last night on the Richton New Augusta highway by a band of irate citizens who forced officers to turn the prisoner over to them after Gray had shot Z W Walley off Richton father of Dr W A O Walley and Dave Walley both prominent Jackson physicians Walley was shot three times but not seriously wounded
John Marfield and his wife Jane argue over a sunless kitchen and bad finances. After a friend counsels a reversal, John theatrically moves the house to a sunlit side and renovates, shocking Jane into tears as she confronts the new bright kitchen and cost.
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