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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1921
Page
2
Chicago police arrest five in a bombing attempt on a shoe repair shop after a ten hour siege. Richard Burke 23 was wounded and gave up the bombs and attackers while authorities seized 100 sticks of TNT and a bomb-making plant. The blast flattened the shop and damaged surrounding buildings.
A gang of twenty armed masked men attacked Bloomfield Distillery guards late Saturday night. They overpowered crew at gunpoint and stole 88 cases and three barrels of whiskey, plus $75 in cash and a guard's revolver.
Winchester Presbytery will convene at the Shepherdstown Presbyterian Church in West Virginia on Tuesday September 20 at 8 p m. The opening sermon will be by retiring moderator Rev W G Greenlees of Petersburg. On Wednesday at 11 a m the presbyterial session will be led by Drs W J Webster and F J Brooke after a sermon by Dr F M Woods.
The Martinsburg area Presbyterian churches invite all to a two day Foreign Missions gathering. Rev. Dr J H Lacy of Winchester preaches The Inspiration of the Sees. Rev S O Hall of Moorefield presides Thursday at 7 pm with Rev W M Thompson of Brazil giving the address. Devotional exercises start at 9 am with Rev J F Harper of Virginia leading afternoon services. Central event marks the Presbytery spanning five Virginia and eight West Virginia counties. An 1894 centennial address by Rev Moses Hoge is recalled. Church ladies will serve lunch at 12 30 pm in the community building.
The United States Department of Agriculture lauds the American class of fowls including Plymouth Rock Wyandotte Java Dominique Rhode Island Red and Buckeye as general purpose birds. They lay brown eggs have yellow skins and featherless shanks, making them good for eggs and meat and capable of good mothering.
Experts from the United States Department of Agriculture urge careful seed storage and labeling. Cloth bags suit large seeds like peas beans and corn while small seeds may use paper envelopes with full details including kind variety harvest date and place grown.
The garden, lawn, orchard and wind break form a large part of the farmstead. Prefer light soil for these areas and accept poorer soil for buildings if needed. Sandy or gravelly soils drain well and support plant growth, making them desirable for farmstead use.
Instructions emphasize keeping manure and straw clean, spreading on fields to expose maggot stages, stacking straw with vertical sides, trampling stacks, cleaning bases, and spreading unusable straw for immediate plowing under to aid sun exposure and decay.
An advertisement offers labor at 75e per hour as a cheaper alternative to $1 hourly rates. The contractor L. E. Patton promises all work guaranteed and free correction if not satisfactory. Address given is rear of 118 South Braddock Street.
Special commissioners will sell at public auction in Warrenton Virginia on October 29 1921 at 12 noon two tracts of farm land in Fauquier County Blue Ridge area. Tract 1 about 111 acres and Tract 2 about 90 acres. Both tracts bring high bluegrass stands and will be sold separately to the highest bidder with terms 1 third cash and balance in two annual installments secured by bonds and deed of trust. Auctioneer Duvalla Dunn and Clerk I C G Brannon certify the bond.
Mrs Martha Evelina Fox aged 46 dies in hospital after illness. She is survived by relatives in the community. Funeral arrangements will be announced by the family.
Old wife of SF Fox of Concord West Virginia died Saturday evening in Winchester Memorial Hospital from a tumor. The body taken to Shiloh Hardy county West Virginia for services to be held tomorrow.
Mrs. Katie Graber-Webster of Winchester announces the marriage of her son William Norman Graber to Miss Chloe Smith Pangle, both of this city, on Friday September 16. The ceremony was conducted by Rev. J Russell Gaar at the groom’s cousin’s home, 1601 Salem Avenue, Hagers Town Md.
Myron Parsons of Frederick county forfeited $20 collateral in police court after failing to appear for trial on a drunkenness charge. Parsons and Russell Miller of Cedar Creek were jailed Saturday on North Main street by Patrolman Dove after a fight. Although witnesses said Parsons was the aggressor, Miller’s fighting charge was dismissed.
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