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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1923
Page
7
The Winchester Credit Corporation of Winchester Virginia with assets over 210000 offers to the investing public six and twelve month Collateral Trust Notes at 8 percent per year. Resources exceed three times the notes issued and information is available from company officers or directors.
Handley High School is a member of the Cumberland Valley Association. The 1923 schedule lists October 20 Winchester versus Chambersburg at Chambersboro and October 27 Winchester versus Hagerstown at Winchester. Other league games include Martinsburg and Waynesboro with dates through November 29.
Rev. Edward Oscar Russell was sentenced to four years in the penitentiary after pleading guilty to forging Homer Mullens signature on a check while employed by Baker and Miller logging contractors on the Williams river. He claimed persecution and a plot to starve his family influenced his actions.
Governor E Lee Trinkle appoints an eight member coal emergency commission to advise on actions if consumers face undue burdens. Members include J R A Hobson Richmond W A Heddleson Bristol W M Mount Lynchburg James C Martin Roanoke John B Lyocke Newport News G C Wright Petersburg Harry Hammond Danville and J W Hough Norfolk.
Bliss Virginia reports Mrs J W Cornwell and two daughters visiting relatives in Relief. Maude Bywaters and brother visited Mr and Mrs M T Dunn. Odessa Baker visited Pearl Hawkins. Mildred Hawkins returned from Martinsburg. Oscar Ware and daughters Eleanor and Helen from Stephenson Dunn visited Dunns. Stanley Grover visited J D Lakeman. Paxtons Chapel will preach Sunday Sept 23 at 3 30 PM.
Rev. George A Copp and Mrs Copp were involved in a car accident on the Valley pike while tar was on the road returning from Woodstock Fair. Their Ford sedan skidded and rolled over but they escaped with bruises and minor injuries. the car suffered a broken windshield and other minor damage and was taken to a Stephens City garage for repairs.
Today a Star market note lists wholesale prices from local buyers. Prices appear for butter under four pounds and other dairy items, though some figures are unclear due to damaged text.
Local retail markets list prices for Country butter flour bran corn meal cotton seed meal and mixed feeds. Hogs eggs cattle and sheep values shown with ranges for butter steers lambs calves spring chickens and fat cattle, reflecting a Baltimore area market listing.
In Martinsburg West Virginia Judge Baker ordered Helen Miller former Winchester resident held in the Martinsburg jail to be handed to Ohio county authorities so she can plead before the Wheeling court and be placed in a treatment institution for narcotics possession. She had not yet been indicted, thus could not plead.
Mount Williams Virginia date Sept 18 reports social visits and dinners. William Roe and family dined with W T Williams. Katherine Wallace and son Joseph Wallace visit J M Orndorff. Arthur Sager and wife with Sager family. Erna Giese hosted by Marie Orndorff. Mrs Henry Orndorff and two children with her ill father G F Moore. Boyd Brewer with A L Brewer family. Hunter Snapp called on Milton Sager. George Dyke visiting Mamie Frye in Lebanon Church.
Experiments reveal water can solidify into five distinct ice types that switch under specific temperatures and pressures with explosive effects. Ice-2 needs very low temperature and high pressure to stay stable, while another type remains frozen under 20,000 atmospheres. Such extreme conditions occur only with high heat, suggesting some ice forms may not exist outside these experiments.
A Goston Transcript quotation notes that thrifty farmers keep land well dressed and express no shame in a strawberry patch, reflecting frugal farming spirit and pride in crops. The remark underscores prudent land care and modest rural prosperity.
W. T. Paris of 1818 Grace St Lynchburg reports long stomach trouble and crippling symptoms improved after using Tanlac. He credits three bottles for recovery and urges others to try the remedy as Tanlac is sold by druggists with over 37 million bottles sold.
In Johnstown Pennsylvania on September 18 Mayor Joseph Cauffiel declares that Black people must leave the city for safety amid protests over a Black person outbreak in the Rosedale labor colony. Dozens have already left as authorities suffer multiple injuries and a dramatic clash with Black residents ensues.
A list of unclaimed letters remaining in the Winchester Virginia post office for the week ending September 16 1923. Recipients must pay one cent per letter. Names include Miss Odelle Faulkner Mrs D Lovett Miss Hilda Mummua Miss Mary Pence Mrs Laura Reynolds Mrs H L Roush Mrs Chas Swartz Milton Sherley Charley Shimp Miss Ida Watson C A H N Kern acting postmaster.
A fragment notes that in ancient times science resembled poetry and that later poetry echoed scientific insight. It reflects on how inquiry and verse share aims of understanding the world. The line hints at a continuum between rational observation and imaginative expression.
The pilot knows the channel and with capable hands at the helm the vessel remains secure. Advertising guides you to economy by showing where to go for what you want and how to save steps money and time.
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