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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1922
Page
4
Fragmentary OCR text from a Virginia notice mentions Evening Star Publishing Company and pricing lines. Readable content is too limited to identify a clear event, date, or action for a fuller news card.
The Associated Press states its news dispatches are exclusive to its use for republication by this paper or any other outlet, whether credited or not, within this region. The notice outlines reuse rights and attribution expectations for reprinting AP content.
Ohio State Journal notes that while many society girls enter the stage for vanity, others pursue acting as a serious profession. It highlights a New York prodigy from a distinguished family who sees theater as training for broader work, hoping for real skilled progress beyond mere fame. The piece praises disciplined study and contrasts fleeting stage fashion with meaningful employment.
A Baltimore criminal lawyer, reputedly earning a large fee, faces charges of conspiring to defeat justice after allegedly harboring Walter Seedlow and confederates who killed a man and fled with money. Seedlow and associates reportedly dined at the lawyer's home during police efforts, discussing evading law. The case raises questions about legal duties and public interest in Baltimore.
The speaker rails at peers calling them fit for a bottomless pit and sin, facing opposition from enemies who dismiss the claims as fibs. They depart to their own pursuits, whether movie or office, as the dispute ends.
In a fragmented reminiscence the speaker recalls illness after a failed triumph and mocks medical remedies. He laments sleeplessness and nerves while a doctor prescribes bark tea and oil, yet insists serenity can prevent pain from breaking him.
Pauline Frederick leads a star studded cast in The Glory of Clementina at the Strand. Louise Dresser Truly Shattuck Howard Martindel Edward Hearn and others appear in this adaptation of Wm J Locke novel about a genius artist whose life is renewed by love and motherhood.
Leslie Cooper returns to Fredericksburg after visiting his parents in Chambersville. Miss Grace Ritter visits Baltimore. Public school opened September 18. Mrs Wyndle and granddaughter visit in Chambersville. Farmers busy with corn and apple orchards. Woodstock fair attended last week. A wind and rain storm hit Monday afternoon. Mildred Baker has returned home after surgery at Memorial Hospital.
The Star prints wholesale and retail prices from local markets for items including spring wheat flour, creamery butter, country butter, flour, screenings, cotton seed meal, and various poultry. Prices show range for butter at 2.4 to 2.6, spring wheat flour around 0.70, 1.35 to 1.70 for middlings, and poultry figures such as young chickens and eggs with uneven decimals across vendors.
Mrs Frank R Heise and Rae Alton Cave of Washington visit Mr and Mrs J C Hale near Canterburg. Families from Springfield Ohio Stephens City Gore and Berryville are noted visiting relatives and attending events. Typhoid recovery for T Arthur Grim and protracted meeting to start September 24 at Fairview are reported.
Detroit News reports Paul Poiret forecasts a pendulum of skirt lengths with a long phase followed by a return to shorter styles. He predicts both long and short skirts suit women at different times, noting wearers tire of one look before switching.
The United States Treasury Department announces after September 30 1922 the $1 Treasury Savings Stamps will be discontinued and Treasury Savings Certificates will rise from $20 to $29.40 for the $25 certificate and from $20 to $82 for the $400 certificate.
Postmaster J. W. Sibert notes price changes in Treasury Savings Certificates and that sales remain at existing prices of 20, 80 and 800 until September 30 1922. Certificates offer safety and 4 percent interest compounded semi annually to maturity. purchases possible at post offices under the Atlanta company’s guidance.
Lawyers expect a large petition drive to win clemency for the Allen gang members tied to the Carroll county feud murder case from fifteen years ago. Floyd and Claude Allen died in the electric chair. about a hundred petitions with thousands of names are ready for submission. Edgar B. English and Thomas C. Moss of Richmond lead the defense effort.
An organized Catholic effort to oppose anti parochial education legislation was launched by the diocesan directors meeting with the national conference of Catholic charities in Washington. The resolution calls for designated clerical and lay representatives to visit state capitals where such measures are being considered.
Trustee will sell at public auction in Winchester Virginia on September 30 1922 at 11 AM a twelve acre farm three miles east of Stephens City on Dunkard Church Road. Property includes a six room frame dwelling barn outbuildings artesian well good fence two acres wood and proximity to a school. Sale follows deed of trust dated July 5 1921 by Halbert D. Warner and is conducted by Joseph B Newlin trustee.
Mr. Charles A. Watts of Russell and Turnbull Glasgow represents the firm in purchases and consignments of apples. He has bought in the Winchester area for 12 years and paid growers about 4 million dollars directly, including about 500 thousand dollars in Frederick County in 1920. Mrs. Watts plans to join him around October 1.
Winchester citizen Mrs. W. O. Gochenour reports severe kidney backache and night pains eased by Dean's Kidney Pills. She praises relief from dizziness and vision issues after taking the remedy. Available for 60c at dealers. Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo, N Y.
A Ben Davis apple from Stoneymeade Orchards in the county, owned by George I. Pitzer and Son, was shown today at J. S. Solenberger and Company on North Main street. The fruit weighs 1.5 pounds and has a 14.0 inch circumference.
Mrs. Peter Vredenburgh of Freehold New Jersey visits at the home of her parents Alexander M. Baker and Mrs. Baker on South Washington Street.
Airedale terrier dogs promise rat control and family companionship. Some puppies carry champion pedigree. prices range from 15 to 25 dollars. Contact E Homer Artz in Woodstock Virginia.
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