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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Sep 24, 1919

Page

4

Steel Strikers Move Toward Strike Amid Industry Tensions

Philadelphia Ledger reports leaders of the steel workers refuse to listen to appeals for truce as Washington weighs labor relations. Union organizers warn of potential disruption to U S steel output, stressing the high stakes for the nation’s basic industries and economic progress. The American Federation of Labor cites the risk of a strike harming the industry’s core principles and the nation’s prospects.

Philadelphia Ledger United Steel Corporation American Federation of Or Washington Indus Induss United States Steel Corporation Ameri Uny Stry

Prices Drive Sellers to Loud Lament in Market Echoes

A distressed buyer speaks of rising costs and scarce goods as vendors cry out. The speaker notes sellers hawk items from eggs to milk and dairy products, while neighbors endorse the upheaval and prices remain stubbornly high.

Decoration for Dunbar Avirett and family from Cumberland

A fragment notes a Decoration awarded to Avirett and the late Col. John W. Avirett of Cumberland Maryland. It mentions Mrs. James Walter and a cousin relationship to Messrs. Byer and Philip Williams. The text is garbled but implies a special medal for service with the army and United States.

Donnell Dunbar Avirett James Walter John W Cumberland Avirett Army United States Messrs Enn Philip Wiliams

Injured Builder Falls From Silo At Refuge

J B White, a noted builder, fell about twenty feet from a scaffold while roofing a silo for Ollie Grim. He struck his head on a wagon tongue, cut his lip, and bruised his head and limbs. Taken to Stephens City for treatment, he is improving under Dr S M Stickley care.

J.B. White White Ollie Grim Stephens City S. M. Stickley May Lula l Lauck J. C. Orndorff Lawson Mr. Cooley Winchester Co. A. Plummer Luther McCauley Refuge Miss Gaily McCauley Washington

Local Markets Report Abbreviated Wholesale and Baltimore Codes

Quotations from local wholesale markets list prices for hay oats potatoes and flour with notes on corrections and several garbled entries. Baltimore wholesale figures show prices for yolk butter eggs cotton timothy hay and other staples with unclear trailing figures.

Baltimore OIG Trodstetb Ccce- Crasscerese Virginia Timothy Bay

Richmond doctor dies on Bethel motor trip

The body of Dr S Delanc ey Hicks, a renowned specialist, who lived in Winchester and later in Richmond, was returned to River View cemetery for burial. He and his wife Harriet Lane Lane of Oregon had traveled from Richmond to Bethel Conn to visit relatives when his heart trouble worsened and he died shortly after arrival. Burial services were led by Rev G Freeland Peter of St James Episcopal Church.

Richmond S. Delancey Hicks Winchester Washington Harriet Lane Senator Lane Oregon Bethel, Conn River View Isaac McBride

Sooty Botch and Cloud Fungus In Apple Crops

Washlibeton notes unusual August cloudiness increases superficial sooty blotch on apples. Fungus is scraped off and partly controlled by a ten week spray around July 1 using lime sulfur or Bordeaux mixture. foggy low grounds worsen the issue. A follow up spray may occur around the first of the month if conditions demand.

August Spraying Guidance for Fruits on Bordeaux Mix

Agricultural note advises applying Bordeaux mixture at 2 3 50 or 3 4 50 with fine sprays. Direct the nozzle upward toward fruits inside the trees to protect crops.

You Cant Cure Rheumatism With Liniments and Lotions

Advertisement promotes S. S. S. as a blood cleanser to remove rheumatism by cleansing the blood of germs. It urges readers to obtain a bottle at drug stores and seek medical advice from Swift Laboratory in Atlanta, Ga.

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