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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Sep 25, 1923

Page

2

Miller held on prohibition charge and alleged assault

Edward Miller was arrested on a $500 bond for violating the prohibition laws and charged with an attempted offense against Thelma Carter a young Shepherdstown West Virginia girl. He is held without bail for a hearing next week. The alleged assault reportedly occurred in a local house several nights ago. Miller is married and was among 16 local men arraigned before U S Commissioner A R Hagner on prohibition charges.

Hagerstown Edward Miller Thelma Carter Sheperdstown W. Va Miller United States A. R. Hagner

Warning to pay tombstone accounts to the undersigned

All persons owing the firm of Funk and Son for tombstones are warned to pay their accounts only to the undersigned as no one has authority to collect said outstanding accounts.

Funk & Son

Public Sale of Farm Land in Frederick County Virginia

Public auction in Winchester Virginia on October 13 1923 at 11 A M offers for the Home Place a fertile 330 acre farm near Gore with brick house barn and outbuildings. Terms: one third cash and balance in one and two years with bonds and deed of trust plus insurance. Plat available at 22 Rouss Avenue Winchester. Administrator Barton conducts sale.

Barton David A. Fries Minor County Court House Winchester Virginia Frederick County Gore Home Place Back Creek Rouss Avenue Robert T. Barton D.b.n.c.t.a

Many Skipped by Tax Collectors in Virginia

Virginia tax records show 250000 people overlooked by poll tax collectors, with 100000 white women unpaid and only 41 percent of them paying. Fifty percent of white men taxed paid, while cattle hogs horses and livestock evade taxation. household furniture averages $80 per family with low county assessments.

W. Wormeley Commission of State John Garland Pollard Commission Virginia

Reading of Daily Local Wholesale Market Prices

The Star lists today’s wholesale prices for Wheat Hogs Creamery butter Country butter Bay Daled Flour Middling Corn meal Cotton seed meal Hog Exes Steers Lambs with values in local markets. The figures include varied weights and product names such as Hens under and over four pounds, Hogs, Creamery butter, and flour products.

Star

Local Market Prices for Grains and Livestock

Baltimore wholesale market closes with corrected prices for flour types 12 pound sacks spring wheat flour screenings and middlings. Corn spot prices and livestock quotes include young chickens butter lamb hogs and spring chickens with varied cents per pound or per dozen figures.

Baltimore Pat

Pythian Orders Gather in Roanoke for Grand Lodge Meet

The Grand Lodge of Virginia Knights of Pythias convenes in Roanoke with 300 delegates plus Pythian Sisters and visiting groups from Norfolk and Lynchburg. A banquet costs over 5000 dollars for 4000 seats, and a grand parade of more than 4000 is planned for Thursday afternoon.

Koanoke Grand Lodge of Virginia Knights of Pythias Grand Lodge Rajah Temple Dramatic Order Knights of Khotagian Pythian Sisters Ziyad Temple Norfolk Pythians Dokkies Cairo Tigers Lynchburg Osceola Castle Hall Jefferson Street Franklin Road

On the Sidewalk. First Bug Ride in Touring Car

A whimsical note from Louis stn Roertor in The Journal invites bugs to join a joy ride in a fine touring car, suggesting a playful scene on the sidewalk and a humorous tone.

Bugs Louisstn Roertor Journal

Speeder Alfred Lewis Fined in Police Court

Alfred Lewis, a colored man, was fined $10 plus costs in police court for speeding within the city. The car was owned by C. W. Smallwood, an automobile agent who was in the vehicle. Smallwood assumed responsibility and appealed the magistrate’s decision to the Corporation Court.

Alfred Lewis C. W. Smallwood Smallwood Corporation Court

Cleric Declines Call to Keyser Presbyterian Church

The Rev. William B. Gold of Dublin Virginia declines a call to become pastor at the Keyser Presbyterian Church citing building plans at his current charge that prevent a change within the next six months.

William B. Gold Dublin, Va Presbyterian Church Keyser

Building lots for sale in well located area

Two lots offered: an 58 foot lot priced at 2500 and a 50 foot lot priced at 750. Includes location notes and pricing for potential buyers.

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