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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1924
Page
7
Mrs. Charles L. Bowly travels to Europe with family on a grand tour. Numerous local residents and visitors are listed in social duties and travels with notes on arrivals, visits, and domestic moves around Winchester and nearby towns.
Mrs M A Quinn and daughter Miss Dawson J Quinn of Roanoke spent time touring the north and stayed at Hotel Jack before returning home. Mrs C H Purcell came back from several days inimore. Miss Alice Turner left for Valparaiso Ind to attend school. Mr W E Reed a Washington businessman is in town for several days. Mrs H S Crabill of Toms Brook spent the day in town.
Several residents and visitors are named in Winchester, Virginia, with trips to Baltimore, Freder ick, Hagerstown, and other cities. The list includes Rev Breen Kern returning from Texas for a mother's funeral, Captain Roszel leaving for Baltimore for Shenandoah Valley Academy business, and Mrs Shade heading to Wabash Indiana for her mother's illness.
The piece lists multiple visitors and their hosts including Rev. and Mrs. J. Luther Neff at Market Street Methodist Church parsonage, Mrs. Goldie Brown in Bedford, Va guests at Mayor Ward’s office, and others from New York to Pittsburgh, staying with local families or hotels during weekend visits while they attend events or visit relatives in Salem Clarksburg Shinnston and surrounding areas.
Spotted typhus reported in Leningrad as floods worsen misery. Daily new cases rise as doctors and nurses struggle to treat patients. Cemeteries were damaged by floodwaters and some graves washed away, prompting strict public health measures in the storm struck city.
Winchester physician Dr. William P. McGuire, long in Baltimore for treatment at Brady Institute with Johns Hopkins connections, is en route home to Martinsburg by train this afternoon. He underwent a prostate gland operation and is reported in normal health, met by family and brought home by automobile.
The stock market closed firm after a week of bullish activity in high priced industrials and utilities. Nash Motors rose 10 points to 160, marking a high since a two year old stock deadlock, while Kresge, Consolidated Gas of Baltimore and General Baking all gained. Dividend payers rose in sympathy as Frisco common and preferred posted new highs. most low priced shares were quiet except for Norfolk and Southern. About 500000 shares traded.
The quote notes that the less people speak of greatness the more it is imagined. It attributes the idea to Bacon and emphasizes reverence over discourse.
William Carroll Alexander of New York former lieutenant governor of the New York district was elected district governor by acclimation at a Kiwanis convention held in Buffalo. He has long been active with the Winchester and New York City Kiwanis clubs.
Four travelers led by W F Artrip and including A L Rosenberger A L Snapp and Warren Anderson finished an extensive tour visiting Richwood Staunton Whit Sulphur Springs Uniontown Clarksburg Cumberland and Hagerstown. They found corn and vegetables very good in Maryland crops comparable to local ones though some frost losses occurred to corn in parts of West Virginia and apples were of good quality.
Grover Hess, 29, an Augusta County plasterer, died in Harrisonburg when he touched a high tension wire on a Shirkey boarding house balcony. He reached for a worn insulation spot, grabbed the bare wire with one hand and the railing with the other, a 2,200 volt current passing through his body. Comrades pulled him free but he died almost instantly. his father and two brothers travelled to claim the body.
The Joshua Carter farm on the Martinsburg pike eight miles north of Chester, owned by Hugh S. Lupton, sold at public auction in front of the courthouse. Purchaser H. P. Boyce paid $10,700 for 126 acres, partly orchard, with a large brick dwelling. Sale conducted by M. M. Lynch as attorney for the owner.
Weather bureau forecast for the week beginning today calls for showers in the northern and middle Atlantic states both early and late in the week. Temperatures expected to run near to below normal. Continuous showers may affect travel and daily activities.
Thomas Taggart former United States senator from Indiana was operated on here for appendicitis. Surgeons drained an abscess around the appendix under local anesthetics and reported his condition as good. He had been ill about a week and officials declined further comment.
Hartford Conn September 27 The American Radio League announces Shenandoah will begin westward travel on October 3. The plan includes engagements in multiple cities as part of a nationwide radio outreach initiative led by the league.
Plans to keep Navy officials and the public informed about the Shenandoah in flight across the continent and back were announced. The airship will leave Lakehurst New Jersey on October 3 bound for Seattle via Fort Worth Texas and San Diego California.
The message notes the second Monday in October and urges every legionnaire to attend. It mentions securing Faden as a speaker and indicates additional important items to be discussed by GEORGE B. ROB and others at Post Conrad.
A fragmented text notes global progress concepts and opinions on science and development. It argues for pro progress stances and the role of facts in shaping world advancement. The readable portions suggest a discussion of knowledge, methods, and positive change.
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