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Newspaper
Winchester The Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1914
Page
6
Obituary poem from a daughter noting the death of John A Hess on Friday November 20 1914. The verse laments loss recalls cheerful letters and hopes to meet in Heaven at Mount Hebron.
Apple prices in New York market show steady tone due to lighter receipts after two days. Producers Price Current notes unsold stock from Monday’s heavy arrivals. yesterday’s receipts totaled 1 062 barrels.
Frede rick county apples fetch good returns in English markets with York Imperials shipped by Bond Brothers H F Byrd and sold through I MacGeorge Jardine of Liverpool feeding $3.40 per barrel. Other sales by J M Steck J W Sibert earn 0 25 per barrel. Dan Wallie Co Ltd reports two carloads of York Imperials from B West Baker Son and W S Hiett sold at about twenty shillings per barrel netting growers $3 25 to $3 30 per barrel. Pack measured 21 4 inches.
Aunt Charlotte Ailstock a longtime Winchester resident and widow of John Ailstock died at her home on Fremont street after a lingering illness in her seventy first year. Funeral services were set for Friday at John Mann Methodist Church with Rev A P Shaw officiating and burial in Orrick Cemetery. She leaves three sons Robert Daingenfield Maker and Harry Allstock a daughter Cora White a sister Ize Washington and one grandchild all of Winchester. She was raised in the Kemp family and known for charity and service. She lived with Dr George H Heist’s family on West Alley street at her death.
A reader letter to The editor urges tougher advocacy for highway construction to aid farmers. The writer cites figures on haul costs from farms to railheads, compares them with steamship rates, and argues 75 percent of the U S is landlocked from rail access, urging year round permanent roads and expanded highways like the Lincoln Highway to reduce economic waste and improve market access.
The Federal Council of the Churches of Christ proposes a world wide revival via united prayer to overcome war spirit. Rev Dr J H Lacy from Winchester represents section of the state at the Richmond meeting with Secretary of State Bryan on the program. The commission notes 60 percent of adult males lack church affiliation and urges concerted effort and funds to support evangelistic work. Isaiah Frye of Bloom visited town for business.
The Thanksgiving cabaret dinner and supper at Hotel Jack cleared 129.40 for the Belgian Relief Fund and was turned over to H. F. Byrd of the Virginia Belgian Relief Commission. The Star fund total for Belgian sufferers reaches 581.93 as of today. The event was a financial and social success with the ladies in charge receiving well earned credit.
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