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Newspaper
Winchester The Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1912
Page
3
National News Service reports from Havana that President Gomez permitted marines to land from the gun boat Paducah at Daiquiri in Oriente Province. The landing was telegraphed to the provincial governor amid reports of a revolt in the region.
A fragmentary narrative describes Winchester graduates and a wistful view of youth in 19th century Virginia. It shifts to Traveling In Arkansas, detailing Beebe, Little Rock, cotton and strawberries, then a cotton plantation in White Hall and a cotton gin scene. It ends with the Mississippi Flood near Memphis and river levels.
The narrative describes a trek through flooded regions as rivers merged and towns drowned. Homes submerged to second stories, people homeless and dying, families living on upper floors or boats, and immense loss across devastated communities near the Mississippi basin.
An 19th century advertisement claims catarrh is a constitutional blood disease not cured by local applications. It touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as a standard prescription drug, combining two ingredients to purport a systemic cure, authored by Cheney & Co of Toledo Ohio.
The document lists assets and liabilities of a Winchester bank including deposits, unsettled claims, and securities. It shows bonds to secure postal deposits and notes a total of 1 313 012 30 with unassigned taxes and bank notes outstanding. The caption certifies the cashier H Db fair and signatures of officers.
Fort Loudoun Fi. 2s presented a campus program this afternoon at 3 pm featuring Miss Glass and five pupils in piano pieces, a dance of paper dolls, and a comedy titled The Chauffeurs. The art department offered notable oil paintings and watercolors. The baccalaureate sermon will be preached tomorrow at 11 am in the Presbyterian Church by Rev. Robert Ashlin White.
Chairman Pujo administers a stern rebuke to Robert L. Fryer president of the Fidelity Trust Company of Buffalo for refusing to send financial information claiming the bank is a state institution. The committee will determine next steps with no exception to Fryer’s use of that ground.
Miss Lavinia Swartz died May 30 after a three week illness at 60. She was buried in Mount Hebron Cemetery with Rev. F A Strother officiating. Pallbearers included Abe Kimmel Edward McAboy Edgar Carter Janney Whitacre and Samuel Grubbs. Survived by brothers George and Thomas Swartz and half siblings Katie Nannie Laura Swartz Charles Oscar Meltor and Walter Swartz. Friends from Franklin and Clarke counties attended.
Washington June 1 Representative William C Redfield announced his candidacy for the vice presidency on the Democratic ticket seeking the nation wide support of party voters and delegates.
The Shenandoah Valley Nail Bank at Winchester Virginia reports assets totaling 1,911,517.66 with deposits of 1,258,194.24 and notes rediscounted of 47,500.00. Cashier John W. Rice and directors certify the balance as true and sworn before a notary.
A chancery proceeding in Berkeley County federal court calls for a public sale of a limestone farm three miles from Ridgeway near Cumberland alley. The property, described in detail, will be sold in front of the premises at noon on the sale date to satisfy a judgment in the Wright et al. case.
A bond sale notice describes 17444 acres split between Frederick County Virginia and Berkeley County Virginia. It notes a fertile farm with a stone dwelling, outbuildings, a good corn crib and timber, plus a muscadine orchard. Purchasers are directed to enter at one and two year terms with a special commissioner and mention of a court inquiry.
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