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Newspaper
Winchester The Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1914
Page
3
The Baltimore market report lists prices for commodities including Wheat Spot No 2 red and white, Cork-Carrots, Timothy hay No 1, Clover, Butter, dairy prints, Eggs, and Live Poultry. Items covered include various hay grades, butter types, eggs, and poultry with unit prices and terms.
The piece lists wholesale quotes for corn flour and meal products with retail prices and weights, followed by notes on an alumni meeting. Former State Senator Rodibert My Wand returned from Charlottesville after attending the University of Virginia alumni gathering. John Stewart Bryan gave the principal address. United States Senator John Sharp Williams was elected president of the alumni association for the coming year. G Clarence Miller qualified as notary public with bond and four year term.
The funeral was held for Mrs Blanche M Lynn who died Sunday morning in Martinsburg due to tuberculosis. A short service was conducted at the residence by Rev V Switzer of Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church and the body was interred in Martinsburg. She was survived by a daughter and several siblings with family connections in Frederic County and Pittsburgh.
The well known commissioner of the revenue Mr J L Correll was taken ill Saturday evening with appendicitis symptoms and is reported much improved at home on South Main Street. Several locals returned from visits and travel while other civic figures attended meetings in Richmond and Washington.
A deed is recorded in the Corporation Court clerk’s office transferring ownership from W A Evans and wife to the city of Winchester for a 150 by 117 foot parcel on the west side of East Lane, for 600 dollars. The city will use the land for storage by street sewer and water departments.
Miss Lily Waters of Washington D C arrives in Winchester to occupy Fort Loudoun Seminary for the summer. She brings guests Mrs Beckman Townsend and her daughters Ada and Elizabeth Townsend of Oyster Bay New York and Mrs William Rutledge and Mrs Andraw Rutledge of Rockford Illinois. Mr William Rutledge in Europe will join later. Mrs Ransom and Miss Josephine Ransom of Harpers Ferry West Virginia visited the Corner family on South Main Street. Mr and Mrs Theodore M Conner of Harpers Ferry and Rev and Mrs Arnold Yantis of Auburn New York spent the day in the city visiting relatives and friends. Rev and Mrs E H Dickerson of White Post Virginia were in town yesterday afternoon visiting friends.
Practical cleaning tip advises wiping stairs with a damp cloth and mixing a spoonful of ammonia in two quarts of warm water to remove dust and brighten carpet.
Peter H Mayo a Richmond tobacco millionaire narrowly escaped being struck by a high powered racing car near Franklin and Jefferson streets. Driver Harding Harris losing control struck an electric pole and was seriously injured. Mayo, who spends time at his Powhatan home near Millwood, Clarke county, was unnerved and summoned as a police witness.
Virginia law restricts catching bass and trout west of the Blue Ridge from January to July and September to April with specific size limits and bag limits. Non residents must obtain a five dollar license and counties may adjust seasons. violations are misdemeanors with fines or short jail terms.
A list of pupils from John Kerr Public High School Winchester promoted to higher grades for the next term includes Third Year students Hilda Dean Ida Fisher Marie Friet Grace Hollenberger Helen Kremer Sarah Kremer Muriel Lacham Katharine Lanham Lula Blom er Richard Metz and others. Second Year pupils Ruth Brown Dys Dispannett Mary Alice Ormdorff Alice Osborne Elsie Snapp Yost Harry Copenthaver Finster Abram Novicik Reardon Arthur Robinson Rosenberger Ams Shryock Ruth W bersole Larthey phil Irving Potts First Year Elsie Cleveng ey Chrisman Jessie Fries Plank Gertrude Ritter lor Earl Batley Augustus Allyn Myers Oliver Funk Wilbur Bailey Kenneth Sunk Horeca Smallwood.
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