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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1924
Page
4
Public notice details the Winchester Morning News publication, listing publisher Garry Flood Byrd and post office stamping. It notes consolidation with other local papers and provides subscription rates, carrier options, and Associated Press affiliations for reprint and local news use.
April 5, 1924 report notes United Senator Thomas Sterling’s renomination bid gains support from South Dakota voters. It details the purge of several Newberryite allies in Congress and hints at broader Republican clashes over Newberryism and corruption tied to the Harding era.
Richmond Times Dispatch outlines how suffrage debates influence Virginia elections with pilotage regulation as a catalyst. It notes Mrs Fain backing pilots' aims and council shifts in Winchester, including electing Mrs Nanci Larrick and dismissing long-time official Robert Ward while emphasizing education and reform in local governance.
The passage mocks Mrs. Larrick and Mrs. Fain for opposing school foes from outside politics. It notes no Virginia governor appointee has recently joined boards, and suggests past appointees were refused. The text calls the women unmanly in politics and praises them for the stance.
The poem depicts a contrast between idealized prosperity and grim debt. Richard Roe mocks optimistic talk as the speaker laments taxes high prices and personal hardship, noting unaffordable cigars, debts, bailiffs, and a sick wife while panning sunny rationales.
April report from Hogue Creek notes community visits by Shipe Clowser and Cather families. Mount Olive Sunday School reorganization names officers led by W. H. Clowser and L. M. Larrick with plans for Sunday service at 10 a.m. and prayer at 7 p.m. All are invited to attend.
Reliance Virginia notes include Mrs Will Lewin and daughter visiting in Beaty home and Cecil Baker from Baltimore staying with Ros Baker. Louise Stickley visits grandparents in Strasburg. Mrs Cough and Mrs Headley illness updates. Teachers visit homes over weekend. Eva Patterson Port Republic Sally Wolfe Mount Jackson Lacey Mae Greene Front Royal. W W Tanner guest of W O Cooley.
An advertising notice promotes Triumph Pills as safe and dependable for women with irregular or suppressed conditions. It urges readers not to rely on other products and invites requests for more information. The ad is from the National Medical Institute in Milwaukee Wisconsin.
Thrift-Cleaners Cleaning Pressing and Dyeing offers sanitary steam press service with delivery. In loving remembrance of Nellie G. Marple who died April 4 1923 a friend writes a short memorial poem expressing memory and affection.
Auction sale announced for April 12 at 1 PM at Snider's Storage House 329 North Market Street featuring household goods. Contact 445-6t for details.
Berryville notes mark two years of Rev. L. L. Lowance’s pastorate at Berryville Methodist Church South. He reports 113 new members, 69 adult Baptisms, 4 infant baptisms, 24 marriages, 32 funerals, 2,000 travel miles, 350 sermons, and a $5,500 annual raised. He leaves for Roanoke to attend the Baltimore conference with Bishop Candler presiding.
Mrs Dora Osborne of 430 Sherman Avenue South Bend Indiana says prolonged back pain and fatigue vanished after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She notes the medicine cost less than a doctor's visit and helped her regain strength and energy.
In Charles Town West Virginia on April 5 Col George B Goetz received a surprise 61st birthday party at the Goetz Harness Company building hosted by Mr and Mrs Roger Rissler. Present were Mr and Mrs Dennis Link Mr and Mrs Howard Sechrist Mr and Mrs Frank B Robinson Mrs George Poling Miss Agnes Phillips Mrs A D Goetz and Jennie Goetz.
The civil case of Byrd Purcell against S. J. Swimley was indefinitely postponed in county magistrate court on motion by the plaintiff's attorney. The judge noted the case might be withdrawn by mutual agreement, with disputes over a 650 claim for chickens allegedly killed when they strayed from Purcell's farm to Swimley's Brucetown property.
The family thanks friends and neighbors for kindness and help during illness and death of their loved one and for the floral tributes. Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Scrivener express appreciation.
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