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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1920
Page
3
Virginia university announces a large summer school starting June 21 with expanded scope subjects instructors and enrollments. Women admitted on same terms as men. new three summer quarters planned. inquiries flood in from southern states and beyond. Official notice forthcoming.
A local Wilmington news item highlights a demand for a new spray product to address a persistent problem. The report notes community interest and seeks practical solutions to a long-standing issue impacting residents.
A fragment notes concern about reckless driving and the tendency toward more accidents. It implies a call to awareness and safer driving habits discussed in American Motorist.
A Minneapolis mother describes improving nursing and vitality after using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She credits the product with restoring appetite, sleep, and the ability to care for her children, though cautions readers that results may vary.
Skeleton found under rock near Stone with bones piled as if doubled, identity unknown. Report notes a prior month case and hints at an elderly mountain wanderer linked by a 19th century tale of snake hunting.
The Baseball team of the Boy Scouts defeated Boyce High School 17 to 3 yesterday on Gilpin I. Harmon Baker pitched well for the scouts with Frank Stuart for Boyce also standing out. A large crowd from Boyce, Millwood and Berryville attended the game. Baker, Snyder, R Potts, Miller and Thomas starred for the scouts. Boyce will play a return game May 14. Umpire Mr Grim of Boyce and base umpire Mr Arthur.
The excerpt presents a garbled dialogue with Senator Sorghum remarking on not staying in the air forever and weighing a major consideration. The nonstandard text hints at a satirical or censored debate with playful misprints and fragmented phrasing.
A London Answers quip about marriages and imagination contrasts men and women with sharp wit. The exchange shows Gladys blaming overimaginative women and Jack replying about imagining better husbands.
In a playful exchange a jokester laments lack of meat in jokes while the vegetarian editor explains the constraint. The banter riffs on meatless humor and vegetarian identity with a light, punny mood.
A fragment dialogue shows a young man praising a girl and claiming he would never want another thing if he had her, then questions whether he would strive to obtain what she wants. The lines suggest a flirtatious exchange about commitment and effort.
A quarrel centers on a wife’s attire as she asserts the floor is too low to cover modesty. Her husband challenges the length of her skirt in a domestic dispute surfaced in this brief note.
Mrs. Ann Elizabeth Franklin of Warren Virginia died in Leste City at age seventy. A native of Frederick County she was the daughter of the late Amos and Elizabeth Ride nour. Survived by husband J os gor, three sons Be Franklin Riverton Alper Franklin Hagerstown Md Arthur J Franklin Cedarville and one daughter Mrs R hs Robingot Cedarville.
A marriage license was issued to Cecil M. Payne and Miss Edna E. Carpenter in the Clarke County clerk’s office. Payne, a Clarke County native and son of R. L. Payne, weds Edna Carpenter, daughter of Bushrod Carpenter, both residents of Lamps, this county.
Warren county Va. honors Dr. Mants Littleton Garrison, aged elderly, who died recently. A Front Royal native, he studied medicine with Dr. Hunter McGuire in Winchester, later worked at Moorefield West Virginia with 8 Bees store, and served in the Confederate army during the war.
A jumbled collection of dialogue fragments features a spiritualist medium claiming a wife in heaven, a quarrel over happiness, job offers from a mysterious “someyers shop,” and reflections on irony and inconspicuousness. The passage includes jokes about kissing transmitting microbes and filler remarks on portrait cartoons.
A whimsical verse describes steering an airship through a crowd and spotting a cherub on a cloud to signal Stop and Go. The playful image ponders speed, direction, and signaling in a dreamlike sky procession.
In Film Fun, a quip asks if movie stars will unionize. The reply suggests it would suit employers to organize, reflecting humorous newsroom banter about unions in cinema.
Text presents disjointed quotes about opportunity in America and small businesses in Boston. Mention of a first lover and vague reminiscence suggests a jumble of personal memories with location references like Boston and Mississippi.
A prior military action notes that the lone European crown seized by the United States before the current conflict was the town of Derye in Tripoli. It was captured by an American force led by General Saton in 1804.
The following conveyances of real estate have been admitted to record in Clerk's office. Alexander DeHaven et ux to John HL Clark for 71 acres near Siler for 3000 dollars. J William Keller et ux to Alexander DeHaven for 12 acres in Stonewall district for 2000 dollars. Samuel Gietux to J E Mason et al for 121 acres in Back Creek district for 1450 dollars. Mary A ll Jones et al to H cv Stouffer for two tracts 56 acres in Stonewall district and 75 acres in Shawnee district for 7600 dollars. Deed to F H Holliday to own for 3 textur es. House and lot on Martinsboro Pike for 3500 dollars. Charles O Williams to C H Burs ey for 17 acres near Middletown for 1200 dollars. George W Mason to Phil H Gold for tract in Stonewall district for 500 dollars.
Louise Crawford returns from a North Carolina trip. Peter and Mrs Hammond visit Earle Roberson in Kernstown. Marie Cammer stayed with her sister in Winchester. Strosnider family moves to Grim tenant house. Ww., Lichliter family and Tuskips visit Easter. Osborns move from Arkansas to stay with brother-in-law. Arthur Cooper family and Mildred visit Richard Cooper's near Chambersville. Graham Cooper family with J W Cammer relatives. Charley High moves near Martinsburg. Jacob Metz back home after Memorial Hospital surgery. Easter visits noted for many residents.
A fragment from a humorous column features Miss Blibbs and a slangy American. They discuss travel in a dirigible with friends for 30 days and the challenges of language while joking about blondes and daily routines. The piece balances light banter with caricatured dialogue and topical wordplay.
Mrs Fred Arter of Zanesville writes that ET often hears praise for Chamberlain's Cough Remedy from friends and acquaintances. She notes it strengthens her good opinion of the medicine and urges others to try it for coughs and colds to see its effectiveness.
An OCR read on nasal catarah describes the mucous inflammation linked to colds and weather changes. It notes blood condition as a factor, mentions potential chronic progression, and touts Hood’s Sarsaparilla and Hood’s Pills as curative, claiming three generations of satisfaction and bodily purification.
Executrix of Hannah Murray de is offers for sale at the courthouse in Winchester on Saturday April 24 1926 the real estate including a five room house on Pine Street Harris addition with outbuildings a good water well a pen hen house wood house and a 40 by 229 foot lot adjacent parcel totaling 200 by 229 feet. One third cash on day of sale balance in one and two years with interest and public sale conditions noted.
A fragmented note mentions a tunable machine and a hairpin turn around a period near July. It references a task related to a court or assessment and an event on 4 July in unclear terms.
Partial OCR notes describe a Pullman sleeper service between Hagerstown and Philadelphia with intermediate stations and a Philadelphia connection. Saunders and Revill listed as passenger and transport officials reference timetable numbers and two fifteen pm departures.
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