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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 14, 1920
Page
4
The notice lists subscription and delivery options for the Evening Star Publishing Co in Winchester Virginia and notes partnerships with Morning News and other weeklies. It also states the Associated Press holds republication rights for all news dispatches and related content.
An April 14 discussion argues France bears greatest stake in German postwar terms due to Ruhr coal dependence and Germany’s treaty evasion. It urges Britain Italy and the United States to stand with France in the League of Nations to enforce obligations and prevent scraps of paper from defining the peace.
White Post Virginia notes report Rev Lawson attended a Washington conference and corrects a misstatement about Rev G B Palmer. Social items include Miss Keyser and Mrs Carter Strickler visiting Fair Oaks, Mrs J C Lee hosting a Ladies Bridge Club, and several residents visiting nearby towns and returning travelers.
A Baltimore American excerpt questions the fashion shift toward garments like overalls amid high clothes prices. It humorously ponders the impact of modest dress changes on costs and social norms, noting public reactions and speculative future trends.
A fragment from Walt Mason mocks gloomy temperaments who scorn merry moments. The piece rails at pessimists who dwell on death and decay, urging readers to resist their December-chill brought into June and to seek levity instead.
Local markets report daily wholesale price quotes provided by buyers. The Star notes potential corrections and does not assume responsibility for errors.
A fragmented inventory lists farm goods such as wheat, butter, poultry, potatoes, flour, cornmeal and other farm staples. Entries mention items like turkey, roosters, country butter, 12 pound sacks of flour, cracked corn, and screenings for feed.
The Baltimore wholesale markets list price ranges for dairy and livestock products. Fat steers, lambs, sheep, calves, and pigs show varied per unit prices, with feed grains and hay also tabulated alongside corn and butter values.
Harry P. Henshaw of Bunker Hill Berkeley county announces his candidacy for the Democratic nomination for the West Virginia Senate from the district. Supporters describe him as well qualified for the position.
Edmund P. Cahill, the orchardist known as the apple king, has been elected burgess of Hancock Maryland, marking a first-time return to office after several years. The vote signals a change in local leadership and reflects Cahill's prominence in the community.
Governor John J. Cornwell visits Romney for the weekend to attend the funeral of Michael Kuykendall. Kuykendall was the brother of J Sidon Kuykendall a member of the West Virginia House of Delegates.
A Boy Scout event Friday evening will induct sixteen new scouts, bringing total membership to 171. State Senator John Paul and others will speak. The program includes merit badges, second and first class badges, singing, talks, and awards. All active scouts in uniform and the public are invited to attend in the assembly hall on the second floor.
Public health note warns measles can linger after rash and fever. It recommends nightly Vicks VapoRub to relieve airway inflammation and cough and advises external application for safety. Includes sample requests to Vick Chemical Co in Greensboro North Carolina.
Rev. D L Blakemore has been reappointed presiding elder of the Winchester district for another year. He will preach at Relief Church on Sunday April 18 at 11 am and at Carpers Valley at 3 30 pm.
Virginia schoolchildren will raise funds during America’s Gift to France Week April 26 to May 1 for a Marne Memorial statue of Liberty to honor the 1914 French defense at the Marne River. The $250,000 project includes a Virginia share of $5,000, with Harris Hart appointing George W. of the Cooperative Education Association as state chair. Contributions go to State Areas Gift to France, Box 1667, Richmond.
The following is a list of unclaimed letters remaining at Waynesboro Virginia post office for the weekend ending April 10 1920. Persons calling for these letters must pay one penny or more.
Public notice lists owners and residents as Co. and Crabill W BR Canedo Mrs Annie Jefferson Mansfield Jordan Mrs Fannie Lee J W Matthews Neil and Warden Mrs J C Paxton LeRoy Skinner Mrs Mary Walker J W LIBERT Postmaster The Spense farm joins Bakers Stotlers and others features a 7 room house water in house a never failing spring good barn orchard saw timber four miles from Winchester Information available with Mrs E J Hartman Albin Va or William H Cochran 10-In
Union Methodists in Des Moines Iowa prepare for the May 1 gathering of the Methodist Episcopal Church United States delegates from across the country and abroad will consider proposals for reuniting the Methodist Episcopal Church with the Methodist Episcopal Church South at the supreme body meeting which forms the church’s legislative judiciary and administrative authority.
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