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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1923
Page
5
A collage of quirky lines and snippets from sketches and performances. Bouts of mock dialogue tease fashion costs budgets engagements and daily life with playful banter and blunt humor. Characters debate hats engagements rings and the idea of buying versus preserving tradition.
A wry poem fragment contrasts a rider’s fatal zeal for the right of way with a cautionary line about select apples priced at twenty five or fifty cents a dozen. The humor weaves in a Farm Life joke about choosing produce and its cost.
A clipped dialogue shows a puzzled employee urging openness with the “g man” and the “se” to signal willingness to be sought, framed as a terse office exchange about cooperation and disclosure.
Fragmentary dialogue shows a strained exchange between two speakers with evasive statements and a reversal of earlier claims. The text includes truncated lines and uncertain attribution, suggesting a literary or theatrical snippet rather than a complete report.
A bedside exchange has a doctor declaring the patient near death and the wife urging quiet. The dialogue veers to politics and a humorous note about future travel plans and fishing once life ends. The scene blends mortality with light social commentary.
A clipped dialogue depicts marital friction with light humor about money and happiness. A father explains there is no happiness in poverty, while a son questions playing bridge with his wife, highlighting domestic tensions and practical concerns.
An old advertisement extols S S S blood medicine as the world's best tonic to purify the blood after winter. It claims to stop rheumatism skin eruptions pimples blackheads acne boils eczema and to build energy strength and a firmer flesh tone.
Arthur Seabright topped the Winchester Gun Club affair on Saturday shooting 50 targets, with R T Jones at 44, A Haymaker 6 and J Clark 4. Five beginners performed well for their first outing amid a small turnout.
Richard E Thibaut and Niagara Blue Ribbon wallpapers offered with over 1000 patterns in stock. Glue, paste, paints, varnishes, white lead, oils, turpentine, putty, sandpaper, floor wax, paint remover, bronzes, enamels. Agent for Thibaut stains and over draperies. Also Anchor picture hooks.
A public health note advises avoiding sweets and damp exposure to prevent rheumatism. It claims rheumatism stems from waste acids in food, stressing kidney filtration and skin elimination. It recommends Jad Salts take each morning for a week to neutralize acidity and cleanse the blood.
The University of Virginia Endowment fund alumni board adopts a resolution urging President Alderman to appoint a five member commission to study higher education needs at the university. The plan includes continued funding to complete the university gymnasium without delays and a representatives mix from the board of visitors faculty and alumni trustees.
An Oregon motor guide note references miles to Joe's Bluff with a price cue of 1.2 dollars and a cautionary line about not calling it. The cryptic item appears in a Boston Transacrin publication.
By decree of the Frederick County Circuit Court Virginia the undersigned will offer for sale by public auction in front of Winchester Court House on May 6 1920 at 11 o'clock A M. Several parcels in Frederick County and the City of Winchester are listed including woodland tracts two to four acres each and several house lots with improvements. Terms: one third cash, balance in two annual installments with bonds and deed of trust. Special Commissioner Farmers and Merchants National Bank Winchester Virginia.
In Frederick County circuit court on April 3 1923 Herbert B Larrick executor of George H Wright decd sues Alfred W Wright and others to have the will construed and the estate administered under chancery court direction. Elizabeth Hicks Ada Gaffney and Thon G Wright must appear within ten days of publication to protect their interests. notice to be published in The Winchester Star and posted at the courthouse by April 16 1923.
A girl sobs after telling Jack of a marriage proposal. He now visits her father each night after they read in the library, where he and the girl once learned of the plan.
A World War II veteran sought aid at the Pittsburgh Red Cross chapter reporting illness. When asked about the diagnosis the man cited the doctor’s uncertainty describing it as formation of the diagnosis.
A classroom exchange questions what happens when hot and then cold drinks are taken. Bright Boy says it makes teeth hurt and fillings may expand.
A light exchange recalls fishing in a stream with a country boy noting yesterday’s catch while a friend mocks the fancy gear used. The banter captures rural humor and a shared outdoors scene.
A fragmented dialogue offers a caution about life and timing. The text recalls a warning to pause and listen, mentions the Younglings marriage and frequent quarrels, and notes a lack of bearing on elapsed time.
A humorous exchange after church where a wife calls a sermon finished and a husband concedes it seemed unlikely it would end. The quip captures light domestic wit from Everybody's Magazine.
A fragmentary dialogue compares a phone booth to a truthful man retreating from society. The speakers note a paradox where solitude reveals ease and self-deception, hinting at the social environment shaping honesty and performance.
A witty exchange contrasts Sweden as a haven with few divorces and safety. A barrister jokes about wishing to live there as a cure for his braining troubles, while a friend notes Sweden’s famed matches and calm society.
A Living notes Harold decides to earn his living by writing. He plans to begin with letters to his father and, once the old man is broke, to his friends as the next target.
Betty on a visit to her aunt politely declines leftovers from Sunday dinner. When offered turkey, she answers she only likes it when it is new.
Dialogue shows a couple resolving a quarrel with humor and a playful twist as they prepare to part with a kiss farewell.
A fragment notes a motto seen above a desk, stating In all things Iorges Observe the laws. The misspelled phrase hints at a possible name or transcription error in the source.
A dialogue sketch features Mrs Hennessy greeting an unnamed speaker. She notes she is rarely sick and never well, framing a witty, resigned self assessment in a brief social vignette. The exchange captures a comic social posture.
A terse opinion piece critiques Harkins as self-important, noting he carries a large ego. The column connects local concerns about public health with neglected garbage and breeding mosquitoes in unsanitary conditions.
An article on overcrowding harming vegetable production advises thinning to proper spacing, using a ruler for accuracy, and transplanting when true leaves appear. It cites bush lima beans as a teaching example and emphasizes early, adequate root development to prevent plant loss.
The article explains herbs prefer rich mellow soil and should be dried on dry days before full bloom. Dried foliage is used for flavoring. leaves are cut, tied in bundles, dried on paper, or hung, then rubbed fine and sealed in dry cans. Sage plants yield the most. multiple leaf pickings occur before budding time.
Soy beans are best cut for hay when pods are half full. Early cuts reduce yield. late cuts produce woody stems. Bake and cook before leaves dry to prevent leaf loss, the hay’s most valuable part. Farmers in Illinois and Indiana let the hay cure in the swath and rake with dew on to preserve leaves.
A special commissioner under a chancery decree for Jacob H. Momberger seeks to sell at public auction in Rockingham County Virginia a tract of land with timber and water access. The sale includes conditions on payment and mortgage, with notices posted in court and The Evening Star to inform potential bidders.
Notice announces sale of a mercantile stock with good fixtures intended for a two story room at Duff for sale. Interested parties contact W. W. P. O. Darke in Darke, West Virginia.
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