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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1922
Page
4
Unclear OCR fragment lists prices and numbers with no cohesive event or names. Reads like a newspaper teaser or ad snippet with financial figures and schedules but lacks identifiable people or organizations.
In this April 26 1922 column Hy Walt Mason critiques widespread gun violence and lax laws. The piece describes frequent shootings and fatalities alongside a cynical carnival of crime fueled by access to revolvers. It contrasts calls for stricter drug and crime control with easy gun availability.
The program features two farces A Party and The Prodigal, with cast members Susan Reid Williams Victor Arthur Williams Hugh Duffey and others. Vaudeville includes The Prodigal Father led by A L Coble Dorothy Gray Beverley and strong turns by Miss Mary Stuart Miss Mary Hawkins Osmar H. Swan and Swanson. Music by Seal’s orchestra and set by P C Neidemeyer. Commander MacNider reception planned at American Legion Building in North Main Street with out of town guests. Mary Stuart returns to Rock after a music study.
Discussion of frost defense methods for crops including flood irrigation in cranberry marshes, moisture blankets, and water spraying. It explains moist air tactics, irrigation heat strategies, and the limits against heavy frosts while noting the impracticality of large-scale air mixing and the physics of warm air rising.
A historical discussion explains how near ground temperature inversions affect heating efficiency in orchards. Strong inversions raise surface temperatures more, while calm wind improves gains. The text advises spacing heaters, adding windward rows, and notes smoke has limited impact on heat loss but can shade fruit and slow thaw.
Sat night confidence grows as Calotabs touted to cleanse the liver without taste nausea or danger. One tablet at bedtime with water leaves readers waking with appetite and energy. genuine Calotabs sold only in checkerboard packages with a 35 cent family size or 10 cent pocket size.
Miss Ann Carr Russell, daughter of Mr and Mrs Harry K Russell, has shown marked improvement after a serious measles illness with complications at their home on South Stewart Street. Doctors had feared for her condition earlier in the week.
Easy terms offered on two six room brick houses on South Main Street with low prices. Also available small farm and Chapman’s Auto sales at 22tr building lots.
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