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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1923
Page
4
A terse ad lists delivery options from Star Publishing Co and Morning News for The Weekly News and The Weekly Mirror. It outlines annual and short-term subscriptions by mail or carrier with advance payment terms and credits Associated Press use for republication.
Virginia mourns its great but wayward son in a verse paying tribute to George Washington and the Civil War era. The poem by GHO. B. Harrison from Boyce Virginia reflects on Mount Vernon Arlington and the monuments to Washington, Jackson, Lee, and Stuart.
In Alexandria, residents are urged to eat one loaf of bread daily to reduce the national wheat surplus of 171 million bushels. The appeal argues broadened home consumption and foreign markets faltered after the war, and that simple diet changes could boost wheat demand and aid farmers.
The article notes fifteen million citizens live in zoned cities towns and villages as zoning plans expand rapidly in smaller towns. It lists New York California Minnesota New Jersey and Utah with high percentages of urban populations zoned and states the entire District of Columbia is zoned.
A fragmented poemish piece titled Bite or Rippling Rhymes by Walt Mason. It riffs on spring and gardening imagery with lines about Annie, swatters chasing flies, birds, and field work, mingled with garbled OCR fragments. It evokes a light humorous tone of seasonal change.
A health brief promotes stretches aimed at maintaining youthful posture and flexibility. Guidance emphasizes daily routines to support spine mobility and long term vitality, citing exercises and consistency as key factors for age-related stiffness.
The church hosts a sermon on The Right frontage as the final in a Religion and Common Things series. A Sunday morning nursery serves mothers with young children, and juniors plant a garden to fund causes for the church and sick. The Junior Mission Band meets at 4 pm with Miss Allebaug and Mrs. Casselman. An annual financial canvass occurs tomorrow, and the pastor will be installed by the Virginia Classis next Wednesday night May 2 led by Dr. A. M. Gluck and Dr. S. L. Flickinger.
Trustees of the Wickliffe rectory seek a court decree to sell the road fronting property between Rippon and Wickliffe in Jefferson county. A hearing on the petition is set for May 4. The site includes a frame dwelling and four and a half acres, with no resident rector for years.
A son’s remembrance marks one year since the death of George W. Fiddler on April 28 1922. The poem recalls sorrow and faith while expressing longing for reunion on the heavenly shore and gratitude for the father loved by all who knew him.
The Berryville schedule lists morning and evening trains to Roanoke and Hagerstown with parlor car service, connecting at Shenandoah Junction for Washington. Pullman sleeper options run to Philadelphia and New York with details for fares and reservations available from H. H. Burks in Berryville and W. C. Saunders Roanoke.
A noted authority describes indigestion as excess stomach acid causing fermentation and sour belching. He prescribes four ounces of Jad Salts in water daily before breakfast for a week to neutralize acidity, remove gas, and aid digestion. Jad Salts, inexpensive, is made from grape and lemon acids with lithia and sodium.
George William McCauley and Lola Price of Moorefield wed in New York City last Wednesday. The couple will reside in Moorefield after May 15. McCauley is a South Branch Valley attorney and former House of Delegates member. Price is the daughter of Richard Price and well known in Moorefield society.
The Harpers Ferry to Winchester motor bus line trims runs after today by removing one bus. A second car added two weeks ago to provide four daily round trips proved unprofitable, and after today 11 trips will be discontinued while the original bus service continues.
We thank friends and neighbors for kindness during the illness and death of our husband and father. Grateful for the beautiful floral offerings. From his wife and son Mrs Ida and Paul Good.
Northern Virginia Power Company of Winchester will rebuild the Dow power line from Charles Town to Berryville replacing poles, wires, and insulators. The project follows road widening and will begin around May 1 with a complete line relaid rather than resetting old poles.
Cress is the fastest growing plant and can flower and seed within eight days of planting under perfect conditions.
Miss Lucille Anderson asks police help to locate her lost license plate Va. 80873 from her car this week.
The piece asserts the mind can influence the body but warns against claiming all is mind. It advocates a balanced self combining age and body guided by the mind and includes a Bacon quote on revenge and superiority through forgiveness.
For sale a six room double backeroard home with front porch good cellar and lights priced at 3500. Also seven room dwelling with garage large lot 50 by 150 feet in a fine city section. Unusual values on located lots. Easy payments. Complete line of fire life and indemnity insurance.
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