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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Apr 30, 1924

Page

11

Ten Programs to Be Broadcast by Main Stations

Central time listings show ten radio programs scheduled across multiple stations led by mass network notes from Associated Press. Entries include WGR Buffalo Chicago Tribune WEW Cincinnati and more detailing concerts talks and music blocks with times ranging from early afternoon to late evening.

Radio Digest Associated Press Journal WGR Buffalo QYW Chicago O Tribune Chicago News U. of Chicago WEW Cincinnati Star _ Radio Club WEX Detroit Ji—Detroit Kansas City Star Kansas City Louisville Journal Medford Newark New York Omaha Glenwood Philadelphia GWIP Kppka Pittsburgh VOAE FGY Schenectady Jericho ZBZ Springfield WRC Washington

Rhymes of a Frustrated Mechanic and a Comic Get-Together

A humorous reminiscence of a blithe mechanic dodging chaos around a bus. The speaker laments failed tinkering and aging temper while recalling tinkers, joiners, a plumber, and a lawyer who help keep peace and humor in daily repairs.

Annie Rooney Lizzie Nic Jinks Simms

Available Gabriel's Call

Fragmentary text questions a man who seeks death with his boots on. It mentions a son approaching death in bed, lacking tonsils, and a tumor, with a reference to a silver Times. The passage reads as disjointed, uncertain prose.

Gabriel

Staunton Lady Praises Vendol For Relief Of Stomach Ailments

Rosa Brown of Staunton Virginia writes Vendol has brought relief after years of illness. She describes constipation dizziness headaches neuralgia and sleep loss improving after one bottle and recommends the medicine. Vendol is sold in Winchester and nearby towns including Marion Everly Mt Jackson Walton Smoot Woodstock Edinburg Kniceley's Drug Store Strasburg.

Rosa Brown N. Central Ave Staunton Vendor Winchester Franck Baker and Son Marion Everly Mt. Jackson Walton and Smoot Woodstock F. C. Dinges Edinburg Kniceley’s Strasburg

Indian Motorcycles Display Showcases 1924 Line

The Indian Motorcycle Company unveils its 1924 models following a record 1923 season with sales doubling from 1922. Highlights include the Big Chief 74 with heavy sidecar duty, refined roadability and power, and the Princess Sidecar as part of a robust new lineup now on display at H. R. Willis agency 38 East Piccadilly Street.

Indian Motorcycle Company Indian Scout Service H. R. Willis East Piccadilly Street

Agents Wanted to Sell Better Made Shirts Directly

Opportunity for aggressive sales reps to market Madison Mills Better Made shirts direct from the factory. No capital or experience required. High profits advertised. Free samples offered. Mail Madison Mills 503 Reader New York.

Madison Madison Mills New York

Training and Farming Phrases From a Stray Exchange

Fragmentary dialogue shows confusion about farming work and brain cells. The jagged lines suggest a man questions a trainee about whether he will work in farming and where he learned.

Barber profits from diamond found in chicken

John Antillo, a Gloversville barber, bought a chicken for 2.04 and found a karat diamond inside the bird. Jewelers estimate the diamond’s value at least 500. The chicken arrived from a large poultry shipment with no known home town.

Associated Press Gloversville John Antillo

Marmola Prescription Tablets Promised for Safe Fat Loss

Advertises Marmola Prescription Tablets as a harmless fat reducer available for one dollar per box. Claims quick, secret, painless weight loss without changes to lifestyle and promises smoother skin and better health, directing readers to mail order from Marmola Company, Detroit Michigan.

Marmola Company Woodward Avenue Detroit Mich

Mrs. Merritt's Photo in Paper Highlights Naval Family Move

A San Diego newspaper shows a large photo-engraving of Mrs. William C. Merritt formerly Elsie Oldham of Winchester. She will leave Coronado May 1 to spend the summer with her husband Captain Merritt of the U S Navy at Bremerton and plans to return to Coronado in the fall. Mrs. Oldham, mother of Mrs. Merritt, departs Winchester April 30 after winter visit. she will visit Texas and Georgia before returning to Winchester.

San Diego Calif William C. Merritt Elsie Oldham Winchester Coronado Captain Merritt United States Navy Bremerton Merritt Thomas T. Craven Callie Bruce Oldham Oldham Texas Georgia

Secret of Keeping Young

Why do some women appear older at thirty five while others look younger at fifty. Many women suffer run down weak pale nervous and unhappy states. Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound claims to relieve these ills and renew vitality and health.

Lydia E. Pinkham

Much Good in Human Nature Probed

Quote on trust networks contrasts with suspicion. Article fragment notes belief that most people act well and that excessive distrust harms judgment. Mentions Russian women workers aged fifteen to seventeen and ongoing discussion of social roles.

Freezone relieves corn pain and removes corn easily

Advertisement promising a painless corn remover called Freezone. It claims instant relief for hard and soft corn and for corn between the toes, followed by lifting the corn off with fingers. Also includes a stock loss notice for Shenandoah Valley National Bank showing a lost certificate claim by Boyd R Richards dated 1924.

Boyd R. Richards Shenandoah Valley National Bank Winchester Virginia Hilda B. Dean

Virginia court orders sale lien case over land purchase

Complainant in Frederick County files suit against Charles and Elizabeth Burgner seeking specific performance of a 1923 land purchase agreement near Winchester Virginia. Court requires defendants to appear within ten days, publication for four weeks in Evening Star, posting at courthouse, and mailing copies to defendants.

Circuit Court County OF Frederick Frederick E. Clerk Charles C. Burgner Elizabeth Imogene Burgaher Frederick County Winchester Virginia Charles Co. Burgner Elizabeth Imogene Burgner Evening Star Co. C. Brannon Ward Larrick

Mickie Says Lung Cells Could Cover Huge Surface

Human lung cells laid flat would cover about 480 square feet. The fact highlights the vast internal surface area of the lungs and the efficiency of gas exchange in the respiratory system.

Quieting Title Suit in Winchester Virginia

A suit filed in the Clerk's Office of the Winchester Corporation Court seeks to quiet title to lots 136 and 138 on North Washington Street. The case aims to prove a copy of the last will of Mildred E. Ewell, deceased, and have it recorded in the Will Book, with fiduciary accounts settled and estate distributed per decrees. Defendants Albert M. Ewell and others are nonresidents and must appear within ten days and publish notice in The Evening Star. Mexican Ambassador To United States

Corporation Court of City of Winchester Charlotte Ewell Mullen Adam Forney Mildred E. Ewell Als North Washington Street Virginia Corporation Court of Winchester Mildred &. Ewell Albert M. Ewell Charlotte Ewell Jennie Ewell E. Tyler Ewell Fannie Ewell Wilson State of Evening Star Corinne Thomas Ward and Larrick P.g

City backs spring music festival in San Francisco

The San Francisco Board of Supervisors plans to make the spring music festival an annual event with city backing. In partnership with the Musical Society of San Francisco, four concerts were held in Civic Auditorium drawing an estimated 36,000 attendees. The finale featured Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, commemorating its Vienna premiere in 1824.

San Francisco Board of Supervisors Musical Society of San Lrancisco Symphony Orchestra Civic Auditorium Wich Beethoven Vienna

Vincent Richards Quits Davis Cup Team

Philadelphia April 29. Vin cent Richards, tennis star, has resigned from the American Davis Cup team following the example of William T. Tilden 2nd. The national champion announced his departure amid the Davis Cup developments.

Philadelphia Vincent Richards William T. Tilden Septes

Field mice cause heavy damage to crops and trees

Washington reports field mice inflict millions of dollars in damage to pasturage, sewage, grain, tubers, and fruit. The USDA urges regular orchard practices, with trapping and poison as the main controls, and notes birds also aid in reducing mouse numbers. Concerted community action is needed when infestations become severe.

Washington United States United States Department of Agriculture Th Department

Belle Sherwin Elected President of National League of Women Voters

Belle Sherwin of Cleveland was unanimously elected president of the National League of Women Voters at yesterday's balloting. The election was announced today by the executive committee, with Miss Sherwin having previously served as president.

Buffalo N. Y Belle Sherwin Cleveland National League of Women Voters Ek Committee Miss Sherwin

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