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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1919
Page
4
A reader lists several periodicals they continued with including Morning News The Weekly News The Weekly and The Weekly Mirror continuing their respective issues. The note notes ongoing engagement with multiple local papers.
The York World notes a legal tangle from New York removing committees in Beston and Chaloner estates. It questions whether Virginia or New York law governs desertion and remarriage, highlighting how cross state rules create absurdities and varied outcomes for spouses.
A reflective musing on how memories decay as years pass and once famed figures fade from public view. The narrator laments modern sorrows replacing past glories and questions how time alters values and significance.
A vintage ad promotes lemon juice as a skin bleaching lotion to remove sunburn tans freckles and dark spots. It touts lemon juice as a simple home remedy for lighter skin appearance.
Special Correspondence from Camp Cornwell near Capon Bridge West Virginia notes 20 boys will remain through Monday due to ideal weather water and progress. Scouts announce promotions effective September 1 and plans to create a permanent summer camp with inspections of the site. Families visit. the troop to hold a Tuesday meeting and an after camp reception Thursday, closing five years of the First Troop’s activity since 1914.
The Star presents daily corrected market notes with wholesale price quotations from local buyers. A listing of current figures follows, outlining prices for various commodities and goods in the local market.
A scanned price list shows various dairy items and groceries with fluctuating cents per unit. Items include creamery butter, country butter, eggs, pork and chicken products, flour, meal, corn, bran, and fresh potatoes with unit prices noted.
The report lists market prices for spring chicken per pound, country butter, eggs from Virginia, dairy butter, yellow corn, timothy hay, clover hay, sheep, diamatibos hay, shoats per head, pigs, foals, steers by grade, and gallows figures. Corrected as of the previous day, with various price ranges and notes on market items.
A concise reflection notes that timid begging invites harsh judgment and suggests courage in requests. It frames humility and generosity as linked to social perception and personal dignity.
A contract in Winchester between James B Winkfield and Oswald Giese calls for a large bakery building behind Winkfield's North Market street grocery. Access will be from Fairfax lane. Giese, a practical baker, aims to run a modern plant producing bread cakes and pastries at low prices for wholesale and retail, aiming to open within weeks.
A Feltham quotation praises plain methods and steady effort as the path to achievement. It highlights common sense and perseverance as the core, practical qualities driving success.
Frederick County Virginia court directs Master Commissioner to report on the estate of David F. Hott and creditors. Proceedings set for August 25 1919 at Winchester office with notices by publication in The Winchester Evening Star.
University of Virginia in Virginia offers special war courses alongside standard programs in College Graduate Law Medical and Engineering. Ten dollars covers all costs for Virginia students in academic departments. Send for catalog. Howard Winston registrar.
Real estate listing offers ten farms from 100 to 310 acres with orchards and water. prices per acre from 65 to 150. One 310 acre farm near Winchester on a macadam road, eight acre orchard and running water. Includes 16 city properties, a 7 room brick near hospital for 5000, plus smaller houses and suburban tracts. C P Bailey Co Bailey Bros Store.
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