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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1920
Page
4
The text notes the Evening Star Publishing Co Virginia consolidating with the Morning News The Weekly News The Weekly Mirror. It mentions subscription rates by mail and Associated Press news republication rights and local news publishing.
The verse features Walt Mason reflecting on heat and relish of warmth while recalling childhood and labor at sea. He questions observers about heat tolerance and asserts a fondness for the sun and sweat, ending with a wish that friends will stop questioning his heat tolerance.
News-Leader notes war emergency strains raise fears of rapid forest depletion in Virginia. It warns yellow pine reserves may exhaust in ten years and annual losses from fires threaten timber and related industries. Calls for broader enforcement and joint federal state action to curb blazes.
Sealed proposals due noon August 12 1920 in Richmond Virginia for toll house properties along the Valley Turnpike. Listings include Winchester Middletown Strasburg Woodstock New Market Tenth Legion Harrisonburg Mt. Crawford Verona Ft. Defiance and more with attached outbuildings. Bids require five percent certified check and removal of toll booths if purchased.
Advertises Calotabs as a purified calomel laxative for biliousness indigestion and constipation. Claims one nightly tablet with water. no taste or griping, morning energy and appetite. Sold in sealed packages for thirty five cents with druggist money back guarantee.
A poem from 1896 reflecting an old legend that the robin bore a thorn from Christ's crown and stained its breast with blood. The speaker admires the robin as a symbol of gentleness, constancy, and fellowship with humanity, expressing a wish to bear the Cross’s likeness in spirit.
City of Winchester schedules a special election for August 10 1920 to decide issuance of up to 100000 dollars in water bonds. Voters in each ward will mark for or against bond issue on ballots printed with that choice. Election to be conducted by City officers with results canvassed by the county clerk and published in The Evening Star. Adam Forney sergeant announces polling locations Friendship Engine House First Ward and City Hall Second Ward.
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