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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1924
Page
4
Garry Flood Byrd publisher at the post office in Win Virginia files for second class matter. The papers Morning News The Weekly News The Weekly Mirror consolidate with the Evening Star Publishing Co Winchester Virginia.
A garbled OCR fragment lists prices and dates missing clear context. It contains terms like months in advance and monetary figures alongside scattered alphanumeric strings, with no coherent event or names to anchor a summary.
A brief note indicates local news items are republished for republication using file patches credited to this agent or to it and to PA P, with credits adjusted for local outlets.
Sapiro, founder of cooperative marketing and Republican organizer, predicts Davis will win. He argues tariff policy misleads farmers and affects product prices, urging farmers in western states to vote for Davis and to oppose McCumber tariff. He notes farmer sentiment shifted from La Follette due to tariff policy.
The poem celebrates after-work play and the guilt of leisure when chores loom. It praises a worker who balances honest tasks with harmless recreation, noting the pride in a well stocked larder and full tank as he enjoys a romp on the lawn.
The Rev. J Williams of Boyce filled a regular Mount View appointment and stayed at Mr Bowman’s home. Ralph Lynwood Bowman suffers cholera infantum with Dr Shafer attending. Mr and Mrs A D Davis visited Idensville. Martha Virginia Kern spent a week with sister Mrs David Garvin in Danville. Potts firm member visited from Ridge End to verify store. C Good and Harold enjoyed a weekend at Rock Enon Springs. On August 10 Rev S J Good of Rockville will hold an all meeting at Rock Enon Church. He is a former pastor and will be joined by many former members.
Aug 4 grain market shows prices hold as government closure ends. Reopened market follows rapid rise in wheat, with watchers noting price stabilization after interruption.
In a formal open letter T A Rankin defends himself against accusations tied to a Knights of Columbus oath libel. He describes efforts to settle the dispute amicably, presents Congressional Record references, and posts two Liberty bonds to be awarded to Rev. Hooks upon proof the oath is true. The Winchester Virginia note records bonds placed with Farmers and Merchants Bank.
Miss Mildred Cooper a second year student at the University of Pennsylvania Hospital in Philadelphia is spending her vacation at the home of her parents Mr and Mrs Charlies H Cooper on the Martinsburg pike. Her uncle Prof L Adolph Richards of Washington accompanied her to the city and spent the weekend.
An advertisement from Garber Manufacturing Co lists a picnic and yard party offer urging readers to see them before buying cream and soft drinks. The message highlights high quality and provides address 218 Braddock St. dated 6-26-11.
Prices listed for artificial anthracite per ton by month July August 11.00 September 12.50 October 15.00 Balancing months 17.00. Analysis by Penniman Browne Baltimore July 9 1924 shows moisture 3.47 percent volatile carbon 7.44 percent fixed carbon 74.79 percent ash 14.30 percent total 100.00 percent.
Albemarle County proposes to board its paupers in Frederick County for a stipend. The Frederick supervisors discussed a letter from John F. Faris of Albemarle Public Welfare asking if they would take the county’s few inmates. The Frederick board declined the offer, saying it would only receive residents of Frederick County at its almshouse.
The Star prize of $10 in gold was won by Mrs. L. B. Mowery of Middletown after ticket No. 2,402 was drawn on July 25. Previous drawings failed to claim, and a final drawing may occur for ticket No. 10,834 if not presented by Friday noon.
Mrs C R Grubbs of Winchester spent the weekend with her brother in law and sister Mr and Mrs C H Starke and returned Monday with her son John who had been a guest for a week. Laura Hildberandt of Winchester stayed with her grandparents J W and Mrs Keffer in West Strasburg from Friday to Monday. Sherman Updike and children of Winchester were Sunday guests of his parents R J Updike and Mrs Updike. Virginia Stine of Winchester visited her cousin Jane Lee Borden Saturday. Dorothy Marshall left Sunday for Winchester to visit her aunt Mrs R Grubbs.
At yesterday's board meeting a resolution was adopted to appoint Alison Birline to the county office of sealer of weights and measures with a salary of 1000 dollars. The duties include testing scales and measures used by merchants, and those found short will be arrested under the law. The office, long in abeyance, is revived to curb dishonest dealers and protect honest merchants.
Notice reports a stray calf named Calf wandering near Willow Lawn on Valley Pike. Owner must identify the animal and pay costs. contact Mrs. Annie R. Hack by July 29, 1961.
Mrs Jennie Jahr of R R 2 Howard Lake Minnesota reports taking seven bottles of a vegetable compound over three months for pains that kept her from work. After using Pinkham’s product she says she can do housework again and recommends the treatment to friends.
Harrisonburg Va August 5 The Rotary Club secures William Jennings Bryan for a public lecture at New Virginia Theatre on Saturday night August 9 at 8 30 p m The event supports a crippled children fund with clinics and hospital cases mentioned as part of the appeal
Kansas City reports describe a heat wave with temperatures around 100 in Kansas and Dodge City hitting 105 degrees, accompanied by winds that worsen heat, sap vitality, and threaten the corn crop with no relief in sight.
Fragmentary note details a home recipe for a fall quart mixture claimed to kill bedbugs roaches moths and ants without burning or rotting. It references use in hospitals and dwellings and mentions proper application of PLD BD 9 but lacks clear measurements or author.
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