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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1924
Page
4
The fragment lists publication details for the Evening Star based in Chester Virginia. It mentions publishers and various subscription options with prices for daily, weekly, and carrier delivery, including terms for different durations.
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August 8 1924 report supports ECONOMY movement to abandon separate almshouses in Frederick County and neighboring counties Clarke Shenandoah and Warren. Delegates praise county board for initiating centralized operation while criticizing waste from current system. Proposal aims to sell property and use proceeds to reduce county costs.
The editorial notes Governor Morrison's plan for additional highway bonds and a port and steamship project. It cites the North Carolina Highway Commission chair’s opposition and predicts legislators will act on Morrison's recommendations, with a possible public vote on port bonds. It warns of rising state debt and reviews Virginia’s tax policy and pay as you go road financing.
A whimsical verse extols Doodle's Cafe with vivid diners and polite service. The speaker lauds clean tableware, friendly staff, and modest prices while urging readers to try the cafe's fried fare and pheasants amid lingering, unfinished lines.
An advertisement touts Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a remedy for headaches nervousness and other ailments common to women. The copy mentions a fifty year history and urges suffering women to try the product. It notes Mr. and Mrs. Sinnott of Washington D C visiting relatives in Nation.
Letter to the editor by Nannie Nutt Holt defending the original Ku Klux Klan and denouncing modern imitators. She contrasts postwar Reconstruction politics with Confederate heroism, arguing the original Klan arose from necessity, while modern groups are criminal and parasitic. Dated Sanibel Florida June 2 1923.
The July 9 1924 analysis of W G E L Co coke shows moisture 3.47 percent volatile matter 7.44 percent fixed carbon 74.79 percent and ash 14.30 percent totaling 100 percent The chemists deem the coke about equal in value to anthracite coal and note its lighter burn requires more frequent stoking but it kindles readily and heats quickly in proper ovens.
The document affirms all claims made by the undersigned about the old and present Ku Klux Klan. Walter Cox and M. D. Winchester signed on August 7, 1924, in support of the statements.
The Rev S R Ludwig announces Sunday schedules for Winchester rural United Evangelical churches. Pleasant Valley holds Sunday school at 10 a m with sermon and Communion at 11. Christian Endeavor at 8 p m. Fairview offers 2:30 p m Sunday school and 3:30 p m sermon with Communion and an 8 p m Endeavor session. Mount Zion hosts an 8 p m sermon. Mount Pleasant and Mount Olive run 10 a m Sunday schools, with Mount Olive offering proper and praise at 8 p m. Sunrise lists 10 a m Sunday school.
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