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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1925
Page
4
The Evening Star published daily in Winchester Virginia and entered at the post office as second class matter. It notes consolidation with Morning News The Weekly News The Weekly es The Weekly Mirror and publication schedule excluding Sundays.
By mail for one year in advance three fifty. six months one seventy five. three months ninety. one month eighty cents. Weekly rates listed but not fully shown. The fragment outlines typical newspaper subscription pricing.
The Associated Press holds exclusive republication rights for dispatches and local news published on Monday, August 10, 1925, with all news content credited or not. This notice confirms AP entitlement to use and republish the material from that date.
The Staunton News-Leader congratulates Harry Flood Byrd on his decisive Democratic primary victory in Virginia and argues he embodies independence from the old machine. It praises his courage and fitness to lead, noting his potential for reform and welfare of the commonwealth over factional interests.
The Lynchburg News notes Harry Flood Byrd’s gubernatorial bid centers on pledges to reform the fee system, improve the tax code, and speed road building. Virginia Democrats largely agree reforms are needed, and the question is which candidate can best implement them and carry them through to fruition.
Governor Byrd renews pledge to steer Virginia toward a fairer government and prosperity. He urges all voters to back his program, saying those who opposed him may now unite for a common goal and erase campaign bitterness. He seeks confidence until proven otherwise, urging aid from supporters and skeptics alike.
Walt Mason lampoons Dayton Tennessee during a gathering of great men who, amid heat and entertainment, shed pomp and peak at oratorical bravura. The crowd, natives and visitors alike, watch as dignity melts into wit and ridicule, revealing human frailty beneath stately pretension. The verse captures local color, satire, and a playful clash of prestige and heat.
Miss Sara Chew secretary at Shenandoah Valley Academy Winchester Va came to Charles Town on Thursday and will stay the remainder of the summer. She will return when S V A reopens in the fall.
Isabelle Peyton of Clarke county Virginia, a colored damsel, is sought by police for alleged assault on Mary Ransom of this city. In Haddox alley the women drank together and jealousy prompted Peyton to attack with a butcher knife. Ransom suffered deep cuts to arm, neck, and shoulder and was rushed to hospital. Peyton fled to Clarke county as officers pursue her with warrants.
A vintage advertisement promotes McCoy's Cod Liver Oil Compound Tablets in sugar coated form to add five pounds of healthy flesh in 30 days. Baker's and Boyd's Drug Stores sell 60 tablets for 60 cents with a refund if goals aren’t met. Claims a woman added 15 pounds in six weeks and encourages use for children to grow robust.
Work began today to lay a terra cotta channel in the Town Run from Kent Street southeast to sewer beds to carry off storm water and debris. The two foot wide channel will rest on concrete beds on both sides providing a smooth non resisting surface for rapid drainage.
Martinsburg West Virginia officials announce raises of 100 dollars per year for all grade school teachers, with annual pay increased across the district. The plan aims to attract and retain qualified educators in the public schools.
The school board approved raises Friday night with principals receiving between 1833 and 1900 dollars annually while grade school teachers will receive 1200 dollars per year.
The MacMillan Arctic expedition at Etah Greenland now maintains two way daylight radio with the navy station BeNevue D C on a low frequency basis. The Navy Department reported the link is solid daily with a time signal used to correct navigation instruments. After the signal, messages are sent and ordinarily copied at Etah.
Maurice Pasker, a French orphan, joined the American Army in France in December 1917 at age 10. Adopted by the 160th Infantry to avoid technicalities, his muster roll entry signaled his service abroad. He earned three stripes for 18 months overseas, was discharged at Camp Lewis in April 1919, and now serves in Capitol Post No. 9 drum and bugle corps.
A utilitarian memorial to Dr. Kate Waller Barrett, born in Stafford county, will be proposed to the American Legion Auxiliary by Fredericksburg and Staunton delegates. The plan calls for a $5,000 memorial fund and annual interest used to maintain a community nurse in Stafford county where she was raised and long active.
Daily market data lists local wholesale and retail prices for flour corn butter eggs and poultry. It notes corrections apply from the prior day and cites ranges for spring chickens and other feeds across multiple markets and organizations.
Berlin Aug 10 Dr Otto Arendt a noted bimetallist argues Germany should copy the American form of government rather than western democracies He says a nonpartisan cabinet backed by the people is essential and monarchist restoration would end in civil war and Reich decay The present constitutional base must be strengthened not tampered with and any such attempt is a crime against the German people
The Berryville Turnpike Company treasurer announces under a 1924 Virginia act that several listed stockholders and their heirs cannot be located. If not appearing within thirty days of first publication, remaining assets after paying the commonwealth will be distributed pro rata among known stockholders.
Officers Hollis Dove and Boyd raided George Kremer Jr on West Pall Mall street Saturday night and seized a complete home brewing outfit. The haul included 22 bottles of home brew 3 quarts of malt syrup and numerous empty bottles. Kremer was absent and has not been seen since.
In CHALESTOWN West Virginia two sisters married on Wednesday. Phoebe Virginia Knott, a Mannington public school graduate, wed A F Arnold of Terra Alta at the Southern Methodist parsonage in Frederick. Eva N Knott became the bride of T H Sprint in Winchester at the district parsonage of the Methodist Episcopal Church South.
Large clean cotton rags sought at Star office priced at 3 cents per pound. The notice requests suppliers to bring rags to the Star office for sale.
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