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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1921
Page
7
A fragment discusses sundials as poor timekeeping tools next to watches. It notes sundials tell only day time, fail at night, and on cloudy days the gnomon cast no shadow, making time impossible to read.
Mrs. Duncombe of London founder of the Guild of Blind Gardeners says blind people make good gardeners. She notes she could tell flowers by touch and cites a blind worker who distinguishes rose varieties by touch alone, while others relied on sight.
The original papermaker is the paper spider in Africa's dense woods. It builds a home from its own papery threads on a two inch square surface, places 50 eggs underneath, then spins a border to paste it down until the eggs hatch in three weeks.
A concise note suggests using quicklime to remove an old masonry wall. Drill a bottle-shaped hole, insert lime, add water to cause pressure, then seal with a wooden plug to bring down the wall. The text contrasts efficient methods with traditional labor and includes a child’s school anecdote.
A reader recalls children discussing a movie star during lunch and comparing him to mighty figures like George Washington. The piece then recalls ancient and historic pearls valued at extreme sums, Cleopatra swallowing a pearl and Sir Thomas Gresham dining with Elizabeth, each dissolved in honor of great figures.
In a playful comparison, Clarence tells his playmate that the small dog is the baby and the big dog is the mama, likening them to the child and the mother. The remark illustrates a simple, affectionate way children relate animal traits to family roles.
A simple method suggests placing silverware in sour milk for 20 to 30 minutes, then washing as usual. The result should resemble polished silverware, offering an easy home polish technique.
A writer warns to mind one’s own business while a lawyer earns from stirring disputes. The exchange contrasts advice with the lawyer’s trade, implying a clash between prudent conduct and professional self-interest.
A biblical reflection states it is better to seek refuge in Jehovah than to trust in humans. The verse emphasizes divine reliance over human confidence and expresses faith as a guiding principle.
A Boston Transcript writer notes many girls tire after chewing gum and that more pep leads to less pep as a humorous aside about chewing gum use and energy.
Uncle Ezra compares pleasures to mushrooms saying the right kind is fine but to avoid toadstools. He warns readers to beware dangers of tempting but harmful options. The analogy emphasizes careful discernment in choosing pleasures.
Mr and Mrs Bron gon celebrate the birth of laughter as a humorist is born in the western paper. The Boston Transcript notes the event with playful tone and local pride.
A girl studies music for years but forgets it soon after marriage, highlighting a trend of rapid skill loss following nuptial changes.
A quoted line from the Boston Transcript criticizes the common jab about women smoking and male annoyance. The note highlights gendered social humor from the era and reflects attitudes toward smoking.
The Times-Dispatch letters page argues that locating a state medical school in Richmond does not guarantee more rural physicians. It cites the Commission on Medical Education and Dr Tucker urging careful standards and notes that rural need also depends on roads schools and pay. Theodore Hough signs.
Advertisement argues catarrhal deafness cannot be cured by local means and promotes Hall's Catarrh Medicine as a constitutional remedy. It explains Eustachian tube inflammation causes deafness, claims blood action reduces inflammation, restores normal conditions, and offers free circulars from F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio.
Star Tannery residents and visitors share a busy weekend. Joan and Beulah Heltzel of Wardensville visit S. R. Hershman and others in Roanoke Lebanon Church and Pennsylvania. Andrew Heishman visits cousin in Powells Fort. Mrs Himelright and Ritter relatives travel and attend a Fishers Hill picnic. A. T. Orndorff buys a Ford.
The Virginia Synod of the Presbyterian Church shows 59,329 members, up 8,737 in ten years. Abington Presbytery and the West Virginia synod reduced totals, yet Sunday school enrollment reaches 56,278 and tithers number 3,601, about one in seventeen members. The Winchester congregation is highlighted as large and influential.
A national church report shows Virginia members contributed 665 621 dollars to tithing last year, averaging 11 21 per member. Across all causes donations reached 1 617 878 dollars, 27 09 per member, with the church serving fifteen states and a ship count of 397 068, up 20 541. Sunday schools totaled 12 992.
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