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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1924
Page
4
Neighbors gaze at smoke and a niece mocks a husband on Easy Street. The narrator recalls warning and denounces Augustus Charles Upjohn DePugh in a light, personal column from The Evening Star dated August 14, 1924.
The New Orleans Times-Picayune urges better marked roads in the South to aid motorists. It argues clear guiding signs at forks and crossroads improve safety and reduce confusion for travelers, noting even simple home signs can help and support growing tourist travel linking improved highway systems.
New York World reports a battle between Brig. Gen. L D Tyson and Senator J K Shields over constitution and league of nations. Tyson, a World War I veteran and Spanish American War colonel, is portrayed as ideal for public service while Shields faces a decisive electors’ judgment.
Poem fragment humorously notes matchmakers and meddling elders trying to steer love between nieces and suitors. A niece considers marriage to Augustus Charles Upjohn DePugh while the speaker laments meddling advice and vows to let true choice prevail.
Relatives of Luther K. Alther deny rumors he vanished from home as a boy. The American consul general at Vancouver, ill in a Vancouver hospital, is reported to be improving though details are unclear. The family plans to seek official State Department confirmation.
Frau Maria Honika, condemned for her husband’s murder, is to be executed soon after the birth of her child in Brunn. A pension of twenty thousand Czech crowns will be placed in trust for the infant, to be paid when she turns 18, as authorities announce. The husband, an army captain, was killed after plans with an accomplice to end the marriage.
Fort Monroe Virginia guardsmen in a training camp day nearly caused tragedy when a twelve inch mortar from Battery Anderson narrowly missed striking the bombing plane observing hits by Colonel Marshall M Milton commander of the 246th regiment. The plane 3000 feet up drifted close as the shell fell into the sea, almost upsetting the aircraft. Colonel Milton, from a noted Winchester family, is nephew of the late Mrs. John B. Tilford of Winchester.
The piece notes the American circus origin dating to 1767 on Boston Common and tracks early touring beginnings. It mentions Aaron Turner founding a traveling circus about 1820 at North Salem New York and the 1824 debut of John Robinson's Circus, the first of the long-lived circuses.
Delegation from Winchester expected to travel by car Saturday to Grove Park Funkstown Washington county for the fourth annual Tri State League picnic and reunion of the Improved Order of Red Men and Daughters of Pocahontas. Events include an Indian warfare demonstration a square dance contests and prizes for best costumes and distance.
Washington August 14 German ambassador to the United States Dr Otto Wiedfeldt will resign his diplomatic post and return to Germany on September 15 having requested relief from his government.
The ambassador declined to comment but reports indicate he agreed to return to private life in May 1922 after a two year term, with an understanding of retirement at its expiration.
A special meeting for stock subscribers and holders of W. G. E. L. Co. will be held at 8:00 P M Tuesday June 26 1924 at the Handley Library Auditorium. Plans to reorganize the company, issue stock and bonds to fund the new gas system will be considered. No additional funds will be raised from subscribers. A full financial report will be submitted. Personal notices will be mailed August 14.
Treasury officials announced that protests by Grand and allied groups against a 50 cent Stone Mountain Memorial coin will not affect minting. Designs have been referred to the Art Commission for study and the number of coins to be minted has not yet been determined.
In Brussels on August 14 a coal crisis deepened as 20,000 miners in the Mons Basin walked out over a 10 percent wage cut. Operators fear competition from German coal will overwhelm Belgian output.
A forest fire believed started by a blast from convict road workers swept through timberland near the Merc ed river north of the Yosemite park. The blaze has consumed over 12 000 acres as firefighters moved to keep it from reaching the El Portal entrance and the national park area.
A conservative authority notes coke equals Anthracite in heat while burning every bit as clean and smokeless as possible. It lights quickly and rivals bituminous coal in warmth but requires more frequent stove refueling. Seller offers limited stock with satisfaction guarantee and advice to buy now for winter.
An argumentative local attorney asserts the case is not six of one and half a dozen of the other. He declares to the jury that the situation is exactly the contrary with emphasized tone. Lawyer Smith is referenced in the exchange.
A brief meditation on how character forms from free choices over a lifetime. The quote credits J C Jeikie and reflects the moral weight of personal decisions shaping one’s soul.
The adage emphasizes character over talk, noting that true greatness is shown by overcoming obstacles. It contends success comes from fitting oneself to the job, not adjusting the job to abilities, reflecting a Pennsylvania spirit of grit.
A fragment describes a colossal ocean craft with speeds claimed above sixty miles per hour and the ability to rise from the water and travel in the air using a mast fin as a sail. It mentions the Gulf Stream and air travel potential in a speculative tone.
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