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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1921
Page
4
Postal notice shows publication details for Morning News Weekly, Weekly Mirror and related papers in Winchester Virginia. Rates listed include 83 for baptism poll, 148 W, with pricing 4.00 for six months in advance 2.00 for three months and 1.00 for one month plus 0.40.
Legal note stating that Associated Press holds exclusive republication rights for all dispatches credited or not in the paper and that local news published herein is covered by the same rights.
The notice states that the action concerns the Evening Star Publishing Company and not individuals connected with the office, signaling an institutional focus over personal involvement.
August 18 1921 report discusses open letters titled a wife to husbands and a husband to wives. They present mutual demands about finances time for oneself and house duties. The piece weighs marriage dynamics in American and Japanese contexts.
The fragment presents Walt Mason's verse spoofing thieves and violence, contrasting old school courtesy with modern gunplay. It references poets, misers, and a threat of robbery, ending with a garbled note about visitors to Harrisburg and Niagara home.
A fragmentary page covers varied topics including a Rockefeller quotation on fair play in business, a new flood theory from South Africa tied to Ugandan lake level evidence, a shell-cracking bird in eastern Africa, and a tip to quiet chair movement on hard floors by adding felt pads.
Mrs J H Meyer of Orange California credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with relief from severe female troubles after doctors advised possible surgery. She says the remedy let her do housework and walk miles, and she offers to let her testimony be used.
Virginia posts must pay 1921 dues by August 25 or have charters cancelled and not be recognized at the Norfolk convention. A bulletin urges commanders to remove dead timber and send charters to headquarters if revival is impossible, to maintain active posts.
The American Forestry Magazine states a mounted hunter could kill more buffalo with bow and arrows than a rifleman. At close range the arrow matched the bullet in lethality, but was quieter and could be fired three or four times as quickly as muzzle loading rifles.
The article describes a resinous coating produced by formaldehyde acting on phenols or similar compounds to coat cement or mortar tubes or hollow bodies. The coating cures to an insoluble film upon air exposure, providing resistance to mineral and fatty oils.
John Ziska, famed Hussite leader in Bohemia, earned the title father of modern fortification. In 1420 he seized a stronghold near Prague on Ziskaberg and defended it with a few thousand men against a 30 000 strong army.
Freddie observes a newly adopted playful puppy running about and snapping at itself. He worries aloud, “Don’t you eat your sel doggie we just got you yesterday.”
Springtime is a seasonal reminder that owning a home is a long term goal not tied to the year. Planning a home means matching building material and design to family needs with intelligent, practical guidance from a home merchant.
A notice announces an additional ten lots available at Haddox Terrace with original pricing of 350 dollars each. Prospective buyers are urged to select promptly to secure units.
Partial timetable notes show arrivals and departures with times such as 6.00 a m 6 Tuesday 6 1921 and daily service except Sunday. Mentions Ar and BR lines with adjusted travel windows and several small time entries. The legible items point to a Western route context and varied consignments or tester references in the cargo notes.
A pond dwelling spider builds silk nests among aquatic weeds and fills them with air to live and lay eggs. In autumn it seals itself inside another nest and hibernates until spring. The Manchester Guardian calls this tip stupid and unjust due to spatial adjacency, while the Boston Transcript notes prior misgivings.
Grimes Virginia notes report several visitors on business including Holly Strother and Robert Miller of Martinsburg. Miss Mary Newcomb spent days with relatives while Mrs. Fda Taylor recuperates at home after hospital stay. A barn fire at Hiram Cochran drew a large crowd and Sam Haines was mourned after drowning in the Shenandoah River. An ice cream social at R G Clevenger raised about 50 dollars and gratitude is extended to helpers.
A middle aged golfer faces quiet scrutiny as a young spectator asks if he will enter the grandfather’s tournament, revealing social pressure in local sports circles.
A collage of aphorisms and stray phrases notes Emerson on civilization and the gentleman, a jumbled exchange line about a blamed fool and a fakir, Moon Hollow as a tri-state boundary spot, an Italian smoke-reducing ship apparatus, Ruskin on landscape, and a remark about tall hats and dignity when heels are in the air.
An aerial photograph was taken at Bolling Field yesterday by officers of the Air Service. The image captures a view over congressional air operations and marks a notable activity in military aviation.
The Corporation Court of Winchester Virginia orders Lloyd C. Grady to appear within ten days to protect the complainant Alice B. Grady. The suit seeks an absolute divorce on desertion after a statutory three year period. Publication to follow in The Evening Star for four weeks and posting at the courthouse. Warren Rice, Attorney.
An Army airplane flew from Bolling Field to Camp Meade yesterday and returned with a fully loaded plate showing drills and maneuvers under way. The citizens' training camp is now being paid at Camp Des...
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