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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1920
Page
4
Daily paper marks Chester Virginia publication with Morning News and weekly issues. Outlined address lines and publication identifiers indicate a local weekly paper distributed amid the Evening Star imprint.
The text lists mail and carrier subscription rates in advance for various periods and includes a credit to the Associated Press for news dispatches. It notes exclusivity for republication of AP news and locally published content. Notes are presented in a period newspaper tone.
Fragmentary speech discusses government helping citizens, securing possessions, and living simply through prudent labor. The speaker questions how laws and policy will ease daily hardship and the need for useful toil to avoid poverty.
The piece argues creditors and investors in Ponzi schemes share responsibility for losses. It questions how to punish those who helped the fraud and suggests a tougher stance toward dupes and accomplices. The attorney general’s stance on joint liability is mentioned as a potential policy shift.
In Pichburg Virginia on August 19 a stone yard repairs a tombstone with an epitaph altered. The original inscription read done what he could the added line mocks the deceased and shows the workers attempting to erase the change.
The Associated Press reports P. J. Ryan of Lyceum won the hammer throw event today at the Olympic competition in the United States. Aug. 19. The result marks a notable achievement for Ryan and the Lyceum club.
Edwin R. Bergdoll of Philadelphia is sentenced to four years at hard labor at Fort Leavenworth for desertion by evading the draft. He also receives a dishonorable discharge and forfeiture of pay and allowances. He will be escorted to Fort Leavenworth under heavy guard within days.
Senator Harding hosted a reunion luncheon for Ohio Legislators and former members in Marion. He planned to address party government and respond to Democratic criticisms of his policy, including Governor Cox's charge of a Republican senatorial oligarchy.
The New York Public Service Commission for the second district denied railroads permission to file tariffs raising passenger rates on August 26 under ICC authorization. The commission approved freight rate adjustments but rejected the milk and cream tariff.
A reflective column by C. H. Weidner ponders how people are judged by society at every life stage. He notes contradictions in praise and blame for infants, youths, adults, and the elderly, suggesting life is a humorous proposition.
In Baltimore on August 19 a drop to 15 cents a pound in Philadelphia and a slight market sag here reflect tight money, freight issues, and frozen liquidity. A refinery representative says supply is short about 200000 pounds and brokers with large stocks borrowed to move them. He cautions against assuming lasting conditions and notes wholesale New York and Philadelphia prices at 22½ cents, with retailers around 23 cents and consumer caps near 25 cents.
Capt. Van Egmond leaves Winchester for Washington after eight months serving as local Salvation Army commander here. He built a strong field presence and earned community affection through selfless service. A farewell series on August 29 will announce his successor and mark his promotion.
In remembrance of John Barrett husband and father who died a year ago. The verse notes sorrow prayers and tears and mentions his grave and heavenly rest. Mr and Mrs Donald L Weems and Miss Kent of Petersburg arrived and registered at Hotel Jack.
Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Waddell of Norfolk arrived in Winchester and stayed with Mr. and Mrs. John Affleck on Peyton street. They left yesterday for Yellow Springs, W. Va., after Mr. Waddell's appendicitis operation, to rest in the mountains of Hampshire County.
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