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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1921
Page
7
Bids are invited for constructing a brick Baptist church at Boyce Virginia. Blueprints and specifications available on request at the Baptist parsonage. All bids may be rejected. Time limit September 1st 17 31.
A patent was granted for a novel clock dial with three hands indicating the day and week. The invention aims to show a traditional weekly cycle and hours, improving readability aboard ships and offices. It notes absence indicators and a design intended for public display and practical use.
The Red Cross Chapter of Front Royal and Warren County presented a silver loving cup to Dr. H. C. Stuart for his tireless service in Warren County. He conducted tonsil clinics in Front Royal two to three times yearly, providing free relief to citizens. Nurses from Winchester Memorial Hospital aided at these clinics, including Miss Ann L. Carson at the most recent event.
Marshall Baker presents an imported film Carnival at the Empire Theater in Winchester. English star Mathewson Lang leads with Venice scenes featuring the Grand Canal and Bridge of Sighs as a beautiful co star enhances the tale of love and tragedy amid a Venetian carnival.
A recent New York exhibition features a French model hat that is a novelty piece. The hat is lavishly trimmed with snail shells, making it a distinctive and unusual display.
The Virginia Synod of the Women’s Missionary Society will hold its tenth annual convention at St Paul’s Lutheran Church in Strasburg starting in August and continuing to the 28th. Noted speakers will discuss missionary work including a mission study led by Mrs EB C Whost with reports from ordained and lay leaders.
The passage urges assertiveness to overcome stagnation by facing adversity. It compares resilience to a mythic hero who rises after being knocked down and recommends outdoor immersion. It invites venturing to streams hills forests and open air to sharpen lungs and endurance through unrestrained activity.
A playful guide from Portland Oregon cites terms spouses use to reveal years married. It lists phrases such as my darling wife for three months and the old lady for twenty years, illustrating how language marks time in marriage.
Theocracy defined as rule by ecclesiastical authorities under heaven. Priests claimed to govern by God’s sovereignty with revelations acting as civil law. The ancient Israelite people were under this system from Exodus until Saul’s accession.
In this excerpt from The Renaissance, Walter Pater discusses how beauty, knowledge, and artistic works elevate the spirit. He suggests moments of sensory wonder and the joy of human creativity illuminate perception beyond daily life.
An English clergyman Father Black spent much time visiting prisons and trying to reform inmates. One grateful house breaker said he had taught him to love God and the devil, noting how the clergyman had changed his life.
The radi um unit bears the discoverer’s name the curie. Metric naming extends to millicurie as the thousandth of a curie, a commonly used subdivision. Science Service notes this linkage between discovery and measurement.
Among Australia’s varied flora the flame trees rise about ninety to one hundred feet, the fire trees boast scarlet blossoms unlike any other, and Indian figs stand as lofty, graceful trees with brilliant color across the landscape.
In Kineton Warwick shire England women save fat pieces at home to render soap for toilet and household use. The village self supplies soap to all residents, reflecting a communal domestic effort.
A Brooklyn Eagle note reports that Eskimo babies are rarely weaned before four or five years old and begin chewing tobacco, swallowing juice between nine and twelve months, illustrating early traditional practices.
The London Tit-Bits quotes Sara Orne Jewett praising Thackeray as a great Christian who is humble, learning, and reverent. A Walthamstow woman complains her son-in-law annoys her by sleeping on the doorstep, likening him to a stepchild.
If you desire to mend broken crockery melt a teaspoonful of alum. Damp the broken edges on it and hold them firmly together until cold and dry.
The text notes a Boston Tran script line about earning versus selling, then cites Curran's 1808 speech containing the line Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty. It presents a commentary on value and vigilance attributed to historical sources.
A mysterious pillow reveals feathers from Russia linked to a major Siberian epidemic. The case highlights how a simple object can connect to broad public health crises and historical outbreaks.
The city’s operating costs rose from 98,100,413 dollars to more than 345,000,000 dollars over twenty years, highlighting a substantial growth in municipal spending and fiscal pressures facing New York City.
L M Welton writes in The Star criticizing Senator France for endorsing cooperation with Germany and the Soviet government. He asserts the Soviet regime must be resisted and calls any aid to Bolshevik Russia a crime against Christian civilization. He signs as a Maryland Republican electorate member.
Mr J H Burkhart and son Virgie Burkhart visited Mr and Mrs 8S A Bly at Fawcett Gap. Mrs N C Williams and her child improve after staying with her parents Mr and Mrs W A Clowser. Florence Sager and Lena Orndoff visit Miss Elsie Ashwood with Marie Orndoff. Gravel Sprit picnic drew many locals. preaching by Rev J B Crowell is set for Sunday Aug 28 at Mount Williams.
Community invites attenders to a Friendship picnic on September 5 at Rock Enon. Organizers publish details in local notices and urge participation from residents and nearby groups.
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