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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1922
Page
4
An item from Morning News Weekly News and The Weekly Mirror includes a compact listing of notices and brief ads with prices like 4.56 and 1.20, showing a small-town readership snapshot of commerce and public notices.
British and American tests show battleships highly vulnerable to air attack. Bombs dropped on the Agamemnon and other vessels reveal decks withstanding limited defensive fire, signaling a shift in naval defense and potential obsolescence of the dreadnought as an invasion instrument.
Rippling Rhymes by Walt Mason laments fading literary tastes as twenty year old books once sold well. The piece notes readers’ shift toward movies, cites Maurice Thompson, Sappho, and poets, and includes local notices about kidney pills and a family in Mercersburg with travel to see relatives.
Mrs. T. A. Landry of Donaldsonville Louisiana reports relief from chronic female troubles after using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Sanative Wash. She states weeks of pain and weakness faded rapidly and urges others to try the medicines, noting their merit over fifty years of sales.
The postmaster general in Washington issued an order received at Winchester requiring all new residents to have mail receptacles before a letter carrier will serve the home. A move to a new residence is treated as a new occupancy and demands the same. Mailboxes belong at or near the front door or a door slot. without them mail will go to general delivery. Local authorities have no discretion.
An old testimonial claims iron deficiency drains vitality and that Nuxated Iron, a form easily absorbed, restores strength and energy. The ad urges purchase from druggists, promises a refund if two weeks fail to improve health, and cites Dr. James Francis Sullivan as authority.
Entries list visitors and family connections across towns in Virginia and nearby states. Mr Harry Maloy and family from Altoona Pa visit Ellis Maloy. Mamie Ebersole and daughters tour Matthew Ebersole’s home. births noted for Harrison Henderson. multiple households from Winchester Ernstown Johnstown Stephens City and Martinsburg host and visit relatives.
Miss Emma Bowman of Winchester visited Mr. C. C. Miller. Grace Stauffer called on Miss Lorilla Henry. A baby boy was born to Mr. and Mrs. Joseph W. Hancher at Winchester Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Hancher is formerly Miss Bessie Sell, sister to Mrs. O. C. Miller.
A free Bible lecture will be held at Bryarly's School House on Friday August 25 at 8 p m. Reverend Thornton of Brooklyn New York will present the talk with subject Millions Now Living Will Never Die. Attend and gain insight from this notable address.
A surprise party honored Miss Kati Burkhart at the home of J H Burkhart in Mount Williams Virginia on a recent Saturday. Attendees included Misses Emma Snapp Erna Giese Arthelia Ashwood Elsie Ashwood Cora Brewer Denta Messinee Elsie Preffitt Mabel Clowser Delilah Sager Katie Lockhart Marie Orndoff Lena Orndoff and Messrs Leonard Wil-.
A late hour gathering featured many named local residents as guests and relatives visited wells and camps. Refreshements were served and Miss Burkhart received wishes for more glad surprises. Attendees included Burkhart, Snapp, Miller, Clowser, Williams, and Giese families with a local church service planned at Mount Williams on Sunday.
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