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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1921
Page
4
Classified notices and pricing for local staples and services appear in this fragment. It lists subscriptions for the Evening Star and related publications, plus typical rates for delivery and six months options. The page also mentions daily operations in Winchester Virginia and references Associated Press news use.
The Hood River publish says the 1920 apple crop totaled 105000 cars with 70000 cars barreled. Northwest box apples shipments were 10000 cars below the prior season. Not over 5000 cars of barreled stock were stored, about one seventeenth of barreled apples stored in Winchester, with nearly two thousand cars fed there. More apples were stored at Winchester than earlier years.
A Better Fruit note argues Northwest growers must adopt higher packing for bulk apples to fetch better prices. A Virginia handler shipped 20 000 barrels of Bermale Pippins, noting he could sell apples packed as in the Northwest at a higher price. Without superior packing the industry may face disaster and struggle to survive.
Local markets show corrected quotes with inconsistent typography. The snippet lists various resale prices for dairy and related goods, including butter and other wholesale items, but the data are garbled.
Corrected closing figures from Baltimore wholesale markets show variations in corn barrel price ranges and dairy butter prints. Young chickens and fat steers are listed with notable price references though some entries appear garbled.
Mr and Mrs David P Garvin and their young son from Danville Va are visiting relatives in Trone Virginia Aug 24. Local attendance marked a Christian conference held last Sunday as residents shared news and hospitality with extended family and neighbors.
A verse reflecting on arson laws and the urge to break them. The speaker admits liking fires but concedes the law must be followed to avoid jail. He notes that laws, though dull, prevent anarchy and protect society even if someday reforms come.
Miss Margretta Henry of Falls Church, Virginia, is visiting her grandparents in Berryville Virginia. The note mentions her travel as part of local society activity with residents and guests.
Toomsboro Georgia resident Mrs. C F Phillips reports relief from backache and headaches after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The letter claims the remedy helps nervous tration and irritability and endorses the product to friends with similar troubles. Also notes social visits and travels of local residents and guests.
The article presents Wall’s Catarrh Medicine as a tonic and blood purifier that acts through the blood to reduce inflammation of mucous surfaces. It asserts people in run down condition suffer more from Catarrh and promotes the product as influenced by institutional conditions. Vendors and a circular from F. J. Cheney & Co. of Cleveland, Ohio are noted.
In Chambersville Virginia on August 25 residents attended a Wardensville camp meeting and a Rock Enon picnic. Weather bureau predicts frost later this week threatening late crops as cooler nights arrive. Mrs Oliver Kern suffered a broken wrist and injuries when a horse spooked and back-strap broke. Dr Anderson treated the wrist. Roy and Mrs Good visited relatives. Lou and Mrs Quantz opened a Martinsburg restaurant and will live in Charlestown. Further, Clifton and Clarence Pingley with families from Philadelphia stayed with Abner Pingley. Miss Hazel and Hester Kipps visited Winchester. Round Hill Sunday School Picnic at M E Church enjoyed a pleasant outing. George Larrick returned from Gore and Rock Enon. Miss Mary Bayliss is improved after illness.
A sales pitch urges couples to view home ownership as affordable by sharing rent and savings. It proposes a plan where the husband pays the equivalent rent to the wife, she earns 6 percent interest on the investment, and the couple saves the difference to build equity in a home.
Classified sale items list a 6 room house on Main Street for 1500 dollars, a 63 acre limestone farm on a pike, a 110 acre farm near White Hall, and Haddox Terrace lots 650 by 150 feet at 350 dollars on easy terms. Also timetable details for intercity trains and Memorial Farms Intermont Capon Springs Shiloh listings.
A description of a five mile east Winchester site on Senseney road noting good running water a dwelling a stable some fruit and other improvements. Contact Wilmer Carpenter Admir Opequon Virginia for details and access information.
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