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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1921
Page
6
A letter debates the impact of modern women’s dress on male chivalry and morals. A Boston minister supports uncorseted styles as healthy, while critics fear fashion undermines modesty. The piece argues reformers cannot force dress, noting women choose styles for beauty and agency.
Victor Richard Bothoghite of San Francisco narrates a globe trotting quest to collect material for a proposed book. He says he began in Fran Caco last January and has traveled to Worcester and other Virginia sites including Endless Caverns in New Market and the Saray Caverns with plans to visit more. He recalls two robberies and notes not carrying large sums of money. Chief Dorn confirms a city visit and a held up incident.
Col. Henry W. Anderson the Republican nominee proposes joint gubernatorial debates with Senator E. Lee Trinkle the Democratic nominee. He writes from Wytheville calling for a series of state wide speeches with terms agreeable to both sides. No reply has been received.
Readable fragments describe a camping trip with Henry Ford and the president in Maryland and West Virginia mountains. The group aims to avoid publicity while returning to nature and continuing discussions on public life and policy.
Several hundred midshipmen of the United States Navy, on the last legs of a cruiser voyage halfway around the world, were due to arrive in Hampton Roads Virginia last evening aboard the battleships Michigan Minnesota Kansas and Connecticut. Chief Boatswain Claude H. Ryan of Winchester is among the crew on the Kansas. The mids toured ports overseas and received liberal shore leave at each stop, an arrival said to be the longest ever sander taker voyage by the middy squadron.
An advertisement explains catarrhal deafness stems from inflamed mucous linings in the Eustachian tube. The Hall Catarrh Medicine is touted as a constitutional remedy that acts on mucous surfaces to reduce inflammation and prevent deafness. Circulars are offered by P. J. Chandy & Co of Toledo Ohio.
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