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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1921
Page
5
An editor recalls a heavy desk ornament as a mollifier while a visitor jokes about temper and violence. The dialogue touches on animals heaven and a child’s remark about a ball boy, with a shuffled room of odd comments and a small brother listening.
A dialogue sketches a printer editor and authors discussing cutting phrases for sale. They describe turning discarded lines into multiple lots and selling them, with hopeful banter about future profits and a humorous claim of marriage prospects.
An excerpt portrays a politician named Sorghum debating lobbyists and influence. The dialogue questions intent, influence, and the impact of lobbying on voting decisions. The piece includes stage whispers about a medium entering a trance and a humorous aside on practical behavior.
A Northeast column notes a comic domestic exchange with Mrs Casey and Mrs Rafferty discussing social circles and a playful joke about a wife always being long and a husband short. The segment hints at quaint local banter and familiar neighbors in a seaside community.
A detective notes the thief wore rubbers and moved in reverse while fleeing. The force warns to watch for a man with receding gums as a distinctive clue in the case.
A bride and groom return from their honeymoon to find financial struggles after their marriage. Curtis Anderson remains in Winchester Memorial Hospital following an operation, with updates showing improving condition.
Mrs. Nealed of Richmond describes severe indigestion gas and nerves before taking Tanlac. She reports improved appetite three meals daily, weight gain, steadier nerves and better sleep after the first bottle. She now manages housework, shopping and outings. Tanlac sold in Winchester by Boyd Drug Co. and leading druggists.
Messrs Harry R Kern John M Steck and Lewis N Barton with young Harry R Kern Jr and young John M Steck Jr returned last night from a lengthy automobile trip covering over 900 miles. They visited Niagara Falls and toured sapple sections of New York State noting a crop estimate and admiring F A Becks Rochester area orchard and Becks Bakery connection.
Reported by the Associated Press from Charleston on August 29 that all telephone lines into Ethel Sharples and Blair in eastern Logan county were out of order as state police and armed men gathered. Governor Morgan’s office had no information, and claims of miners marching from Marmet toward Mingo were dismissed by state authorities.
Charles W. Cugsiey of Nebraska has been chosen by President Harding for the post of assistant secretary of agriculture, to succeed Dr Elmer D Ball whose resignation becomes effective October 1. The announcement came from Washington.
Mr and Mrs W B Timberlake hosted ten days with visitors from Reading Pa Mr and Mrs H Hertzog Mr and Mrs Amos Huyett Mr Irvin Huyett and another couple. Washington DC’s R L Timberlake T S Timberlake also joined for vacation at the Timberlake home.
Mr and Mrs Vernon Grobbs of Keyser West Virginia are spending a few days at the home of Mr and Mrs Jourti Anderson in this city.
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