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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1920
Page
4
Morning News item appears with pricing options for annual and monthly subscriptions. The Weekly Times and Weekly Mirror list mail and carrier rates for one year six months and three months. Associated Press credits noted for news dispatches and local content.
The Baltimore Sun criticizes sugar profiteering, arguing no real sugar famine exists and prices remain artificial. It says profiteers have raked in millions from scarcity, while about one hundred million consumers pay 26 cents or more per pound.
A vivid lament on perpetual murder and social breakdown. The piece links violence to war fatigue, notes drowned victims washed ashore near the Pacific, and laments a culture where people kill one another and villainy thrives.
A Baltimore and Ohio Railroad freight car arrived at a Winchester firm and was unloaded the same day. In the afternoon the same car departed on its return trip with an outgoing load, cited as the quickest freight car return to ease car shortages through cooperation.
The Windhesponter Virginia post office lists unclaimed letters for the week ending August 28 1920. Recipients must pay one cent per letter. Names include Rastin F S Gaekran John K E ven J R Miss Willie Yans C F lmick Mr and Mrs Geo ae itites D C Johnson Winchester Ora parson and J Wayne. Postmaster Wene notes Atlantic City trip for A A Green of H K Green and Bro for fall buying in New York.
As of the preceding day, prices are given for butter eggs dairy feed and livestock. No. 1 timothy hay spring wheat flour cob corn spring chickens and various grains appear with quoted per unit values. Beef cattle lambs and pigs show reported price ranges from regional markets in Baltimore and surrounding areas.
The article explains that state voters must meet existing qualifications and pay taxes before October 2 to vote, despite federal suffrage language. It notes registrars decide voter competency under state law and cites potential legal conflicts after the proposed amendment. It mentions taxes, state officers, and a Rock Enon Park event on Labor Day.
School boys and girls in the state will reorganize their savings clubs after schools open per an announcement from the educational division of the district War Loan Organization. Over eleven thousand clubs have been formed in the Fifth Federal Reserve District since 1918, teaching kids to save and invest part of their savings in War Stamps.
Winchester Virginia August 30 1920 Centenary Reformed Church Sunday school expresses appreciation to Winchester and Western Railway Co for the August 26 1920 Rock Enon Springs picnic. The officials are praised for efficient courteous service and the general passenger agent for aiding a good day.
A Scout song service was held last night in Harrisburg attended by local and visiting scouts and members of the local scout council. Mrs H D Fuller and Mrs W Nelson Page led the event with addresses from R T Barton of the Winchester council and other officials.
Disease germs travel in blood and colonize muscles and joints. A cleansing treatment purges the system by targeting these germs, advertised as a thorough purifier and purifier remedy for rheumatism. Visit your drug store for a bottle and write to Swift Laboratory for free medical advice.
The boys in charge of Mr Huntsberger set out early for Antietam battlefield for a few hours then head to Hagerstown for a demonstration on Wednesday evening. They will continue to Harrisburg by week end. Winchester scouts will make a bicycle hike to Harrisburg for Labor Day and join the hospitality.
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