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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1921
Page
4
The Aug 31 1921 Evening Star piece mixes Walt Mason verse on the cook book with Kipling quotes about resilience. It surveys women’s preference for cookery books over fiction, and links domestic mastery to happiness, then shifts to Kipling’s If guidance as a moral scaffold.
Plans are under way for a free tuberculosis clinic in Winchester and neighboring areas during the first week of September under the State Board of Health and Red Cross. The goal is to attract many residents for physical exams to reduce future deaths, with specific times and locations listed for Winchester Mountain Falls Stephens City Brucetown Gainesboro and a separate session for colored residents in Winchester on September 7.
The 1910 to 1920 decade added 2 224 farms to Virginia total reaching 186 242 with shifts by size class. Farms under 20 acres rose to 39 746 while 20 to 49 acres reached 12 390, 50 to 99 acres 38 342, 100 to 174 acres 32 997, and 175 to 499 acres 26 101 as larger parcels declined.
Major Edwin P Conquest will lead the annual Virginia National Guard inspection and muster with officers to report at 8 30 p.m. The inspection includes the First Regiment in Winchester and Company Z, First Infantry. New rifle and machine gun units complete the brigade, paving the way for a brigadier general appointment.
In Richmond Virginia Senator Swanson declared he is feeling fine after illness rumors. He predicted a strong Democratic victory in Virginia and the governor race while deflecting questions on his own candidacy. He and Secretary Brenaman met in Murphy's last night and later conferred with Congressman Flood.
W. H. Haislip of Covington Virginia credits Tanlac with turning his life around after ten days off work. He suffered weight loss stomach troubles constipation and fatigue but reports rapid improvement and renewed strength after starting Tanlac. Sold by Boyd Drug Co. in Winchester and leading druggists everywhere.
Quotations today cover country and creamery butter, butter fat, young chickens, roosters, bacon, wheat, corn, barley, corn meal, straw, standard middlings, and various flour and feed products. Prices show slight variation between wholesale and retail listings with range details for select items.
The notice proclaims lower lumber and building materials with complete stock for framing homes or barns. Home Merchants offers fair, reasonable prices and planning support for customers seeking affordable materials.
Listing shows a six room house on Main Street priced at 1500 and multiple farms including a 7 53 acre limestone farm on Pike and an 110 acre farm near White Hall. Also mentions Haddox Terrace and a timetable for a Winchester and Western Rttire line with station details and train arrivals.
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