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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1922
Page
4
Fragment shows year rates and carrier terms for multiple papers including The Geon Starpenn Co Winchester and associated weeklies. Mentions consolidated publications and pricing in advance, with partial postal matter note.
From mining camps, after a four month idle period due to a strike, mules balk at resuming work. They kick the blacksmith when shod and refuse to be hitched, some having grown so fat harnesses no longer fit. The piece echoes holiday fatigue as if from a vacation.
The Richmond News-Leader cites a forecast that the new tariff bill will raise prices on suits fabrics gloves hosiery and wool products. Retailers may lift costs in November with inventories urged to be stocked up before the rise.
A notice advertises a friendship picnic scheduled for September 4, a Labor Day gathering inviting community members to attend and share in a day of fellowship and outdoor activities.
Aunt Samantha boasts costly furs while noting no harm to animals yet mocks pain and death as she enjoys a ball. The poem questions cruelty in fur trade, imagining animals trapped for fashion and contrasting her indifference with the wild’s suffering.
Mrs. Beverly Lockhart of 318 Highland Ave. credits Doan’s Kidney Pills with quick relief from back and kidney pain after a severe cold. She recommends the remedy and notes it provides lasting relief when kidney trouble returns. Price is 60 cents at dealers. Foster Milburn Co. manufactures.
Local wholesale market rates show mixed values for wheat and livestock. Wheat and spring wheat flour are listed with varied prices. butter, creamery fat, hay, straw, and middlings appear with several quotes. Spot corn and cattle prices also noted, reflecting ongoing supply conditions.
The body of Mrs. Taylor widow of Commander James Spottiswood Taylor United States Navy was found today in the Delaware River near the Navy Yard in Philadelphia. Commander Taylor was the chief medical officer at the Philadelphia Navy Yard and had died a few days earlier.
Harrisonburg leads the Tennessee Valley League with a 16 667 record and 10-586 marks for Woodstock Winchester New Market Mt Jackson Strasburg Front Royal Boyce and others. Yesterday results include Harrisonburg at Harrisonburg Front Royal 6 Front Royal 5. Upcoming schedule features New Market at Woodstock Mt Jackson at Front Royal and Winchester at Boyce.
Tokyo reports the Japanese cruiser Niitaka sank in a typhoon off the Kamchatka coast on August 26. Admiralty confirms virtually all hands lost, with about 300 sailors perishing.
For sale a new home on Virginia Avenue offered for one week only by J A Ashton at East Kern Street. The ad promises a quick, cheap sale to buyers ready to act.
The Roanoke Times notes a third group of twenty children will depart Princess Lodge near Winchester this week after a month long stay. The Visiting Nurses' Association arranged the outing for undernourished youths to gain health and school readiness. Dr. P. W. Boyd plans to offer the lodge again next summer.
Have you anything to sell see J L and J W Jolliffe. They will sell on commission at their sale Sept 14 1922. They sell horses cows hogs sheep farming implements buggies and harness. Joliffe contact Stephenson Va phones 2017F21 and 2012F11. 30-6t
On Saturday September 2 at 1 pm two fine Milch cows, household goods and miscellaneous articles will be sold. M H Swartz located at 29-61 Near Kernstown Station conducts the sale.
In Canton Ohio last night an unknown assailant used an iron bar to murder Mrs. Freda Burns 27 Frank Burns 25 and Mrs Mary Nola 29 in the Burns home after lying in wait. Luther Armstrong 28 who accompanied one victim suffered a scalp wound and fled to notify police.
Miss Frances Will of Warrenton Virginia and Miss Frances Taylor of Washington DC are guests of Miss Mary Louise Glass at the home of her father Robert P. Glass in Opequon.
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