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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1921
Page
4
A humorous verse by Walt Mason titled Paying Up about the monthly bill cycle. It humorously depicts the grocer butcher baker and cash flow as the narrator pays on the first day of the month, relieving merchants and merchants’ concerns with each payment. Copyright.
An old health warning explains how fatigue and poor sleep reduce red blood cells, causing paleness and debility. It promotes Gude's Pepto Mangan as a remedy to restore rich blood and remove poisonous waste, urging use of the package labeled Gude's Pepto Mangan.
The American Museum of Natural History in New York exhibits wax models of various foods with explanations of their calories and other nutritional properties. A tree near Leamington is claimed to be England's geographical center, with Stratford on Avon a few miles away. STAR WANT ADS. AR WANT ADS. PAY.
Real estate ad listing several 6 room brick dwellings and lots on Braddock Street N Kent Street and N Main Street with prices from 2700 to 12000. Includes house and lot south city area at 26 monthly payment and other country property and business propositions.
Newlin and Company reports the city of Winchester made the largest annual bond payment in its history. Council introduced tax ordinances for 1922 23 and water and sewer taxes, plus a budget disbursement plan. Streets approved for two new roads Gray Avenue Virginia Avenue and widened Smithfield Avenue. Sidewalk and curb projects were authorized as liens if owners do not pay. Traffic regulations in preparation and city hall file storage to be expanded. Fire hose bids from S F Roth and Co considered with a test of hose links. roof work authorized for Sarah Zane Fire Company’s engine house.
The council elects M. A. Dettra as City Manager and appoints J. Trier as Assistant City Manager after roll calls. Mayor W. W. Glass is chosen Police Magistrate amid votes for other nominees. The session also covers police force reappointments and adjourns with plans for the wedding notice ending the text.
Benjamin F. Keefer and Miss Es telle M. Wadel, both of Orrestown, Pa, were married this morning at the United Brethren Church parsonage on North Avenue. Rev George W Stover performed the ceremony after a marriage license was issued by the Corporation Court clerk. The groom, a farmer, was a widower. the bride is Levi Wadel's daughter.
British spokesman says proposals prepared after a late meeting of the Big Three would likely end the Anglo Japanese alliance if accepted. The American delegation remains silent while noting the issue is not public. The plan reportedly touches Pacific islands and naval power, not China, and could shape maritime disputes. President Harding says armament talks show nations can settle issues without war. A nine member committee endorses China’s territorial integrity and wireless stations in China.
Public auction will offer a 68 acre Frederick County Virginia farm five miles east of Winchester. Included are a six room house barn silo water well peach orchard and timber. Sale December 10 1921 at 12 noon with possession April 1 1922. One third cash with two annual installments secured by deed of trust and insurance policy. Special Commissioner M M Lynch.
Washington dispatch reports the Far Eastern committee of the Washington conference resumes after a three day recess and adopts a resolution for China's neutrality if it is not a party in a war. It also backs the Root resolution on wireless foreign installations in China and notes a separate U S Japan treaty on cable facilities and Yap.
A large Girls' Athletic Association party filled the Empire on Monday night as over fifty members attended the musical comedy Margie. The group marched in together and looked well, with plans for a winter program including a dinner at Hotel Evans next Monday.
The piece argues that work is a privilege rather than a penalty and that many fail to live without it due to a flawed view. It emphasizes that embracing labor offers purpose and value, urging readers to reconsider attitudes toward employment.
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