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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1919
Page
4
The Evening Star Publishing Co. in Winchester Virginia publishes daily except Sunday and consolidates Morning News Item The Weekly News The Weekly Times and The Weekly Mirror to form a regional newspaper.
Lysichburg News reports Attorney General Palmer calling for a nationwide effort to fight inflation. He outlines five propositions, stressing consumer organization to refuse nonessentials until prices drop, and notes public spending drives price rises.
Nurserymen warn of a multi year lag before orchards recover to prewar levels. Apple seedlings are scarce and costly while peach stock rises. Demand for apples grows with limited new plantings. cider could boost prices and keep good fruit off the market. Careful pruning spraying and fertilizing will pay.
A call to return to work and productive toil across crafts and trades. The speaker urges resuming eight day clocks, painting, clerking, and wind ing, hoping for a broad industrial revival with steady labor and revived trades.
A light verse urges cheerful labor with playful imagery about mending socks pruning hedges shearing cows and hunting elk. The familiar rhythm invites readers to stay productive and upbeat.
An advertising feature touts Aspironal as a superior cold remedy endorsed by army surgeons and popular with the public. It claims two minutes to relief, refunds if not effective, and urges pharmacies nationwide to stock and sell at half a dollar a bottle. The dose is two teaspoonfuls plus four of water with a life-claim safe for children.
A narrator in a closed car braves a fierce arctic wind and heavy snow enjoying the storm until multiple tire bursts force repairs. Despite relentless trouble and sprains, the speaker vows to continue riding and burning gasoline, maintaining a humble, hurried demeanor.
Miss Edna Page Paull daughter of Edward T Paull, famed music publisher, married Carl Vinson December 20 at 4 pm in their West 143rd Street home New York City. Rev Edwin Keigwin presided. Bride wore white satin with veil and cap. Bridesmaids and guests noted. reception followed.
The Y M C A at its Detroit convention endorsed a broad social service expansion aligning with churches. Plans aim to raise membership to 1,000,000 by 1920, extend to diverse locales, promote community recreation, Americanization efforts, and expanded railroad and women’s home room services.
National Thrift Week begins January 17 to 24 with the Y M C A promoting frugality and wise spending. Notables like Vanderlip Davison and Hoover back education on budgeting records and savings. Bank Day launches the drive emphasizing banking service and sound investments. Own Your Own Home Day highlights home ownership as a savings and stability measure.
A damaged note requests payment and renewal for a subscription with unclear names and carrier details. The text appears garbled and incomplete, limiting precise attribution or context.
An advertisement claims Cascarets purge liver and bowel poison to improve skin and digestion. It touts gentle, overnight action unlike Calomel and harsh pills, urging readers to switch and enjoy better health for little cost.
Physicians and druggists urge Calotabs as a swift cure for colds influenza and complications. Take one Calotab at bedtime with water to purify the system. Sold in sealed packs for thirty five cents with a refund if not delighted.
Local wholesale price list shows wheat at 0.50 to 2.50 per unit, cornmeal 0.05, butter 0.60 to 0.69, eggs and creamery butter listed. Strings of misread OCR random text intermingles with clear market figures including potatoes per bushel 1.75, oats, hay, lambs, calves, steers priced across ranges.
Mrs Mollie Barrick died after a long illness at home near Kerns Town. Funeral services were held at the house and later at Columbia Furnace Shenandoah County. Burial followed in Columbia Furnace cemetery. She was 49, wife of Philip W Barrick, and mother of Basil Moore Grace Lester Martha Elizabeth and James Barrick. She was formerly Miss Moon of Shenandoah County and a devoted Lutheran Church member.
Miss Ada Tyler daughter of Bishop Tyler, a local figure, is said to have been helped by a healer named Hickson after a severe auto accident. Reports state her paralysis improved and her general condition better. Tyler notes cheer and hope for further improvement. The healer has sparked controversy in New York and Baltimore.
The Star reported an appeal for a sled for a ill child of a sick father. Capt Van Egmond received offers from seven people by Wednesday night including four new sleds. Additional sleds were promised and accepted for use in other needy cases.
The Union Bank of Winchester board declares a semi annual dividend of three percent payable on or after January 1 1920. All taxes paid by the bank.
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