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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1921
Page
2
A humorous office exchange mocks Bluff as effective though busy with a jangle of keys. A sailor is likened to an old hen by a hatch while Gifted Orator Snortsworthy is praised for his speeches. Stormington Barnes quips about giving the public what it wants, implying self-interest.
A collage of humorous exchanges on old house love and modern living. Jokes about "The House of Seven Gables" and thriftily sharing housing contrast with political banter and domestic quips.
Daily market corrections list items such as turkeys pears corn meal and butter with varying prices. Wheat corn and flour are noted with regional prices and stock terms, while local items include hay straw and middlings and farm products like young chickens and rabbit meat priced per unit or per barrel.
A hospital in Timore aided by a physician restored a patient to near normal after three operations. She had been confined on her back for ten weeks with a plaster cast on a limb, now can sit in a rolling chair and expects to leave Providence Hospital soon. Mr Berberich was touring when an incident occurred.
Captain Boyd Mason Smith a Confederate veteran and former mine owner, died after weeks of illness in Charlottesville. Born 1844 in Fairfax, he served under Colonel John S. Mosby and earned fame for a near single handed capture of a Union general on the Martinsburg Winchester turnpike in October. He married Elizabeth Pickette and is to be interred in Alexandria after services at Crozet.
Dr William Phillips Carr former president of the Medical Society of the District of Columbia and professor emeritus of the Emergency Hospital died at Summit Point West Virginia after a yearlong health rest. He was born in Boydton Virginia and educated at Leesburg Academy Randolph Macon and George Washington University. Carr helped build the Emergency Hospital and helped found the American College of Surgeons in 1913 and was active in many medical groups.
Washington December 27 The new silver dollar design will not feature a broken sword. Two designs were considered with one showing an eagle clutching a broken sword, the other omitting it. The accepted design depicts the advent of peace and a new era.
Winchester notice describes J T Nalls fireman who credits Doan’s Kidney Pills with curing and preventing back and kidney pain. The ad touts the remedy and price of 60 cents, urging readers to request Doan’s Kidney Pills from Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
Mr and Mrs Harry Taylor hosted a Wednesday evening buffet at their Highland avenue home. Attendees included Mr and Mrs Harry Fletcher and their son, Mr and Mrs Miller Pletcher, Mrs Charles Fuller, and Mrs Margaret Wood. Out of town guests were Mr and Mrs L J Fletcher of Capitol Heights.
Miss Beatrice Curtis of Wadesville Mrs Elizabeth King of Watertown Mass and Mr and Mrs Leo G Woodward of Washington are listed as parties in the notice.
The passage reflects on silence as near wisdom with reference to Cato the Elder who said restraint of the tongue is virtuous even when in the right. It suggests the value of quiet restraint as a near divine quality.
A visitor asks how the farmer begins the day on the farm. The new-style farmer replies that he does not start the day, insisting it comes along before anyone is ready.
A child tells a mother of an arm bruise and wonders if kisses can heal. The mother playfully notes kisses are not antiseptic, implying care or cure requires more than affection. The exchange reads as witty domestic humor about healing methods.
A playful vignette about a girl asking to pause piano practice as her ears tire more than her hands, and a patient mother responding with care. The scene highlights musical discipline and familial warmth.
Mabel O'Brien an eleven year old girl and Edward O'Brien her farmer father sue Robert Berberich Jr of Washington in the District of Columbia Supreme Court for 100000 damages claiming personal injuries from an October 31 collision on Morse Street Northeast Washington. The article states she was allegedly fatally injured after the accident and that her right arm and another limb were damaged.
Treasury officials discussed the armament conference as the nation engages. Miss Nancy Chapman of Baltimore visits her mother Mrs. Katie Chapman on Pughtown Pike for the holidays. Miss Minnie Hale of Washington returns home after staying with Mrs. Katie Chapman on the Pughtown Pike.
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