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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1921
Page
4
Classified notice from The Star Publishing Company dated Friday December 30 1921 shows subscription rates by mail for one year six months and three months and mentions Associated Press rights. Includes publication and mailing details for Win stor Virginia records.
Roanoke World-News argues Debs’s release from Atlanta prison fuels his martyr image and renewed anti capital rhetoric. It claims Harding and Daugherty misread Debs, who allegedly gains publicity and influence as a rabid socialist, with possible sympathy for Russia.
Poem notes a criminal as a cutthroat figure who evades law, commits killings, and faces a grim aging arc. It contrasts the hardened rogue with moral citizens and hints at inevitable retribution and prison. The verse sketches fear and decline from crime and the chilling persistence of danger.
Real estate notice features a six room dwelling with two basements, porches, water in kitchen and bedrooms, on a good lot on N Market St with rising values. Priced at 3500. Also a 400 foot frontage property with water sewer sidewalks, investment 700. Buyers seek several medium properties. contact for best results.
A subscription dance at Rouss Hall aims for a large turnout with over 200 invitations issued. Guests from Staunton Harrisonburg Woodstock Strasburg Front Royal Martinsburg and Charles Town are expected. Music by a Harrisonburg orchestra from 9 to 2 with refreshments served.
A customer complains the fountain pen sold to them stopped writing suddenly. The salesman notes the box claims self filling, casting doubt on the product’s function and reliability.
A brief tale in two parts shows a pretty poor girl marrying a drug clerk who loves her. She gains a lifetime of free soda water. In a witty exchange a landlord and tenant joke about paying rent in advance and love for money with a turn about premarital gifts. The ruse ends with a playful line about giving money away before marriage.
An advertisement touts Bowles Red Pepper Rub as a concentrated heat treatment for rheumatism. It promises instant warmth within minutes, improved blood circulation, and relief from lumbago neuritis backache stiff neck and chest cold symptoms.
A short story opens with Ponsonby Jazzbo returning home after a hard day of poverty. His wife demands if he ordered a limousine, and he hesitates admitting he chose self insurance instead. The scene ends with ambiguity about her reaction.
In a humorous exchange Senator Sorghum deflects a question on his speeches' clarity stating he did not intend for them to be understood. He emphasizes his duty to confront intellectual responsibility without flinching as part of his office.
A humorous exchange unfolds as a bride laments her first quarrel not with her husband but with the cook, eliciting sympathy from a friend. The lighthearted vignette captures domestic tensions with a playful tone.
Poem fragment contrasts trenches with six months in the nursery. Advice urges quick, sharp work and a brisk pace to succeed.
A critic notes that flipping a traditional artist’s work is disrespectful, but a cubist piece reveals depth when inverted. The remark highlights how perspective shifts alter interpretation and emotional impact in modern art.
Creators joke about a river of ink in Algeria formed by two streams one iron laden and the other garlic acid. A reed swamp nearby supposedly yields fountain hens as a playful image.
A terse exchange shows Cholly telling Maudie he feels foolish tonight while Maudie indicates she has recovered and they acknowledge it with a brief, hopeful moment.
A terse maxim contrasts sly criticism with the courage to act, praising Opportunity as the sole force that can bypass hidden obstacles. It frames perseverance and boldness as the path to success, warning against passive restraint.
In Rosenberger Virginia on December 30 the town reflects gratitude as a calm Christmas gives way to hopes for a prosperous new year. Rev Frisby Smith and family visit his sister Mrs C M Rosenberger while guests from Ridgeway West Virginia and Winchester join locals at the Snapp and Good households for the weekend. Smith to preach at St Johns Lutheran January 1 at 7 pm. Weather outlook remains uncertain.
A brief wry exchange about masculine politeness and observations of women’s attire. The dialogue hints at social norms and gender expectations without direct commentary, capturing a humorous moment on manners.
A witty exchange contrasts an artist praising a new painting with a critic remarking that the artist flatters both himself and the work. The banter highlights mutual vanity and humor in the art scene.
A baldhead quips about patent-leather hair asking how others like it. He jokes he wished he had gotten some as a boy, noting the hair looks very durable.
An illustrated caption shows a dealer criticizing a second hand suit as too shabby while an assistant suggests marking it. Dialogue includes lines about being “very much worn” and social climbing, with a wife noting a revealing evening gown and a husband joking to grin and bear it.
Senator Sorghum explains he sought a political career because no private job could be found. He says he could not induce any individual to hire him, so he applied to the general public for employment.
An exchange notes Maj. Pompleigh as a dignified veteran. The suggestion of labeling him old top is met with a sharp quip about a frozen gaze capable of congealing blood, implying a chilling verdict without direct action.
Jimmie chides his rival for confessing love to Miss Research pointing out her cold scientific mindset would reject any proposal as an experiment. The humorous dialogue contrasts romance with laboratory restraint and clever wordplay.
A quip from the Birmingham Age-Herald frames a humorous dialogue about permission for a portrait and a tooth extraction. A professor remarks that artists need quiet, and the women are urged to keep their eyes closed to spare the soul of the artist.
Mrs Faitree notes a large stash of old family china but nothing from the Eighteenth century. Mrs Newgilt attributes the lack to hiring help to wash dishes, implying domestic toil reduced late pieces in the collection.
A musical comedy manager answers a question about mer ry villagers. He says no they are not in the cast, they will be in the audience instead. The remark reflects stage humor about audience participation.
A light verse reflection on an election finish with one side praising virtue and the other hinting at fraud. Office girls and shop talk appear as part of the local mood while phrases clue at social tension and gendered behavior.
On her wedding day a woman vows to endure all for him while a friend mentions lending ten dollars this morning reflecting shared money matters.
A customer in a bookstore asks for the novel To Let by Gals worthy, but the clerk replies that the shop does not operate a circulating library.
In Gore Virginia on Christmas day Mr. and Mrs. Roy Potts hosted dinner for relatives from Winchester including Mrs. Harry Potts and sons Russell and Garland and others. Visitors from Blacksburg Calletts Wardensville and Stephens City join local residents for holiday gatherings and care in surrounding towns.
Ex President Woodrow Wilson voices strong opposition in a December 25 1921 letter to Mr Tilton urging that the University of Virginia retain its Medical Department on campus. He argues the move would harm the university and Virginia education, stressing his alumnus pride and belief in sound educational development.
Grace Tuther an Church reports 9 804 45 raised for all purposes in the year ended with disbursements of 8 884 84 and a cash balance of 919 61. J L Maphis treasurer presented the annual report at a congregational meeting where Harry Schmidt and E R Himelright were elected deacons and G Casper Fries Lewis F Cooper and Charles Lupton were chosen elders. The local congregation numbers about 500 members.
The narrative notes Cosmo Medici, son of Giovanni de Medici, as founder of the elder Medici branch famed for statesmen and patronage of art. Lorenzo, also a son of Giovanni, founded the younger Medici line in Italian history.
The article notes that building materials have fallen to fair and reasonable prices, with lumber returning to a normal basis. It urges customers to plan projects and assures complete stock and willingness to supply suitable materials at affordable prices.
Complete set of genuine gold initials on each side of your auto for $1.00. Contact Frank B. Oppie at Bell Phone 524 J or visit 502 S. Main St for this limited offer.
By authority of a deed of trust filed in Frederick county Virginia the trustee will sell at public auction in front of the Winchester courthouse at 11 A M a 134 acre farm nine miles south of Winchester near Wardensville Grade with a frame dwelling barn and outbuildings 75 acres cultivated and orchard and timber A third cash on day of sale balance in two equal yearly installments secured by bonds bearing interest and a trust deed on the property Insurance on the buildings J W Baker Trustee Dunn and Duvall Auctioneers 12 17 4w
An English study explains energy conversion to light across sources. Candles and oil lamps transform about two percent, incandescent lamps three percent, with electricity at ten percent efficiency.
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