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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1920
Page
4
The Evening Star published daily except Sunday in Winchester Virginia with associated weekly papers. Subscription rates list four options for mail and carrier delivery including yearly, half year, quarters, and monthly payments. The paper is a member of the Associated Press with republication rights noted.
The Roanoke Times notes Woodrow Wilson’s 56th birthday in the White House and his impending departure as a private citizen. His health is described as excellent, and his burdens as president are portrayed as immense. Daughters Margaret Wilson, Mrs. Francis B. Sayre, and Mrs. William G. McAdoo join Mrs. Wilson. citizens offer gratitude and best wishes for his remaining years.
A 1921 poem greets the new year with hopeful lines urging leaving sorrow behind and looking toward brighter days. It extols human resilience, optimism, and the belief that past troubles fade as people pursue better futures. The piece references light ahead and the turning of the calendar from eighteen ninety to nineteen one.
Federal prohibition agents say liquor seized in the Richmond district since last January was kept as evidence for prosecutions and has been stolen from the Richmond post office storeroom. The admission came in Norfolk federal court before Judge Edmund Waddill Jr. Officials declined to estimate quantities. The period of active agents spanned spring and early summer with several productive seizures.
A warning on avoiding tangled estate duties urges devout husbands and fathers to name the Shenandoah Valley National Bank as executor and trustee. This ensures responsible management of property in heirs’ best interest and shields them from business troubles. Consult a lawyer to prepare the will.
Classified ad notes sewing for children at 916 S Kent St Winchester Virginia. Also lists sale of a Grant Sprayer in A-1 shape by Lohn Clevenger of Clearbrook with contact or price line.
Dr Charles F K Brooks of the United States Weather Bureau says eastern U.S. summers show a pattern of cold and warm winters with a two to one chance that this alternation continues next year will be colder. A mild current season gives the forecast of a colder 1922-23 and a larger coal demand.
The Market Street M. E. Church invites all to attend services with Walter Mark Depp preaching at 11 am and 7:30 pm, and a 9:45 am church school. A sermon at the evening service by Stanley McFarland from Dick inson Seminary. Greenwood M. E. Church Epworth Teague at 2.20 pm with no preaching this Sunday.
The Reform Bureau leaders discuss strict Sabbath observance amid prohibition laws during a Washington meeting. Attendees include Rep Thomas H. Harrison of Georgia Bishop J W Hamilton DC Dr Mitchell Carroll Washington Rep W D Upshaw Georgia Mrs Ella Boole New York and Dr Wilbur F Crafts bureau superintendent.
Sunday school at 9 45 preaching at 11 Young people's meeting at 6 45 and preaching at 7 80 A short session of the official board follows the evening services Due to the week of prayer the church schedules reflect devotional emphasis.
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