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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1923
Page
4
The Evening Star is published in Winchester Virginia with daily except Sunday issues. Rates list yearly and semiannual subscriptions and carrier options dated Monday December 31 1923. Local and AP news rights are noted.
Virginia debates the pay as you go road plan amid claims of opposition and optimism. Advocates warn against persistent criticism and bond revival efforts while urging steadfast support to fund highway construction without indebting the state.
Walt Mason critiques the rise of horror magazines and grim tales aimed at youth. He contrasts old Beadle style morals with modern ghastly stories of ghosts vampires and death, urging readers to avoid polluted minds and call out the writers as madhouse jesters.
A fragment from the Rosmoke Times discusses congressional drives and public support, then shifts to misquoted market items. It includes wholesale price listings for eggs, butter, meat, grains, hay, and other farm products, ending with an auction-like ad for fodder sale by Mrs. Martin Wisecarver.
The Muncie Press argues against sweeping legislation for drives but says fewer drives in 1924 would benefit the drives, the drivers, and the public.
Reports from West Virginia claim a mountain recipe uses cocoanuts and pumpkins to make Christmas whiskey. The process involves punching the nut eyes, removing milk, refilling with molasses, sealing, burying for 30 days, and harvesting fermented liquor. Prices claimed: cocoanuts five dollars, pumpkins up to twenty five to thirty dollars. raids target hidden stock in back lots and gardens.
Weeds in vacant lots are gone as filling stations take their place. The old problem of unkempt lots has shifted to urban fuel sites replacing yard growth with service bays and fueling points.
New York December 31 1923 America plans a record high number of international tests in 1924 headlined by the Paris Olympic Games. Track and field features loom large as the U S seeks to extend its unbeaten run while strong teams are readied in boxing, tennis, swimming, fencing and more.
Postmaster General New announced the shop early and mail early campaign was highly successful due to postal employees efficiency and public cooperation. Christmas mail volume was about 20 percent higher than last year and peak mailing was shifted three days earlier. For the first time most employees could share Christmas dinners with their families.
An old advertising claim touts Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Compound as a miracle for restoring dark lustrous hair. It promises gray or faded hair will vanish after one or two applications and guests will see a youthful appearance within days.
Real estate activity slowed during holidays with two recorded deeds. Frank M. Keckley transfers lot 124 on West Leicester Street to David H. Bland for 1500 dollars on December 26, 1923. Handley Board of Trustees transfers lot 13 in Handley Plat on South Stewart Street to E. P. Bean for 4485 dollars on December 22, 1923.
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