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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1924
Page
7
Winchester society page lists Richard Wright visiting Strasburg and other locals hosting guests from Staunton Martinsburg Leesburg and Philadelphia. Events include dances luncheons visits to Pittsburgh and Roanoke, and farewells as cadet Robert Lowe returns to West Point.
Virginians and others wintering in Florida are urged to visit Hollywood real estate as an investment. Property values have doubled in 18 months and keep rising as improvements proceed. Hollywood lies on the Florida East Coast Railroad line with Dixie Highway as its main street. About 200,000 already spent on improvements. Real estate sales to date total about 10,000,000. Write or call for full information to Fred E Willis at 1174 W Flagler St Miami Florida formerly of Winchester and Harrisonburg Va.
Miss Minnie Sager leaves Opequon to visit friends. Daisy Brewer departs for eve after visiting relatives. Guy Bowman heads to Baltimore to work at Bachrach studio. Mrs. Davis of Charles Town visits daughter AmOS Schlack. Dr. Walter Cox travels to Philadelphia for eye consultation. Mrs. Showalter returns to Reliance Va after fath ers death. Emma Cunningham hosts a surprise party with Winchester guests. Jeanette Rinker hosts a masquerade dance with twenty Winchester guests in Gainesboro. Nina Williams visits Shepherdstown for days with aunt Mrs. Carrol Jones. Elaine Birmingham returns to Richmond to nurse at Retreat for the Sick. Mrs. E. L. Smith returns from Staunton to near Berryville. Virginia Lowe hosts a dinner at George Washington Inn with Marion Talbot Helen Fuller and Cadet Robert Lowe. Grace Carver visits Baltimore. Kathryn Dudley spends two weeks at Eaglesmere Pa then returns to Trenton N J. Gertrude Meyer visits relatives in Baltimore and will guest Mrs. Bessie McCann in Staunton. Lloyd Cooper returns to Washington after holidays at Bursey home. Mrs. Alfred Wright returns from Baltimore with husband sick in hospital. Kern family leaves Ellensburg Wash after month here. Mrs. W. P. Semple of Louisville arrives, renting at George Washington Hotel. A. Clyde Morgan of Washington stays at Hotel Jack. Loring Cover of Hagerstown and Miss Jane Cover with Mr. Tom Cover of Baltimore visit. attend Stock-Arthur wedding.
Catarrhal deafness is linked to inflammation of the mucous lining of the Eustachian tube and can cause rumbling sounds and impaired hearing. The advertisement asserts Hall's Catarrh Medicine will treat catarrh and deafness, with over 40 years of sales by F. J. Cheney & Co. of Toledo, Ohio.
Banks in Winchester announce New Year s Day closure Thursday January 1 1925 as legal holiday. Paper maturing that day may be paid January 2 1925. Signatories include Charles Summers John I Sloat Wm G Hardy H D Fuller.
Mrs Margaret Crawford of Harrisonburg leaves for Coatsville Pa after visiting Miss Dayda Chapman. Miss Fries heads to Mary for several days as guest of Miss Hazel Boyle. Earl Fries accompanies her to Cumberland. Miss Mary Hodges returns from Martinsburg to her home in Martinsburg. Miss Virgie Mitnick travels to Hagerstown to visit relatives. Mr Osmer Swanson goes to Philadelphia to ring in New Year with Mrs Swanson. Mrs J MeInturff of Middletown shops in town.
Richmond December 30 A slight recession in agricultural purchasing power in November is shown by the USDA report. The index of 60,060 farm products for exchange with non agricultural goods stands at 9 in November versus 0 for October and 100 base for 1933. Wheat and wool improved while livestock and products lagged. hogs and beef cattle may gain next fall if cycles repeat.
Revenue officers raided Bacon Hollow and seized eighty barrels of mash and destroyed over a dozen stills. After the operation the area reportedly had no remaining stills or mash, and plans for further large scale raids in the Blue Ridge to curb moonshine production were announced amid talks of government takeover for a National Park.
A fragmentary line notes Uncle Zeke warns a boy that stealing apples harms his conscience and stomach, with the text showing dialect like nebhah bodders him and hout stealin.
An advertisement touts Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Compound as a modernized version of a grandmother’s remedy. It claims the product darkens gray hair evenly and naturally, with a dampened brush and regular use, leaving hair glossy and attractive.
Madison Mills on Broadway New York recruits for large manufacturing company direct to wearer. No capital or experience required. Many earn 100 dollars weekly plus bonus.Adv agents write for Sam.
Christmas Eve program read by St John’s Sunday school in Loom, Virginia. Events included Opening song Joy to the World, invocations, responsive readings, choir songs, recitations by Vivian Whittington Conrad Wright John R. Cooper Vietta Clowser, Primary class activity, offertory Silent Night, and distribution of gifts.
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