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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1924
Page
4
The passage outlines postage, mail and carrier subscription rates, publication dates, and Associated Press rights for a Virginia newspaper in 1924. It lists Morning News Weekly News and The Weekly Weekly Mirror, Evening Star Publishing Co., Chester, Virginia, and distribution by mail and carrier with rates in advance.
The New York World reports on alleged profiteering by apple retailers, noting wholesale costs and prices that push table apples to 30 to 35 cents per dozen. It argues excessive margins harm consumers and growers, urging fair pricing and potential regulation.
A humorous critique of westerns and their portrayal of cowboys. The piece contrasts romantic shootouts with ordinary chores, noting excessive gunplay and flashy action over practical tasks. It preserves Mason's satirical voice on film and literary depictions of the West.
A Missouri Agricultural Experiment Station bulletin and letters from Illinois entomologists report that 2 percent lubricating oil emulsion effectively kills the San Jose scale on apples and forms a dormant spray option for peaches. They caution about possible yearly effects, note variable burning at high temperatures, and stress the need for further study and proper mixing with soap for a stable emulsion.
Evening radio lineup lists 5 stock market reports from WJZ and a series of concerts talks and recitals across WBZ KDKA WOR WGR WGY WOC WJZ WGR VOC KYW WBZ WGY. Included are sports weather forecasts and road reports with station frequencies for WGR WGY KDKA WOC WJZ WJJZ WOOC WOR KYW WBZ WGY.
A bold claim introduces Joint Base as a treatment for stiff swollen inflamed joints. It promises to relieve agony reduce swelling and loosen troubled joints after ordinary cures fail. Available for 60 cents a tube at Boyd Drug Company Franck Baker and Son and other druggists.
The past week of extreme cold dampened business, with fuel costs rising and some stores warned of closure unless readers cover coal bills. Mike Watson found a candle flame frozen stiff in a chicken-house incident. Moonshine liquor in car radiators caused erratic driving in one case near Whitings Neck.
The Winchester Corporation Clerk records show numerous real estate transfers. Transactions include Henry Battet and wife to Marion Loy for a Kern Street property at 2000 dollars and to Harry Markell for a Kern Street property at 1000 dollars. Additional deeds include C E Koontz to Frances Thornton Koontz for West Pall Mall Street houses and two lots at ten dollars, Jackson Ashton to James W Good and Lona V Good for a Highland Avenue house and lot at 2600 dollars, R E Brumback to R T Bryarly and Eddie Sue Bryarly for Braddock and Monmouth streets property at 6500 dollars, J W Crider to B F Davis for two West Leicester frontage lots at 2850 dollars, M M Bayliss Estate to W H Bayliss for a Smithfield Avenue house and lot at 1600 dollars, and J D Green to F A Shryock for two South Kent Street lots at ten dollars and other considerations.
Dr. James O. Green and his daughter Eleanor Margaret Green announced there is no engagement between Miss Green and Prince Viego of Denmark. The denial follows reports from Copenhagen courts and recent royal arrival on the Majestic in New York.
Washington January 21. A joint resolution proposed by Representative Garner Democrat Texas calls for a 1922 personal income tax reduction. The plan lowers the normal rate to 2 percent for incomes under $25,000 and 4 percent for incomes under $8,000 to fund the Democratic revision plan.
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