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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Feb 20, 1925
Page
3
Critics from Philadelphia Boston and New York hail a monumental new film. The Boston Globe calls it hauntingly beautiful and magnificent while the Philadelphia Bulletin predicts it will surpass anything before. The World notes its superiority and the Journal of Commerce says it stormed New York. The Boston Traveler and Boston Transcript praise its sophisticated impact.
New York February reports Bowman Bowerman Biltmore Hotels President John McEn Bowman observes a vast hotel building wave in war era, noting $135 million in new projects and $50 million in railroad corridor developments. He cites $35 million in 1923 growth and announces further $50 million site plans, signaling rapid expansion across the industry.
A fragment notes an enormous outlay due to orders for 16 835 miles of surface roadway affecting states and enterprise. The readable portion hints at major funding and construction scope from last year and implies continuing significance for infrastructure planning.
The Modern Woodmen of America announces nearly 17,000 meetings in 46 states and four Canadian provinces over four months to select delegates for the quadrennial Head Camp to convene next June. About 40,000 delegates come from county camps, 3,000 from state camps, and 500 to the head camp, all to express members' will in a comprehensive organizational process.
A Mountain Falls correspondent, J B Crowell, lauds Harry F Byrd as a worthy Virginian for governor. The letter from Strasburg discusses Byrd's platform and welfare vision, noting strong support for his nomination and criticizing undirected partisan approaches.
Local visitors and residents in Zepp Virginia share social visits and updates. M L Swartz Paul Williams Mrs Blanche Orndorff and son Marcell spend time with relatives in Woodstock. Families including Rudolph Lineweaver Williams and others attend quilting and a chicken dinner.
Hall’s Catarrh Medicine promotes a combined local and internal treatment for catarrh. The advertisement claims effectiveness for catarrh by J. Cheney & Co. of Toledo and Omaha, urging readers to watch Want Ads for details and ordering information.
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