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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1920
Page
4
Advertising notice from multiple weekly titles selling prepaid subscriptions for one year six months three months and one month with Bell 33 United contact details and monthly terms.
A memorize note states that the Associated Press reserves exclusive rights to republication of news dispatches and local publisher content. The text emphasizes AP ownership regardless of credit and applies to the paper in question.
Brucetown Virginia residents report several weekend visits and illnesses. Clendening family traveled to Bunker Hill due to Mrs Clendening's health, Mrs Janney McKee and Mel White Hall stayed with Mrs S M Purcell, and Mrs H R Stipe returns to mail route after three week flu.
The piece critiques the air investigation as a polarized fight between a majority and minority on a committee. It argues most readers won’t parse the reports and warns inquiry often serves party aims, producing one national platform or more.
A brief note describes a man plagued by constant troubles and misfortune as he faces a bout of flu and a steady stream of woes. The text portrays a mood of gloom and ongoing hardship affecting his outlook and daily life.
Walt Mason depicts a gloom obsessed speaker who laments life while complaining about his luck. The piece rifles a dreary mood with recurring blasts of misfortune and ungrateful sorrow, portraying a man consumed by perpetual discontent.
An advertisement touts Danderitine as a quick remedy for dandruff and hair vitality. It promises that a small amount applied to the scalp will largely remove dandruff by morning and improve hair life, vigor, thickness, and color after multiple uses.
Richmond Va Feb 24 The State Corporation Commission drafts a bill to double bank examinations to twice yearly raise reserve requirements to 12 percent on demand deposits and 2 percent on time deposits set minimum capital stock at 25000 dollars or 15000 in towns under 2000 residents extend Morris Plan supervision and place private banks under state oversight following Colonial State Bank failure in Newport News.
Thirty thousand miners walk out in the Rhondda Valley coal fields stopping work to press demands. They seek the dismissal of a check weighman and the sale of a case in which a miner was alleged to have been victimized.
Eight thousand delegates from sixty associations of the National Education Association opened a five day convention in Cleveland Ohio. The morning session covered rural education country school problems and topics affecting self supporting girls in state universities. The meeting included associations of principals of private girls schools and other rural education discussions.
London February 24 with Lloyd George and Nitti seen favoring resumption of relations with Soviet Russia. France’s Briand reportedly opposes immediate action. Daily Mail highlights a memorial from military men and officials who traveled in Russia urging recognition.
An Associated Press report from London notes protests against Turkish control of Constantinople. Prominent figures including archbishops Canterbury and York, clergymen, scholars, and writers urge Lloyd George to prevent Turkish hold, while Downing Street hints he remains pledged to keeping Constantinople under Turkish influence.
John H. Fries of Missouri returns from a half century away to visit relatives in Gren Spring neighborhood. He traveled to California to see sister Lucy A. Hinkle and brother Martin L. Fries, then planned to return home to Ohio after extended visits.
Miss Haines steps into the role after resigning a similar post in the city. She brings Continental War service and Bryn Mawr training, guiding Red Cross efforts for ex service men and families. A formal survey by Prof. Morgan and Miss Alling outlines local needs, with findings filed at City Hall and to be released in stages by the enlarged committee.
The Pennsylvania Railroad announced reorganization changes with a March 1 effective date. T. B. Kennedy is named superintendent of the Cumberland Valley division with headquarters in Pittsburgh. Evenson becomes freight and passenger agent for the same division, based in Chambersburg. Harrisburg becomes the headquarters for the eastern division general superintendent, which now covers Philadelphia and Middle divisions, Cumberland Valley, Juniata and Tyrone divisions. Kennedy will also serve as vice president in charge of real estate purchases and insurance.
The will of Leod McLeod, prominent farmer of Stephen City, Virginia, admitted to probate. He bequeaths one fourth of the estate to his widow Annie E. McLeod and to his children Ida May McLeod Harry F. McLeod and T. McLeod, with two sons named as executors. Harry F. McLeod qualifies as executor with bond of $1,000. The will was signed May 13 1909.
Incomplete text shows numbers and codes, including 3,039 99 and 1,264 65 with related brackets and stray figures. The fragment lacks identifiable people or organizations and cannot reconstruct a coherent event or entities.
Passenger timetable fragment lists Norfolk and Western train numbers and destinations including Bristol Roanoke Bluefield Pocahontas Welch Norton Washington Philadelphia New York Shenandoah Junction Hagerstown and Memphis connections. Shows Pullman sleepers cafe cars parlor cars and intermediate stations with arrival and departure times and connections at Shenandoah Junction. Authority by Saunders and Revill station agents.
Fragmentary ad text hints at campaigns and promotions. no clear event or entities identified.
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