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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1924
Page
4
Public notice listsSubscription rates and terms for Mall wrens ree months in advance By Carrier year four fifty six months in advance Two twenty five three months in advance One month The Associated Press is used exclusively for republication of all news dispatches and local news credited to it
Letter from Danville urges Bascom Slemp to mobilize support for Coolidge. The piece recalls 1920 changes by the Republican National Committee reducing southern representation and blocking district equalization to keep a small federal office holder bloc in control.
The American Fruit Grower reports a weak apple market with little activity in Detroit and negative buying despite good quality. Eastern tonnage varied, with some virus-related defects and new FOB practices affecting centers in the east, while Delicious varieties show promise in Wenatchee and Yakima with yields boosting grower revenue.
Apple week shows weak pep and slow movement despite heavy exports. British tariffs loom at 1.20 per hundred or 60 cents per bushel. Virginia exports York Imperial and stores much of its crop while Western markets receive some consignments. Michigan and New York report discouragement amid low prices and poor movement, signaling need for an orderly apple marketing system like other fruits.
The poem depicts Old Mrs. Tungsmith who spreads local gossip about crimes and misdeeds in a sleepy town. The speaker notes her endless tales of Simpson beating his wife, hens stolen from Widow Beeswax, a burn at the Gold Brick store, and other vices while mocking her noncommittal attitude toward truth.
Markets listing shows prices for wheat, corn meal, flour, middlings, and hay, with items such as walnuts, eggs, creamery butter, country butter, hogs, hens, turkeys, calves, and young chickens. Prices appear per unit and vary by item and weight, with notes that prices are corrected at the previous day’s close.
An advertisement touts Freezone as a painless corn remover. It claims the product instantly relieves aching corns and allows easy removal with fingers, selling a small bottle for a few cents through druggists.
An advertisement portrays a married mother sacrificing her health to ambition and claims Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound restores health strength and happiness after feminine ailments causing nervousness irritability headaches backache and pains.
An ad touts Red Pepper Rub as the fastest heat based relief for rheumatism and related aches. It promises tingling warmth within minutes, easing nerve pain backache and chest cold symptoms with Rowles branded jars available at drug stores.
Notice to gas consumers from January 2 1924 the gas office will close from 12 to 1 pm and 5 to 6 pm otherwise open 9 am to 9 pm for customer accommodation. The rule aims to simplify accounting and improve office management and requests customer cooperation to conform.
Francis S. Deekens announces the engagement of Margaret Lemart Deekens to Andrew Cover Jr. of Princeton lineages and Cumberland ties. The wedding planned for June is billed as a major early summer social event.
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