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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1922
Page
4
The readable fragment lists several newspaper titles including Virginian Morning News The Weekly News and The Weekly Mirror. It appears to be a historical publishing note or masthead fragment with postal or office references.
The page lists subscription options with advance payments, while a reflective astronomy quote discusses education and progress. It mentions The Associated Press news use and the Star Publishing Company in January 1922. The piece blends pricing with philosophical musings and scientific fact about water and elements.
A fragmentary verse rails at bootleggers selling deadly liquor. It warns that illicit gin and tainted brews kill, leaving graves and headstones as fixtures while coroners weigh the fallen. The piece targets lurid danger and lawless drinkers with grim, moralizing imagery.
Grimes Virginia items report local happenings with names such as William Brangon mail carrier and Miss Florence Feltner. Alice Newcomb and Grantham Gardner are noted visitors, with mentions of a car accident and a seasonal opening.
Fragmentary listing notes several properties with prices and terms. Mentions a 56 acre farm near Winchester with $4500, a 5 acre lot, and a client willing to pay 6 percent interest with a 2 percent bonus on first class real estate security.
Dear Mr Byrd dated January 16 1922 Weyton writes from Newlin & Company sending a one dollar donation as a widower's mite to the Woodrow Wilson Foundation urging quick subscription to the million dollar fund in memory of a great man and president.
Funeral services for Mrs. Sarah Amelia Anderson widow of Oliver 4H Anderson were held at 2 o clock this afternoon at her No 515 North Braddock Street home. The Rev Walter Mark Depp led the rites and interment followed at Mount Hebron Cemetery. Pallbearers were S A Byers M Ebert J S Halderman George Taylor M L Capper and E L Lupton. Mrs Anderson, a Mercesburg native, had lived in Frederick County and Winchester for over 50 years.
The funeral for Rev. George Horace Carter a well known retired colored Baptist pastor of Win Chester will be held Sunday afternoon at Mount Carmel Baptist Church South Braddock street where he served for years Interment will be Orrick Cemetery Ministers officiating will include Rev W P Fisher
The body of the deceased minister arrived from Luray and was taken to 19 South Main Street. He was born in Charloge tyille Va on March 19 1839 and survived by children from two marriages including Mary Stone Cora Brooks and Sadie Finley. George Carter from his second marriage also survived.
Georges Gares, 49, convicted of first degree murder for the December 22 slaying of Theresa Kuchariski in a New Brunswick hotel. He faces execution by electrocution in the week of February 6. The jury deliberated forty minutes after a day and a half trial.
Breakouts and fiery itching eczema can be quickly eased by applying a little Mentho Sulphur as a germ destroying preparation. It soothes irritation and heals scales, leaving skin clear and smooth. Sufferers should obtain Mentho Sulphur from a druggist and use it like a cold cream.
The funeral for Samuel C. Anderson, son of Mr and Mrs John L Anderson, who died Tuesday morning in Memorial Hospital from Bright's disease, was held at 2 30 pm in the Mount Hebron Cemetery chapel. The South End Hose Company sent a floral design, and pallbearers were young friends. Interment followed in the family plot. Greenland discovery noted. a Norseman named the land at the end of the 10th century.
An advertisement from Mrs. Dilua Scuour of St Louis promotes Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for cramps pains and backache. It highlights fifty years of use, plant ingredients, and a gentle restorative effect with symptoms easing one by one.
Miss Ridgeway of Woodstock and Miss Ruth Ridgeway of Shepherdstown spent Christmas with their parents in Ridgeway. Mrs. Dewey Herrell returned from Martinsburg to Ridgeway. Various visitors from Chambersburg Martinsburg Cherry Run and Baltimore joined residents. Legal notices include a 1921 chancery decree involving Sam Haines estate and a master commissioner appointment with January 4 1922 hearing in Winchester Virginia.
The Westinghouse Curling Iron curls hair without injury by heating to a set temperature and keeping a lasting curl. It is compact, convenient, and attractive, staying hot until switched off for reliable styling.
Northern Virginia Power Co. operates in Winchester Virginia with local service provisions and utility operations. This item notes regional energy infrastructure presence and area coverage without detailing specific events or dates.
The Commercial and Savings Bank of Winchester calls its stockholders to meeting at Odd Fellows Hall Market and Water streets on Tuesday January 10 1922 at 11 AM to elect directors and to consider amending the charter to allow general trust business alongside banking. John I Sloat cashier. December 20 1921.
182 acre farm with 6 room dwelling barn outbuildings 460 apple trees peat orchard and small fruits price 4000 dollars. 60 acre farm on pike with dwelling barn outbuildings small apple orchard full bearing price 2200 dollars. Double dwelling on South Main Street price 2000 dollars. Choice building lots at low price with terms. For Real Estate Information. GOOD & COMPANY.
A reader proposes trading a safe driving mare and a rubber top buggy for a Ford car plus cash or equal value difference. The note specifies vehicle and animal as the trade items with financial adjustment to be agreed.
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