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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1920
Page
4
Postal rate table fragment shows year and month in advance charges. Figures include 4.00 for yearly, 2.25 for two months, 1.20 for one month, and 4.50 for some other yearly term. The text is partly garbled with repeated words and unclear labels.
Brief AP led news dispatches highlight regional events and updates carried by the paper. This notice outlines credited AP material and local republication guidelines.
A verse by Walt Mason extols thrift as salvation for workers in a harsh market. It urges saving pennies now to weather rainy days, contrasts steady toil with waste, and warns against debt while prosperity flows.
Leonard Van Egmond of the army praised local firefighters for their rapid response last night as they extinguished a blaze at his North on Street residence.
A hospital card from Lutherville Maryland recounts Ebert visiting his son and daughter at Stephen's Hospital in Antinore. The note mentions Mr Ebert and J William Ebert in connection with the family visit.
Pastor A. A. Kelly of Grace Church announces in the messenger that intensive work is planned from Faster this April 4. Members are urged to contribute and consider actions beyond mere hay and stubble.
William Burg, a coal miner from Springfield Illinois, says he suffered twenty years with rheumatism and severe stomach distress. After taking Tanlac he reports dramatic relief, regaining strength and energy and losing pain and stiffness.
Mrs Anna Sleva of 25 East 17th Street Bayonne New Jersey credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with ending pain and weakness she suffered before marriage. After using the remedy she regained strength and health and now has two young sons. She recommends the medicine to friends and urges others to learn more from the Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co. correspondence.
Personal notes show Col W W Whitside of the United States Army spending the weekend with family here before returning to Washington. Several residents and relatives travel distances for visits and funerals, including Elizabeth Barr returning to Randolph Macon College, Mary Catherine Fawcett returning home to McMechen, and Louise Heiman attending a funeral in Maryland.
All persons assigned to cedar cutting must report progress now. Call the Chamber of Goosneree or write to W MeQ, Bon. Any area where cedars cannot be cut should be reported by January 13 to be eligible for February term of court.
Sheriff Luther Pannett announced deputy appointments for his new term starting January 1. The named deputies are Lewis Armel J A Parker and A W Lockhart, recommended by the sheriff and to be confirmed by the court. Brannon remains deputy clerk with Esther L Ridgeway continuing. former deputy clerk Han W Baker will assist.
Federal Prohibition Supervisor Samuel R. Brame lauds a regional enforcement drive amid claims of widespread illicit liquor activity across Virginia and neighboring states. He cites over 1 000 distilleries destroyed in December and urges public support for the Anti Saloon League campaign to fund law enforcement.
United States Department of Agriculture outlines that marketing hay and roughage involves heavy handling and extra labor for farms with grain and crops. The guidance notes loss of fertility that could return to fields if the products were fed to livestock.
The report outlines how wheat sales and disposal shift after harvest with emphasis on July to September distributions and yearly totals. It urges cutting profiteering, promoting thrift, and wise investment as a national economic measure alongside a promotional verse about saving through Thrift Stamps featuring a Little Jack Horner motif.
A short wartime appeal urges investing savings in War Savings Stamps to earn four percent. It contrasts frivolous purchases like expensive silk shirts with prudent saving and notes near Savings Stamps and Thrift Stamps as smart options.
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