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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1925
Page
4
The Evening Star is published in Winchester Virginia by Harry Flood Byrd and printed for readership as a daily except Sundays. It is a member of the Associated Press with exclusive rights to AP dispatches and local news is produced by the paper.
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The Times-Dispatch weighs a pre primary convention of minds to nominate Virginia’s next governor. It questions who selects these minds and if the general public would approve a self designated body. Critics argue voters may prefer free choice at the polls.
A Walt Mason meditation on success and wealth, contrasting famed figures like Lincoln Burns Carlyle Grant Poe and Whitman with their personal hardships. The piece contrasts public fortune with private need, noting many greats faced poverty or lack despite acclaim.
A joint meeting of three local clubs the Y Lions and Kiwanis is scheduled at George Washington Hotel tomorrow at 1 p m. The event will have two halves a luncheon with the Washington Empire orchestra and an address by a noted international speaker Will noted. An unusually large attendance is expected.
Handley elementary and all grades begin a new lunch hour scheme reducing recess to thirty minutes. School officials tout benefits while opposition remains light and patrons urged to evaluate after some time. Duffey notes menus run five cents per item, with upcoming week’s meals announced. About four hundred lunches served today as cafeteria adds steam table and hot chocolate urn to handle higher demand.
Two women and five children, all negroes, were burned to death when fire destroyed a two family house in Cardwell New Jersey near here early today. The men escaped by leaping through the windows as kerosene explosions lit the blaze in the woods.
A marriage license was issued at the county clerk's office on Saturday afternoon to Brownie E. Brill and Miss Elizabeth S. Haun, both of the county. The groom is a young farmer of Mount Williams and is a son of William E. Brill. His bride is a daughter of George L. Haun, of Stephens City.
A fragment from Williamy Me-Vee's Race argues that valuable women are the most troublesome to manage, portraying social virtue through sharp, provocative commentary on gender roles.
The article notes that binding of books began around A D 650 with the first bound volume being the Book of St. Cather, a renowned English monk who died in Northumbria in 687.
A drunken spree near Cemetery Lane led to charges in police court. Frank A. Shue of Washington DC faced illegal possession of liquor after a party where moonshine was shared. Hunt er Keckley was found guilty of harboring liquor but with suspended sentence. A taxi driver was dismissed, and a man who planned extra liquor fled, leaving Shue to bear responsibility.
Bryan Conrad of Winchester denounces Baltimore Sun coverage of the Mount Hebron Cemetery guardian cannon honoring Maj. Gen. Daniel Morgan. He laments publicity, recalls gifts from friends, and warns youngsters that misdeeds could summon similar monuments. Public notice dated January 12, 1925.
In county magistrate court Justice Tavenner ruled for Ash Crisman over Jacob L Crisman on a $250 note. Jacob offered a $200 note as set off dated 1913 signed by Asa Crisman. Court disallowed the set off noting the altered name and entered Asa Crisman owed $250.
Musterole is a white ointment made with oil of mustard and home simples. It claims to ease colds, sore throats, chest congestion and body pains without blistering, with adult and baby forms and pricing.
The Associated Press dispatch from Seoul reports over three million Koreans facing famine as wintertightens. Extreme starvation cases rise with many living on tree bark and roots amid perceived inadequate government relief efforts.
NEW YORK, Jan. 12. Stiffening of the railgewall rate for call money to 3 per cent led to profit taking in the stock market today. A number of issues sold at a point or more below Saturday's closing quotations, while bullish operations were renewed in several special issues.
An advertisement offers property sites priced around $3000 with access to water and sewer. The deal mentions $2250 down and ten percent per foot for some measurement, plus twenty percent cash and ten percent insurance terms. details are unclear due to damaged text.
Walter E. Addison editor of the Lynchburg News died in Lynchburg Va from pneumonia. Born in Richmond in 1853 he earned a law degree from the University of Virginia in 1886 and practiced in southwest Virginia before entering journalism. He served in the Virginia State Senate representing the city and Campbell County.
President Coolidge's agricultural commission will submit its relief recommendation for the livestock industry next week. The panel will also begin cooperative marketing as the second phase of its study of the agricultural situation.
Washington officials announced the tentative agreement reached in Paris with American representatives and allied finance ministers has been accepted. The State Department emphasized no change in U.S. policy on collecting claims under the Dawes plan from German annuities.
An advertisement from The People's Drug Co. promotes Lavoptik eye wash to relieve dark rings and bloodshot eyes using camphor witch hazel hydrastis. The copy claims rapid action and offers a free eye cup with purchase.
Tom tits, the titmice, nest in a mailbox at Catteral Lancashire causing mail disruption as letters are torn and a quick letter is mishandled, prompting postal concern and wildlife curiosity.
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